Tap Into College Golf

In this episode, we hear a new perspective as former Furman women's golfer Taylor Totland joins the podcast to talk about overcoming injuries as a junior, collegiate, and professional golfer. Injuries, illnesses, accidents, and setbacks are all part of being an athlete, how you come back from them is key in staying on the path to success. Taylor has battled both chronic and acute injuries througho...

In the Take 3 Series, I cover your questions about recruiting, junior golf, college golf, player development, parent involvement, and much more. This episode discusses: "Are scholarships negotiable?" "Which college golf camps should I attend?" "What is a verbal commitment?"

Just as you have been competing against some of the same girls since you first started playing golf, Coach Kory Henkes and I were in those exact same shoes 30 years ago. From day 1 of playing SC junior golf tournaments, we competed against each other and that continued once we both went to college as well, she at South Carolina and me at Furman. Coach Henkes took a little different direction after...

In the Take 3 Series, I cover your questions about recruiting, junior golf, college golf, player development, parent involvement, and much more.  This episode discusses:  "What tours and tourneys should I play in?" "Does a coach prefer resume or online questionnaire?" "How do I handle expectations when I've been working hard?"

Discipline, Attitude, Will, Gratitude, Selfless (DAWGS) is what you will see when you walk into The Barn in Starkville, MS, home of the Mississippi State Bulldogs men's and women's golf teams. Coach Ginger Brown, in her 10th season as the women's head coach, proudly gives a tour of their facility and shares a few of their team traditions before we sit down to chat. A PGA Class A Professional, Coac...

You've heard many of the stories and references to my college golf days at Furman University, well this is your chance to listen in while I sat down to chat it up with my college coach Mic Potter. Coach Potter (better known as Mic in the college golf world) is in his 37th season of coaching, his 15th as the head coach for Alabama's Crimson Tide Women's Golf team. With 38 WGCA All-Americans, 36 WGC...

The official kickoff to season 2 of Tap In To College Golf. This is just a short episode to welcome in the new year and the new season with some insight as to what is to come in the 2020 season. A big addition is the launch of a new series to tackle your questions and stories as listeners. 

In this episode Coach Doell chats about her move to the University of San Francisco after spending 7 years building the program at Seton Hall. She shares some of her own personal growth and lessons learned from her early coaching career. And be sure to stick around for the whole episode because we cover some great recruiting process tips during the last 20 minutes.

Wisconsin's Head Women's Golf Coach Todd Oehrlein shares a couple of his favorite practice drills, including an indoor winter drill he uses with the team during their offseason.

After 19 years as the Head Women's Golf Coach at Georgia State, Coach Cathy Many retired back in April 2019. I caught up with her to provide a different perspective for this episode as she reflects back now that she is no longer coaching. She shares about her time with junior players when she was an instructor prior to becoming a college coach. And also the experiences she had as a college coach w...

High Point University Head Coach Alexis Bennett joins me for the Quick 9 series. In this series coaches get 9 questions to answer in less than a minute. We discuss college golf, junior golf, the recruiting process, and being a college coach. 

After earning his license as a chiropractor and coaching both basketball and golf at the DIII level, Coach Todd Oehrlein took over the women's golf program at the University of Wisconsin in 2003. Tap in to listen to his unique perspective on coaching and how his philosophy has changed over the years. 

While we are talking about the opportunity that DII golf programs provide, it would be wrong not to include an episode with Hall of Fame coach Julie Garner. Coach Garner starts her 24th season as the Rollins College women's golf coach. She joined the show to talk about her time at the DII powerhouse located in Winter Park, FL where the Tars have won 6 National Championships and finished Runner-Up...

Bringing you a new perspective in this episode as I chat with Limestone Men's and Women's Head Coach Zack Siefert. Don't let the lack of a "DI name" keep you from tapping in to listen to this episode. Coach Siefert played college golf at Clemson University so he knows the appeal of playing for a powerhouse DI program but his energy and enthusiasm for developing his players at a DII program is seco...

In the Quick 9 segment each coach gets a chance to share their favorite drill. In this episode Coach Erika Brennan from University of South Florida shares a drill she likes to call Chaos. 

If this episode doesn't get you excited to play college golf then I don't know what will. USF Coach Erika Brennan has such a passion for coaching, mentoring, and developing young athletes, along with being a dedicated mom and wife, that you can feel the energy radiate as she speaks about it all. She shares how she got started as a college coach and what inspired her to follow that path, along with...

This is a rare opportunity to hear from a coach who is in the midst of transition from one program to another. I caught up with Coach Lisa Strom as she was selling and and buying a house in the same day, meeting with her new players, and getting settled in at her new home of Kent State University. After 3 years as the head coach at Texas State (5.5 years as assistant coach at her alma mater Ohio S...

Coach Kuhle knew early on that even though she loved playing golf she was meant to be a coach. She does not take her role as a coach lightly and feels like the example she sets for her players is one that goes well beyond the golf course. She also feels blessed to coach in her home state of Colorado as she puts a top priority on her family. 

In this episode, I chat with Auburn Women's Head Coach Melissa Luellen about her journey from playing college golf for her mom, to playing on tour, to how she ended up at Auburn. She shares some great perspective on how she has balanced her family life with her coaching life and what she expects of her players on and off the course. 

As a Furman Women's Golf Alum I was excited to sit down with Head Coach Jeff Hull to chat about this journey that led him to Furman. After his college golf career ended at University of South Carolina, Coach Hull went the route of being a teaching professional, before taking on the assistant coaching job at UGA. His insight as a former instructor and now as head coach at a successful women's golf...

In this episode Kelley Hester, Clemson Women's Head Golf Coach, shares how she first got into college coaching and her unique coaching path that has spanned the country before landing her at Clemson. She talks about her time as Stacy Lewis's coach while at Arkansas, her return back to UGA, the uniqueness of coaching a program like Furman and all the highs and lows along the way. 

After 11 years at UVA, Coach Kim Lewellen decided to come back home to NC and take over the women's golf program at Wake Forest University.  I caught up with Coach Lewellen right after the team won the ACC Tournament to cap off an exciting and eventful spring season. We talk about how she got started as a college coach, being there as Wake Forest Senior, Jennifer Kupcho, won the Augusta Natio...