Weekday Golf – Details, episodes & analysis

Merry New Year! After several months of talking about what we were going to talk about, we had an epiphany that what we loved about golf was its soul: playing the game, the friendships, the games, the trips - all of it. We discuss what the soul of golf means to us and set the table for what's to come.

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Where does our appreciation for the soul of golf come from? We take a shallow dive into our golf upbringings (thanks, Dad), from playing 54 holes a day during teenage summers, to the ebbs and flows of college golf.

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Our friend Scott Oxandaboure - the Olympic Club's 2025 Club Champion - joins us to share his fascinating golf journey from junior golf in San Diego to playing on the USC men's golf team and professional golf aspirations. We discuss the role that community plays in his appreciation of golf, and how he approaches the game as a working stiff, busy dad, and mid-am.

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You never forget your first real golf trip. Beyond the stories and memories, we discuss what has to happen behind the scenes to make a golf trip truly special. Matching outfits preferred.

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Golf, perhaps more so than any other sport, is often passed down from parent to child (as it was for Oliver and Preston). Our friends David and Luke Johnson join us to talk about what it's like to be a father/son duo who are also golf buddies. Hear their stories about how to make golf fun for kids, what the soul of golf means at different life stages, and parenting approaches when it comes to raising a golfer.

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Josh Zander, GOLF top 100 instructor and all around great guy, joins us to discuss his upbringing in Venezuela, playing in the 1992 US Open at Pebble Beach, and his innate urge to help everyone with their golf swing. We talk about the number one thing most students don't work on enough, playing on the Golden State Tour, and how to get your mind right when you have a 3-footer for a personal record.

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YouTube: @joshzandergolf
Take an online lesson with Josh on the Skillest app.

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Listener mailbag time. We debate sandbagging and golf reputations, how we handle slow play, our on-course rituals, music etiquette, the shots that make us uncomfortable, and our favorite betting games—including Scotch and the O’Hara trifecta.

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Nicole McGirr (a.k.a. “Magic”) joins Weekday Golf for a laughter-filled hang on what actually helps golfers get better: strength, mobility, balance, and smarter expectations. We talk TPI assessments (and why your “golf fitness handicap” is probably higher than you think), the real tradeoff between technique vs. physical limitations, and what it’s like growing up in golf as a girl. Plus: warmup routines, injury pitfalls, and why teaching has become Nicole’s favorite version of the game.

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Golf has a way of inspiring some pretty ridiculous behavior among friends.

In 2024, our friend Jerry played 201 rounds of golf. So heading into 2025—with his first baby on the way and a job search underway—we started wondering: how many rounds would he actually play this year?

What began as a casual conversation at the bar turned into a secret betting pool predicting Jerry’s entire golf year. And one ironclad rule: Do not tell Jerry.

By the end of the year, 73 friends were involved. And Jerry still had no idea.

This is the story of the betting pool we called "Jerrymandering"—and what it reveals about the strange sociology of golf friendships.

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This is Part 2 of our conversation with Tom Johnson. If you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, it’s worth starting there.

After sharing the story of his journey through professional golf and recovery, Tom turns to what he’s learned from the game since then. We talk about how his experience as a player shaped his philosophy as a teacher, why ego can be the biggest obstacle in improvement, and what separates golfers who actually get better from those who stay stuck.

Along the way, Tom explains the lessons he learned from some of the game’s most respected instructors, the different ways players practice and compete, and why golf continues to challenge and shape him today.

We close by asking Tom what the “soul of golf” means to him after everything he’s experienced in the game.

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