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Group Golf Therapy

135 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings

Welcome to Golf's Safe Space! Group Golf Therapy is a podcast about the intersection of golf and mental health: how the sport makes us laugh, cry, and bubble with rage. Tap in with your GGT shrinks, Bradford Wilson, Connor Laubenstein, and Drew Westphal each week to hear stories, confessionals, and mortal wounds.

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#100 - A 100th Session Extravaganza with the Shrinks

January 18, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 107 MB

WOW! 100 sessions of Group Golf Therapy! To the Dinks, to everyone who tapped in from day one, to those who started listening this morning, to those we lost along the way, thank you from the bottom of our hearts and butts. We love you. The Shrinks take some time to reflect on the road to 100, conduct a “how well do I know you” exercise, and look ahead to how Group Golf Therapy plans to change… In this session: Connor’s new toxic trait, The Newlywed Game, what’s next. As always, thanks for ...

#099 - Brad/ConThoughts

January 09, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MB

It's Bradford and Connor's turn to run their isolated ShrinkThoughts Sessions. In this session: Bradford on bodies, A Love Letter to Miguel, the ankle-strike. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therapy is sponsored by our favorite golf glove on the market, RED ROOSTER! Get your hand in a new, fre...

#098 - www.DrewThoughts.gov.www/DrewThoughts

January 04, 2024 05:00 - 24 minutes - 38.5 MB

To kick off the 2024 calendar, we bring you the first-ever installment of Drew Thoughts. Bradford and Connor supplied Drew with questions for solo musings, and a look-ahead to the new year. In this session: 2024 intentions, FMK, desert island golf items. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therap...

#097 - Maddi MacClurg brings us to The B*tch Zone

December 26, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MB

Maddi MacClurg is an Assistant Editor at Golf Digest, who contributes to the publication’s instruction section — we identify Maddi’s dad, a lifelong golf swing tinkerer, as her direct target reader. Maddi shares that her on-course persona as a junior golfer wasn't always the kindest to herself; something many golfers continue to struggle with. And while she's learned more self-facing compassion, she still holds space for an emotional labyrinth called The B*tch Zone. Join us, friends. In th...

#096 - Tisha Alyn needs some alone time

December 19, 2023 05:00 - 53 minutes - 49.6 MB

Tisha Alyn is a host, creator, and professional golfer who partners with some of the biggest brands in the world. As someone who's business is, well, them, the boundaries between being on and being off can get blurry. Bradford and Connor hear from Tisha about how being an influencer for seven years has impacted her mental health, what her ideal round of golf might look (and sound) like, and how it all comes back to family. In this session: derrière, being alone is weird, shut up!!!!  As al...

#095 - The house is on fire.

December 12, 2023 05:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MB

It’s a spicy time to be in golf, and we’re on the heels of a particularly spicy week. Jon Rahm has left the PGA TOUR to join LIV. Tiger Woods and Nike are reportedly on the outs. The golf ball is under siege. The house of golf is on fire, and the Shrinks dedicated some time to unpack the latest rumblings.  In this session: Rahmageddon, Bradford felt peaceful one night, rollback.  As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and lea...

#094 - Dr. Joe Parent deals in the senses

December 05, 2023 05:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MB

Dr. Joe Parent published Zen Golf in 2002, a book that is packed with East-meets-West philosophy of how to master the mental game in golf. The book was instantly endorsed by two of Dr. Joe’s students, Vijay Singh and Christie Kerr, who each became the number 1 ranked golfer in the world, and was a definitive guide for golfers at every level. Dr. Joe is a pioneer in the mental game conversation, and has since inspired work by many coaches to follow. What’s more, his gentle, calming spirit is i...

#093 - Bradford and Connor are Big Sick

November 28, 2023 05:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MB

While Drew is being the best dad ever at Disney World, Bradford and Connor are reeling from a soul-deep illness, contracted from a New York City dance club basement.   In this session: Throat Coat, light fraud, how to journal.  As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therapy is sponsored by our favori...

#092 - Matt Blois is preserving your mental health

November 21, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

Matt Blois is a golf performance coach, club fitter, and YouTuber, who runs Golf Liberty in Toronto, Canada. After years of struggling with his mental health and seeking intensive treatment, Matt and his therapist have now launched the Preserve Foundation, a comprehensive mental health clinic offering funding to individuals in need of treatment. Matt shares how his relationship with golf changed through the height of his panic attacks — something that led him to keep a bottle of valium in hi...

