Founder of NewClub and our resident feel player. Matt’s junior golf career led him to the University of Akron where he met our co-host. During his junior year, Matt Studied abroad in Ireland and discovered golf societies. Subsequent trips to Scotland fed his passion for the history, ideals, and culture of accessible, affordable, and sustainable golf, a concept he would later bring to the U.S. with NewClub. Known for his interviewing style, quick wit, and compelling storytelling, Matt brings thoughtful, reflective conversations to The Bag Drop. His professional journey before NewClub included multiple leadership positions in growth-stage startups, where he managed teams responsible for more than $250 million in revenue. Matt actively gives back to the game as a Board Member of the First Tee of Akron and past chair of the Evans Scholar Foundation. Proudly based in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, Matt finds inspiration in family life with his wife, their three children, and their golf dog, Gypsy.
We caught up with Tom Coyne, best-selling author of “A Course Called Ireland” and many others, at Downer’s Grove Golf Club for our first live podcast after a fun round at the site of...
We’re proud to welcome Bruce Devlin to the Bag Drop. Mr. Devlin is one of the most decorated professional golfers ever to play, with 8 (or 10 if you’re really counting) PGA Tour wins...
Back for our final pod covering the PGA major tournaments, PJ Malik (Statistician and Researcher for FOX Sports and PGA Tour Radio), talks about the history of the Open, a quick reca...
Mark Labiak, PGA Head Professional at Ruth Lake Country Club, joins the Bag Drop to talk music, family life, and holes-in-one. Yes, multiple holes in one.
This past weekend was a special one. We were honored to have Dr. Joe Parent, author of the best-selling book Zen Golf, spend the last few days with NewClub in Chicago. It was an incr...
Nathan Perry, PGA Head Golf Professional at Aurora Country Club, joins the Bag Drop from Ernesto’s Cave (club locker room manager) to talk golf architecture, compelling golf courses,...
PJ Malik, FOX Sports and PGA Tour Radio’s resident statistician and researcher, returns to The Bag Drop to get us all ready for the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.
Joining the Bag Drop is Jack O’Callahan, member of the 1980 Miracle on Ice Olympic hockey team and former player for the Chicago Blackhawks and New Jersey Devils.
Joining the Bag Drop this episode is Mike Devries, Golf Course Architect of Kingsley Club, Cape Wickham, Meadow Club & Greywalls.
Chris Montagno, the tournament director of the Evans Scholars Invitational, joins us on The Bag Drop to kick off tournament week with the Web.com for the Evans Scholars Invitational ...
PJ Malik, FOX Sports and PGA Tour Radio’s resident statistician and researcher, returns to The Bag Drop to reflect on this year’s Masters and look ahead to the PGA Championship at Be...
In this episode, I spoke with Patrick Crow, the head professional at Chicago Highlands in Westchester, Illinois. Patrick and I spoke about why he’s passionate about his job and his c...
In this episode, just days before NewClub Golf Society’s Spring Meeting, we welcome Brent Roberson, Superintendent of Sweetens Cove Golf Club. Brent, in his first ever podcast, share...
It’s our first champion golfer on the Bag Drop: Neil Schuster, Co-Founder of No Laying Up, and the 2019 winner of the hickory championship at the Riinger, which was held at the site ...
In part two of our Masters edition with PJ Malik, we pick up where we left off in the 80s and make our way through the Tiger years and what to expect for 2019.
In this special two-part Masters edition of the Bag Drop, I spoke with PJ Malik, who is a statistician and researcher for FOX Sports and PGA Tour Radio. In part one, we learn about P...
In this episode, we’re honored to speak with Paul Ciccarelli, Assistant Superintendent of The Dunes Club in New Buffalo, Michigan and the owner of Aim Better Golf, a craft shop that ...
In part two of our episode with Doug Stein, founder and president of Black Creek Club, Doug and I talk about the new world of golf media, his golf travels and playing some of the top...
In our latest installment of the people and places in the surrounding area of NewClub’s first Spring Meeting, I spoke with Doug Stein, founder and president of Black Creek Club in Ch...
In this episode, I spoke with Andy Mack, CEO of SnapMobile, a tech company based in Chicago. In our first in-person pod, Andy reveals his basketball idol, how J.B. Holmes helped shap...