The Amateur Golf Podcast by AmateurGolf.com

Sean and Jordan wrap up the NCAA college season with some final thoughts on the men's Division 1 national championship at Grayhawk. They look through the PGA Tour U grads and try to project what their first 12-18 months might look like. Then they discuss Rose Zhang's pro debut victory along with amateurs who qualified for the Men's and Women's U.S. Open. Amateur Golf Links: Ama...

Sean and Jordan are joined by David Tenneson (@ CGolfBook ) to react to Rose Zhang's individual National Championship and Wake Forest's match play triumph. They also have some flowers for USC who made it to the final match. Then, at the 12:30 mark, they turn their attention to the men's national championship. David outlines the work he's doing to collect the history of college...

Sean and Jordan talk storylines at Grayhawk for the women's NCAA National Championship.  They also try to put Rose Zhang's two years at Stanford into perspective and discuss her place in the pantheon of great college athletes in any sport. Amateur Golf Links: AmateurGolf.com Subscribe Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube

Jordan Perez and Sean Melia share some of their favorite storylines leading into the men's NCAA Division 1 regional stage and also try to pick some teams that might surprise us and make, or miss, nationals at Grayhawk. Amateur Golf Links: AmateurGolf.com Subscribe Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube

Jordan Perez and Sean Melia dive into some of the storylines that have piqued their interest in the lead up to the NCAA Women's Regional.  Then they see if they can identify teams that might crash the party and leap the top five seeds in the regions and punch their ticket to Grayhawk. Amateur Golf Links: AmateurGolf.com Subscribe Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube

Jeronimo Esteve recently won the 2023 Coleman, it was, in his words, “his biggest victory” and he joined us to share his thoughts on the event. He gives some incredible descriptions of holes and shots at Seminole that made my palms sweat. Over the years, Esteve’s name has been at or near the top of some elite amateur leaderboards. From the Gasparilla to the Crump Cup to the U.S. Mid-Am and The Col...

Jordan Perez and Sean Melia open the pod by discussing amateurs at Chevron, Florida's SEC victory, other college results. Then (27:00), Marcus El of Golfstat joins to discuss life as the Director of Ops for the company, its connection with college golf, and then we pick his brain about the current college scene as conference championships wrap-up and regionals and nationals loom on the horizo...

Heather Daly-Donofrio’s role as the USGA Managing Director for Player Relations and Development has kept her quite busy over the last year. She has spearheaded the creation of the USGA’s National Player Development. A program that many felt was a long time coming. After research and discussions with people around the world, Daly-Donofrio and her team rolled out their plan this winter. Daly-Donofri...

Meghan Stasi is the youngest individual ever inducted into the Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) Hall of Fame. To date, she has won 17 FSGA titles, including two Florida Women’s Amateurs and five Florida Women’s Mid-Amateurs. Stasi is an eight-time FSGA Player of the Year. On top of that, she competed in the 2008 Curtis Cup at St. Andrews and has won four U.S. Women’s Mid-am championships from...

Jordan Perez hops on the phone on her way back from a week at ANWA  to talk about Rose Zhang's victory, the event's growth over the years, and pleasant surprises from the tournament.  Amateur Golf Links: AmateurGolf.com Subscribe Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube

Jordan Perez joins the podcast to preview the Augusta National Women's Amateur. We tackle the important storylines before Jordan heads to the event. Then Jess Baker, the reigning British Amateur champion, talks to Sean and Jordan about her action-packed summer and her preparation for the ANWA. Amateur Golf Links: AmateurGolf.com Subscribe Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube

Pete Wlodkowski started AmateurGolf.com 23 years ago. He joins me on this particular episode to talk about a project he’s working on for our YouTube channel. He wants to showcase the Carlsbad area in Southern California because it is the mecca for golf club manufacturing. Nearly every major brand has a foothold in Carlsbad. In the first episode of the Carlsbad golf tour, Pete visits Fujikura and l...

Ellen Port is one of the most decorated golfers of any generation. She’s won seven USGA events, an accomplishment that puts her in the stratosphere of nine-time USGA winners Bobby Jones and Tiger Woods. Jack Nicklaus and JoAnne Gunderson Carner have eight.  However, Port’s journey is different than the other golfers on the list. She began playing golf seriously in her mid-20s when she grabbed an o...

