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Legacy is the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund’s podcast. Each episode will feature an interview with someone who has made a significant impact for, or has benefitted from, The Fund - and will dive into the stories of the people connected to Francis Ouimet’s legacy. Led by Ouimet staff, these conversations will give greater context to The Fund’s mission: awarding millions in need-based scholarships to young men and women who have worked in golf in Massachusetts. Along the way, we will hear un ...
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Sports columnist Tim Williams interviews people from the public golf community. Golf from the duffers' angle.
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Kai Sato is a friend of the Ouimet Fund who started Caddieshack to Corner Office, a website and podcast which features successful business leaders who got their start as caddies. Kai was a caddie at prestigious Bel-Air Country Club while studying business at USC. He is the founder of Kaizen Reserve, which serves as an investment advisor to family o…
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Claire Rogers – Director of Social Media, Golf.com
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Claire Rogers grew up just down the road from Wannamoisett Country Club in East Providence, Rhode Island. Her golf-crazed family used to host players for the prestigious Northeast Amateur at Wannamoisett, including a future major champion who you’ll hear about in the episode. She went on to attend Boston College for psychology, but eventually pivot…
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Not only is Jerry York a Hockey Hall of Famer and the winningest coach in college hockey history, but he’s also one of the most well-respected and universally liked individuals in sports. Coach York spent 50 years behind the bench at three different Division I schools, including 28 seasons at his alma mater, Boston College. He closed his illustriou…
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Morgan Smith – Ouimet Scholar, Georgetown Golfer
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Ouimet Scholar and Westford native Morgan Smith is one of the most accomplished young amateur golfers in Massachusetts, and the Smith family is synonymous with golf. Morgan’s dad Phil is a former Massachusetts Mid-Amateur champion and both of her younger sisters are talented players, including Molly who plays collegiately at Division I Central Flor…
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Dick Connolly – Trustee, Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund
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There is no one who has been more supportive, more passionate, and more dedicated to the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund than Dick Connolly. Dick started caddying as an eight-year-old at Woburn Country Club and earned a Ouimet Scholarship to attend Holy Cross, where he captained the golf team before beginning a remarkable professional career. He sp…
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Dave Wilson - Career Consultant, PGA of America
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Dave Wilson spent a decade as a successful golf professional and now works as a career consultant for the PGA of America, helping to better the lives and careers of PGA Professionals. The son of Irish parents, Dave grew up in Quincy, MA and began caddying at Wollaston Golf Club in middle school. He continued his loops at Wollaston throughout his ti…
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Jennifer Misiaszek – Program Manager, City of Boston
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Jennifer Misiaszek is a Program Manager for the Boston Parks and Recreation department. Jenn has worked for the city for eleven years, and has been the Ouimet Fund’s “go to” partner and contact through her oversight of the Boston Parks and Recreation Caddie Scholars Program – where each year, more than 100 young men and women work at either Frankli…
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Glenn Kelly – Head Golf Professional, Woods Hole Golf Club
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Glenn Kelly is the Head Golf Professional at Woods Hole Golf Club in Falmouth, Massachusetts, a Ouimet Alumnus, and a lifelong supporter of the Ouimet Fund and its mission. For decades, Glenn has led Woods Hole’s successful caddie program, and has guided more than 50 young men and women to Ouimet Scholarships totaling in excess of $300,000 in award…
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Bob Donovan – Former Executive Director, Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund
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Robert P. “Bob” Donovan is the recipient of the Ouimet Fund’s 2023 Denny Goodrich Honorary Alumnus Award, which is presented annually to someone who did not receive the scholarship when they were in school, but has been exemplary in their support of the Ouimet Fund. For 29 years as Executive Director, Bob led the Ouimet Fund through a period of tre…
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Juli Inkster – World Golf Hall of Famer & 2024 Ouimet Award Honoree
