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Spirit Golf PodcastChecking In With 2024 #SpiritAlum Tommy Morrison at the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson2025-07-0301 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 32: Hearing from Spirit Alums & World No. 1 at the Chevron Championship22 Spirit alums are competing in the 2025 Chevron Championship this week. In this episode, we hear from Stacy Lewis, World No. 1 Nelly Korda, Augusta National Women's Amateur champion Carla Bernat Escuder, and Vanessa Borovilos.
2025-04-2407 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 31: Glenn Weckerlin, Executive Director of the Chevron ChampionshipThe Spirit caught up with Glenn Weckerlin, Executive Director of the Chevron Championship, to start the week in the Woodlands for the first of five LPGA major championships on the 2025 schedule. Weckerlin discussed the third year (54th overall) of the Chevron Championship at the Nicklaus Course at Carlton Woods, what the Chevron Championship does for local charity and the Houston community, plus we deep dive into the eight amateurs who are in the field this week at the Chevron Championship.
2025-04-2119 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 30: Team England post round interview after team victory at the 2024 Spirit2024-12-0401 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 29: Team England captain Stephen Burnett after team victory at 2024 Spirit2024-12-0401 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 28: Post Round 3 with Team Mexico's Gerardo Gomez and Omar Morales after capturing co-medal on the Men's Leaderboard2024-12-0402 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 27: Post Round 3 with Team Mexico Captain Marcelo Trevino after men's team co-medals2024-12-0404 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 26: Post Round 3 Team Spain's Carla Escuder after capturing Women's Individual Title2024-12-0401 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 25: Post Round 2 with Team Spain's Carla Escuder and Cayetana Fernandez Garcia2024-12-0401 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 24: Post Round 2 with Team Canada's Vanessa Borovilos and Lauren Kim2024-12-0401 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 23: Post Round 2 with Team England's Patience Rhodes and Nellie Ong2024-12-0401 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 22: Post Round 2 with Team England's Dominic Clemons and Matthew Dodd-Berry2024-12-0400 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 21: Post Round 2 with Team Mexico's Gerardo Gomez and Omar Morales2024-12-0401 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 20: Post Round 2 Interview with Team Denmark's Emma Bunch and Marie Madsen2024-12-0400 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 19: Post Round 1 interview with Team USA's Tommy Morrison and David FordIn the men's medal, Team USA's Tommy Morrison and David Ford are three shots back of Team Australia after opening 9-under 63, thanks to Morrison's seven birdies and an eagle on the sixth at Whispering Pines Golf Club.
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2024-11-1501 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 18: Quick chat post-round 1 with Team USA captain Nathan SmithUSA | Nathan Smith | Captain |Team USA
Smith was a three-time gold medalist in the 2011 Spirit. He won gold in the individual men’s division (tied with six other players) and he and Kelly Kraft teamed to win the men’s team division at 18-under 270. He also won the international team division (Kraft, Austin Ernst, Emily Tubert) with a 31-under par in the 72-hole, best-ball stroke play championship.…Smith has played in 48 USGA championships and has won four U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships…he has played on three Walker Cup teams - 2009, 2011 and 2013 - and provided the match-winning point for the...2024-11-1501 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 17: Team Spain's Cayetana Fernandez and Carla Bernat Escuder after their opening round 7-under 65Carla Bernat Escuder | Team Spain
Age: 22
Hometown: Castellon, Spain
College/University: Kansas State - Senior
Lowest Round: 64
World Amateur Golf Ranking: 33
Collegiate/Amateur Highlights:
2023-24 Second Team All-American (WGCA)
2023-24 Third Team All-American (Golfweek)
2023-24 All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2024 Big 12 Golfer of the Month (March)
2022-23 AAC Women’s Golfer of the Year (Coaches)
2022-23 All-AAC (Coaches)
2022-23 Second Team All-American (WGCA)
2022-23 Third Team All-American (Golfweek)
Getting to Know Carla:
Tied for third in program history with two individual wins … Majorin...2024-11-1501 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 16: Australia's Kai Komulainen and Josiah Gilbert after 12-under 60 in opening round of SpiritAustralia's Kai Komulainen and Josiah Gilbert are leading the Men's Medal leaderboard after shooting 12-under 60 in the opening round of The Spirit! They talked to SGA post-round.
