The 18STRONG Podcast

This week we are excited to have on Mark Loomis, the Executive Producer at FOX Sports. This interview was done a few weeks before the big announcement of FOX not covering the US Open, but nonetheless, in this interview, we talk a lot about simply the production and what it takes to put on a huge event like this and it really gives an insight as to why FOX Sports decided to get out of the US Open a...

This week we have Mackenzie “Mac” Todd and Leo Rooney from Urban Golf Performance (UGP). I’ve been watching UGP over the last 4-6 years just because of the cool vibe they have at their facilities seeing what they are doing with a lot of their golfers from all age ranges and skill levels and I just really loved what I was seeing. With locations in Orange County, West Los Angeles, and no...

This week we have a legendary guest: Joe Buck, the one and only from Fox Sports. This was recorded before the Fox broadcast team announced they were not going to be broadcasting the US Open or the USGA Events so I know this is a little behind the times of the news that you’ve received, but thankfully we talked about a lot more than the US Open. In fact we got into a lot of different topics from Jo...

This week we have two guys that are no strangers to this show Kyle Shay & Mike Napoleon: The founders of Superspeed Golf. In this episode Kyle, Mike, and I talk about everything going on at Superspeed golf, and why there is so much focus on speed these days. What could you do in your game, your own practice, your own training that could give you another 10-15 yards and how would that impact yo...

Today on the podcast we have Art Chou, the GM for North America for Rapsodo. If you don’t know what Rapsodo is, I’m going to let Art explain it in the episode but basically Rapsodo is a software development company that now has a launch monitor for golf. They are a huge deal in the world of MLB as far as ball flight metrics and are now taking over the world of golf and mobile/portable launch monit...

This week on the 18Strong Podcast I am joined by Ashley Mayo, the Head of Brand at 8AM Golf, the parent company that owns and operates several other well-known golf brands like Golf Magazine, Golf.com, True Spec Golf, The Nicklaus Companies, GolfLogix, Club Conex, and Miura Golf. In this episode, Ashley explains exactly what her focus and role is at 8AM, and how their team is able to manage the in...

This week we have our good friends Gary Nicol and Karl Morris, the authors of The Lost Art of Putting and The Lost Art of Playing Golf.  They join us today to talk about ways to improve your game without fretting so much about your technique, but more about your intentions and attention on your SHOTS on the golf course, rather than your SWING! Highlights from this Episode What the lockdown lo...

In this episode, we’re talking with 2-time PGA Tour winner, Nick Taylor. Nick joins us from home today talking on how he has adjusted to life at home in the last few months. We chat about the status of the tour in lock down and possible re-opening dates and procedures. Nick also breaks down his recent ProAm win at Pebble Beach, and gives us an inside look into the nice and not-so-nice times...

This week I’m talking with John Ashworth, Founder of LINKSOUL. We discuss everything regarding the company’s past and direction, the apparel itself, and we feature why we have partnered up with this great company as our preferred brand on and off the course. We also touch on how they are adapting to the current pandemic and their successful campaign for the COVID-19 Relief Fund, what n...

This week I’m talking with Rob Collins, golf course designer/architect to catch us up on everything going on with his cultish wonder of a 9-hole course, Sweetens Cove down in Tennessee and what’s next for the dynamic duo of King Collins Golf. Rob explains how they’ve been affected by the COVID-19 situation, upcoming projects they have, and will be working on once everything clears up,...

This week we continue with a LIVE via Facebook interview for the podcast talking with our close buddy, and professional golfer, Hayden Buckley. He joined us for a chat about his current golf standings pre-lockdown, what he’s doing to stay sharp on his game, takeaways from making the cut in 2 out of 2 PGA Tour events and how he plans to use that knowledge moving forward to break through to his drea...

This week I continue the live Facebook interviews for the podcast talking with Piers Ward and Andy Proudman, founders of one of the most prolific golf media companies in all of the game, MeAndMyGolf. They join us to talk not only about the journey of founding MeAndMyGolf, what they are doing during the COVID shut down and what they have in the pipeline for the future. Piers and Andy also share the...

