Legacy – The Ouimet Fund Podcast

Viewed by many as the most influential woman in the game of golf, Mary Lou joined Acushnet Company in 1987 as a marketing assistant. Nearly 30 years later, she was named President of Golf Balls in 2016. Throughout her career, she has helped Titleist reach and maintain its standard as the leading golf ball in the market. Bohn grew up on the South Shore, and caddied for her father, Massachusetts gol...

Matt Adams is a Golf Channel and PGA Tour personality, New York Times best-selling author, and host of Fairways of Life. A Rhode Island native and Providence College graduate, Matt started the Fairways of Life show on radio while serving as the general manager of Newport National Golf Club. It was picked up by SiriusXM and now airs on Golf Channel and across the globe on the show’s digital channel...

Jerry Trupiano spent nearly 15 years in the Red Sox radio booth and called the team’s historic 2004 World Series victory, ironically in his hometown of St. Louis. Trupiano attended St. Louis University and grew up learning from legendary Cardinals broadcaster Jack Buck. Prior to his time in Boston, Jerry was a sports talk show host for 14 years in Houston and did play-by-play for all of the city’s...

Alec Lorenzo co-founded Pinned Golf in 2018 as a side hustle, with the goal of creating high quality rangefinders at a more affordable price for the common golfer. Since then, it’s become his full-time venture as Pinned has grown to become an industry leader in the golf technology space.  In addition to its highly popular Prism rangefinder, Pinned has introduced several styles of speakers for...

Michael Breed is one of the most dynamic and entertaining golf teachers and media personalities in the game. A longtime PGA teaching professional in Connecticut and New York, Michael has been recognized as a Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor for over 20 years and was named the 2012 National Teacher of the Year by the PGA of America.   He hosts “A New Breed of Golf” weekday mornings on Sirius X...

Golf lover and Michigan native Rob ‘Hardy’ Poole has been on the air with 98.5 The Sports Hub since the station was founded in 2009. Just over a year ago, he joined the station’s morning drive show to create one of the most engaging and popular tandems in Boston, Toucher & Hardy. He also hosts the Sports Hub Golf Club, a long-running weekend golf show featuring the professional golf scene, loc...

Kai Sato is a friend of the Ouimet Fund who started Caddieshack to Corner Office, a website and podcast which features successful business leaders who got their start as caddies. Kai was a caddie at prestigious Bel-Air Country Club while studying business at USC.   He is the founder of Kaizen Reserve, which serves as an investment advisor to family offices and corporations, helping align thei...

Claire Rogers grew up just down the road from Wannamoisett Country Club in East Providence, Rhode Island. Her golf-crazed family used to host players for the prestigious Northeast Amateur at Wannamoisett, including a future major champion who you’ll hear about in the episode. She went on to attend Boston College for psychology, but eventually pivoted to golf content, interning at Golf Digest befor...

Not only is Jerry York a Hockey Hall of Famer and the winningest coach in college hockey history, but he’s also one of the most well-respected and universally liked individuals in sports. Coach York spent 50 years behind the bench at three different Division I schools, including 28 seasons at his alma mater, Boston College. He closed his illustrious coaching career with an NCAA record 1,123 victor...

Ouimet Scholar and Westford native Morgan Smith is one of the most accomplished young amateur golfers in Massachusetts, and the Smith family is synonymous with golf. Morgan’s dad Phil is a former Massachusetts Mid-Amateur champion and both of her younger sisters are talented players, including Molly who plays collegiately at Division I Central Florida. Morgan grew up playing at Vesper Country Club...

There is no one who has been more supportive, more passionate, and more dedicated to the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund than Dick Connolly. Dick started caddying as an eight-year-old at Woburn Country Club and earned a Ouimet Scholarship to attend Holy Cross, where he captained the golf team before beginning a remarkable professional career. He spent nearly 60 years in the financial services indu...

Dave Wilson spent a decade as a successful golf professional and now works as a career consultant for the PGA of America, helping to better the lives and careers of PGA Professionals. The son of Irish parents, Dave grew up in Quincy, MA and began caddying at Wollaston Golf Club in middle school. He continued his loops at Wollaston throughout his time attending BC High before earning a Ouimet Schol...

Jennifer Misiaszek is a Program Manager for the Boston Parks and Recreation department. Jenn has worked for the city for eleven years, and has been the Ouimet Fund’s “go to” partner and contact through her oversight of the Boston Parks and Recreation Caddie Scholars Program – where each year, more than 100 young men and women work at either Franklin Park or George Wright golf courses. Through work...