#091 - Dr. Bhrett McCabe is kicking anxiety's ass

November 14, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MB

Dr. Bhrett McCabe is a clinical psychologist and writer, who works with some of the biggest golfers, sports teams, and athletic programs in the world. Bhrett shares that his journey with understanding mental health started as a kid in a “psychologically aware household”: he played college baseball at LSU and realized that his anxiety was impacting his performance. Now, he’s one of the most successful sports psychologists in the field, and has helped athletes around the world win championship...

#090 - Phil Dunster and Movember

November 07, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MB

You know him as Jamie Tartt, you love him as Phil Dunster. Phil is an actor from Northampton, England, who joins the Group Golf Therapy couch from the city of Bristol, where his drama school alma mater is located. Phil is a new golfer, and uses sport as a means of healthy escape and connecting more deeply with friends. The Shrinks are *jazzed* to follow Phil’s golf journey, and were touched by his willingness to talk about the mental health of it all — particularly, how to find self-worth an...

#089 - Ryan Barath is communicating with the past

October 31, 2023 06:15 - 1 hour - 71.3 MB

When Ryan Barath was 13, he saw an interview where Phil Mickelson described a modulation he made to his 60-degree wedge, to make it better fit the golf course he was competing at that week. Ryan’s jaw hit the floor: “you can tinker with golf clubs?!” That immediately inspired a career path as a golf club fitter, builder, and writer focused on the many intricacies of golf equipment. Golf wasn’t always a constant for Ryan, though — one afternoon at his local muni, he decided to walk off the co...

#088 - Pat Corcoran is trusting his higher self

October 24, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB

Pat Corcoran shone bright early. As the manager of Chance the Rapper, Pat saw meteoric success in defining the cultural relevance of independent music. Now, Pat reflects on his twenties through the lens of his Higher Self — how his anxiety limited his ability to process his emotions. He has since shifted focus to managing an independent wine label, No Fine Print, and taking to the golf course to find moments of peace.  In this session: reactions, re-parenting the window-front dog, emotional...

#087 - The Shrinks don't support kids?

October 17, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MB

G’day, Dinks! It's us, and it's emoash. In this session: For All The Dogs, caddies, okay we need a bois trip. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therapy is sponsored by our favorite golf glove on the market, RED ROOSTER! Get your hand in a new, fresh Cabretta leather glove, and sign up for a mont...

#086 - Shank Haney is back.

October 10, 2023 04:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MB

Look out, Dinks: Shank Haney (Government Name, Liz Breed) is back on the Group Golf Therapy couch for a trademark unhinged session. That is all. In this session: Bradford needs AirTags, obsolete golf things, Golf Math. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therapy is sponsored by our favorite golf g...

#085 - Alex Fourie’s motto: one arm, zero handicap

October 03, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes - 48.7 MB

Bradford, Connor, and Drew met Alex Fourie at the 2023 US Adaptive Open at Pinehurst, and were instantly struck by his attitude, his composure, his outlook. At the age of seven, Alex was adopted from Ukraine and relocated to the US. On day 1 in America, he fished — on day 2, he golfed. Golf became a salve, always there with the sun poking through the trees. Now, along with competing in tournaments around the world, Alex and his foundation, Single Hand Golf, are giving golf to children with a...

#084 - Jain Golf’s Chris Hovsepian took us to camp

September 26, 2023 04:20 - 1 hour - 72.2 MB

You may not have heard his name, you may not have seen his face, but you know his work. A year ago, Chris Hovsepian left his job in the music industry, where he worked with artists whose names and faces you are certainly familiar with. He had a weird idea — weird is good. The mission: create a cartoon world in which an anthropomorphic golf ball, Jain, shows us how golf should be: fun, diverse, interesting. Jain has become a mascot for golf, shelling out pithy, colorful expressions that every...

