Group Golf Therapy

In this second episode of Getting Better, presented by the MyTaylormade+ app, the Shrinks dive into the world of GOLF DATA with a proven industry luminary. Justin Ray is Head of Content at Twenty First Group, where he provides data insights to some of the largest sports broadcasting, teams, and players in the world. His Twitter page is a favorite among golf sickos on championship Sundays: his Beau...

In this first episode of Getting Better, presented by the MyTaylormade+ app, the Shrinks dive into the world of mental game performance with a proven industry luminary. Rick Sessinghaus is a PGA golf performance coach, a Doctor in Applied Sports Psychology, an author, and perhaps most notably, the coach of 2-time major champion, Collin Morikawa, since he was 8 years old. Rick and the Shrinks talk...

From a lanai in a steamy backyard in Pinehurst, North Carolina, Bradford, Connor, and Drew — AND JOSH — check in for one last time in season 4 of the Group Golf Therapy podcast. Brace yourselves: Drew drops some vulnerable heaviness early; You get introduced to Josh; the Shrinks unpack an epic week in Pinehurst for the US Adaptive Open.   In this session: Drew’s back in therapy, Josh, old men in S...

If you’ve listened to Group Golf Therapy in the past year, you’ll know that one of our few podcast partners is Red Rooster: they make our favorite golf gloves. They bring one of our favorite Meat & Potatoes segment to you, in Get a Grip. And, ultimately, the team behind the Red Rooster brand are great people. To celebrate one year of podcast marriage, GGT and Red Rooster linked up to create a glov...

Henni Koyack was a perfectionist. She wrote journals with her goals, her life visions; she practiced exceptional golf etiquette as a promising junior; she observed her peers’ tastes in culture and behavior, and made them her own. After leaving professional golf, Henni joined the broadcast ranks, she became an exclusive media correspondent for Tiger Woods, and she was working high-impact jobs acros...

The Shrinks are at the USGA’s 2nd Adaptive Open at Pinehurst No. 6! This impromptu Bonus Hugs session from Bradford and Connor was laid down between lighting setups. Giddiness and love ensues. Cisco brought the GGT team to Pinehurst to help capture stories of the Adaptive Open competitors and what makes this tournament so important. In this session: Earthly elements, Connor’s Hut, curiosity. As al...

Bradford, Connor, and Drew respond to some listener questions, but an internal question arose: what are GGT listeners called? A name was born.  In this session: Dinks. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group...

This was almost a six-voice podcast. The Tossing Clubs trio have been creating podcast and social media content for a year, focused on their new journeys in golf. Zach and Aaron from the Tossing Clubs outfit join the couch to talk about their roulette-style approach to playing the world’s best golf courses, and how they’re each embarking on adventures in therapy.  In this session: ClubTalk, the Co...

And just like that, the US Open has come and gone. What was a week-long whirlwind of wonder in Los Angeles, is now a distant memory. Thankfully, audio devices have recording capabilities, so thus we present you with this podcast session LIVE from the US Open. The USGA hosted the Shrinks in La La Land  In this session: RECESS, Parisian cafe music, golf in virtual reality. ALERT: Bonobos, purveyor o...

Ben Haggerty first came on the couch a year ago — he was in the self-described painstaking process of finishing an album. Time has passed. The album’s out, he’s gone on a world tour. Now, he’s dropping another album: an entire line of clothing (plus a golf shoe) with adidas Golf. The Bogey Boys x adidas collaboration dropped on June 14, and in celebration of the release, the Shrinks got a few minu...

Rachel Drake is an abstract golf artist — her commissioned golf paintings hang in homes of bucket-list trippers and daughters of major champions. Her journey to becoming an artist, though, and becoming a mother, was born from a stretch of unimaginable grief. One certainty is learned from this conversation with Rachel: when presented with loss, she has the unmistakable knack of creating. Rachel wen...

Golf course architect, Christine Fraser, came on the Group Golf Therapy couch 2 years ago. She was the fourth session of the podcast. Much has changed for us all in that time: work has come; pro-ams have been played; Connor slept on a cot in Christine’s Edinburgh hotel room. But one thing has remained: the Shrinks and Christine are family. This session is a catch-up on the past few years, running...

Cole Walliser learned at a young age that being different wasn’t a bad thing. While his friends were playing baseball, basketball, and golf, Cole dug his heels into a skateboard and drilled trick after trick; ultimately leading to sponsorships as a junior. He applied the same hardworking principles to his creativity, and never lost his drive to make things. Cole got a visa from his native Canada,...

