"First of all, like I said, it's a family business, My dad's had his business for 35-plus years… My mom works with him."
"I think there's a lot of opportunity for change, and things are happening that are positive. The influx of people playing the game since Covid, the influx of these entertainment spaces like TopGolf and Popstroke, and our parent company 8AM just invested in a concept like that called Freeze Golf, where people are getting exposed to 'non-green grass golf' as we call it. And I want to be part of that change."
Did he know he wanted to find a way back to having golf be part of his full-time role?
"Absolutely. I went to Bend for a reason, because golf was such a part of the culture there. Bend is one of the most underrated golf destinations in the country. One thing I want to do with GOLF.com is lead a trip there, because there's so much that people don't know about… It's five hours from Bandon Dunes, everybody knows about Bandon Dunes, but not everybody knows about Bend."
"I think there's a lot of opportunity for change, and things are happening that are positive. The influx of people playing the game since Covid, the influx of these entertainment spaces like TopGolf and Popstroke, and our parent company 8AM just invested in a concept like that called Freeze Golf, where people are getting exposed to 'non-green grass golf' as we call it. And I want to be part of that change."
Did he know he wanted to find a way back to having golf be part of his full-time role?
"Absolutely. I went to Bend for a reason, because golf was such a part of the culture there. Bend is one of the most underrated golf destinations in the country. One thing I want to do with GOLF.com is lead a trip there, because there's so much that people don't know about… It's five hours from Bandon Dunes, everybody knows about Bandon Dunes, but not everybody knows about Bend."