#083 - Kayla Jones likes the woo-woo

September 19, 2023 04:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MB

Kayla Jones is Head Golf Professional at Bobby Jones Golf Course in Atlanta, and is a former competitor on the Epson Tour. Bradford and Drew recently witnessed Kayla’s golf greatness in a match at Bobby Jones, along with our Good Friend, Aaron Chewning, from St. André (view the match on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgsctbTq8B4). Kayla came on the GGT couch to talk about learning the ropes of her new gig as Head Pro, the stresses and successes of playing professional golf, an...

#082 - Shane Bacon wrote a children's golf book

September 12, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

Shane Bacon is a broadcaster, podcaster, writer, and host who covers golf for a wide range of outlets. He made a crack at playing professionally, and subsequently turned to media, working for Golf Channel, hosting a podcast with Max Homa, and covering featured groups for The Masters. Now, Shane is promoting his children’s golf book, The Golfer’s Zoo, and pursuing personal creative projects around the game.  In this session: when to ask if you can play, riding the horse til it bucks you, the...

#081 - Michael Block still can't believe it

September 05, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MB

Michael Block is Head Golf Professional at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club, in Mission Viejo, California. In May, 2023, Michael lit the golf world on fire by finishing tied for 15th at the PGA Championship at Oak Hill. It was a storybook week for the 47-year-old: he was surrounded by media, he played his final round with Rory McIlroy, and made a hole-in-one on the 15th hole on Sunday. His PGA Championship success flooded him with PGA Tour sponsor’s exemptions, endorsement deals, private plane rides...

Getting Better: Chris Trott, Pro Whisperer

August 15, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MB

In this third and final episode of Getting Better, presented by the MyTaylormade+ app, the Shrinks dive into the world of professional golf and GETTING FIT with a proven industry luminary. Chris Trott, known better as “Trottie”, is a whisperer to the professional golfers on Taylormade’s roster. His social media content with the world’s best players is relatable, humble, and flat-out impressive. Trottie gave the Shrinks an hour on the driving range at THE KINGDOM—wow.  In this session: not hi...

Getting Better: Justin Ray, Data King

August 08, 2023 04:00 - 55 minutes - 51.8 MB

In this second episode of Getting Better, presented by the MyTaylormade+ app, the Shrinks dive into the world of GOLF DATA with a proven industry luminary. Justin Ray is Head of Content at Twenty First Group, where he provides data insights to some of the largest sports broadcasting, teams, and players in the world. His Twitter page is a favorite among golf sickos on championship Sundays: his Beautiful Mind-like approach to relaying player insights at break-neck speed is flat-out impressive. ...

Getting Better: Rick Sessinghaus on flow states

July 31, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes - 55.2 MB

In this first episode of Getting Better, presented by the MyTaylormade+ app, the Shrinks dive into the world of mental game performance with a proven industry luminary. Rick Sessinghaus is a PGA golf performance coach, a Doctor in Applied Sports Psychology, an author, and perhaps most notably, the coach of 2-time major champion, Collin Morikawa, since he was 8 years old. Rick and the Shrinks talk about the power of positive psychology, flow states, imagination, and loaded chicken nachos.  In...

#080 - Bradford, Connor, and Drew. And Josh.

July 25, 2023 03:53 - 1 hour - 97.7 MB

From a lanai in a steamy backyard in Pinehurst, North Carolina, Bradford, Connor, and Drew — AND JOSH — check in for one last time in season 4 of the Group Golf Therapy podcast. Brace yourselves: Drew drops some vulnerable heaviness early; You get introduced to Josh; the Shrinks unpack an epic week in Pinehurst for the US Adaptive Open.   In this session: Drew’s back in therapy, Josh, old men in Spain.  As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, r...

#079 - The Shrinks made a golf glove.

July 18, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

If you’ve listened to Group Golf Therapy in the past year, you’ll know that one of our few podcast partners is Red Rooster: they make our favorite golf gloves. They bring one of our favorite Meat & Potatoes segment to you, in Get a Grip. And, ultimately, the team behind the Red Rooster brand are great people. To celebrate one year of podcast marriage, GGT and Red Rooster linked up to create a glove that will act as the safe space for your hand. It’s called The Shrink. And it rules. This sessi...

