Rick Stauffer hails from the Greater St. Louis area and is a graduate of the University of Missouri. His love of the game of golf started at an early age as he caddied and worked in the bag room at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis. He has worked in the insurance business for many years but has also continued his caddying and golf play along the way. He has caddied for players in the PGA and LPGA and is a top caddie at The Concession as well as other great golf clubs in Florida.

In this episode, Kevin Walsh and Rick Stauffer discuss Rick's life and his love of golf. The two regale each other with caddie stories and experiences. This recording is well worth listening to...... that golfers and non-golfers alike would love. Golf is like life and if you play golf, you are my friend!

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The Ouimet Fund’s 19th annual Investing in Lifetimes Reception was held at Wellesley Country Club on Wednesday, August 4th. It was wonderful to bring the Ouimet community together and promote our endowed scholarship program to a room full of faces that hadn’t been able to gather in well over a year! With a full group of Scholars, Alumni, and donors in attendance, this event enabled Scholars to meet directly with the donors who have helped them afford the exorbitant cost of college tuition.

Prior to the start of the Ouimet speaking program, representatives from Wellesley Country Club held a small program honoring Frank Cartaglia, the longtime Director of Outside Operations at the Club. The award, called the Cartaglia-Lowery Caddies for Life award, is a special annual honor for a caddie who goes above and beyond, and the inaugural winner was Ouimet Scholar Corey O’Neill. Wellesley’s Ouimet Chair representatives Ray Hamel and Sean Rush organized the ceremony and highlighted Mr. Cartaglia and Mr. O’Neill’s outstanding service to the Club.

During the Ouimet speaking program, the crowd heard from a panel of Ouimet Alumni in a roundtable format. Moderated by John Dolan ’01, panel guests Rick Spillane ’72, Grant Kelly ’05, and Carli Citrano ’19 discussed everything from their experiences working in golf to how the Ouimet Fund has impacted them, with each Alumnus sharing stories and offering advice to current Scholars.

Thank you to everyone for attending the event and making it such a special evening. We were excited to be back in person and look forward to more incredible upcoming events. We also want to thank all the new faces in attendance and hope to see them in the future!

Frankie Cartaglia has been a country club starter and caddie master for over a quarter century. He embodies the true spirit of golf. He is kind, attentive, patent and giving. He is truly a national treasure.

In this episode, Kevin Walsh and Frankie Cartaglia discuss Frankie's life and his commitment to golf and his "people". Frankie is a true American and his story is exceptional and well worth listening to...... that golfers and non-golfers alike would love. Golf is like life and if you play golf, you are my friend!

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The Northern Irishman, who hails from Whitehead Golf Club in County Antrim, says he is “loving life” in the hot seat of the Head Coach role and has set his sights on leading the team to the National Finals, just as he did as a player during each of his final three seasons.

Winsby and his then Warrior team-mates advanced to the NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship in three consecutive years from 2014 – 16, finishing in tenth place during his Junior year, their best placing in the program’s history.

“I loved being part of that team and we were really close as a group. Most of us were room-mates and we all pushed each other to get better. The bond between us was really strong and we played together a lot. I played a lot of football as a youngster so to get back to being part of a team within an individual sport was something I really enjoyed.”

As a Senior in 2015-16, he was named an NAIA All-American but opted not to pursue a career in the professional game. After a spell caddying, he returned to Webber as a Junior Network Administrator in the IT department, while undertaking an MBA in Sports Management, before eventually being offered the coaching position last summer.

So, what’s his coaching philosophy?

“I really push my players to work on their short games and it’s such an important aspect of the game. I’m not one to stand on the range for hours with them but devoting time to the short game worked for me, 100%. I also encourage them to get out on the course and play to keep them competitive. I’ll give them targets with a scorecard in hand and give them rewards if they achieve those targets. That was something my own coach Wills Murray (an apprentice of Sean Foley) drummed into us – go and play! They know they need to work hard academically too and with me knowing many of the professors well, that helps with the balance that the players need to achieve.”

When he left Northern Ireland in 2012, he may not have set out to pursue life as a coach but Stuart Winsby now has ambitions to go places with a career he is clearly enjoying, firstly with his beloved Webber Warriors team, and perhaps at a higher level in the future with an NCAA D1 team.