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Juli Inkster is one of the greatest golfers of all time, a World Golf Hall of Famer, and will be awarded the 2024 Francis Ouimet Award for Lifelong Contributions to Golf at the Ouimet Fund’s Annual Banquet on March 21, 2024. With a professional career spanning three decades, Inkster’s career is highlighted by an incredible seven major championship …
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Mark Frost – Author, Screenwriter & Producer, The Greatest Game Ever Played
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Mark Frost is an American novelist, screenwriter, film and television producer and director. He is the author of The Greatest Game Ever Played, as well as the screenwriter and producer of the film adaptation of the book. He is also the co-creator of the mystery television series Twin Peaks and was a writer and executive story editor of Hill Street …
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Don Hearn CGCS – Executive Director, Golf Course Superintendents Association of New England
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Don Hearn is the Executive Director of the Golf Course Superintendent's Association of New England and a close partner and friend to the Ouimet Fund. Don has spent his entire life and career devoted to golf, from his early days caddying at Woburn Country Club all the way through to his present day role running the daily operation of the GCSANE. Don…
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Dr. Jacqueline Moloney – Chancellor Emerita, UMass Lowell
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Dr. Jacqueline Moloney is a current Professor and Chancellor Emerita of UMass Lowell. Dr. Moloney had a long and accomplished career during her nearly forty years at the University, and served as the first female Chancellor from 2015-2022 after coming up through the ranks as a faculty member, administrator, Dean and Executive Vice Chancellor. Throu…
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Jesse Menachem – Executive Director & CEO, Mass Golf
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Jesse Menachem is the Executive Director and CEO of Mass Golf. Raised in Framingham, MA, Jesse attended Indiana University as an Undergraduate and during his summers home from college worked as a USGA Boatwright Intern for the then Massachusetts Golf Association (now Mass Golf). After being hired full time by the MGA in 2008, Jesse spent five years…
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Maddy Belden, PGA – Assistant Golf Professional, Salem Country Club
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Maddy Belden is a PGA Professional, currently working as an Assistant Golf Professional at Salem Country Club. She has been around the golf industry her entire life, as her father was the Head Golf Professional at Worcester Country Club for 20 years. Maddy attended College of the Holy Cross as a Ouimet Scholar and graduated in 2020 with a degree in…
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Ryan Carey – Founder & President, Golden Age Golf Auctions
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Ryan Carey is the President and Founder of Golden Age Golf Auctions, the world’s leading golf collectibles and memorabilia auction house. Among some of the record-breaking items Ryan and his company have helped source and auction are multiple Masters winner trophies, tournament used items from some of the greatest golfers in history, and of course,…
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Tom Hynes – Co-Chairman, Colliers International Boston
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Tom Hynes is the Co-Chairman of Colliers International Boston. Through more than 50 years in the industry, Tom has represented a wide array of clients, and is an active participant in real estate organizations in the Greater Boston area as well as throughout the country. Tom has an incredibly unique connection to the story of Francis Ouimet. In 199…
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This episode features a discussion with entrepreneur Josh Belinsky, Co-Founder of Slate Milk, a rapidly growing all-natural canned chocolate milk and latte brand, founded by Josh and his good friend from Northeastern, Manny Lubin. Josh and the team at Slate have taken an idea – that the love of chocolate milk as an adult is not only okay, but can b…
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Sue Curtin - Chair, National Coast Guard Museum Association
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Susan J. Curtin grew up in California, and returned home to her family’s roots to attend The College of the Holy Cross and enlist in the United States Coast Guard Reserve. In addition to running a private family foundation and business, Sue has dedicated countless time to serving on several non-profit boards. A founding member of Boston Golf Club, …
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Richard F. “Dick” Connolly, Jr. is the Managing Partner of The Connolly Group at Morgan Stanley based in Boston. Dick is an acclaimed financial professional who has been managing investment portfolios for more than 50 years. Dick Connolly was a Ouimet Scholarship recipient at The College of the Holy Cross and considers the award one of the proudest…
