Made for the Range - Golf Equipment Education

Today Jake sits down at the TaylorMade Kingdom with Chandler Carr of TaylorMade Golf. Chandler is a Global Product Manager who handles all metalwoods as well as specialty products like packaged sets, kids equipment, and products like the Kalea family. He also has quite the fun life outside of work with his Overlanding setup on his Tacoma and what seems to be an endless streak of Par3 Course hole i...

Today Jake sits down with Johnny Thompson, who has taken on the role of Tour Content Manager for Callaway Golf after spending over a decade on tour in various capacities with Callaway.  He was a part of the team that made Odyssey the #1 putter played on TOUR, has worked with all your favorite PGA Tour pros, content creator's and celebrities, and now he's poised to become the new face of...

For Episode 13 of the Made for the Range Podcast, Jake sits down with Jason Werner from The Tour Van. The Tour Van is the exclusive equipment trailer for LIV Golf's United States tour stops and they help dial in the best players from around the world competing on the LIV GOLF TOUR.  Bryson, Rahm, Tyrell, Phil... they've helped them all. Jason has a long history in the golf industry, and...

Today for epsiode 12 of the Made for the Range Podcast Jake is sitting down with Jim Grundberg who is the current CEO of SeeMore putters and extremely motivated to bring more attention to the brand that already has some pretty amazing history within the game of golf.  SeeMore putters are all designed with their Rifle Scope Technology which is a proprietary design feature placed behind the hosel of...

Tessa Sumagui (@tessa.pov) is a producer, photographer, and content creator rising quickly in the golf space working with companies like Vessel Golf, Uneekor, Lightyear Golf, PGA Memes, and plenty of others. Her ability to create high production value, engaging content, at incredible speed has made her sought after talent in the industry, and working alongside her childhood friend Tisha Alyn has b...

Jake's in Carlsbad, CA at Evnroll ERx for Episode 10 of the Made for the Range Podcast!  Alan Capistron is the Head of Fitting and TOUR at Evnroll Putters and has tons of insight into putter fittings and the methodology behind designing new putters and fitting them into the hands of the appropriate golfer.  The Evnroll system of fitting is super in-depth, and they have an incredible stable of...

For Episode 9 of the M4TR Podcast Jake sits down with Preston Toulon of Toulon Golf. Preston has been in the golf industry in several roles for many years, and has finally joined the family business along with his Father, Mother, and Brother Tony.  Preston is one of Jake's best friends, not only just in the industry but also in every day life, and they sit down to talk about Preston's pr...

For Episode 8 of the M4TR Podcast, Jake sits down with Mark Gunther of Mitsubishi Golf Shafts. Mark has been a part of the company since the original launch of Diamana in 2004 and has been a part of the team making the generational changes to the Diamana Lineup, but also to launch the Tensei lineup of products, as well as the value line C6 product and the newest Kai'Li lineup of golf shafts,...

For Episode 7 of the Made for the Range Podcast, Jake sits down with Don Brown of True Temper Golf to talk his long history at the company, as well as the differences in shaft design when talking about the modern game compared to decades ago. Since True Temper is an umbrella that also covers ProjectX, AeroTech and Accra Golf Shafts, we talk how they manage to keep different brands floating with un...

For episode 6 of the Made for the Range Podcast, Jake sits down with Joe Toulon of Callaway Golf. Joe is the Tour Manager for all of Callaway and chats with Jake about what it's like on TOUR, how Joe came up in the golf industry, some family history, as well as peeking into what may be next with Callaway Golf.  Note: This podcast was recorded before the Opus and Apex '24 launches! 

For episode 5 of the Made for the Range Podcast Jake sits down with one of his idols in the golf industry, Jose Miraflor. Jose has been with Cobra Golf for a number of years now, but the work he has done in the industry has mostly gone unnoticed.  Jose is a brilliant mind in the golf industry who has worked under Bob Vokey, helped launch the original TaylorMade Spider putter, and has his name on s...

or the start of women's golf month, Jake is sitting down with Georgia Heesch from True Temper. Georgia is a creative and a social media content strategy ninja, with a great background and talent in photography and physical forms of art such as painting as well.  Jake and Georgia talk about her role in the industry, the quick impression she has made for multiple brands, her creativity outside...

In Ep. 3 of the Made for the Range Podcast Jake sits down before Battle at the Beach with Johnny Wunder of Callaway Golf and Bryan Laroche of BryanGolf to chat about golf, fittings, clubs, buying a new comforter and what life is like for two guys who became best friends through the game of golf. Bryan chats about his dreams to host more events, and Johnny gives us some great insight to some of his...

In the second episode of the Made for the Range Podcast, Jake sits down with Owner and CEO of Edel Golf, Doug Coors to talk about the series of events that took a member of the Coors family and turned him into a CEO in the Golf Industry.  Edel Golf is a smaller company in the industry known for taking their time to develop lines of products that they believe truly innovate the space. Their SMS Wed...

The first episode of the Made for the Range Golf Podcast is finally here and we've got a one hell of a guest to jump start the launch of the Podcast.  Sean Toulon has an incredible history in the golf industry. He's responsible for some of the most famous golf clubs in the history of the game, is renowned for being one of the best personalities in golf, and above all else is a husband an...