“That would be the long-term goal. I’ve got to establish my name as a coach here and reaching the National Finals on a consistent basis with Webber would be a huge accomplishment.”

In this episode, Kevin Walsh and Stuart Winsby discuss Stuart's journey as a golfer coming from Ireland to America. Stuart is a fascinating and likable guy with lots of tidbits to share that golfers and non-golfers alike would love. Golf is like life and if you play golf, you are my friend! This episode is well worth watching and we hope you enjoy the show!

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-winsby-mba-47550b131/

https://webberathletics.com/staff-directory/stuart-winsby/433

https://www.prodreamusa.com/post/winsby-making-waves-from-player-to-coach-at-webber

https://x.com/winsby123

https://www.fsga.org/Membership/Profile/6e1b8079-9775-46e0-917d-a27ac8bc5372

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064234681893&locale=sr_RS&_rdr

Jack Connelly was the 32nd President of the Professional Golfers Association of America who began his golf career as a caddy in South Jersey. A US Army veteran, upon returning from Vietnam Jack obtained his PGA membership and joined the PGA tour. He joined Huntingdon Valley C.C. in 1973 and became Head Professional in 1975 until retiring in 2010. Jack has distinguished himself as a player, winning four Philadelphia Section Player of the Year Awards, and was elected to the Philadelphia PGA Playing Legends in 1990.

After being elected he served two years each as Secretary and Vice President and became President of the Association in 2000. His greatest responsibility as president came after the horrific attacks on 9/11 when he and the Board of Directors made the decision to postpone the Ryder Cup matches for one year because of security concerns for the high profile athletes on the Ryder Cup teams. Just two weeks after the 9/11 attack Jack represented the PGA of America at a “Tribute to America” on September 25th at the Valerio Open in San Antonio, Texas. At that tribute the Ryder Cup players committed $520 thousand and the PGA joined with an additional $500 thousand making a total 1.2 million dollars donation to the United Way.

Jack was honored by the Philadelphia Golf Association with the organization’s highest award, the “Arnold Palmer Lifetime Service Award” in 2010. Jack was inducted into the Philadelphia PGA Section Hall of Fame in 2000, the PGA of American Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Inaugural Hall of Fame at Deptford High School, in New Jersey in 2007. In 2015 he was honored as a PGA Legend at the PGA Annual Meeting in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Kevin Walsh and Jack Connelly share a Philly and Purdue University connection. In this episode, we meet Jack Connelly as he regales us with great stories of his fascinating career. There are some great moments that golfers and non-golfers alike would love. Golf is like life and if you play golf, you are my friend! This episode is well worth watching and we hope you enjoy the show!

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https://www.pga.org/history/past-presidents#:~:text=Jack%20Connelly%20was%20PGA%20president,to%20the%202002%20calendar%20year.

https://www.thereporteronline.com/2002/11/06/huntingdon-valley-ccs-jack-connelly-is-a-pros-pro/

https://vimeo.com/146146989

Sophia graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University in 2022 as a Psychology major with a Minor in Marketing. She was a member of the Women's Golf Team. She also attended Seminole State College of Florida, where she helped the team win the NJCAA National Championships during her freshmen year!

Her passion lies in making golf fun and exciting for all, whether that be through enjoyable lessons or curating social media posts. She is now competing professionally and working towards her tour card on the LPGA.

This is Sophia's second time on the show. She updates us on her progress and delights us with some new and entertaining stories on and off the golf course. If you love you golf, you are definitely a friend of ours! This episode is well worth watching and we hope you enjoy the show!

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Nothing encapsulates the excitement of the postseason more than the furry-faced Phillie Phanatic.

He's one of the greatest mascots in sports, and it's all thanks to Dave Raymond, who started as a Phillies intern.

"They said, 'You want to come back?' 'I said, Yeah, what do you want me to do?' 'Go to New York and get fitted for a costume,'" said Raymond, reliving the moment he got tapped to be the now iconic mascot.

"I got measured and they gave me this design drawing. (They) told me to just go have fun!" added Raymond.

He says the organization gave him the freedom to be goofy and embrace all that is the core of being a Phillies fan.

Raymond was the first person to don the neon green tinted costume and wore it for 16 years. Raymond made three World Series appearances as the Phanatic and retired after the Phillies 1993 World Series run.

He says seeing the team and the beloved mascot possibly make it back to baseball's biggest stage is nothing short of nostalgia and pride.

