The Turn

Welcome to July and Troon Family Golf Month! In this episode, Julia visits again with First Tee, featuring special guest Brandon Luna, Director of Events & Alumni, along with First Tee alumni Steven Outlaw, Troon Director of Sales & Marketing, and Megan Conder, Troon Social Media Manager. Our Troon facilities around the world are dedicated to growing the game of golf every day of the year. So although July is Troon Family Golf month, these activities happen year-round! Juniors play golf for free after 3pm when playing with a paying adult. Juniors enjoy complimentary Callaway rental clubs all day. Juniors receive complimentary instruction when taking a lesson with a paying adult.  

In this timely Women's Golf Month edition of The Turn, Kris interviews Benedetta "Bennie" Moresco – Italian professional golfer and low amateur winner at the 2023 U.S. Women's Open (among many other accomplishments). This episode is proudly supported by performance lifestyle brand Rhone – Troon strategic partner and sponsor of Troon Women's Golf Month 2024.

Have you wondered about the pros and cons of using fresh, seasonal ingredients? In this F&B-focused episode, Julia and co-host Kristin Kelly from RealFood Hospitality, Strategy, and Design chat with two talented chefs – Andy Ingraham from Broken Top Club, a fully private facility in Bend, OR, and Tony Baclawski of Fellows Creek Golf Club, a daily fee facility in Canton, MI. For questions on best practices related to seasonal menu planning, please feel free to reach out to the chefs directly! Chef Andy Ingraham, Broken Top Club - [email protected] Chef Tony Baclawski, Fellows Creek Golf Club - [email protected]   § 

In honor of Player Development Month, we're releasing even more content on the biomechanics and benefits of training on The Stack System. Join Kris and co-host Tim Mahoney, Troon's Global Director of Education and Coaching, as they dig into the details with Dr. Sasho MacKenzie, Co-Founder of The Stack System.

In this episode, Julia and Kris catch up with Damien Cosby and Clark Pastrick from National Links Trust – a non-profit organization dedicated to positively impacting the Washington DC community and changing lives through affordable and accessible municipal golf. As management partner, Troon is proud to support National Links Trust in its focus to rehabilitate the municipal golf facilities in our nation's capital: East Potomac Golf Links, Langston Golf Course, and Rock Creek Park Golf.

In this episode, Kris and co-host Tim Mahoney, Troon's Global Director of Education and Coaching, interview Matt Fitzpatrick, 2022 U.S. Open champion and eight-time DP World Tour winner, and Dr. Sasho MacKenzie, Co-Founder of The Stack System and "Savant of Speed." Regarded as golf's foremost biomechanist, Dr. MacKenzie's work and theories have driven a scientific, evidence-based revolution in golf instruction and movement training.  

Joining Julia and Kris for this episode are Mike O'Neill, Executive VP of Cobbs Creek Foundation, and Meredith Foote, Executive Director of the TGR Learning Lab. Learn more about the Cobbs Creek Golf Campus currently under development in West Philadelphia, PA. Completed in phases over the next three years, the Cobbs Creek Golf Campus will serve the academic, athletic, and social-emotional needs of the youth of Philadelphia. The original Cobbs Creek Golf Course has been an important part of Philadelphia's history in its contribution to equal rights and encouraging diversity in the sport for more than 100 years, and now it is being transformed into a key component of a new model for introducing new players to the game, recreation, education, sustainability, and community.

In this episode, Julia and co-host Dolf May visit with Golfzon America's CEO Sean Pyun and VP of Business Development Jimmy McDonald for an exciting and fascinating update on the company's simulator products - the most advanced in the world - and Golfzon America's continued expansion into the US market... most recently partnering with Troon in the development of the Golfzon Social concept. Golfzon America is a division of Golfzon. Based in Seoul, South Korea, Golfzon has been producing the gold standard of simulators for the last 20 years and has a presence in 63 countries at 11,000+ locations, with users enjoying and competing in more than 90 million rounds annually. One fun fact - more than 7.6 billion shots are tracked by their technology - every year!  

In this episode, Julia and Kris are joined by Troon Revenue Managers Andy Sorensen and John Tidenberg to chat about the benefits of employing dynamic pricing techniques to maximize profit, tee sheet efficiency, operations, guest experience, and more. To learn how revenue management can help your club, contact [email protected] or [email protected].  

Julia and Kris are joined by Andy Stockinger (General Manager at Madinaty Golf Club in Egypt) and Chris Geraghty (General Manager at Vattanac Golf Resort in Cambodia) to chat about the global options available through a career with Troon. Listen in as they share their joys, lessons, languages, travels, and personal growth while working for Troon in India, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Egypt, and Cambodia. The world is small, get out and see it!