College Golf Talk

In the final episode for the 2023-24 season, Burko and Brentley recap the NCAA men’s championship, from Hiroshi Tai’s individual win, to big upsets in the quarters, to Auburn’s first national championship – and J.M. Butler’s moment in a 3-2 win over Florida State. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for...

On this episode of College Golf Talk, Burko and Brentley recap the NCAA Women's Championship, from stroke-play thoughts to an all-Pac-12 semifinal round to UCLA's run under first-year coach Alicia Um Holmes to finally, Stanford's third NCAA title of the match-play era – and Rachel Heck's fitting close to her college career. Then they pivot to the men's championship, which begins Friday. They talk...

Burko and Brentley hop on for a late-night recording – and Brentley forgets to switch over to his actual mic, so apologies for the broken AirPod audio at times – just hours removed from a wild Wednesday of NCAA Division I men's golf regionals. They break down all the chaos, from Arizona State's "embarrassing" exit as a top seed and similar disappointment from a whopping four of the six No. 2 seeds...

In this episode of College Golf Talk, Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine digest all the happenings from this week's NCAA D-I women's regionals, including the top performers, the close calls and the disappointments. There is also an apology from Brentley to the folks at Traditions Club in Bryan, Texas, and more goose-poop talk on the back end than one could've expected a week ago. Hosted by Simple...

In this 100th episode of College Golf Talk, Burko and Brentley break down all six NCAA D-I men's golf regionals. They discuss the top teams – Auburn, Vandy, UNC, etc. – and some sleepers while offering their picks of who will make it through to La Costa. Lots of insight and analysis in this one! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collect...

In this special episode of College Golf Talk, Brentley Romine catches up with Texas head coach John Fields, who first talks about how his Longhorns have responded to several new rules this spring (phone bans, more workouts, etc.) to win Big 12s and enter the NCAA Austin Regional with lots of momentum. They then pivot to some regional memories before shifting to the upcoming NCAA Championship at La...

In what has become an annual tradition, Burko and Brentley welcome USC head coach Justin Silverstein on the pod to break down all six of the 2024 NCAA Division I women's golf regional fields. They talk his Trojans, but also dive into the favorites, potential sleepers and maybe even a few teams in upset alert. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information abo...

In this week's episode, after a week away, Burko and Brentley return for a jam-packed episode. They touch on the big Gordon Sargent news, dive into some big men's tournament results, including No. 1 Auburn absolutely dominating at the Mossy Oak. Conference championships are here on the women's side, and the guys discuss a five-time winner now this season, Emma Bunch of New Mexico State. Then they...

In this extra credit episode of College Golf Talk, Brentley Romine sits down with Anna Davis, who is in the middle of her first semester at Auburn. Davis shares why she chose to play college golf and for the Tigers, and she shares what the experience has been like so far. There's also a deep dive into her game and background, and what makes her different. There is some fashion talk, though the buc...

It's Augusta National Women's Amateur week. Burko and Brentley get a head start on things with a preview of the prestigious women's tournament in Augusta, Georgia. Sorry, there are no college results discussed, but we do break down the favorites in a snake draft format. Brentley then sits down with Kiara Romero of Oregon to talk about her two-win freshman season so far, her ANWA expectations (spoi...

Fresh off his impressive victory at the Valspar Collegiate, Florida State sophomore Luke Clanton hops on the pod to discuss beating one of the best fields in college golf, his humble beginnings in the game growing up in South Florida, how much not making the Walker Cup has motivated him and what it's like flying on Brooks Koepka's private jet and getting advice from the five-time major champion. B...

Alabama's Canon Claycomb joins this special episode as he and Brentley talk about the Tide's recent success in the post-Nick Dunlap era, including a win at the Linger Longer, plus his roots at Lake Nona, his hoops days and more. They end with some March Madness analysis and picks as Burko, now a real college basketball expert, joins the show as well to offer his insight. There is some talk on the...

