The Golf Bag

“Start your own tour”  That advice wouldn’t work for everyone but it worked for this guest. His coaching philosophy is to develop the physical, technical, mental, emotional, social and spirit of a young golfer! It’s not only about the athlete, it’s also about the person! PGA professional Dan Martin … on The Golf Bag!

“Enjoy the present and be honest” The University of Arizona, located in Tucson, is home to an incredibly loyal fanbase, where athletes, coaches, and supporters are deeply committed to their teams. Wildcat pride runs strong, creating an electric atmosphere of unwavering support. The golf programs are a major part of that legacy, boasting multiple National Championships and two of the all-time great...

"You’re not everything that you could be!"  That’s advice that is definitely enough to motivate someone. A conversation with the man who helps train, motivate and sculpt the modern athlete. Director of Bio-Mechanics at Integrity Golf Performance in Frisco, TX - this is Ambrose Coleman.

“Don't Be Late” Simple advice. Especially when you are a junior golfer looking to play big time college golf! Everything is bigger in Texas, including golf! SMU has a deep golf history that includes Payne Stewart and Bryson DeChambeau. Hear what Harry Higgs and Colt Knost have to say about their time there. The head coach of the SMU Men’s golf team, this is Coach Chris Parra.

“Find something you love to do in life and figure out how to get paid for it.” Golf was the unofficial family business and she and her sister, Heather ran the company but when a family tragedy changed her perspective, she went back to where it all began and started the chapter of her life that is the most rewarding. An athlete, coach, a 3-time national champion, a mentor, a leader of young women a...

“ Enjoy the present and be honest” - The University of Arizona, located in Tucson, is home to an incredibly loyal fanbase, where athletes, coaches, and supporters are deeply committed to their teams. Wildcat pride runs strong, creating an electric atmosphere of unwavering support. The golf programs are a major part of that legacy, boasting multiple National Championships and two of the all-time gr...

“Find something you love to do in life and figure out how to get paid for it.” I think that might be the dream of everyone.  My guest not only embodies that advice but she lives it everyday at a place she has know her entire life.  Golf was the unofficial family business and she and her sister, Heather ran the company but when a family tragedy changed her perspective, she went back to where it all...

“Don’t be late”. Simple advice.  Advice from a college coach.  Advice that carries  weight.  Especially when you are a junior golfer looking to play big time college golf! Growing up in the shadow of SMU, it was an easy decision to go to school and play golf close to home, then after a journey career that left him fighting too many injuries, he found himself living back near campus when he got a c...

"You’re not everything that you could be!  " That’s advice that is definitely enough to motivate someone. A career that started working with Special Forces in the military and the desire to work with athletes, lead him to Kinesiology - the study of exercise and human movement.   The talk of things like Ground Reaction Force and the development of a platform to gauge Bio-Mechanical Analys...

That advice wouldn’t work for everyone but it worked for everyone. When a career in music didn’t work out the way he planned, he rediscovered an old love…..golf!  He put all of his energy into learning the game and the skills required to become a PGA professional and taking on the task of teaching this generation and the next and the next to become not only the best golfers they could be but the b...

“Swing easy” A Brit in America is my story today. Living deep in the London suburbs my guest today dreamed of moving to America to chase his dream of being an actor. But he had to wait until he was old enough to go out on his own. He filled his time with sports and learning how to cook. By the time he was 13 he picked up the game of golf and fell hard for the American tv show, Baywatch. Two dreams...

“Life is short … enjoy the ride" Very few people have been involved in something so big that not only did they have no control over any part of it, but it became the “blueprint” of their life.  A huge sports fan, born and raised in Milwaukee, WI the calling of bright lights and more sunlight brought him west to Los Angeles.  In a sequence of introductions he met O.J. Simpson and became a gues...

"Slow Down" A career in the music business is tough but it’s definitely made easier when you blow up with your first single and become part of a musical revolution igniting an entire region and bringing it all to a national stage.  Then, the bottom falls out.  Do you quit? Never!  You re-adjust, re-organize, come up with an unconventional plan and go after it!   In 1996, The Refreshments...

“Perseverance pays off”  What do you get when you take a kid from Lake Havasu who loves golf, goes to college, gets TWO engineering degrees, lands his dream job and finds himself on the team of designers in charge of creating a new set of irons for Tiger Woods?  You get Senior Manager for Product Creation - Irons, Matt Bovee from TaylorMade Golf! After Tiger used those very clubs to win his 15th M...