Weekday Golf
by Weekday Golf
Weekday Golf is a golf podcast exploring the soul of the game. Stories about playing, friendship, games, trips, and everything that makes golf meaningful beyond the scorecard. From two serious golfers who don’t take themselves too seriously.🎧 New episodes released weekly. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.
Episodes
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Admiral Terry McKnight, the Golfer
This Veterans Day week, we're joined by retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Terry McKnight, whose 31-year military career included commanding the USS Kearsarge and leading an international naval task force combating piracy off the coast of Somalia. But there's another side to Terry: he's a lifelong...
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From Club Pro to First Tee San Francisco CEO | Dan Burke
Dan Burke has spent nearly his entire life in golf, from growing up playing junior tournaments in Stockton, California, to 17 years as the head professional at Lake Merced Golf Club, to his current role as CEO of First Tee San Francisco. Dan joins us this week to share stories about his journey...
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A Rich Golf Life: Winning the Ivy League, Mini-Tour Adventures, and Weekend Blitzes
Alex Gonzalez has never been afraid to take a chance. Whether it was grabbing a duffel bag and heading to South America to try professional golf or helping launch an early online golf retailer, Alex has a knack for following opportunities wherever they lead. Alex is Oliver's longtime friend and...
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Mailbag: Bad Golf, Bugbears, and Best Advice
Well, we lost our latest best-ball match. It wasn't our finest effort, but we start this week's show with a postmortem of forgettable shots before we burn the tape and move on. Then we open our listener mailbag. Thanks as always to our listeners for the great questions: we tackle what makes a…
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Building a Great Golf Culture | Matt Jordan
This week, we sit down with Matt Jordan, Director of Golf at The Olympic Club, to talk about what goes into building and sustaining a great golf culture. Matt shares what he's learned from more than 25 years in the golf business, from his time at Streamsong to his work at Olympic. We talk about…
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Making Up For Lost Time | Colin Hanks
Actor, director, producer, and filmmaker Colin Hanks came to golf relatively late — and now he’s making up for lost time. We met Colin on the golf course a few months ago, and his passion for the game stood out immediately. He joins us to talk about how he got hooked on the game, why The Olympic...
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Manage Your Expectations | Lou Stagner
Lou Stagner is one of golf’s best-known voices in data, using data from millions of shots to challenge conventional wisdom about everything from putting and driving to course management and practice. We talk with Lou about all this and more: golf myths busted by the data, strokes gained, what...
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Raising the Floor | Jacob Goode
Jacob Goode joins us to talk about his unconventional climb to elite amateur golf — from not being recruited out of high school and arriving at the University of Washington without a spot on the golf team, to winning the California State Amateur and playing the U.S. Amateur at his home club,...
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Bottling Our Best Golf
We catch up on our own golf games after a busy summer, starting with a hard-fought win in our latest Armageddon match. That leads to a bigger question: why does our best golf sometimes show up out of nowhere — and why can it be so hard to reproduce? We also weigh in on the summer debate over how…
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The Soul of Congressional (and the Friendship That Connects Two Clubs)
This week, we’re joined by Congressional Country Club member Ernest Baynard, whose friendship with Preston helped build lasting relationships between Congressional and the Olympic Club. Ernest takes us inside Congressional: the golf, the history, the traditions, the characters, and what a perfect...
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How Golf Built Our Friendship | Malia Lyle & Jojo Wallace
We've always believed that the friendships in golf are a huge part of what makes the game special. This week, we're joined by our friends Malia Lyle and Jojo Wallace, who met through golf more than a decade ago—and have been close friends ever since. From "golf dating" and an 11-year handwritten...
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The Golf Books and Movies We Still Think About
We originally wanted to make this a "Best Golf Books" draft, but realized we hadn't actually read everything on our bookshelf. So, instead we share the golf books and movies we enjoyed the most and have changed the way we see the game, from The Match and Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect to…
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Unbelievable Golf Stories | Country Club Confidential
To us, stories are a huge part of the soul of the game—and every golf club has stories that never make it past the locker room. This week, we're joined by the anonymous creator behind Country Club Confidential (we'll call him "Scott"), the newsletter dedicated to telling the unbelievable,...
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The Hidden Work Behind Great Golf Courses | Troy Flanagan
What does it take to create one of the world's great golf experiences? Troy Flanagan, Director of Golf Maintenance at The Olympic Club, has spent decades preparing courses for U.S. Opens, PGA Championships, and the Ryder Cup. But as you'll hear, his work isn't really about grass—it's about giving...