2024-11-1501 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 15: Quick chat with 2021 #SpiritAlum and Team South Africa's Caitlyn MacnabCaitlyn Macnab | Team South Africa
Age: 22
Hometown: Johannesburg, South Africa
College/University: University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) - Senior
Lowest Round: 63
World Amateur Golf Ranking: 32
Collegiate/Amateur Highlights:
#38 in Clippd Scoreboard individual standings (as of Nov. 6)
Played in the 2021 Spirit - T32 in Individual Division; T15 in Women’s Team (Kaylah Willliams) and 8th in Overall Team Division
2022, 2023 & 2024 WGCA All-American
2022, 2023 & 2024 Golfweek All-American
2023-24 All-SEC Second Team
2022, 2023 & 2024 Augsta National Woman's Amateur Participant
2023 & 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup Participant
2024 NCAA Bermuda Run Regional Medalist
2024 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
...2024-11-1501 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 14: Quick chat with reigning NCAA Division 1 champion and Team France's Adela CernousekAdela Cernousek | Team France
Age: 21
Hometown: Antibes, France
College/University: Texas A&M - Senior
Lowest Round: 65 at the 2024 U.S Open qualifier
World Amateur Golf Ranking: 10
Collegiate/Amateur Bio:
#2 in Clippd Scoreboard individual standings (as of Nov. 6)
2025 GOLF Channel and Golfweek Preseason First Team All-American
2024 NCAA Division I national champion, winning by three strokes
Posted eight top-six finishes and named to numerous All-American teams
Finished fourth among amateurs in the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open
Member of Team International for the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup
...2024-11-1502 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 13: Quick chat with Team USA's David Ford during Spirit practice roundDavid Ford | Team USA
Age: 22
Hometown: Peachtree Corners, Georgia (Rivers Academy HS - Alpharetta, Ga.)
College/University: North Carolina - Senior
Lowest Round: 62, three times
World Amateur Golf Ranking: 6
Collegiate/Amateur Highlights:
ranked #1 in PGA TOUR University rankings
#2 in Clippd Scoreboard individual standings (as of Nov. 6)
named ACC Men’s Player of the Month in October
finished 33rd in the 2024 U.S. Amateur
member of United States winning teams in the 2023 Walker Cup, 2023 and 2024 Palmer Cups and 2023 World Amateur Team Championship
competed in the 2024 Arno...2024-11-1502 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 12: Dominic Clemons, 2024 Team England and University of Alabama Men's GolfDominic Clemons is a junior at the University of Alabama. He talks about his 2024 victories at the Scottish Men's Open and the Folds of Honor Intercollegiate. He also discusses his amateur golf journey, beginning at Hutchinson Community College, then to Stetson University, and now at Alabama. Clemons also qualified for the 152nd Open Championship, and he talks about his experience at Royal Troon and how he began competing for the English National Team.
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I Need to Start Writing Things Down...2024-11-0512 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 11: Ashton McCulloch, 2024 Team Canada and 2023 Canadian Amateur ChampionAshton McCulloch is a senior at Michigan State University and will represent Team Canada at the 2024 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship. McCulloch joined the SGA and discussed growing up as a sportsman in Canada, joining the Canadian National Team, early wins in amateur golf, competing at the U.S. Open and RBC Canadian Open after winning the 2023 Canadian Amateur, playing at Michigan State alongside 2021 #SpiritAlum James Piot, hearing about The Spirit from 2021 #SpiritAlum Johnny Travale, and more!
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I Need to...2024-10-2914 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 10: Jasmine Koo, World No. 3 Amateur and 2024 Team USAJasmine Koo is ranked third on the World Amateur Golf Rankings and is a freshman at the University of Southern California. She joins the SGA after winning back-to-back tournaments at the Windy City Collegiate Classic and the Stanford Intercollegiate. Koo already has a major amateur win as she was victorious at the Women's Western Amateur and finished fourth at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. Koo has represented the United States at the Wyndham Cup, Junior Solheim Cup, and the 2024 Curtis Cup. Already well accomplished at the amateur level, Koo also finished low amateur in an LPGA major at the 2024...2024-10-2214 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 9: Christiaan Maas, 2024 Team South Africa and University of Texas Men's GolfChristiaan Maas is the 14th-ranked player in the Official World Amateur Golf Rankings and the No. 1 ranked male amateur golfer in South Africa. He's a junior on the University of Texas Men's Golf team. Maas talked with the Spirit Golf Association about golf courses in South Africa vs. the United States, the adjustments he's made to his game to improve, how John Fields and the Texas Golf staff have helped him develop, his friendship with 2021 #SpiritAlum & fellow South African Christo Lamprecht, and his playing experience at Whispering Pines Golf Club for the 2024 Big 12 Championship.