#078 - Henni Koyack's favorite podcast is Group Golf Therapy

July 11, 2023 04:23 - 1 hour - 75.5 MB

Henni Koyack was a perfectionist. She wrote journals with her goals, her life visions; she practiced exceptional golf etiquette as a promising junior; she observed her peers’ tastes in culture and behavior, and made them her own. After leaving professional golf, Henni joined the broadcast ranks, she became an exclusive media correspondent for Tiger Woods, and she was working high-impact jobs across the golf media space. But “perfect” was corrosive. Now, Henni has built a simple life in Engla...

Bonus Hugs: Pinehurst and the US Adaptive Open

July 09, 2023 01:14 - 26 minutes - 41.9 MB

The Shrinks are at the USGA’s 2nd Adaptive Open at Pinehurst No. 6! This impromptu Bonus Hugs session from Bradford and Connor was laid down between lighting setups. Giddiness and love ensues. Cisco brought the GGT team to Pinehurst to help capture stories of the Adaptive Open competitors and what makes this tournament so important. In this session: Earthly elements, Connor’s Hut, curiosity. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our p...

#077 - Dinks.

July 04, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MB

Bradford, Connor, and Drew respond to some listener questions, but an internal question arose: what are GGT listeners called? A name was born.  In this session: Dinks. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therapy is sponsored by our favorite golf glove on the market, RED ROOSTER! Get your hand in a...

#076 - Going deep with Tossing Clubs

June 27, 2023 04:00 - 59 minutes - 55.3 MB

This was almost a six-voice podcast. The Tossing Clubs trio have been creating podcast and social media content for a year, focused on their new journeys in golf. Zach and Aaron from the Tossing Clubs outfit join the couch to talk about their roulette-style approach to playing the world’s best golf courses, and how they’re each embarking on adventures in therapy.  In this session: ClubTalk, the Corn Song, knee shakes. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Pl...

#075 - LIVE! at the US Open, with LaJethro Jenkins

June 20, 2023 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MB

And just like that, the US Open has come and gone. What was a week-long whirlwind of wonder in Los Angeles, is now a distant memory. Thankfully, audio devices have recording capabilities, so thus we present you with this podcast session LIVE from the US Open. The USGA hosted the Shrinks in La La Land  In this session: RECESS, Parisian cafe music, golf in virtual reality. ALERT: Bonobos, purveyor of fine menswear and garmentier of Lord Justin Rose, kitted us TF OUT for the entire week at th...

Macklemore returns to the couch

June 15, 2023 16:19 - 13 minutes - 22.3 MB

Ben Haggerty first came on the couch a year ago — he was in the self-described painstaking process of finishing an album. Time has passed. The album’s out, he’s gone on a world tour. Now, he’s dropping another album: an entire line of clothing (plus a golf shoe) with adidas Golf. The Bogey Boys x adidas collaboration dropped on June 14, and in celebration of the release, the Shrinks got a few minutes with Macklemore at the adidas store.  In this session: the worst part of making an album, f...

Bonus Hugs: Macklemore returns to the couch

June 15, 2023 16:19 - 13 minutes - 22.3 MB

Ben Haggerty first came on the couch a year ago — he was in the self-described painstaking process of finishing an album. Time has passed. The album’s out, he’s gone on a world tour. Now, he’s dropping another album: an entire line of clothing (plus a golf shoe) with adidas Golf. The Bogey Boys x adidas collaboration dropped on June 14, and in celebration of the release, the Shrinks got a few minutes with Macklemore at the adidas store.  In this session: the worst part of making an album, f...

#074 - Rachel Dickson is an artist.

June 13, 2023 04:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MB

Rachel Dickson is an abstract golf artist — her commissioned golf paintings hang in homes of bucket-list trippers and daughters of major champions. Her journey to becoming an artist, though, and becoming a mother, was born from a stretch of unimaginable grief. One certainty is learned from this conversation with Rachel: when presented with loss, she has the unmistakable knack of creating. Rachel went to the golf course — alone — in 2020, to find solitude. It took. Now, her golf art accounts ...

#074 - Rachel Drake is an artist.

June 13, 2023 04:00 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MB

Rachel Drake is an abstract golf artist — her commissioned golf paintings hang in homes of bucket-list trippers and daughters of major champions. Her journey to becoming an artist, though, and becoming a mother, was born from a stretch of unimaginable grief. One certainty is learned from this conversation with Rachel: when presented with loss, she has the unmistakable knack of creating. Rachel went to the golf course — alone — in 2020, to find solitude. It took. Now, her golf art accounts for...