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Coming Soon Legacy is the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund’s podcast. Each episode will feature an interview with someone who has made a significant impact for, or has benefitted from, The Fund - and will dive into the stories of the people connected to Francis Ouimet’s legacy. Led by Ouimet staff, these conversations will give greater context to Th…
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Ground Under Repair Previews The 2018 Open Championship
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It's a Ground Under Repair relaunch, as we join the Sports Talk Florida podcast network! That makes it as good a time as any to explore the belief that Golf Is For Everybody. Ground Under Repair also previews the Open Championship to be held in Carnoustie, Scotland, and a curious rumor about Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson playing for ten million do…
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Golf Clubs and Club Fitting with Pure Science Golf
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It's all about golf clubs on Ground Under Repair this week as Pure Science Golf's John Reynaud joins the show to talk about his business and their approach. There are many places to get golf clubs custom fitted, but Pure Science Golf takes an extremely personalized approach that seeks to help improve the game of any golfer, from a devoted scratch p…
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The National Club Association - On Golf, Business, and Lobbying
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Henry Wallmeyer of the National Club Association joins the show to talk about a lobby for private clubs. Henry discusses his run-ins with the decision-makers of Washington, D.C., as well as the benefits to playing golf at a private club. For more on the NCA, visit their website here. Ground Under Repair's Amazon Item of the Week Amazon Prime Free 3…
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Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund Executive Director Bob Donovan joins the show to talk about the fund, the PGA's involvement with charities and organizations like his, Ouimet's legacy, and the PGA Tour Pro-Am experience. More on the Ouimet Scholarship Fund: ouimet.org Brush-T, the Amazon Item of the Week: http://amzn.to/2faN7Vu Add the NFL to your A…
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Ponkapoag golf course is famous largely as Rick Reilly's 1988 example of a beaten up public golf course. "Ponky" then became the inspiration for a Reilly book, and the reputation stuck with the course. On further examination, it's far more than the Ponky of Missing Links these days, including a brush with greatness that few golfers in the Boston ar…
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Good News from the National Golf Foundation
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Narratives can be powerful in sports, and they can make people believe things about those sports that aren't true. That is a problem facing golf these days, as the perception out there is that golf is suffering. The narrative, however, is far from reality. The National Golf Foundation tracks these things, and their research suggests that people are…
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Caddie Chat with Jim Bartlett and Dennis Cone
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Most golfers in 2017 do not get the experience of having a caddie. Indeed, there are fewer clubs than ever that offer caddies. Dennis Cone of the Professional Caddie Association wants to change that. Citing how many young golfers have been created by summer caddie jobs (including Jack Nicklaus), Dennis believes that growing the game of golf include…
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The US Open stands out among golf tournaments. With a low enough handicap, anyone can attempt to qualify for the US Open. Those qualifying rounds, then, have an allure to golfers to the point that they seem like mythical grounds. Here to put reality to those myths is the USGA's Bill McCarthy. Bill also tells us about the US Amateur Four-Ball, a som…
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We're all taught at some point that golf is a game between a golfer and the course they're on. Where does that leave the person who designed the course? This week on Ground Under Repair, I talk to Bruce Charlton of Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects about his work designing courses. Bruce discusses his life playing and working in golf, an…
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When the 1990s boom golf saw dried up, a lot of new golf courses were immediately put into danger. Many of them have gone out of business, but those who have remained have established themselves as fantastic golf experiences. Perhaps there is no better example of that than Olde Homestead. Nestled in a corner of the Lehigh Valley, it's a bit of a dr…
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With Chris Riley of South Shore Country Club
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On the very first episode of Ground Under Repair, I sit down with South Shore Country Club's head golf professional Chris Riley of Hingham, Massachusetts. South Shore CC is one of the nearest courses to my home, so I felt it important to have our first episode involve somebody close to home. Chris tells us what inspired him to become a golf pro, ho…
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