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Golf Rules We Love, Hate, and Question
Most golfers know the Rules of Golf exist. Not many know all of them. Even fewer agree with all of them. In this episode, we talk about the rules we love, hate, and question. From fairway divots and tree roots to the "house rules" that become part of every golf group, this is a conversation about...
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Inside Division I Golf: Competition, Team Culture & Friendship | William Ma & Matthew Lin
Golf fans see the tournaments. They rarely see what everyday life on a Division I golf team is actually like. This week, we sit down with William Ma (Harvard) and Matthew Lin (Yale) to talk about the friendships, competition, and team culture that define college golf. We explore their path to...
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Running Golf's Biggest Events | Brandon Haney, PGA of America
Major championships and Ryder Cups don't just happen—they're built. Brandon Haney helps lead the team that transforms a golf course into one of the biggest sporting events in the world. We go behind the scenes of what it takes to host golf's biggest events, from building a temporary city around a...
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Building the Weekday Golf Experience Rating
In a previous episode, we learned about Golf Digest's course rating framework. We joked that we should become golf's official "Hang Raters," because we remember golf for much more than the actual course. Which brings us to this episode, where we build the Weekday Golf Experience Rating—our…
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Bonus Conversation: Club Fitting Questions | Joe Kwok
After our conversation with Joe Kwok, Oliver kept the mics rolling. Joe stayed to answer a series of questions about club fitting—from the biggest mistakes golfers make during a fitting, to premium shafts, loft and lie adjustments, grip size, Japanese craftsmanship, tour vans, and more. If you...
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Club Fitting, Ego, and the Search for the Answer | Joe Kwok
Golfers love to obsess over their equipment. And for many, club fitting is about finding the perfect clubs. For Joe Kwok, it's about eliminating doubt. Joe is one of the country's most respected independent club fitters. With 30+ years of working with everyone from beginners to elite players…
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Mailbag: Slow Play, Meltdowns, and the Crusty Glove
In this listener mailbag episode, Oliver and Preston answer questions about slow play, the friend who backs off a shot to tell a story, where your bag actually belongs around the green, Oliver’s infamous crusty glove, what’s really in our golf bags, bad behavior in a foursome, the biggest…
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The Psychology of a PGA Tour Caddie | Joe Skovron
We're excited to be joined by Joe Skovron (aka "Skov"), who has spent nearly two decades as one of the most respected caddies on the PGA Tour, including 13 years with Rickie Fowler and now in his third season with Ludvig Åberg. We've been fortunate to spend a few rounds with Skov over the years,...
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The Los Cab Cup, Part 2: The After
A few weeks ago, we recorded Part 1 of the Los Cab Cup before the event actually began. At that point, all we had were expectations, optimism, and a lot of questions about what would happen when 90 golfers descended on a ranch in Arizona. Now we're back with the aftermath. Joined once again by…
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Inside the PGA Championship at Aronimink
A few episodes back, Jason Soucy told us that hosting a major championship means building a temporary city. After spending several days inside the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club, Preston realized he wasn’t exaggerating. We go behind the scenes of a modern major championship — from...
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Great Golf Course vs. Great Golf Day
For years, golf course rankings have tried to answer a deceptively simple question: what makes a golf course great? We intuitively believe that our overall golf experience includes, but extends beyond pure course design. But we were curious to learn how the official ratings worked. This week, we...
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Flow Is a Trainable Skill | with Dr. Rick Sessinghaus
Dr. Rick Sessinghaus has spent decades coaching golfers at the highest level of the game, including working with Collin Morikawa since childhood. Instead of approaching this conversation like a traditional interview, we decided to use ourselves — and our own golf games — as the case study. We…
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The Los Cab Cup, Part 1: The Before
Two years ago, a golf trip to Wickenburg, Arizona brought together 44 guys for a long weekend of golf, games, and stories. This year, it became something much bigger. For Part 1, we teamed up with our friend Scott Walker, co-host of The Edge podcast, and recorded live from Rancho de Los…
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What It Takes to Host a Major Championship | with Jason Soucy, PGA Championship Director
This week we sit down with Jason Soucy, Championship Director for the 2028 PGA Championship at the Olympic Club, for a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to stage one of the biggest events in golf. Jason takes us inside the enormous scale of a major championship — from building a “startup”...