#073 - Golf means nothing to Christine Fraser

June 06, 2023 04:08 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

Golf course architect, Christine Fraser, came on the Group Golf Therapy couch 2 years ago. She was the fourth session of the podcast. Much has changed for us all in that time: work has come; pro-ams have been played; Connor slept on a cot in Christine’s Edinburgh hotel room. But one thing has remained: the Shrinks and Christine are family. This session is a catch-up on the past few years, running through Christine’s recent work, and her future plans to build the modern day St Andrews. Praise...

#072 - Cole Walliser is getting Brain Gains

May 30, 2023 04:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Cole Walliser learned at a young age that being different wasn’t a bad thing. While his friends were playing baseball, basketball, and golf, Cole dug his heels into a skateboard and drilled trick after trick; ultimately leading to sponsorships as a junior. He applied the same hardworking principles to his creativity, and never lost his drive to make things. Cole got a visa from his native Canada, moved to Los Angeles, and began working toward a career as a filmmaker. Now, again, he's attackin...

072 - Cole Walliser is getting Brain Gains

May 30, 2023 04:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Cole Walliser learned at a young age that being different wasn’t a bad thing. While his friends were playing baseball, basketball, and golf, Cole dug his heels into a skateboard and drilled trick after trick; ultimately leading to sponsorships as a junior. He applied the same hardworking principles to his creativity, and never lost his drive to make things. Cole got a visa from his native Canada, moved to Los Angeles, and began working toward a career as a filmmaker. Now, again, he's attacki...

#071 - Shrinks Only: Ashes to ashes, diapers to diapers

May 23, 2023 04:00 - 51 minutes - 48.1 MB

Despite spending the better part of four weeks together for various GGT-related projects, it had been months since Bradford, Connor, and Drew got the opportunity to sit together and lay down a Shrinks Only conversation. Well, it finally happened. The Shrinks reflect on a hectic season, handling fast-pace in different ways, and how they've reconciled their working relationships with their personal ones. In this session: Brother Button, yard signs, US Open! As always, thanks for listening t...

#070 - PGA Tour player, Trey Mullinax, LIVE from the Wells Fargo Championship

May 16, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes - 36.4 MB

For the second year, the Shrinks were brought together to enjoy the scenes at the Wells Fargo Championship. On a long Wednesday — which included following a pro-am group with Rory McIlroy, walking with First Tee students-turned-caddies, and participating in a First Tee clinic — Bradford, Connor, and Drew grabbed a quick couch session with PGA TOUR player, Trey Mullinax. In addition to the week-in, week-out grind of the tour, Trey is a father, an entrepreneur, and a believer in community with...

Bonus Hugs: Matthew Vital is going to Temple

May 11, 2023 04:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MB

During a rain delay at the AJGA Will Lowery Junior Championship, Bradford and Connor stole 20 minutes with competitor, Matthew Vital. Matthew — along with his twin brother, Michael — recently committed to play his college golf at Temple University. He also recently signed on to the Eastside Golf NIL program, and copped a tournament victory at the Jim Thorpe Invitational in 2022. We spoke with Matthew about the pressures of playing golf at a high level, what he does to self-regulate during to...

#069 - Will Lowery hosted an AJGA event + NEW ALLBIRDS GOLF SHOE?!

May 09, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MB

The Shrinks have been trying to pin down Will Lowery for a conversation since season 1 of Group Golf Therapy. But the universe wanted it to happen in person. Will is, among many other things, active — he’s a podcaster, broadcaster, partner of the Underrated Golf tour, screenplay writer, former professional golfer, and recent first-time host of his very own golf tournament, the AJGA Will Lowery Junior Championship. Whew. It’s been a mighty couple years for Will, but those years haven’t been w...

#068 - How golf saved Drew Millard's life

May 02, 2023 04:00 - 50 minutes - 47.1 MB

Drew Millard returned to golf at a low-point: he was burned out from over-work, and golf gave him a new lens to negotiate his life through. A literary agent contacted him, asked if he’d consider writing a golf book, and off he went. Now, that book, How Golf Can Save Your Life, is a week out from release. This conversation is fully and beautifully unhinged. Pre-order How Golf Can Save Your Live, out on May 9, here: https://www.amazon.com/How-Golf-Save-Your-Life/dp/1419757571 In this sessio...

