Click here to listen. Natalie Gulbis is becoming known as the Anna Kournikova of golf. Admit it: Her sexy calendar was on your Christmas list last year. But Gulbis is more than just a drool-inducing goddess who happens to occasionally swing a golf club. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Gulbis about getting back into the top 20, the comparisons to Kournikova and the future of the LPGA Tour. “I think the focus should be on the diversification of the tour,” Gulbis says. “We’ve got so many different types of players. There are so many different rivalries and so ... full post »

Click here to listen. Golf courses in Palm Springs, Calif. are in the middle of a conditioning ‘arms race,’ so to speak. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Chris Baldwin, senior writer for TravelGolf.com, about the competition to have the best-conditioned course in the desert. “It’s interesting: A lot of courses and a lot of destinations focus on the celebrity architect courses,” Baldwin says. “And Palm Springs has a number of those, but it’s sort of shifted. Now they’re promoting conditioning. And you can’t complain when courses are trying to look better, and obviously play a lot better. It’s ... full post »

Click here to listen. Imagine a vacation that combines golf and sailing in the Caribbean. Amazing Charters can make it happen. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Amazing Charters’ Ulla Gotfredsen. “We facilitate sailing trips for people who want to come to the Caribbean,” Gotfredsen says. “The case is that most of the Caribbean islands are pretty small and can only support one or two golf courses. A lot of people want to play more than one course when they’re on holiday, so if you wanted to do that you would have to spend every other day in the ... full post »

Click here to listen. When people think great golf destinations, Nigeria is not the first country to pop into mind. But that may be changing. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to golf course architect Ron Garl, who is building a course in Lagos, Nigeria. “It’s an oil rich country … obviously that’s created new money, it’s created new technology, and they’re getting excited about golf there,” Garl says. “We’ve got a project that’s near Lagos. It has beautiful beaches. We’re right on the Atlantic Ocean. It’s beautiful. It reminds me of the white sand Florida beaches.” Golf is finding a ... full post »

Click here to listen. Over the next several weeks, podcast host Dave Berner will talk to noted golf course designer Ron Garl about a few of the projects he’s been working on lately. In this week’s segment, Garl talks about the reconstruction of New Orleans’ Lakewood Country Club, which was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. “Everything will be brand new. We’re scrapping everything that’s there,” Garl says. “We’re hoping that when we get through, it will be one of those must play places when you come to New Orleans.” Marc Solomon, founder of the Golf Made Simple instruction program, is taking a new ... full post »