Golf Talk Washington
Golf Talk Washington is the Puget Sound area’s leading golf radio show and podcast. Airing weekly on Sportsradio 950 KJR.com and podcast on-demand via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio & more, GTW is the show by real golfers - for real golfers. Each episode showcases places to play, practical instruction from top PGA teaching and tour pros, fitness tips, equipment reviews, interviews with notables including noted architect David McLay Kidd, Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr., and PGA tour pros with NW connections . GTW is hosted and produced by Emmy and Murrow award winning broadcast journalist Josh Kerns.
Episodes
53 episodes
Discover golfer's paradise aka PNW Golf Academy
Happy New Year everyone and welcome to our first show of 2021 here on Golf Talk Washington. Despite the torrential rain, the last thing you want to do is put away the clubs for the winter. There is no better time than right n...
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Golf Talk Washington Holiday & Winter Weather Shopping Guide
Happy Holidays! In this special edition of Golf Talk Washington Josh Kerns travels to Santa's Workshop aka Puetz Golf Superstore in North Seattle to visit with head elf (Manager Chris Johnson) to come up with the ultimate holiday gi...
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Keep your game going all winter with PGA Teacher of The Year Keith Bennett
Cold and rain are coming to Western Washington, but that doesn't mean we have to put our golf games into hibernation.In this edition of Golf Talk Washington, Josh Kerns visits with Western Washington's PGA Teacher of the Year Keith Benn...
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Chambers Bay Academy - A great place to learn and play for everyone year-round
Join Josh Kerns for a visit to the Chambers Bay Academy with Director of Instruction Ryan Young. Learn why the greatest practice facility in Western Washington is a great place for players of all ability from elite to beginners.Ry...
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A special, extended conversation with David McLay Kidd
In this special edition of Golf Talk Washington, acclaimed golf course architect David McLay Kidd joins Josh Kerns for an in-depth conversation about his mind-blowing body of work spanning the globe from Bandon Dunes to Gamble Sands to Nicaragu...
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Expert club buying and fitting advice from The Tour Van
What's the best way to buy new clubs or dial in your current set? In this special edition of Golf Talk Washington, Josh Kerns visits with master club builder and fitter Ben Giunta about all the things you need to know before spending anot...
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29:52
Places to play (smoke choked edition): Back9 Parlor
Desperate times call for desperate measures...with courses closed and our air unhealthy, join me for a visit to the indoor golf playground Back9 Parlor in Lynnwood. If you haven't been in a state of the art simulator with a screaming fast...
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Places To Play: Debating which course is tops in Washington
In this totally subjective and highly opinionated edition of Golf Talk Washington, your humble caddie Josh Kerns is joined by golf snobs...err, afficianados...Ben Garrett and Jesse Jones, for a wide ranging debate about which courses are tops i...
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Tired of sucking? Play better now w/ Top 50 teacher Brian Mogg
In this edition of Golf Talk Washington with Josh Kerns, Tacoma native, PGA Tour veteran and acclaimed instructor Brian Mogg joins the show to offer his unique insights on how to learn to play better golf, the advantages of going to a golf scho...
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Lessons learned from Washington State AM champion Sean Kato (hint: he's $$$!)
Straight off his wire-to-wire win in the Washington State Am, champion Sean Kato joins the show to share the secrets to his success we can all use in reaching our own goals. The Redmond-native and rising Oregon State junior takes us from ...
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28:08
Inside "the bubble" and the ropes at the PGA Championship w/ The Golfing Doc
In this special edition, The Golfing Doc Dr. Harry Sese of Golfletica Sports and Rehab in Bellevue checks in from the locker room at the PGA Championship at the TPC Harding Park in San Francisco.Doc's stable of PGA players in the field ...
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A 54 hole marathon day at Chambers Bay
Some people bitch about walking 18 at Chambers Bay. Imagine taking 3+ loops around the 2015 US Open host site! That's what over 100 dedicated (or questionably sane) golfers did last week in a marathon golfathon to raise money for Th...
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Play Ball! On the tee and the mound with Mariners announcer Dave Sims
Mariners TV play by play guy extraordinaire and golf junkie Dave Sims joins Josh Kerns for a wide ranging conversation about golf, the start of the COVID-19 truncated baseball season, systemic racism and why he regrets not asking Arnold Palmer ...
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Places to Play: White Horse Golf Club
Join Josh Kerns and special guest Jesse Jones from KIRO 7 TV for a visit to the delightful White Horse Golf Club in Kingston as our dynamic duo detail what makes White Horse worthy of your next round.White Horse is just a 30 minute ferr...
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Places to Play: Loomis Trail
Your ever humble caddie Josh Kerns is joined by longtime Puget Sound golf ambassador John Tipping for a delightful trip around Loomis Trail, a criminally underrated country club caliber track just north of Bellingham but well worth the drive.&n...
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Season 2
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What you need to know about the new handicapping system
Now that we're all playing again, many of us have questions about the new handicapping system that went into place this year. Nate Schroeder, Director ofHandicapping & Course Rating for the PNGA has all the answers. W...
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The First Tee helping kids stay on course through COVID-19 (and play Chambers all day!)
The COVID-19 stay at home orders have been particularly hard on golf loving, active kids. But the First Tee of Greater Seattle is working hard to keep them in the game and on course.Evan Johnsen/Director of Programs & Developm...
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PGA Tour standout Andrew Putnam, Top Training Aids And More
In this week's edition of Golf Talk Washington with Josh Kerns:We get an update on how the first week of golf in the post-COVID-19 closure era is going with Ryan Whitney/VP-Premier Golf &...
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57:29
We're Back! Screw COVID-19, let's tee it up
It's time to tee it up for the first time since the COVID-19 shutdown. In this special return to golf episode, Josh Kerns has all the details about where and how we can play starting May 5 across Washington, and how to get your own game o...
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58:49
EXCLUSIVE BREAKING NEWS: Gamble Sands, McLay Kidd launch new short course
Exclusive Breaking News from Golf Talk Washington:Gamble Sands, Washington's #1 rated course, is growing. In an exclusive interview with host Josh Kerns, Ryan Whitney/Sr. VP Operation...
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Topgolf Boss Erik Anderson/Golf For Everyone with WA Golf/Driest tracks in Western WA
Welcome to golf season 2020! Screw the rain and the Corona virus, it's time to tee it up. *Host/Producer Josh Kerns kicks off the new season with an exclusive interview with Topgolf Top Dog Erik Anderson about the new Lounge...
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Season 2
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A visit to Marriott's Golf Academy at Shadow Ridge in Palm Desert
If you've had enough of Washington's winter, you're not alone. Join Josh Kerns on a visit to the stunning Marriott Shadow Ridge golf resort in Palm Desert, California. How does 75 degrees, blue skies and sunshine sound to you right now?From the ...
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Insider's guide to Gamble Sands w/ PGA pro Matt Baum
Screw Seattle's return to wet weather, head to Eastern Washington. The weather is beautiful, the fairways are still firm, the leaves are turning…and there’s no place better than Gamble Sands.If you’ve been over to Gamble Sands, you know what I’m ...
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Play the "Royals" in Ireland and England with the PNGA
What's harder than choosing one bucket list golf trip? Deciding between two! Tom Cade from the PNGA joins Josh Kerns to discuss two upcoming trips to the UK to take on some of the world's best courses in England and Ireland. They're filling up ...
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