The ModGolf Podcast

For our final episode of Season 4, Colin traveled to Las Vegas for The PGA 2018 Fashion & Demo Experience held at The Venetian Hotel, where he finds the best entrepreneurial and innovation stories on the show floor. Although smaller in size than the January PGA Show in Orlando, this vibrant event coincides with Las Vegas International Fashion Week and is a trade-only event where PGA and Golf I...

This week host Colin Weston speaks with Women on Course Founder and President Donna Hoffman. Donna shares her entrepreneurial journey of building two successful businesses in different industry spaces, along with insights gained that help new entrepreneurs learn the steps and strategies necessary for their golf startup to thrive. Click to claim your exclusive ModGolf Podcast listener offer of $50...

On this week's episode, host Colin Weston speaks with KINONA Co-Founders Tami Fujii and Dianne Celuch to learn how they combined their career experience in the aparrel industy, enduring friendship and love for the game to reimagine golf clothing for women. Click to claim your exclusive ModGolf Podcast listener offer of $50 off a GOLFTEC Swing Evaluation and/or TECFIT Club Fitting ($125 value) You...

Host Colin Weston speaks with Michael Breed, star of SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio's " A New Breed of Golf ", along with being Golf Digest’s Chief Digital Instructor. Michael tirelessly tours the continent as an inspirational golf instruction keynote speaker and is an entrepreneur and innovator in the truest sense of those words. Join our mission to make golf more innovative, inclusive and fun... and WI...

On this week's episode, host Colin Weston speaks with Rhett Evans, CEO of The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America or GCSAA. Rhett pulls from his personal and professional experience, providing insights and inspiration on how building a culture of benevolence, empathy and giving back fuels their ability to help innovate the golf industry. This week's episode is brought to you by FAIR...

At The 2018 Special Olympics USA Games golf event in Seattle, our host Colin Weston met 14 year old Andrew Roberts and his dad Ken. In this short interview, Colin hears Andrew's incredible story. Andrew was diagnosed with autism at a very early age but that has not prevented him from becoming a sports media blogger now generously supported by The Flutie Foundation as a Flutie Fellow. You can check...

Colin travels to Seattle WA for The 2018 Special Olympics USA Games Golf event held at The Willows Run Golf Courses , where he speaks to the athletes, parents, volunteers and coaches to experience the pure, unfiltered energy and joy that is felt with every single swing of the club. "The 2018 Special Olympics USA Games showcased the abilities of athletes with intellectual disabilities, promoted the...

On this week's episode, host Colin Weston speaks with Aimee Cho, star of the golf instruction YouTube Channel " Golf With Aimee ". Join our mission to make golf more innovative, inclusive and fun... and WIN some awesome golf gear! As the creator and host of The ModGolf Podcast and YouTube channel I've been telling golf entrepreneurship and innovation stories since May 2017 and I love the community...

On this week's episode, host Colin Weston speaks with The National Golf Course Owners Association CEO Jay Karen, whose Non-Profit Organization is dedicated to innovatively growing the business for the golf course owners they represent. Episode Highlights • Jay shares his early love affair with golf, along with the purpose and mandate of The NGCOA. • We learn the history of The NGCOA and how the or...

On this week's episode, host Colin Weston speaks with Operation Support Military Golf Founder and CEO Jennifer Poth, whose Non-Profit Organization is dedicated to "Reviving the Golf Courses that Revitalize Our Heroes". Jennifer shares her entrepreneurial and personal golf journey, along with her deep connection to the US Military through her father's service as a Vietnam War Veteren. Click to clai...

On this episode of The ModGolf Podcast we bring you stories from one of the over 900 host locations for the 3rd annual Women’s Golf Day that was held globally on June 5th. Colin attended a Women’s Golf Day event at Fraserview Golf Course in Vancouver to hear from women of all ages and playing abilities to learn what this event means to them. Click to claim your exclusive ModGolf Podcast listener o...

On this week's episode, host Colin Weston speaks with Adaptive Golfers Founder Gianna Rojas, whose mission is to "Bring The Game of Golf To All Different Abilities". Gianna shares her entrepreneurial and personal journey through her work with The March of Dimes and defined by her discovery and love of golf, which ultimately lead to the creation of her non-profit organization. Click to claim your e...

