Larry The Golf Guy

Kevin Heaney recently retired from the Southern California Golf Association after a long and stellar career. We talk with Kevin about how he got to the SCGA, his many accomplishments during his nearly 40 years at the SCGA (including the last 17 years as Executive Director), and what's on the horizon for the SCGA and other Allied Golf Associations.

We talk with John McNair about his journey in golf from player to club pro to the management side of the golf business, his accomplishments in his 20+ years at JC Resorts, and his service to the PGA at both the section and national level.

We talk with John Sawin, VP & Director of Golf at Pebble Beach, about growing up as a junior golfer at Merion, his stellar collegiate and amateur career and his journey from investment banking to Pebble Beach.  We discuss John's role at Pebble Beach, including working with the USGA in light of Pebble's status as an anchor site for the USGA, some of the recent changes that have been made to the cou...

We preview the upcoming Masters tournament with Top 100 Teacher Brady Riggs, including the likely contenders, the impact of the LIV golfers and the lengthening of the 13th hole. We also discuss the USGA's recently proposed model local rule regarding the shortened golf ball for elite male players, the PGA Tour's response to LIV with its newly structured limited field no cut designated events, and R...

We talk to Fred Perpall about his journey from growing up in Nassau, Bahamas, to becoming the 67th President of the USGA. Fred, who is the CEO of the Beck Group, an international architecture and construction firm, came to the game a bit later in the life, but having been bitten by the bug, he brings great passion and leadership to the game. We talk about a number of recent USGA developments, incl...

We talk to Ted Antonopoulos, long-time head professional at Mayacama Golf Club, about his wonderful career in the game.  Starting as an assistant to the legendary teaching pro Ben Doyle at Carmel Valley Ranch, Ted has had positions at a number of notable clubs, and was the original head pro at Mayacama Golf Club in Sonoma County in Northern California where he was instrumental in establishing the...

We talk to Ken Morton, Jr., who along with his dad and brother run the Haggin Oaks golf operation in Sacramento and its famous golf superstore. It is by far the largest golf superstore in the country located at a golf facility, and we discuss how it came about, its online component (Morton Golf), and what makes it so successful. We also discuss the many ways in which Ken and his family, through th...

Dan Rapaport, after having spent time as a golf journalist at Sports Illustrated and Golf Digest, is now both a golf writer and a podcaster at Barstool Sports. We talk about his role as the Tiger correspondent at Golf Digest and some of the notable pieces he has written, as well as his thoughts on LIV, his role on the Netflix series "Full Swing" and other hot topics in the golf world.

We talk to Joe Grohman, who is a nationally recognized golf instructor specializing in rehabilitation clinics for disabled veterans, blind people, Wounded Warriors and other folks with various challenges.  Joe spent 20 years of his career at the Navy Golf Course in Cypress, California, where he met and worked with a young Tiger Woods, and we reminisce about his many experiences on Team Tiger, and...

We talk with Mike Loustalot of Sagacity Golf. Mike's career in the golf industry has involved using data to more efficiently run golf courses. We talk with Mike about his journey from growing up in a family of golf professionals and competing as a player in college to helping to transform how golf facilities conduct their operations.

We talk with Paul Levy, 40th President of the PGA of America, about his career as a club professional and in club operations and development, and his experiences in the Southern Texas and Southern California PGA Sections as well as at the national level of the PGA where he served as Secretary, Vice President and ultimately President.  We discuss his role in moving the PGA headquarters to Texas fro...

We talk to Matt Kent about his playing career as the #1 amateur in South Africa and his time on the professional tours, and his current life as the founder and managing director of Kent World Travel.

We talk with long-time SCPGA Executive Director and former PGA of America President Tom Addis III about his many stellar accomplishments and experiences in golf.

We talk to Rob Oosterhuis about growing up as the son of golfing great Peter Oosterhuis, his playing career and becoming a PGA member, and his evolution beyond golf to management at resorts and more recently at private country clubs.

We talk to Jim Smith, Jr., about his path to The Philadelphia Cricket Club, what life is like at the nation's oldest country club which dates back to 1854, and the importance of being "purple".

We talk to Jason Epstein about his journey in the game to his present position at Congressional Country Club, some of the memorable experiences he has had along the way, and what his professional life is like at one of the game's iconic clubs.

David Reasoner has spent his entire professional career at The Ridgewood Country Club. We talk to David about how he first started at Ridgewood, how he got the head pro job at such a young age and what life at Ridgewood has been like for him, as well as his thoughts on the profession generally.

Craig Kessler is Director, Public Affairs at the SCGA. Craig is regarded as the gold standard in public advocacy for golf. We talk to Craig about how he got started and some of the notable issues facing the game today.

Jared Doerfler is the creator of the Perfect Putt, a free weekly newsletter which covers the business side of golf. We talk to Jared about how he got started and some of the notable topics he has covered.

We talk to Jill McGill about her playing career and her great victory this past summer in the US Senior Women's Open.

We talk to Mike Harmon, who played the PGA Tour and was the Director of Golf at Secession Golf Club for many years. We discuss his wide-ranging experiences in the game as both a player and a club professional.

With the PGA Tour season wrapping up, we catch up with our friend Brady Riggs on the year in golf. We touch base on where we are with LIV and the PGA Tour's responses to date, as well as discuss the impressive talent on both the PGA and LPGA Tours and how much fun it would be to have a combined team tournament with both men and women.

We talk to 2016 PGA Professional of the Year Award winner Cary Cozby about his life in golf. We discuss his growing up in Bartlesville, OK and learning the game at Hillcrest CC where his dad was the head pro, his college golf career at the University of Oklahoma (where his two brothers subsequently played as well), and his experiences as the director of golf at Southern Hills (which included caddy...

We talk to Bob Vokey about his legendary career as a clubmaker and in particular his creation of Titleist Vokey Design Wedges. Bob has designed wedges for many of the game's greatest players and is one of the world's foremost wedge designers.

We talk to Luke Reese about his terrific new book "One for the Memory Banks", which details the wonderful experiences he had playing matches with his friends on the links courses of the UK and Ireland.