Despite spending the better part of four weeks together for various GGT-related projects, it had been months since Bradford, Connor, and Drew got the opportunity to sit together and lay down a Shrinks Only conversation. Well, it finally happened. The Shrinks reflect on a hectic season, handling fast-pace in different ways, and how they've reconciled their working relationships with their perso...

For the second year, the Shrinks were brought together to enjoy the scenes at the Wells Fargo Championship. On a long Wednesday — which included following a pro-am group with Rory McIlroy, walking with First Tee students-turned-caddies, and participating in a First Tee clinic — Bradford, Connor, and Drew grabbed a quick couch session with PGA TOUR player, Trey Mullinax. In addition to the week-in,...

During a rain delay at the AJGA Will Lowery Junior Championship, Bradford and Connor stole 20 minutes with competitor, Matthew Vital. Matthew — along with his twin brother, Michael — recently committed to play his college golf at Temple University. He also recently signed on to the Eastside Golf NIL program, and copped a tournament victory at the Jim Thorpe Invitational in 2022. We spoke with Matt...

The Shrinks have been trying to pin down Will Lowery for a conversation since season 1 of Group Golf Therapy. But the universe wanted it to happen in person. Will is, among many other things, active — he’s a podcaster, broadcaster, partner of the Underrated Golf tour, screenplay writer, former professional golfer, and recent first-time host of his very own golf tournament, the AJGA Will Lowery Jun...

Drew Millard returned to golf at a low-point: he was burned out from over-work, and golf gave him a new lens to negotiate his life through. A literary agent contacted him, asked if he’d consider writing a golf book, and off he went. Now, that book, How Golf Can Save Your Life, is a week out from release. This conversation is fully and beautifully unhinged. Pre-order How Golf Can Save Your Live, ou...

Mike Golic Jr. is a sports broadcaster and podcaster, who played on the offensive line for Notre Dame's football team. Mike illustrates to the Shrinks how the offensive line is the "team within the team": how their duties regularly go unthanked and unnoticed, and how their mistakes can lead to severe injuries for their teammates. This pressure lead to a common pregame ritual shared b...

Brad Gehl is a former professional golfer, who recently began work in golf course construction alongside Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner. He’s also a devoutly creative person, who has started a nonprofit to feed skater kids, filmed a documentary in Ireland, and worked alongside Tom Sachs. Golf is firmly at Brad's core, having played from a young age with his family in Indiana — he learned quickly not...

Lennard Long — or, Sweet Swing Leo, in this session — is a DC-based golfer, First Tee coach, Morehouse College grad, and 2022 Wells Fargo Championship pro-am participant. That's exactly where the Shrinks met Leo: to help cover his and his fellow First Tee mentors' experience playing a round of golf with Rory McIlroy. Leo is much more than his already impressive C.V.: he's driven, hungr...

James and Andy met at Atlantic Records, signing artists and chasing hits. It didn’t feel complete. As passionate junior golfers, they decided to embark on a brazen journey: launch a mindfulness content mobile app, designed to improve the scores and wellbeing of golfers. Now, it’s their full-time adventure, and they release guided mindfulness sessions to users around the globe. The Golf Guru founde...

Lisa Cornwell is a golf analyst, host, and writer, who's new book, "Troublemaker: A Memoir of Sexism, Retaliation, and the Fight They Didn't See Coming" comes out on May 23. The book profiles Lisa's experience at Golf Channel, where she and 19 other women battled workplace misconduct. One thing is clear from this session: Lisa is a fierce defender of people, and she does not...

Doug Smith is a golfer, podcaster, and broadcaster, who the Shrinks have been trying to get on the couch since season 1. In 2020, Bradford was searching for representation in golf media, and he found it in Doug — flowers are exchanged. Doug grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and shares his experience as the only Black student at his high school. Golf came into Doug's life as a safe and nurturing...

Season 4 of Group Golf Therapy is officially underway. If you're new to the show, thank you for joining! Bradford Wilson, Connor Laubenstein, and Drew Westphal are diehard golfers, and even fiercer advocates for hosting conversations about how golf makes people feel.  This season starts out with a bang: Chad Mumm joins the GGT couch, as the Executive Producer of the Netflix golf documentary, Full...