"It's 45 years later and it's wonderful to see the Phanatic do the same type of unifier and do the same type of creating moments of joy for people, and that's so wonderful and powerful about sports," said Raymond.

He now has his own business called Raymond Entertainment and has designed other mascots like the Flyers' Gritty and GMA's mascot Ray.

In this episode, Kevin Walsh and Dave Raymond talk about Dave's amazing journey to becoming a "True Character." Dave is an amazing guy with great stories and his love of golf is also epic. His story is exceptional and well worth listening to...... that golfers and non-golfers alike would love. Golf is like life and if you play golf, you are my friend!

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https://www.wdel.com/news/dave-raymond-original-phillie-phanatic-and-son-of-ud-coaching-legend-part-of-delaware-sports/article_b2c0558e-e1b3-11ee-b92f-138ee959b1ff.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillie_Phanatic

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The Big Mike Story

- May 12th 2023

Big Mike made Big Mike famous, and now he's at Clovernook, with our Mike.

The Clovernook Open provides a first class tournament for rising professional golfers. This year we welcome professional participant, "Big Mike" Visacki, who recently found stardom in the golf world. Mike's journey is similar to many of our tournament players, but his emotional moment helped shine the spotlight on the trials and tribulations of professional golfers vying for status on the PGA Tour.

(Big Mike #1) Mike Wolfe is a PGA Tour Entertainment videographer. On a Sunday night in the Spring of 2021 he finished filming Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman win the Zurich Classic team event. First thing Monday morning he flew to Tampa Florida for the Valspar Championship. The first stop was that weeks Monday Qualifier, the last chance for hopeful professionals to gain entry into the Valspar Championship.

On the second playoff hole (Big Mike #2) Mike Visacki made a 20 foot birdie putt to gain entry into his first ever PGA Tour start. After making the putt and hugging his caddie the camera caught him holding back tears. That was just the prelude to the moment that captured everyone's hearts. Mike Wolfe caught up with Mike Visacki moments later outside the clubhouse, and with camera rolling, witnessed Big Mike Visacki call his father. On the phone and full of tears he shared the words "I made it" as his father congratulated him. The video quickly surpassed 12 million views and made Big Mike Visacki a name to remember.

Following his start in The Valspar Championship, Mike went on to get a sponsor's invite into another PGA Tour event, The Charles Schwab Challenge. Visacki not only touched fans, but also PGA Tour players like Justin Thomas who reached out to congratulate and show support for Mike. Later in 2021 Mike Visacki advanced through Korn Ferry Qualifying to achieve tour status for 2022.

In this episode, Kevin Walsh and Mike Visacki discuss Mike's professional career and some great experiences along the way. His story is exceptional and well worth listening to...... that golfers and non-golfers alike would love. Golf is like life and if you play golf, you are my friend! This episode is well worth watching and we hope you enjoy the show!

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https://x.com/visackigolfer

https://www.westfloridagolftour.com/PlayerProfile.aspx?PlayerID=1942

https://www.foxsports.com/golf/michael-visacki-player

https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/05/27/pga-tour-michael-visacki-cry-videographer/

https://ucfknights.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/season/2012-13/player/michael-visacki

https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/long-form/2021/11/03/mike-visacki-goes-viral-makes-most-of-it-reaches-next-level-justin-thomas

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Mike was raised in Huntingdon Valley, then lived and worked in Pittsburgh for 9 years, including three years spent as an Assistant Professional at the Pittsburgh Field Club and six years as the Director of Golf at Edgewood Country Club. Before his move to Pittsburgh, Mike also spent three years as an Assistant Professional at Whitemarsh Valley Country Club. Mike is a graduate of Villanova University and has six children: Jean, Michael, Peter, Robert, Mark and Sally.

In this episode, Kevin Walsh and Mike Reilly discuss Mike's storied career and his true love of the game of golf. The two also reminisce about their early days playing golf in Philadelphia. Mike is a fascinating guy and has lots of stories to tell that golfers and non-golfers alike would love. Golf is like life and if you play golf, you are my friend! We hope you enjoy the show!

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https://www.invitedclubs.com/clubs/north-hills-country-club/our-story/our-people

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-reilly-b67a1013/

https://mainlinetoday.com/life-style/golf-association-philadelphia-scholarship/