Episodes

  • Blind Shots Podcast S5 E16 – Americans in Oregon Bandon Dunes Retrospective

    Blind Shots Podcast S5 E16 – Americans in Oregon Bandon Dunes Retrospective
    Jul 16 2024
    Nearly one year after embarking on our Bandon Dunes adventure, Fred, Matt, and Dave reconvene one final time to tie the bow on our experiences on the Oregon coast. We discuss the highs and lows, what we loved and what we didn’t, and what we’d do differently on our next adventure out west. Matt also…
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    1 hr
  • Blind Shots Podcast S5 E15 – We’re going to The Open! A chat with Kieran Clark.

    Blind Shots Podcast S5 E15 – We’re going to The Open! A chat with Kieran Clark.
    Jul 9 2024
    I’m taking my family to the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon this month. To prepare for our adventure, I called on long-time friend of the podcast and unofficial Scotland correspondent Kieran Clark to talk about what we can expect to experience, as well as the current state of Scottish golf. Kieran is a St.…
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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • Blind Shots Podcast S5 E14 Americans in Oregon – Bandon Trails

    Blind Shots Podcast S5 E14 Americans in Oregon – Bandon Trails
    Jun 29 2024
    The boys finally get around to discussing Bandon Trails, which Matt and I were absolutely smitten with, from start to finish. A masterwork of routing and shaping from Coore Crenshaw set inland among the still-wooded dunes and logging trails, the course is almost the perfect mix of difficulty, beauty, and diversity for golf.
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    1 hr
  • Blind Shots Podcast S5 E13 – Brian Ross on Park Mammoth at two years old, industry trends, and what’s next.

    Blind Shots Podcast S5 E13 – Brian Ross on Park Mammoth at two years old, industry trends, and what’s next.
    May 1 2024
    Golf course architect Brian Ross rejoins the show to discuss how Park Mammoth GC continues to evolve two years after its grand re-opening. With a new, permanent clubhouse under construction, a new short named “The Boneyard” that Brian is designer just announced, and the announcement of a new putting course to come, it’s an exciting…
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Blind Shots Podcast S5 E12 – Hagen O’Neil’s film “From Red Clay to Fairways” at The Fields Golf Club

    Blind Shots Podcast S5 E12 – Hagen O’Neil’s film “From Red Clay to Fairways” at The Fields Golf Club
    Apr 12 2024
    In this conversation, I sat down with filmmaker Hagen O'Neil of Palmer Pictures to discuss the background and process of making his wonderful documentary film about the course, "From Red Clay to Fairways." Using the color personalities that form The Fields leadership team, Hagen brings the course's Phoenix-like rise to the screen, while exploring the principles of community and public golf writ large, as the divide between luxury and every day golf experiences continues to widen.
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    59 mins
  • Blind Shots Podcast S5 E11 Americans in Oregon – Sheep Ranch

    Blind Shots Podcast S5 E11 Americans in Oregon – Sheep Ranch
    Mar 26 2024
    This is the Sheep Ranch episode. Perched against the coast on the bluff just north of the Pacific Dunes and Old Mac golf courses, the Sheep Ranch struck me as a bit different than the rest. A much ballyhood Coore Crenshaw masterpiece, it’s more familiar to other experiences than I felt on the rest of the Bandon Courses. Sure, it’s in a unique, almost magical setting, but it was flatter, with fewer visual disruptions. It felt like a core golf course, with long sightlines largely unbroken in most directions. Gentler, calmer ground led to a gentler calmer golf experience, at least on the morning we were there. Later that afternoon, the caddies told us the winds were upwards of 40 mph at Sheep Ranch, where we played in, at worst, a nice breeze that morning.
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Blind Shots Podcast S5 E10 – State Park Golf Series – KY Parks Commissioner Russ Meyer

    Blind Shots Podcast S5 E10 – State Park Golf Series – KY Parks Commissioner Russ Meyer
    Mar 19 2024
    The Kentucky State Park System is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2024. This episode is the first of a new series wherein I'll profile Kentucky's state park golf courses from time to time. To kick off this new endeavor, I was honored to sit down recently with the Commissioner of the Kentucky State Park System, Mr. Russ Meyer. We talk the breadth, mission, and funding of Kentucky's state park courses, as well as highlighting some of the much-needed improvements that are on the way.
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    59 mins
  • Blind Shots Podcast S5 E9 Americans in Oregon – Pacific Dunes

    Blind Shots Podcast S5 E9 Americans in Oregon – Pacific Dunes
    Mar 11 2024
    This is the Pacific Dunes episode, our fourth of this season’s “Americans in Oregon Series.” A golf course of almost unanimous acclaim, it’s the golf course that brought architect Tom Doak into the larger golfing public’s consciousness, that showed people how spectacular coastal golf in America can be, and what natural, minimalist golf architecture can…
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    55 mins