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Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 188 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Welcome to Episode 3 of our My Course series.  On todays episode Dan sits down with Stouds from the Break 80 Podcast to discuss his favorite course, the Jewel.  The Jewel is an amazing course set amongst the bluffs in Lake City, MN right next to the Mississippi River.  Stouds is a Minnesota e...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 187 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan and Scott are back and we're ready to announce our 2023 golfing goals.  We will dive into stupid things we hate about golf and why they bother us so much and we finally reveal the backstory of sneaking onto courses and the 7pm special that Tiger Hoods references in our intro song. Please...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 186 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan sits down with the Scott and Jenny Stallings as they tell us their incredible story of receiving an invite to play in the 2023 Masters. Follow Scott on instagram @scottvstallings and check out their realty company @thestallingsteam Please go check out our Sponsor Gashouse Golf on instagra...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 185 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Welcome to the first episode of 2023.  Dan sits down Tour Pro Willy Wilcox.  Willy is the host of the Ture Time Podcast and former PGA Tour Pro.  After battling addiction issues he came back to play mini tours, start teaching and will be caddying for Lanto Griffen out on tour this year.  Sit...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 184 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan sits down Scott and Tyler the Creator to talk about what it's like to coach high school golf.  Scott moderates the discussion between two high school coaches, Dan and Tyler.  Dan talks about his start in coaching and how that led to Tyler coaching Dan's old team.  Now both men coach diffe...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 183 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan sits down with friend of the pod and newly minted PGA Tour pro Brent Grant.  This is Brent's 5th appearance on the pod and his first since earning his PGA Tour card.  As always Brent is sincere and insightful as he allows us inside his mindset during the final round of the Korn Ferry Cham...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 182 of Leave the Pin Podcast.  Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro.  Welcome to Episode 2 of our My Course series.   The My Course series will highlight courses around the country that people are in love with.  Today we take a trip to Manaquan River Golf Club in Brielle NJ.  Manasquan is a private club that plays along the Manasquan River and sits on the Atl...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 181 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Welcome to Episode 1 of our My Course series.  The My Course series will highlight courses around the country that people are in love with. Today we take a trip to Wild Horse Golf Club in Gothenburg Nebraska with Austin Adkins (@collegestreetglass on Instagram).  Austin journeyed to Nebraska...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 178 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan sits down with Craig Walton the founder of the RDU Golf Tour.  The Raleigh Durham Golf Tour started out as a way to meet new golfers and get a little competition going.  The tour has spawned into a massive undertaking that encompasses multiple states, hundreds of golfers and some of the f...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 178 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan sits down with Nick Ribeiro of the Preserved Links Club.  Preserved Links is a golf club that consists of members of private clubs that host events and meet ups at their home clubs.  The Preserved Links concept was born out of Nicks desire to play different private clubs around the countr...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 177 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan sits down with Dan Barone, assistant superintendent at Northampton CC.  The two Dans discuss the differences between private country clubs and public courses.  All manner of the courses and clubs are discussed from maintenance to initiation fees and dues structure.  Enjoy this deep dive i...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 176 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan and Scott are back after a summer hiatus where they spent more time playing golf then they did talking about it.  In this episode we catch our podcast patrons up on what we've been up to as well as highlight the start of fall golf.  Scott tells us about his Country Club escapades this sum...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 175 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan stops in the studio real quick to give an update on where the guys have been and where they are heading.  High School golf season is officially over so expect more episodes.  Let's give a big shout out to our newest sponsor Canmore Sports.  Canmore Sports is a new Golf GPS company that wi...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 174 of Leave the Pin Podcast.  Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro.  Dan and Scott are back from their self imposed Summer Hiatus to give you Episode 174 of Leave the Pin Podcast.  This week the guys are talking about how LIV golf in an attempt to make golf cool and take over the sport are actually not doing it any favors.  Dan talks about the hypocrisy in p...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 173 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan and caddie friend Dan Urban take you inside the ropes of the U.S Senior Open at Saucon Valley CC.  The week is detailed and Dan gives you in depth knowledge on how he preps his players for a course they have never seen.  Food options, merch sales, deep rough, old guys and fans asking Dan...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 172 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. (Apologies for Dan's audio...technical difficulties and public school wifi were not cooperating today) Dan and Tyler are back and they are playing Tylers Golf Course Logo Gameshow.  A fun remote episode where the boys break down some golf course logos and try to guess their inspiration.  As a...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 171 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan and Scott are live during the JT/Zalatoris playoff.  We recap the exciting final few holes of the PGA Championsnip.  Golf is not cool on TV and all you have to do is watch it to find out why.  The boys break down what can be done to change the stereotype of nerdy commentators and boring p...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 170 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan is joined by Scott Tarcy ( @scottyarcy on Instagram). Scott is a golf junkie through and through.  In 2021 Scott played 402 rounds of golf.  Learn how he did it, how much golf is too much and how he built a backyard short game area.  Scott plays competitive rounds, social rounds and every...

Welcome Back Podcast Patrons to Episode 169 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan is joined by friend of the pod Grant of Eagles and Arrows.  As we know, Dan and D-Lew travelled down to Augusta to attend the Masters.  What ensued was nothing like they expected.  Dan retells his tails of the Masters and what disappointed him.  Grant and Dan share their stories of attend...

Welcome back Podcast Patrons to Episode 166 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan sits down with Evan Boyer from Golfin Down South.  Just about a year ago Evan decided to start the social media page Golfin Down South.  As a long time Southern golfer with collegiate roots south of the mason dixon line it was the perfect opportunity to share his love for the south and hi...

Welcome back Podcast Patrons to Episode 164 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan sits down with one of the favorite Leave the Pin guests of all time...Jon Pannone from Spargo Golf.  The guys chop it up and cover everything from their recent club fitting, to the current state of golf, what Jon would do if he was in charge of pro golf and so much more.  Come join us as...

Welcome back Podcast Patrons to Episode 163 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan and Scott sits down with Mini Tour Pro Zane Lewis.  Zane has a very interesting story in golf.  A baseball player turned golfer who grew up on a family owned golf course.  He hails from the sand hills of North Carolina and attended a HBCU.  Along the way he set numerous school records, ma...

Welcome back Podcast Patrons to Episode 162 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan sits down with Instagram personality Kat of @thebirdsandthetees.  It was nice to finally connect face to face with Kat.  Kat does a great job of telling her story about her rise in the golf space.  We talk about her chaotic year of moving from the great north down to Charleston, her marri...

Welcome back Podcast Patrons to Episode 160 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan sits down with good friend and Korn Ferry Tour Caddie Mike Creed.  The guys talk about the upcoming season on the KFT and what changes will be implemented.  Mike is currently down in Florida with his player Tyson Alexander prepping for the 2022 season.  Hopes are high for making the trans...

Welcome back Podcast Patrons to Episode 160 of Leave the Pin Podcast. Shout out Tiger Hoods for our intro. Dan and Scott put a wrap on the year that was 2021.  They talk the PNC, take listener questions and discuss what the new year may hold.  Thank you to everyone who was a little part of our podcast world this year. Tell your friends, we're back with another episode of Leave the Pin Podcast. Ple...