Spirit Golf Podcast

Jasmine Koo is ranked third on the World Amateur Golf Rankings and is a freshman at the University of Southern California. She joins the SGA after winning back-to-back tournaments at the Windy City Collegiate Classic and the Stanford Intercollegiate. Koo already has a major amateur win as she was victorious at the Women's Western Amateur and finished fourth at the Augusta National Women's Amateur....

Christiaan Maas is the 14th-ranked player in the Official World Amateur Golf Rankings and the No. 1 ranked male amateur golfer in South Africa. He's a junior on the University of Texas Men's Golf team. Maas talked with the Spirit Golf Association about golf courses in South Africa vs. the United States, the adjustments he's made to his game to improve, how John Fields and the Texas Golf staff have...

Cameron Adam is a senior on the Northwestern University golf team and will represent Scotland at the 2024 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship. Adam dishes on what it was like to grow up in Scotland's deep-rooted golf culture, how he began representing Scotland at the national level, winning his nation's title, how the Stephen Gallacher Foundation was crucial to his development, and more...

Tommy Morrison is a junior at the University of Texas and will represent the United States at the 2024 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship. Morrison won the 2024 European Amateur Championship and played in the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon. He discusses his time in the U.K. over the summer, his motivation to qualify for the Spirit, how competing in amateur golf tournaments in h...

Gerardo Gómez is a freshman at the University of Arkansas and will represent Mexico at the 2024 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship. He is Mexico's National Amateur Champion, a tournament he won in the summer of 2024.   The SGA caught up with Gómez about his high school experience at Montverde Academy (FL.), why he chose the University of Arkansas, winning Mexico's National Championship...

Nacho Gervás is the managing director of the Spaniard Golf Federation and a former member of the DP World Tour (formerly European Tour). Gervás competed for Team Spain through his junior, amateur and professional golf career. In this episode, he talks to the SGA about the growth of golf in Spain, how the federation is developing the next generation of golfers, previews Team Spain's four players co...

Tiffany Joh has been successful in all aspects of golf since competing in the 2007 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship.    After a stellar college career at UCLA, Joh went on to have a successful 11-year career on the LPGA TOUR. Following retirement in 2021, Joh immediately set her sights on helping develop the next generation of the game. After spending three seasons coaching at USC, J...

Omar Morales, a rising senior at UCLA, will compete on Team Mexico at the 2024 Spirit International Amateur at Whispering Pines Golf Club. Morales has been a member of Mexico's National Golf team since he was 12, and he shared his journey climbing the ranks of amateur golf with the SGA. Morales also discusses the players who influenced him growing up, and shares his takeaways from the last two U.S...

In episode 2 of the Spirit Golf Podcast, the SGA catches up with 2011 Spirit Alum Austin Ernst. Ernst is a 3x winner on the LPGA TOUR and represented the United States in two Solheim Cups.    Ernst reflects on her illustrious career, how her amateur career prepared her for professional golf, how amateur golf has changed since she won the 2011 NCAA Division 1 Championship, and the newfound joys of...

In episode 1 of the Spirit Golf Podcast, the SGA briefs you on the history of the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship and interviews 2024 Team USA captain Nathan Smith.    Smith is a 4x U.S. Mid Amateur winner, leading him to compete in four editions of The Masters Tournament. We caught up with Nathan on his captain duties, what it means to return to The Spirit, and updates on the world...