It's Players Championship week, so this week's epsiode is sans Burko. Brentley Romine goes over some pertinent results before tossing to an hour-long interview with Dan Brooks, the legendary Duke women's coach. They talk Brooks' start in coaching, what it was like sharing an athletic department with Coach K and Steve Spurrier, his famous dots method for recruiting and much more. Hosted by Simpleca...

In this episode of College Golf Talk, Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine have a ton of results to get to. On the women's side, Arizona State wins the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, which was tightly contested on both the team and individual leaderboards. Wake Forest is banged up, too, but the Deacs still moved to No. 1 – even after Stanford won a tournament. Though as Brentley points out, it's li...

In this episode of College Golf Talk, Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine open things up with Burko taking us down memory lane regarding Anthony Kim; one story will tug at the heart strings. They then preview the Darius Rucker next week with a little game of should win, could win and probably won't win. The Southern Highlands Collegiate is discussed at length, as is time travel. Brentley then sits...

On this episode of College Golf Talk, Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine break down a busy week in men's and women's college golf. They start with the men, where Florida's B team almost won the Gator Invitational. What is J.C. Deacon's best five in Gainesville? Arizona won again, this time at the John Burns Intercollegiate, and the Wildcats are suddenly a top-10 team nationally. No surprise as Va...

In this episode of College Golf Talk, Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine welcome Arizona State head coach Matt Thurmond on the podcast to talk about his Sun Devils, including his sensational freshman, Wenyi Ding. How impressive has the kid been? How did he end up in Tempe? What's he like off the golf course? And what does ASU have to do win at La Costa this May? Thurmond also shares stories of hi...

With the spring season in NCAA golf full steam ahead, Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine dive into the Power 5 conferences and preview these next few months of college golf. The episode starts with some controversy in Palos Verdes, as the guys once again call for some sort of standard rules. They then touch on some recent results, including the Arkansas women proving that Brentley's assertion is...

In the first episode of the new year, Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine welcome on Alabama head coach Jay Seawell. Seawell takes the guys inside Nick Dunlap's whirlwind and historic last two weeks, his decision and why he believes success will continue. He then shares a great Nick Saban story before Burko and Brentley say goodbye and break down a couple news items – Caleb Surratt joining LIV and...

In this final episode of College Golf Talk for 2023, Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine recap the fall season and signing day before offering their reactions to the first NCAA golf rankings created by Mark Broadie. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this episode of College Golf Talk, Brentley Romine subs in USC women’s coach Justin Silverstein for Steve Burkowski as co-host, and they recap the Stanford Intercollegiate, East Lake Cup and more while also diving into the USGA’s hire of Chris Zambri and the Spikemark disaster. Before all that, one of Silverstein’s top players, Catherine Park, joins, and they discuss her ball-striking prowess,...

On this episode of College Golf Talk, Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine welcome Virginia’s Paul Chang, who started his college career as a club golfer before finally earning his way onto Virginia’s team, starring at the U.S. Amateur and now rolling off four straight top-16s this fall. After this excellent story of perseverance, Burko and Brentley recap a couple big events, preview Golf Channel’s...

In this episode of College Golf Talk, Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine share in their anticipation for Spikemark’s big Oct. 15 rankings reveal (fingers crossed!). They then break down a slew of tournaments, including the Stephens Cup, Williams Cup and Big 12 Match Play. Finally they preview the GC of Georgia Collegiate before getting off the rails a bit on the importance of playoffs. Hosted by...

In this episode of College Golf Talk, Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine recap a busy week of elite tournaments, including the Blessings, Windy City and Ben Hogan Collegiate, where Vanderbilt senior Cole Sherwood won in a playoff to earn a PGA Tour exemption. Then Brentley caps the show by sitting down with Sherwood himself, discussing his golf, Vandys loaded team, his world travels and growing u...

On this episode of College Golf Talk, Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine welcome Georgia Tech senior Christo Lamprecht, college golf’s tallest player at 6’8, a recent winner at Olympia Fields and the newest world No. 1 amateur. They then run through some scores before talking about the fiasco that has been Spikemark’s debut as the NCAA’s scoring and rankings provider. Hosted by Simplecast, an Ads...