Fore the Ladies Golf Podcast

Abby and Justin blinked and it's time for another major championship preview pod. Congressional Country Club hosts its first women's professional event with the KPMG Women's PGA Championship beginning Thursday. We kick things off with a little Meijer Classic recap (at least Justin knew what was going on), followed by a discussion about the purse, CCC's renovation, favorite groupings, predictions a...

We originally recorded this podcast last June (2021), when The Country Club was one year away from hosting the 122nd U.S. Open Championship. The week has finally arrived, so we're republishing this interview with Kristen LaCount, GM and COO of The Country Club!  ... Welcome back to the Ladies of Golf series, where we introduce you to women who are working, playing and changing the sport. Now that...

After spending a week together in the Sandhills, Abby and Justin recap their weeks at the U.S. Women's Open Presented by ProMedica. No one should be surprised that they guessed horribly in their predictions, but that didn't put a damper on their epic weeks at Pine Needles. The two discuss why it's so much fun going to an event with LPGA players (and why more millenials/Gen Z people should be going...

Welcome to the Mixed Bag preview episode for the 2022 U.S. Women's Open Presented by ProMedica championship at Pine Needles! Abby and Justin discuss the increased purse, Pine Needles and its record 4th U.S. Women's Open, players, predictions and more. Special guest ProMedica CEO Randy Oostra joins the podcast to talk about the organization's partnership with the USGA.  Thank you to Randy for joini...

Welcome back to the Ladies of Golf podcast! We have a super special episode with 7 of the 23 ladies who joined us at Camp Bandon Presented by Seamus Golf. These ladies recap the week that was at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. We discuss everything from the itinerary, what to pack, should you take caddies, dining on and off the course, tips for traveling, tricks and more.  A huge thank you to Annie, Che...

Abby and Justin are back together in Toledo, Ohio, to talk about the latest happenings and tournaments on the LPGA. They debrief the following events and discuss champions, common names on the leaderboard, venues, entertaining storylines and more:  LOTTE Championship presented by Hoakalei DIO Implant LA Open Palos Verdes Championship presented by Bank of America Subscribe to Fore the Ladies emails...

Welcome back to the Ladies of Golf podcast! This week we're thrilled to introduce you to Kellie Valentine. Kellie and Abby first met while playing golf together during the U.S. Adaptive Open Championship media day. The U.S. Adaptive Open is a new national championship that will showcase the world’s best golfers with disabilities this July at Pinehurst No. 6. The field will include 96 players, with...

Abby and Justin are back with a new episode of Mixed Bag, where they discuss what's going on in the world of the LPGA Tour and women's golf. This episode, they're sharing their thoughts about the latest events on the LPGA Tour including the HSBC Women's World Championship, Honda LPGA Thailand and the JTBC Classic Presented by Barbasol. They dive into the Chevron Championship and Augusta National W...

So to kick off March Madness … oh you didn’t know we’re a basketball podcast now? Just kidding, sort of. Our latest Ladies of Golf feature is Lauren Niemiera, a LPGA Level 1 certified golf instructor at Five Iron Golf Chicago AND a basketball referee for the G League and NCAA Women's College Division I conference. Badass right? Lauren's story is very cool. She played division 1 basketball and golf...

Welcome back to the Ladies of Golf podcast where we seek to elevate women's voices in the game. For this episode, we catch up with Ally Aiken, founder of Ally Aiken Design. Ally is a watercolor artist and graphic designer based in Austin, Texas. She painted her first golf course in 2020 as a gift for her now fiancé and has taken off ever since.  We found Ally's story incredibly relatable. While go...

We caught up with Meg Adkins, project manager, writer and jack of all trades for The Fried Egg. At the end of 2021, Meg published an article called “A Different Type of Rollback,” that piqued the interest of golfers everywhere. In the piece, she shared lessons learned from a year of pregnant golf that was eye opening, entertaining, relatable ... we could go on. On the pod, Meg shares her path to w...

For our latest Ladies of Golf feature, we chatted with Devon Carroll, who is a Turfgrass Weed Science Doctoral Student and Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Tennessee. We recently listened to Devon on The Fried Egg podcast with Andy Johnson and after their discussion about women in turf, we knew we needed to have her on. Devon recently conducted and presented her study on Women in T...

Abby and Justin are back with a new episode of Mixed Bag, where they discuss what's going on in the world of the LPGA Tour and women's golf. After a winter break hiatus, the duo discuss the first three LPGA events of the season, the intricacies of coverage, the LPGA's end-of-season docu-series and the latest news in women's golf. Justin has a new rating system for the year and Abby provides some q...

