The Spin Podcast
The Spin Podcast
Confederation of Professional Golf [CPG]
The Spin is the one-stop golf podcast fuelling your hunger for eye-opening conversations and industry insight, and offering backstage passes to the inner mechanics of the global game. The show includes three topics - ‘Spin-Off’ episodes hosted by Ian Randell, educational-focused ‘Development Digest’ episodes and ‘Golf Business Insights’.
Development Digest - Women’s Golf: PGA Pros Making a Difference
In this Development Digest episode of The Spin podcast, host Tom Bentley is joined by PGA of Latvia Professional, Anna Svanka, and PGA Professional at Metropolitan Golf Club, Phoebe Torrance. The episode focuses on shining a light on the work women are involved with in golf and to provide further exposure about the opportunities and challenges facing the industry in becoming a more inclusive sport for women.
Jun 1, 2021
38 min
Golf Business Insights - Taking Digital Software Global
In this Golf Business Insights episode of The Spin, Tom Bentley hosts the show with guest Craig Higgs, Managing Director - International for Golf Genius, a golf software company that provides tournament and event management products, golf shop functionalities for PGA Professionals and facility managers, all complimented by comprehensive software development and support services. In this episode, Craig gives insight into leadership and digital software management, paints a picture of how he is taking the Golf Genius brand International (including the resource required to do this), and we find out why the Golf Genius product has been endorsed and used by international bodies and organisations, such as The European Tour.
Apr 15, 2021
34 min
Spin-Off - The Masters Rules
Previewing the 2021 Masters at Augusta National, Ian Randell hosts a special 'Masters Rules' edition of his Spin-Off show with some of the biggest names in the rules business of the game - John 'JP' Paramor, Steve Cox and Iain 'Burnsy' Burns. Tales of unconverted Georgian Hotel rooms, disqualifying (or not!) Tiger Woods, stopwatches, skiing down the 10th hole and play-off pranks all feature in this tell-all behind-the-scenes episode, around one of the most scrutinised roles in golf.
Apr 7, 2021
53 min
Development Digest - Driving Professional Golf in Czech Republic
In this Development Digest episode of The Spin, Tom Bentley hosts the show with guest Lukas Tintera, General Secretary of the PGA of Czech Republic – a long standing CPG Member Country, focused on the development of golf and Professional golf in the Czech Republic. In this episode, Lukas provides a backdrop to the PGA of Czech Republic, its role in the national and international development of golf – as a CPG Member Country – and what he, and the organisation, are aiming to achieve and impact upon more widely.
Mar 30, 2021
23 min
Golf Business Insights - The Future of Golf Panel
What does the future hold for golf? What are some of its biggest challenges, and some of its biggest opportunities? Pre-recorded from the 2020 CPG Annual Congress, this Golf Business Insights episode of The Spin sees Chief Executive of the CPG, Ian Randell being joined by three other leading figures - Keith Pelley, Anthony Scanlon and Alex Armas - in the world of golf to answer these questions, figure out how golf can grow, and discuss the importance of collaboration between and within leading golf organisations.
Mar 15, 2021
46 min
Development Digest - The Diversity & Inclusion Panel
Chief Executive of the CPG, Ian Randell, is joined by Tony Bennett, Jackie Davidson, Kevin Thistle and Suzy Whaley to discuss Diversity & Inclusion in golf in this Development Digest episode of The Spin. What are the current challenges? How can we change our perspectives on diversity and minorities in golf? What is golf from a governance perspective, doing to improve equality of opportunity in the game and ultimately ensure the game thrives? These are all questions answered during a bumper panel session, pre-recorded from the 2020 CPG Annual Congress.
Feb 28, 2021
45 min
Spin-Off - The Full Monty Q&A
Join CPG Chief Executive, Ian Randell, as he hosts the first episode of the CPG’s new podcast show, The Spin, with Colin Montgomerie. In this pre-recorded episode from the 2020 CPG Annual Congress, Ian speaks to World Golf Hall of Famer, Colin Montgomerie, OBE, who has enjoyed a glittering careering that saw him win a record eight European Tour Order of Merit titles, which included a streak of seven consecutive Order of Merit titles from 1993 to 1999. With over 30 European Tour event wins, he currently sits fourth on the European Tour’s list of players with the most victories. Colin’s accomplishments stretch further than individual golf, as he is regarded as one of the greatest Ryder Cup players in the history of the biennial event. With eight appearances representing Team Europe, he has never lost a singles match and holds an exemplary match record of 20-9-7 across his Ryder Cup career. This was topped in 2010 however, when he captained Team Europe to victory against Team USA at Celtic Manor, as Europe prevailed with a winning score of 14.5 – 13.5 points.
Feb 15, 2021
38 min
Coaching at The Masters - Phil Allen & Rob Mouwen
In this Masters special Podcast episode, PGA Professionals and coaches to elite-level tour professionals including Holland's Joost Luiten, Phil Allen and Rob Mouwen, discuss sub-air and complex green systems; cross-seeding the fairways of Augusta; trying to break 100 at The Masters and not being allowed behind the ropes on the driving range.
Nov 13, 2020
45 min
Masters Memories: Ken Schofield, Pascal Grizot, Sandy Jones & Ian Randell
Honorary President of the Confederation of Professional Golf [CPG], Pascal Grizot, former Chief Executive of the PGA of GB&I, Sandy Jones, and former Executive Director of the European Tour, Ken Schofield, join CPG Chief Executive Ian Randell in this special edition 'Masters Memories' CPG podcast episode, as they preview the 2020 Masters Tournament at Augusta National. Seve Ballesteros, French wine, tales from the clubhouse lawn and Pascal's attempts to avoid George O'Grady are key highlights, in what is a truly epic CPG Podcast episode.
Nov 12, 2020
49 min
Adaptive Golf: The Financial Impact - Todd Keirstead | CPG Masterclass Series
Todd Keirstead is one of the world's best golf entertainers in the game, starring on various golf shows including the Golf Channel, CTV Sports Plays of the Year, and has also featured on ESPN, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, TSN and TMZ.    Whilst performing for United States military veterans, Keirstead realised that with each shot he was hitting was in fact inadvertently altering their mindsets from ‘I can’t' to ‘I can’. Todd was showing these amazing military individuals how golf could be played in an adaptive way.    Shortly after Todd has created his own Adaptive Golf Initiative, becoming one of the leaders in promoting and empowering individuals of all abilities to get involved in the game of golf. Keirstead has enlightened thousands with his vision that anyone can play golf, no matter what their circumstance. “My vision is to ignite the passion in individuals and to transcend personal boundaries both on and off the fairway”.   In this podcast, Todd will utilise a business case study on the financial impact of adaptive golf and how it can influence your business moving forwards. This should provide a better understanding of:   - The importance of inclusion and diversity  - The benefits that can be achieved by your business through increased inclusion  - A better acceptance that golf can and should reflect the community of which your business is in.   The CPG Masterclass Series embodies a range of talks and presentations for PGAs and PGA Professionals that cover a variety of subjects and topics, delivered by world-class, industry leading experts from their respective fields. Find out more at http://cp.golf/masterclass.
Oct 30, 2020
40 min
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