Follow t...2024-10-1615 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 8: Cameron Adam, 2024 Team Scotland and 2023 Scottish Men's Amateur ChampionCameron Adam is a senior on the Northwestern University golf team and will represent Scotland at the 2024 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship. Adam dishes on what it was like to grow up in Scotland's deep-rooted golf culture, how he began representing Scotland at the national level, winning his nation's title, how the Stephen Gallacher Foundation was crucial to his development, and more!
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I Need to Start Writing Things Down by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creat...2024-10-0822 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 7: Tommy Morrison, 2024 Team USA and European Amateur ChampionTommy Morrison is a junior at the University of Texas and will represent the United States at the 2024 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship. Morrison won the 2024 European Amateur Championship and played in the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon. He discusses his time in the U.K. over the summer, his motivation to qualify for the Spirit, how competing in amateur golf tournaments in high school helped his development, his experience playing competitively at Whispering Pines Golf Club, his relationship with teammate David Ford, and more!
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...2024-10-0114 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 6: Gerardo Gómez, Mexico National Amateur Champion and 2024 Team MexicoGerardo Gómez is a freshman at the University of Arkansas and will represent Mexico at the 2024 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship. He is Mexico's National Amateur Champion, a tournament he won in the summer of 2024.
The SGA caught up with Gómez about his high school experience at Montverde Academy (FL.), why he chose the University of Arkansas, winning Mexico's National Championship, his long-time dream of qualifying for the Spirit, and more!
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I Need to Start Writing Thing...2024-09-2615 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 5: Nacho Gervás (former DP World Tour player, Managing Director of the Spaniard Golf Federation)Nacho Gervás is the managing director of the Spaniard Golf Federation and a former member of the DP World Tour (formerly European Tour). Gervás competed for Team Spain through his junior, amateur and professional golf career. In this episode, he talks to the SGA about the growth of golf in Spain, how the federation is developing the next generation of golfers, previews Team Spain's four players competing in the 2024 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship, and more.
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I...2024-09-1715 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 4: Tiffany Joh (11-year LPGA pro, 2x USGA champion, coach of first U.S. National Junior Team, and 2007 #SpiritAlum)Tiffany Joh has been successful in all aspects of golf since competing in the 2007 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship.
After a stellar college career at UCLA, Joh went on to have a successful 11-year career on the LPGA TOUR. Following retirement in 2021, Joh immediately set her sights on helping develop the next generation of the game. After spending three seasons coaching at USC, Joh has recently joined the coaching staff for the U.S. Junior National Team.
The SGA talked with Joh about her career, what the U.S. Junior Golf Dev...2024-09-0919 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 3: Omar Morales, 2x U.S. Open participant and 2024 Team MexicoOmar Morales, a rising senior at UCLA, will compete on Team Mexico at the 2024 Spirit International Amateur at Whispering Pines Golf Club. Morales has been a member of Mexico's National Golf team since he was 12, and he shared his journey climbing the ranks of amateur golf with the SGA. Morales also discusses the players who influenced him growing up, and shares his takeaways from the last two U.S. Opens.
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I Need to Start Writing Things Down by Chris Zabriskie is licensed und...2024-09-0313 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 2: Austin Ernst (2011 Spirit Alum, 3x LPGA TOUR winner, 2x Team USA Solheim Cup member)In episode 2 of the Spirit Golf Podcast, the SGA catches up with 2011 Spirit Alum Austin Ernst. Ernst is a 3x winner on the LPGA TOUR and represented the United States in two Solheim Cups.
Ernst reflects on her illustrious career, how her amateur career prepared her for professional golf, how amateur golf has changed since she won the 2011 NCAA Division 1 Championship, and the newfound joys of motherhood.
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I Need to Start Writing Things Down by Ch...2024-08-2728 minSpirit Golf PodcastEpisode 1: Nathan Smith, 2011 Spirit Alum and 2024 Team USA captainIn episode 1 of the Spirit Golf Podcast, the SGA briefs you on the history of the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship and interviews 2024 Team USA captain Nathan Smith.
Smith is a 4x U.S. Mid Amateur winner, leading him to compete in four editions of The Masters Tournament. We caught up with Nathan on his captain duties, what it means to return to The Spirit, and updates on the world of amateur golf.
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