Month: August 2019

Ep 006: Risk and Reward

With the world’s biggest Tour winding down after last week’s season ending Tour Championship markets are a little thinner than usual in world golf. Resident expert John Evans is earning his money this week as the European and LPGA Tours struggle to attract a lot of interest but being the true professional he is JE has managed to scrape around and find some value.

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Ep 005: Risk and Reward

It’s an unusual week on the PGA Tour with the first ever professional event played under a handicap system. Resident expert John Evans is less than impressed with the format of the Tour Championship and even less with the betting options however, being the professional that he is both in golf and betting, he has got his head back in the game and found some value options for the week.

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The Course Reports – The Tour Championship & East Lake GC featuring Ralph Kepple, CGCS

Episode 18 features Ralph Kepple, CGCS Director of Agronomy at East Lake Golf Club.  Ralph talks with Curtis about his 27 year career at East Lake, the changes he’s executed over the years, and what it was like to witness Tiger’s historic win from inside the ropes!  GET ON THE GREEN at East Lake!

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The Course Reports – The Tour Championship & East Lake GC featuring Ralph Kepple, CGCS

Episode 18 features Ralph Kepple, CGCS Director of Agronomy at East Lake Golf Club.  Ralph talks with Curtis about his 27 year career at East Lake, the changes he’s executed over the years, and what it was like to witness Tiger’s historic win from inside…

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Episode 55: Tom Dunne

Tom Dunne founded the independent golf journal McKellar in 2017. Featuring alluring artwork with a playful point of view and stories from the best writers in the business, McKellar has become one of the brightest stars of a much welcomed revival of bou…

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The Course Reports – “A Good Start!” Medinah CC and The BMW Championship

Episode 17 features the three Golf Course Superintendents at Medinah Country Club! Nick Yackle (Course 1), Jake Ronchi (Course 2), Chris Funke (Course 3) join host Curtis Tyrrell, CGCS, MG to discuss all things Medinah and tournament set up for the BMW Championship. A perfect follow up to The Course Reports ON SITE! Subscribe Today!!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n49tmiDcE-s. 

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Ep 004: Risk and reward

There’s no way to sugar coat the news on this fourth episode of Risk and Reward – the Winning Edge Investments golf podcast : it wasn’t a good one. Resident expert John Evans came up empty handed for the first time since we started the show with even his top 20 selections coming up shy.

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TG History 17: Bob Jones IV Talks About His Legendary Grandfather

Growing up in a famous family brings its own unique difficulties but after struggling with the pressure in his early years Bob Jones IV has come to embrace being the Grandson of the greatest amateur golfer of all time. In this excellent and wide ranging interview with Connor Lewis, Jones talks about everything from the three trophies that meant the most to his grandfather to accusations about Jones’ racism.

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The Thing About Golf #4: Paul Daley

Any golfer with an interest in golf course architecture is no doubt familiar with the name Paul Daley. For the past two decades, Paul has been publishing books about the sub-culture that is golf course design and it’s an endeavour that – as you’ll hear – truly is a labour of love. But there’s more to this conversation than course architecture.

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The Course Reports – “Grass Roots and Dick’s Sporting Goods Open” with Herb Stevens

Episode 16 features Herb Stevens of Grass Roots Weather.  Veteran Meteorologist and former PGA Tour caddie for Larry Nelson, Herb shares great stories from life on tour in the “70’s and how golf course conditioning has improved significantly since his days on tour.  Curtis and Herb share fun perspective as he prepared to caddie for…

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