#067 - Mike Golic Jr. yakked before every football game

April 25, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

Mike Golic Jr. is a sports broadcaster and podcaster, who played on the offensive line for Notre Dame's football team. Mike illustrates to the Shrinks how the offensive line is the "team within the team": how their duties regularly go unthanked and unnoticed, and how their mistakes can lead to severe injuries for their teammates. This pressure lead to a common pregame ritual shared by Mike and his line-mates. Golf entered the picture for Mike when he and his father — legendary sports broadca...

#066 - Brad Gehl is going to call you

April 18, 2023 06:08 - 1 hour - 64.1 MB

Brad Gehl is a former professional golfer, who recently began work in golf course construction alongside Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner. He’s also a devoutly creative person, who has started a nonprofit to feed skater kids, filmed a documentary in Ireland, and worked alongside Tom Sachs. Golf is firmly at Brad's core, having played from a young age with his family in Indiana — he learned quickly not to swear on the course in front of his mother. From PGA Tour Latinoamérica, to playing in China, to...

#065 - Leo Long taught Rory McIlroy something

April 11, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MB

Lennard Long — or, Sweet Swing Leo, in this session — is a DC-based golfer, First Tee coach, Morehouse College grad, and 2022 Wells Fargo Championship pro-am participant. That's exactly where the Shrinks met Leo: to help cover his and his fellow First Tee mentors' experience playing a round of golf with Rory McIlroy. Leo is much more than his already impressive C.V.: he's driven, hungry, deeply thoughtful, caring, and passionate about using his experiences to inspire a new generation of golf...

#064 - Golf Guru is a tuning fork for your soul

April 04, 2023 05:18 - 52 minutes - 49 MB

James and Andy met at Atlantic Records, signing artists and chasing hits. It didn’t feel complete. As passionate junior golfers, they decided to embark on a brazen journey: launch a mindfulness content mobile app, designed to improve the scores and wellbeing of golfers. Now, it’s their full-time adventure, and they release guided mindfulness sessions to users around the globe. The Golf Guru founders are constantly exploring and working on their own games, their own mental health, and this con...

#063 - Lisa Cornwell is a troublemaker

March 28, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB

Lisa Cornwell is a golf analyst, host, and writer, who's new book, "Troublemaker: A Memoir of Sexism, Retaliation, and the Fight They Didn't See Coming" comes out on May 23. The book profiles Lisa's experience at Golf Channel, where she and 19 other women battled workplace misconduct. One thing is clear from this session: Lisa is a fierce defender of people, and she does not back down from a fight. In this session: playing golf with Bill Clinton, Johnnie Walker Black, competitive club thro...

#062 - Doug Smith avoids the white mess

March 21, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

Doug Smith is a golfer, podcaster, and broadcaster, who the Shrinks have been trying to get on the couch since season 1. In 2020, Bradford was searching for representation in golf media, and he found it in Doug — flowers are exchanged. Doug grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and shares his experience as the only Black student at his high school. Golf came into Doug's life as a safe and nurturing space, providing connective tissue to other kids, and shaping his competitive edge. Now, when Doug g...

#061 - Netflix made Chad Mumm's dream come true

March 14, 2023 04:00 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MB

Season 4 of Group Golf Therapy is officially underway. If you're new to the show, thank you for joining! Bradford Wilson, Connor Laubenstein, and Drew Westphal are diehard golfers, and even fiercer advocates for hosting conversations about how golf makes people feel.  This season starts out with a bang: Chad Mumm joins the GGT couch, as the Executive Producer of the Netflix golf documentary, Full Swing. The series was just renewed for its second season, and we caught up with Chad from his hot...

Netflix's Full Swing with Ben Boskovich

February 28, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 82.4 MB

We've been hearing about it for months: since the groundbreaking success of Netflix's F1 expose-all docuseries, Drive to Survive, producers have tipped that a golf edition has been in the works. Well, it's finally here. Full Swing — #2 most popular on Netflix at time of recording — takes viewers behind the curtains in professional golf, during a particularly dramatic 2022 season. 8 episodes of heroes and heels in the golfing world like you've never seen them before. To celebrate the cultural...

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