The pinnacle event of the year for WE ARE GOLF is National Golf Day . It was held on April 24-25, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Are you a golf course owner or operator struggling with the complexities of running tournaments? Do you want to spend less more running them while increasing revenue and profit margins? Check out our friends at Golf Genius to learn how they can help make the ma...

We finished up Season 3 a couple of weeks ago and our team is working hard developing the next twelve episodes for Season 4, which launches on May 29. Looking back at Season 3, we consider this engaging batch of episodes to be the turning point for The ModGolf Podcast. We heard some amazing stories from a diverse group of guests who discussed how technology, entertainment experiences, music, celeb...

Today’s guest is Dennis Riedel, Co-Founder of Chef's Cut Real Jerky . Our conversation is all about innovation in the food space and it's connectivity to the golfer's experience. Host Colin Weston learns how a couple of golf buddies combine their culinary and entrepreneurial talents to create a high protein, preservative-free snack line that rethinks what you eat at the turn. _____________________...

Striving for excellence and the pursuit of unending improvement is what drives Dr. Christopher Cain as Director of The PGA Golf Management University Program at UNLV . Their program is cultivating the next generation of industry leaders by connecting students to community building opportunities that benefit the business of golf. Episode Highlights: • How Topgolf and competitors like Drive Shack an...

Dave Cavossa could have played it safe. He had a very successful professional career that would have carried him comfortably into retirement. But Dave's unrelenting desire to create something impactful gave him the courage to step outside his comfort zone, act on an opportunity and begin his entrepreneurial journey. This journey led to the creation of CaddieNow, a technology-based "Uber for Caddyi...

Twelve months ago Tajma Brown knew nothing about golf. Now she is poised to dedicate her professional career to the game she has quickly grown to love. Through PGA REACH - which is the charitable foundation of the PGA of America - The PGA WORKS Fellowship proactively recruits and hires recent college graduates from diverse backgrounds like Tajma for one year paid internships. Under the guidance of...

On this week's episode of The ModGolf Podcast, host Colin Weston sits down with Topgolf Media President YuChiang Cheng to learn how his team is tasked with striking the balance between rapid physical and technological expansion while conveying the consistent message that speaks to the quality, culture and purpose of their brand. Topgolf now has 41 US venues that served over 13 million customers in...

As we met for the first time at The PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, eGull Inc's CEO Pascal Stolz smiles confidently before speaking. His decades of entrepreneurial experience at both TaylorMade and Cobra Golf, combined with his tech startup efforts in Silicone Valley had prepared him for this moment. The moment when eGull Pay was about to step out of the startup shadows and offer the entire golf...

Alex combines the latest trending golf-centric news from the worlds of entertainment, sports, music, pop culture and viral videos to create his unique take on the game he loves. Alex Myers is a senior writer for Golf Digest, where he has worked for nine years. Alex plays a wide variety of roles for GolfDigest.com , but most notably, he's the creator of The Grind , a weekly column and video series....

After 20 years into her career at The PGA of America with roles including player development and women's initiatives, Sandy Cross gathered the insights to realize in order to grow the game, golf needed to embrace all the dimensions of difference beyond gender. Sandy took an entrepreneurial approach to the opportunity, successfully pitching a corporate transformation that embeds diversity and inclu...

A lifetime entrepreneur and sports junkie, Pete Charleston has combined his love for golf with his passion to constantly innovate. Pete shares how their latest Golflogix App feature Putt Breaks now gives every golfer the ability to read greens like a pro, lower their scores and have more fun. We also learn about the strong company culture of Pete's Scottsdale Arizona based company, along with the...

Dr. Michael Cooper's love for golf runs deep, inspired during his youth by the support and encouragement of both his father and the small but passionate Chicago African American golf community. Dr. Cooper shares with us how as the Chairman of The Golf 20/20 Diversity Task Force, he aims to create and support meaningful and inclusive change in the $85 billion/yr golf industry. _____________________...

Dean Reinmuth is one of Golf Digest's Top 50 instructors, but his talents and passion extends way past teaching. On this episode of The ModGolf Podcast, Dean shares his entrepreneurial golf journey that started in the 1970's with covering car windshields in The Buick Open parking lot to find customers for their golf instruction experiment. More than forty years later, Dean insatiable curiosity for...