We're so excited to introduce you to Kate Smith, professional golfer entering her first year on the Epson Tour AND graphic designer for Ground Under Repair Design. We love a double threat. Kate talks about her upbringing in the midwest, her graphic design studies and playing collegiate golf at the University of Nebraska. We also dive in to how she teamed up with Golf Channel's Shane Bacon to creat...

We’re so back! Is it too late to say HNY? To kick off the 2022 Ladies of Golf podcast, we welcomed Tori Totlis, creator of Compete Confidence Golf. Compete Confidence Golf is all about women's golf practice programs, golf retreats, tournaments and so much more. We love following along on Tori’s Instagram, where she shares relatable, helpful and funny content about everything we’re all experiencing...

It’s the final Mixed Bag and Fore the Ladies podcast episode of the year and we’ve got a 2021 LPGA year-in-review pod for ya! Abby and Justin share their favorite moments, venues, champions, storylines and more from the LPGA season. They then dive into 2022 and we’ll keep tabs on their predictions for the year. Justin tries to manifest snow to Pinehurst. Abby steals his answers. It’s another stell...

We have a super special Ladies of Golf episode for you all. Abby had the opportunity to moderate a panel with Renee Powell and Suzy Whaley for the National Links Trust Symposium on Municipal Golf. National Links Trust is dedicated to protecting and promoting accessible, affordable and engaging municipal golf courses to positively impact local communities across the United States. As part of the sy...

It’s a crossover episode! We kick things off with a Mixed Bag episode, where Abby and Justin discuss the final three tournaments of the 2021 LPGA season: BMW Golf Championship, Pelican Women’s Championship and CME Group Tour Championship. They talk about the award winners this season, Jin Young Ko and Nelly Korda’s successes, and all the Florida golf. This leads into our Ladies of Golf interview w...

Welcome back to the Fore the Ladies podcast! I just returned from an amazing trip to Streamsong Resort, where we had 35 ladies for a weekend of awesome golf, good food and great times. I had such a blast seeing old friends and welcoming new ladies to the crew, and I can’t wait for our next golf getaway. Make sure you’re signed up for our newsletter to get the latest on our trips and events! For ou...

We’re back with another Ladies of Golf episode, and this time we’re welcoming TWO guests! It’s a two for one special with recent Symetra Tour graduates Amanda Doherty and Morgan Metraux. Both Amanda and Morgane are former Florida State players and we naturally started the episode with them sharing stories from their time on the team. In 2021, Amanda was the Symetra Tour Rookie of the Year while Mo...

“At a few points over the last couple years, I thought about putting the clubs away and going to law school, but my mom convinced me otherwise.” - Lilia VuWelcome back to the Fore the Ladies podcast! On this week’s Ladies of Golf, we spoke with Lilia Vu, who finished 1st on the Race for the Card money list to earn her LPGA card for 2022. Lilia won 3 times and posted 8 top-5 finishes on the Symetra...

Welcome back to the Fore the Ladies podcast! Today we have Sophia Schubert as our next Ladies of Golf feature. Sophia is one of this year’s Symetra Tour graduates and will be a rookie on the LPGA Tour for the 2022 season. The Symetra Tour acts a feeder tour for the LPGA, a minor league if you will, and the top 10 players on the Race for the Card money list have earned LPGA cards for next season. S...

Abby and Justin reunite for the first time since the Solheim Cup to talk about the bookend wins from Jin Young Ko and everything in between. They recap the Cambia Portland Classic (won by Jin Young Ko), Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G (Nasa Hataoka), ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer (Celine Boutier) and Cognizant Founders Cup (Jin Young Ko). They finish with the news of th...

We’re excited to bring our Ladies of Golf series back, which we'll kickoff again with Lakareber Abe. Lakaraber is on the Symetra Tour, which is the is the official qualifying tour of the LPGA Tour. Abby first met Lakaraber when she worked at the American Junior Golf Association and Lakaraber was competing on that junior circuit. We’ll let her share her full story from amateur to professional golf...

Have you ever been asked, what’s your handicap? Or maybe you’ve been with a group talking about how they’re a 24, a 16, a 2. Or maybe you’ve played a round where people are giving each other strokes on holes. What does it all mean? Today we’re going to uncover all of that with our next golf 101 episode, WTF is a Golf Handicap Index? Our expert for this subject is  Jenny Ford, assistant executive d...