If you were a 1990s golf fan, you recognize John Ashworth’s last name. His apparel company, Ashworth, adorned some of the best players in the world: Fred Couples, John Cook, and Ernie Els. Over the years, John Ashworth has had his hand in a lot of different projects and companies, all of them connected to the game he loves. We discuss how he got into the game as a kid caddying for his dad, playing...

Dave Neville has been with Callaway for nearly a decade. TopGolf has exploded over the last few years, and Neville tells us how much that has impacted Callaway. He talks about the new sponsorship signings of influencers like Good Good and Bob Does Sports and what it means to help golf continue to grow. As Callaway rolls out its Paradym line, he talks with us about what makes this line the best he...

Lawrence Donegan might be one of the most interesting men in golf. His journey to Founding Editor of McKellar magazine started as a bassist for two popular Scottish rock bands in the 1980s. He went to journalism school, authored five books, and secured his dream job as the golf correspondent for the Guardian. Donegan tells some great stories about life on the road in a band. We also talk about how...

Dana Dormann keeps finding herself back at San Jose State. After an illustrious playing career at  San Jose State where she won the 1987 national team championship and the Pacific Coast Athletic Association Player of the Year award, she helped the Spartans win another national championship in 1989 as an assistant coach. Dormann enjoyed success on the LPGA Tour. But San Jose State’s siren song was...

Matt McClean has been a staple in Irish amateur golf over the last few years. He’s collected a number of impressive finishes in events in Ireland and the UK. In 2022 he had runner-up finishes in the North of Ireland Amateur Open and the Irish Amateur Open. He also reached the final 16 of the British Amateur, too. In his first competition in the United States, McClean broke through and won the US M...

Stephen Proctor has been at the forefront of bringing the history of golf back into modern-day golf discussion. The former newspaper editor at the San Francisco Chronicle and Baltimore Sun has turned his passion for storytelling into two excellent golf books that would be great gifts for a golf lover in your life. “Monarch of the Green” details Young Tom Morris’ life as the golf’s first superstar....

Andrew von Lossow has dabbled in every part of golf possible - playing, caddying, logo design, lead tape, hickory golf. He does all of them very well. For me, Von Lossow came onto the scene at Ridgewood Country Club when he beat Michael Thorbjornsen in the U.S. Amateur. He grew up the son of a tour pro, Jim Von Lossow, who then became a club maker. Along with his dad, Andrew took to the hickory ga...

Scott Harvey and Kevin Marsh are legends in amateur amateur golfer. Both have won the US MidAm, Harvey in 2014 and Marsh in 2005. Today’s podcast is about an event that Marsh and Harvey played a huge part in getting off the ground. The East West Cup is an amateur team event that started in 2020. It brings together senior amateurs, MidAms, and college golfers from both sides of the Mississippi to c...

Rusty Strawn joined the podcast following his victories in the U.S. Senior and Canadian Senior Amateur Championships. Two national titles that he won in the span of nine days. Strawn’s golfing story is one of loyalty and discipline. He made some hard decisions in his 20s and 30s that took him away from competitive golf but set him up for the trophies he is collecting now. We talk about his golf or...

In June, Massachusetts golf was thrust into the limelight during the U.S. Open. The Country Club held up its end of the bargain, delivering an entertaining week of golf. Golf in the Bay State, however, runs far deeper than just the big country clubs that are hosting USGA events. Massachusetts has a strong Golf Association that celebrates the sport at every level. Our guests help highlight how golf...

Maxwell Moldovan has had an incredibly busy and fulfilling summer. He qualified for the U.S. Open which launched a stretch of golf that sent him from Ohio to Boston to three elite amateur events: The Northeast Amateur, The North & South Amateur, and the Southern Amateur. He also just won the Stark County Amateur Championship for the third time in four years . He dominated the event at his home...

In a bit of a new format, we gathered a crack panel to discuss the past, present, and future of golf in Ohio.  Ohio golf often flies under the radar. However, it’s history is rich and deep. Our panel tells tales and highlights what makes Ohio golf so great.  The panelists share stories about Jack Nicklaus first meeting Arnold Palmer on the Sylvania CC driving range and Ben Curtis winning the Ohio...