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When Golf Stops Being Your Future — But Not Your Identity | with Marissa Mar
There’s a moment for a lot of serious golfers where the path changes. You’ve spent years competing, improving, chasing something—and then, at some point, you realize it’s probably not going to be your profession. But that doesn’t mean you stop. This week, we talk with Marissa Mar, a Stanford…
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Golf Friendships — Real, But Different
Golf friendships are real—but they’re different. We talk about what makes them unique: the time you spend together, the “hang,” and how the shared love of the game can lead to legitimate friendships without needing to get into deeper life stuff. We also get into how these friendships form, why…
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From Thinking to Instinct, with Nic Noya (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Olympic Club instructor Nic Noya, we shift from Nic’s playing career to how he now thinks about coaching—and what actually helps golfers improve and perform on the course. Nic breaks down how he evaluates players, why he focuses on ball flight over mechanics…
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The Making of an Elite Golfer, with Nic Noya (Part 1)
In Part 1 of our conversation with Olympic Club instructor Nic Noya, we start with Nic’s own golf story: growing up as one of the top junior players in Northern California, competing against future PGA Tour names like Bryson DeChambeau, Austin Smotherman, and Kurt Kitayama, and trying to…
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The Secret Golf Bet That Took Over Our Friend Group
Golf has a way of inspiring some pretty ridiculous behavior among friends. In 2024, our friend Jerry played 201 rounds of golf. So heading into 2025—with his first baby on the way and a job search underway—we started wondering: how many rounds would he actually play this year? What began as a...
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Tom Johnson: Coaching, Competition, and the Soul of Golf (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of our conversation with Tom Johnson. If you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, it’s worth starting there. After sharing the story of his journey through professional golf and recovery, Tom turns to what he’s learned from the game since then. We talk about how his experience as a…
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Tom Johnson: Tour Golf, Burnout, and Recovery (Part 1)
Tom Johnson has lived many lives in golf. A standout junior player from Northern California, Tom went on to play college golf at Northwestern alongside future world #1 Luke Donald before turning professional and competing on the PGA Tour. After years grinding on tour and chasing the next level,...
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Two Ways to Love Golf
Oliver loves the grind. Preston loves the hang. In this episode, we explore how two very different personalities experience the same game — from preparation and practice to identity, self-esteem, and why we keep coming back to golf. Along the way we talk about pre-round routines, the mental side…
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Nicole McGirr on Strength, Teaching, and the Future of Golf
Nicole McGirr (a.k.a. “Magic”) joins Weekday Golf for a laughter-filled hang on what actually helps golfers get better: strength, mobility, balance, and smarter expectations. We talk TPI assessments (and why your “golf fitness handicap” is probably higher than you think), the real tradeoff…
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Listener Mailbag: Sandbaggers, Slow Play, and The Shot We Fear Most
Listener mailbag time. We debate sandbagging and golf reputations, how we handle slow play, our on-course rituals, music etiquette, the shots that make us uncomfortable, and our favorite betting games—including Scotch and the O’Hara trifecta. Contact us: [email protected] Instagram:...
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Josh Zander, GOLF Top 100 Instructor
Josh Zander, GOLF top 100 instructor and all around great guy, joins us to discuss his upbringing in Venezuela, playing in the 1992 US Open at Pebble Beach, and his innate urge to help everyone with their golf swing. We talk about the number one thing most students don't work on enough, playing…
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Fathers & Sons (ft. David & Luke Johnson)
Golf, perhaps more so than any other sport, is often passed down from parent to child (as it was for Oliver and Preston). Our friends David and Luke Johnson join us to talk about what it's like to be a father/son duo who are also golf buddies. Hear their stories about how to make golf fun for…
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The Magic of Golf Trips
You never forget your first real golf trip. Beyond the stories and memories, we discuss what has to happen behind the scenes to make a golf trip truly special. Matching outfits preferred. Contact us: [email protected] Instagram: @weekdaygolfpodcast YouTube: @weekdaygolfpodcast…
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Scott Oxandaboure, 2025 Olympic Club Champion
Our friend Scott Oxandaboure - the Olympic Club's 2025 Club Champion - joins us to share his fascinating golf journey from junior golf in San Diego to playing on the USC men's golf team and professional golf aspirations. We discuss the role that community plays in his appreciation of golf, and…
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Our Origin Stories
Where does our appreciation for the soul of golf come from? We take a shallow dive into our golf upbringings (thanks, Dad), from playing 54 holes a day during teenage summers, to the ebbs and flows of college golf. Contact us: [email protected] Instagram: @weekdaygolfpodcast YouTube:...
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The Soul of Golf
Merry New Year! After several months of talking about what we were going to talk about, we had an epiphany that what we loved about golf was its soul: playing the game, the friendships, the games, the trips - all of it. We discuss what the soul of golf means to us and set the table for what's to...
About this show
Weekday Golf is a golf podcast exploring the soul of the game. Stories about playing, friendship, games, trips, and everything that makes golf meaningful beyond the scorecard. From two serious golfers who don’t take themselves too seriously.🎧 New episodes released weekly. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.
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