WHAT MAKES GREAT?
WHAT MAKES GREAT?
Michael Wilson || Long Beach State head men's golf coach
Discussions with high performance individuals about the thoughts, habits, and practices that make people great.
Peter Tomasulo || Long Beach Legend, PGA Tour Member, Former World Amateur #1 and NCAA National Champion :: Ep/19
Peter Tomasulo shares thirteen years of professional golf experience playing with the best in the business. Tomasulo won three times on what is now the Korn Ferry Tour and played four seasons on the PGA Tour. Prior to professional golf, Tomasulo was a standout two time All American collegiate player who led UC Berkeley to the 2004 National Championship for the first time in program history. Tomasulo talks about the importance of honestly assessing your game, his love of competition, his strengths and moments of learning, the culture of Cal golf and his time playing alongside John Mallinger, John Merrick and Patrick Cantlay at Virginia CC in Long Beach, CA.
May 18, 2022
1 hr 3 min
Carl Yuan || Current #1 ranked player on Korn Ferry Tour, Korn Ferry Tour winner, Olympian and PGA Tour Bound :: Ep/18
Carl Yuan shares his experience from growing up in China to securing his PGA Tour Card for the 2023 season. Yuan talks about creativity, letting go of technical thoughts, his training, meditation, adversity, winning and the 2021 Summer Olympics.
Apr 11, 2022
1 hr 1 min
James Hahn || PGA Tour member and two time PGA Tour winner :: Ep/17
James Hahn talks about his process on the road, his journey to the PGA Tour winners circle, how he uses visualization, what his practice and reps look like, the differences between the top players and everyone else and how he manages his game and thoughts.
Mar 10, 2022
1 hr 7 min
Spencer Levin || PGA Tour professional and former two time collegiate All-American :: Ep/16
Spencer Levin shares 17 years of experience playing as a tour professional. Levin was one of the best players in college golf, finishing T13 in the 2004 U.S. Open as an amateur. The two time All-American turned pro in 2005, won three times on the Canadian Tour and earned his PGA Tour card in 2008 after finishing in the Top-25 on what was then the Nationwide Tour. Levin has been in contention numerous times on the PGA Tour and shares some stories of how he got there, what it takes and his experience playing alongside the best players in the world.
Jan 30, 2022
1 hr 10 min
Scott Simpson – Part 2 || 1987 U.S. Open Champion, seven-time PGA Tour winner, two-time individual NCAA National Champion & current University of Hawaii Head Men’s Golf Coach :: Ep/15
The second episode of a two part series. Scott Simpson breaks down his U.S. Open win, golf course strategy, his college golf experience and the traits of elite players.
Jan 8, 2022
40 min
Scott Simpson - Part I || 1987 U.S. Open Champion, seven-time PGA Tour winner, two-time individual NCAA National Champion and current University of Hawaii Head Men’s Golf Coach :: Ep/14
Part one of a two part series. Scott Simpson shares 27 years of PGA Tour experience. Simpson talks about his start to the game, how he practiced and learned, the mental game of golf, the importance of a routine and his 1987 U.S. Open win.
Jan 3, 2022
45 min
Conrad Ray || Stanford Head Men’s Golf Coach, 2007 and 2019 NCAA National Championship winner and member of the 1994 National Championship winning Stanford men’s golf team :: Ep/13
Conrad Ray, the head men’s golf coach at Stanford University, talks about his college golf experience playing alongside Tiger Woods, Notah Begay and Casey Martin, the environment he has created at Stanford men’s golf and the commonalities he’s found in the top players he has coached over the past 17 years.
Jul 31, 2021
53 min
Chris Williams || Former World Amateur #1, 2013 Ben Hogan Award Winner & Current Assistant Men’s Golf Coach at Marquette University :: Ep/12
Chris Williams is the assistant men’s golf coach at Marquette University. Prior to coaching, Williams attended the University of Washington where he ascended to world amateur #1, won six collegiate tournaments and earned the 2013 Ben Hogan Award as the NCAA's top male golfer. Following college he garnered starts on the PGA Tour and competed professionally. Williams talks about learning to play the game growing up in Moscow, Idaho, his development in college, the transition from college to professional golf and his advice to any young person with aspirations to compete at the highest level.
Apr 22, 2021
59 min
Paul Goydos || Two-time PGA Tour winner, five-time PGA Champions Tour winner and the 4th man to shoot a 59 on the PGA Tour :: Ep/11
Long Beach native and LBSU Men’s Golf alumnus Paul Goydos talks about his journey from Long Beach to a long career playing with the game’s best. Goydos chats about his start to the game, process vs. results, his philosophy playing the game and the importance of finding what works for you.
Apr 8, 2021
1 hr 7 min
Alan Murray || University of Washington Head Men’s Golf Coach, 2014 Golfweek National Coach of The Year and coach for the winning 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup International Team :: Ep/10
Alan Murray is the head men’s golf coach at The University of Washington and coached the victorious International Team in the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup. Prior to arriving at Washington he was the head men’s golf coach at University of Alabama Birmingham. During that time, Murray guided the Blazers to compete in the 2014 and 2015 NCAA National Championships and was named the 2014 Golfweek National Coach of The Year. Coach Murray talks about his journey from Ireland to Seattle, his time coaching and caddying for Paul Dunn in the 2015 British Open and stories from his time coaching the international team in the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup.
Feb 20, 2021
55 min
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