Glenn Kelly is the Head Golf Professional at Woods Hole Golf Club in Falmouth, Massachusetts, a Ouimet Alumnus, and a lifelong supporter of the Ouimet Fund and its mission. For decades, Glenn has led Woods Hole’s successful caddie program, and has guided more than 50 young men and women to Ouimet Scholarships totaling in excess of $300,000 in awards. For his decades of dedication and effort, Glenn...

Robert P. “Bob” Donovan is the recipient of the Ouimet Fund’s 2023 Denny Goodrich Honorary Alumnus Award, which is presented annually to someone who did not receive the scholarship when they were in school, but has been exemplary in their support of the Ouimet Fund. For 29 years as Executive Director, Bob led the Ouimet Fund through a period of tremendous expansion and growth, and there is perhaps...

Juli Inkster is one of the greatest golfers of all time, a World Golf Hall of Famer, and will be awarded the 2024 Francis Ouimet Award for Lifelong Contributions to Golf at the Ouimet Fund’s Annual Banquet on March 21, 2024. With a professional career spanning three decades, Inkster’s career is highlighted by an incredible seven major championship wins, and she is ranked sixth all-time in car...

Mark Frost is an American novelist, screenwriter, film and television producer and director. He is the author of  The Greatest Game Ever Played , as well as the screenwriter and producer of the film adaptation of the book. He is also the co-creator of the mystery television series  Twin Peaks  and was a writer and executive story editor of  Hill Street Blues . Mark was born in...

Don Hearn is the Executive Director of the Golf Course Superintendent's Association of New England and a close partner and friend to the Ouimet Fund. Don has spent his entire life and career devoted to golf, from his early days caddying at Woburn Country Club all the way through to his present day role running the daily operation of the GCSANE. Don graduated from Stockbridge Agricultural Scho...

Dr. Jacqueline Moloney is a current Professor and Chancellor Emerita of UMass Lowell. Dr. Moloney had a long and accomplished career during her nearly forty years at the University, and served as the first female Chancellor from 2015-2022 after coming up through the ranks as a faculty member, administrator, Dean and Executive Vice Chancellor. Throughout her career, Dr. Moloney has been recognized...

Jesse Menachem is the Executive Director and CEO of Mass Golf. Raised in Framingham, MA, Jesse attended Indiana University as an Undergraduate and during his summers home from college worked as a USGA Boatwright Intern for the then Massachusetts Golf Association (now Mass Golf). After being hired full time by the MGA in 2008, Jesse spent five years working in multiple departments throughout golf a...

Maddy Belden is a PGA Professional, currently working as an Assistant Golf Professional at Salem Country Club. She has been around the golf industry her entire life, as her father was the Head Golf Professional at Worcester Country Club for 20 years. Maddy attended College of the Holy Cross as a Ouimet Scholar and graduated in 2020 with a degree in International Relations. She was a four-year memb...

Ryan Carey is the President and Founder of Golden Age Golf Auctions,   the world’s leading golf collectibles and memorabilia auction house.   Among some of the record-breaking items Ryan and his company have helped source and auction are multiple Masters winner trophies, tournament used items from some of the greatest golfers in history, and of course, the record setting sale – auctionin...

Tom Hynes is the Co-Chairman of Colliers International Boston. Through more than 50 years in the industry, Tom has represented a wide array of clients, and is an active participant in real estate organizations in the Greater Boston area as well as throughout the country. Tom has an incredibly unique connection to the story of Francis Ouimet.  In 1999, Tom befriended the owners of Francis Ouim...

This episode features a discussion with entrepreneur Josh Belinsky, Co-Founder of Slate Milk, a rapidly growing all-natural canned chocolate milk and latte brand, founded by Josh and his good friend from Northeastern, Manny Lubin. Josh and the team at Slate have taken an idea – that the love of chocolate milk as an adult is not only okay, but can be a healthy alternative to other drinks – and turn...

Susan J. Curtin grew up in California, and returned home to her family’s roots to attend The College of the Holy Cross and enlist in the United States Coast Guard Reserve. In addition to running a private family foundation and business, Sue has dedicated countless time to serving on several non-profit boards. A founding member of Boston Golf Club, which boasts one of the largest caddie programs in...