Joal is a former LPGA Tour player and mother of 3, Division 1 collegiate golfers. She has been teaching for over 30 years, most recently at IMG Academy in Bradenton. Joal has a passion for the growth and enjoyment of the game. She uses her skills to empower the student to understand their own swing and tendencies, giving them the tools needed to make adjustments for the betterment of a lifetime of golfing fun!
Joal teaches men, women and children.

In this episode, Kevin Walsh and Joal Harding discuss Joal's journey to becoming an LPGA Golf Professional and teaching professional. Joal truly exudes a love for the game of golf and this episode has lots of great stuff that golfers and non-golfers alike would love. Golf is like life and if you play golf, you are my friend! We hope you enjoy the show!

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https://youtu.be/XCo7S0SbIrw?si=Jw_pGkb33Ogn5JgA

Dr. Kristy Conniff.... www.drkristykc.org

Joal's Book: The Golfers, The Groundhog and The Enchanted Putter https://a.co/d/hH4N4QL

Joal's contact information or send her your swing: joalgolf@gmail.com

www.LinkedIn.com/in/joalharding

Brendan Walsh grew up in Philadelphia. He was the twelfth of fifteen kids born by Barbara and William Walsh. I guess when your dad is a legend in the Philly golf scene and known by everyone as “Sarge,” golf isn’t as much of a choice as it is a way of life. One thing is for sure, with seventeen in the family, there was always someone to tee it up with!

He has been the Head Golf Professional at The Country Club in Brookline, MA since 1998. Brendan’s last post was the Patterson Club down in Fairfield, Connecticut prior to moving his address to Clyde Street. A place he had put his indelible stamp on with wonderful approachability and by winning the State Open during his tenure. For all his mentoring gifts, people take for granted Brendan’s playing ability. He played college golf at Wooster and was competitive in the Philadelphia junior golf scene. After all, half the kids he had to beat every week were in his family!

The Country Club is a unique place. In 2022, TCC, one of America’s original five golf clubs recognized by the USGA, hosted their seventeenth USGA championship. Since the days of Ouimet 110 years ago, this facility has truly been the birthplace of American golf.

The Country Club. Members can participate in fourteen different sports at the club. From curling to racquets, golf and skating this brilliant oasis inside the city limits of America’s oldest city is described by Brendan as consistent.

Walsh’s career is a perfect fit for The Country Club. To know Brendan, is to know his principles. He is the consummate PGA Professional, but those whose lives he has touched know he’s an even better human being. If our Association was built on the mentor apprentice relationship, then Brendan Walsh is the epitome of that persona 105 years later. Brendan’s macro view of the golf ecosystem is what truly makes him special. Whether it was competing with fifteen kids growing up or winning four PGA section awards, Brendan takes it all in stride. Much like his facility, there’s an understated elegance to his work.

There’s an old saying amongst PGA Professionals when setting up an event. “Every tournament is somebody’s US Open.” For Brendan Walsh, those words are true, even if he’s actually hosting the US Open.

In this episode, Kevin Walsh and Brendan Walsh discuss Brendan's journey to becoming head golf pro at one of America's most prestigious country clubs. Brendan is truly a consummate professional and a real custodian of the Game. Brendan is very entertaining and this episode has lots of great stuff that golfers and non-golfers alike would love. Golf is like life and if you play golf, you are my friend! We hope you enjoy the show!

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https://www.pga.com/story/golfs-nationwide-ambassador-brendan-walsh-pga-professional-at-golfs-us-open-venue-the-country-club?srsltid=AfmBOoqu0FxIyU-6bJvvb7WhY4JdS8eLni-FOmXsCKIea-QWloC-cBZk

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-walsh-a84465229/

https://www.titleist.com.sg/teamtitleist/team-titleist/f/the-clubhouse/57688/earn-it-in-the-dirt-with-the-country-club-s-brendan-walsh

The title – director of golf operations – suggests the job is more than running the pro shop and giving lessons. And so it is for J.P. Connelly, who is officially the director of golf operations at the Cohasset Golf Club and oversees a staff of 20 people at the prestigious Donald Ross-designed golf course. But cut a little bit deeper into the mind and soul of the 41-year old Connelly, who arrived at Cohasset in 2003, and you will find a golf pedigree. “My dad was the pro at Huntingdon Valley in Pennsylvania for more than 30 years,” said Connelly, “so I was always around golf.” But for Connelly – who grew up in the Philadelphia area, went to college in Florida and then migrated north, rather than south – golf was an acquired taste. “My dad tried to get me to play the game when I was 5 or 6 and I hated it,” said Connelly with a laugh. “He kept on making me play in the father-and-son events. I played twice a year. One year when I was 11, I went out there and did pretty well. I said to myself, ‘If I can do this well and I’m just fooling around, I should be doing this.’” The next morning, much to Jack Connelly’s amazement, he saw his wife drop off his son at the golf course.
“My dad couldn’t believe I was there,” said Connelly. “From that point, I was playing every day when I wasn’t at school. That’s all I was doing.” “I was always focused on golf,” said Connelly, who went from high school in the Philadelphia area to college at Florida Southern in Lakeland, where he played golf well enough to consider life as a touring pro. That dream ended quickly, however. “I spent about a year playing in some mini tours,” said Connelly. “But I quickly learned I just wasn’t good enough. I think, even if I had the talent, I wouldn’t enjoy it as much. So I decided to go into the business end.” Connelly began a journey as an assistant pro in Florida and then up to Massachusetts as an assistant pro at the Myopia Hunt Club. When his father became PGA president in 2001, Connelly went home to run an operation that needed tending. Jack Connelly was spending 180 days a year on the road at PGA functions. “It was a great opportunity,” said Connelly. “I got a sense of what it was like to run a big operation.” In 2003, Cohasset made a call and Connelly, at the age of 28, had his first job as a head pro at a golf club. He is at work before 7 a.m. most days and will not leave until it is dark, depending on his lesson schedule. “What I love about this job is the diversity,” said Connelly, who spends his time from Christmas to late March in Florida, enjoying a working holiday which includes about two hours each day of club business and then three to four rounds of golf each week. From there, J.P. moved to Kittansett Golf Club where he serves as Head Golf Professional.

In this episode, Kevin Walsh and J.P. Connelly discuss J.P.'s amateur golf career and his journey to becoming a head golf professional at a top level club. J.P. is very entertaining and this episode has lots of great stuff that golfers and non-golfers alike would love. Golf is like life and if you play golf, you are my friend! We hope you enjoy the show!

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https://www.kittansett.org/