This week I continue the LIVE via Facebook route for the podcast talking with the founder of TRUE Linkswear, Jason Moore. Jason is on to talk about how the quarantine has effected TRUE, how he has utilized this time to hit the drawing board for upcoming shoe designs, and the process of what it takes to draft and create their shoes. Highlights from this Episode How LinkSoul and TRUE Linkswear got l...

This week I continue the live via Facebook route for the podcast talking with the founder of the Nutritional Coaching Institute, Jason Phillips. We talk on his new quarantine routine, the caution we should take on overloading with high-intensity workouts during the lockdown, what his nutrition looks like and how to be more relaxed with your diet, what led to the founding of NCI, and his new audiob...

This week I continue the Facebook Live podcasts talking with PGA fitness coach, Damon Goddard. In this episode, we talk about how Damon has adjusted to the quarantine from a personal and professional perspective. Damon also gets into the tools and tech he is utilizing with his athletes during this time, how a recent injury has affected him physically and mentally, and the new PGA Tour initiative h...

This week I continue the Facebook LIVE route for the podcast talking with our friend from the PGA tour, Scott Harrington. Scott catches us up on how he has adjusted to the quarantine, what his season looked like pre-COVID and how he is preparing to hit the ground running when the season re-opens. Highlights from this Episode How he has adjusted to the lockdown and is both staying productive throug...

This week I continue the live via Facebook route for the podcast talking with our friend and PGA tour winner, Adam Long. We are catching up with him on both how he is personally managing this quarantine and also what he is doing to prepare for when the tour and season opens back up to stay on his game. He also answers some fan questions live like his toughest round of golf, how he avoids the “dad...

This week I continue the LIVE interviews via Facebook for the podcast talking with Nic Catterall, fitness extraordinaire working with the PGA tour players. Nick drops in to give us the status of what’s going on with these players, their workouts, and how he is working with them remotely and enterprising on the innovation necessary to keep up with the limitations from being unable to see them in pe...

This week we continue the live via Facebook route for the podcast talking with Trillium Rose about ways you can improve your golf swing even when you are at home without access to your course or gym. Trillium is the director of instruction at Woodmont Country Club, a top 50 golf digest and LPGA teacher, 2017 Mid-Atlantic Teacher of the Year and her name is pretty much synonymous with the words “qu...

This week Tony and I continue the live via Facebook route for the podcast talking on the current affairs in the realm of sports and COVID-19’s role in effecting their seasons, updates on Tony’s 100 push up challenge, and what our diets have looked like as we have been stuck inside. We also answered questions on easiest methods to seeing weight cut, our favorite rotational exercises, and the best m...

This week Tony and I decided to take our normal shouts from the crowd episode and do it live via Facebook talking on the current status of people in the fitness industry during the quarantine, what people are doing and what suggestions we have for routines and taking advantage of the social distancing. We answered questions on how to know what supplements to use, the best equipment for your home w...

This week Dr. Gio Valiante comes back on the show to talk about a little bit of everything covering the mental side of not just golf but also your fitness, mentality, strength, and what the best of the best do like the example and bar that greats like Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, and Tiger Woods. What are the environments they put themselves in and the habits/headspace they go into to continue to...

In today’s episode I’m joined by Tony Soaib once again to discuss topics related to golf and fitness like the professional athletes crushing balls at top golf, what athletes we would like to see and who is best suited to try both golf and the long drive contest, the compensation between golfers and other athletes, the hubbub about Paul Azinger calling out Tommy Fleetwood for not winning on the PGA...

In today’s “Shouts from the Crowd” episode, Jeff and Tony once again to discuss topics related to golf and fitness including, long-time 18STRONG friend, Hayden Buckley’s Monday qualifying into the Honda Classic, several different topics on the Peter Kostis interview from No Laying Up digging into the future of golf broadcast on TV, gambling’s growing role in the sport which led us into...

This week on the latest Shouts From the Crowd episode with Jeff and Tony, we start out with some conversation about general golf, sport, and fitness current events. In the second half of the episode, we shift into our Shouts from the Crowd segment where we answer questions from the listeners and social media . . . Highlights from this Episode The USGA’s distance report on how they believe golfers...