The Par Train - Helping Frustrated Golfers #EnjoyTheRide

Oliver Horovitz, New York Times Best Selling Author, filmmaker, and producer hops on the Train for his second time to share the story of Pratima Sherpa. The star of the Emmy Award Winning ESPN Documentary "A Mountain to Climb", Pratima tries to make history by becoming the first female to turn pro in Nepal. Highlights: -Ollie talks about Pratima's humble beginnings and unprecedented rise to success -How Ollie met Pratima -Behind the scenes stories on how the ESPN documentary got made -Pratima's unexpected lesson with Tiger Woods -Tiger's gift to Pratima -Secret tidbits about Carnoustie and the rivalry against St. Andrews -What kind of player will win at Carnoustie -And much more ★ Support this podcast ★

Senior Golf Writer, Jason Sobel, hops on the train for his third time to preview the Players Championship, discuss why the Players Championship is not "The 5th Major" and do an early review on the 2018 PGA Tour season thus far. Highlights: -Biggest surprise of the 2018 PGA Tour season -Heated debate about why Players Championship shouldn’t be known as the “5th major” -We grade the 2018 PGA Tour season -How to take walk up music to the next level -The challenge of breaking stories like the one about Patrick Reed’s family and his take on it -A look behind the curtain on how the PGA Tour makes featured pairings -Does a player elevate to the next level after they win a Players Championship? -Is the popularity of the FedEx Cup Playoffs diminishing the Players? -The types of players who win the Players -Phil’s approach at #17 and why it’s likely different than most other players on Tour -The two superstars that could get hot the rest of the 2018 PGA Tour season -His conversation with Spieth about why he’s OK with a slow start -And much more ★ Support this podcast ★

Erik Anders Lang is the host of Adventures in Golf, the Erik Lang Show Podcast and overall a very lucky dude to win the chance to play Augusta National. Erik joins the Par Train crew for an insightful, hilarious and probably one of our favorite conversations overall. Highlights: -Every detail about Pro Shop heaven on Monday after the Masters -The top 3 must have golf gear items when you go to a big tournament or famous course -Would the prestige flip if Augusta National was public and Pebble was private? -The magic of Augusta National and why it’s like the world’s most interactive museum -What it’s like winning the lottery to play Augusta National -Did Augusta National really not allow Erik to play a yellow golf ball? -What all Augusta National caddies have in common -The differences and similarities of Augusta National and St. Andrews. Is one better? -Behind the scenes of Adventures in Golf series -How Erik’s life is a contradiction to golf -Which Adventures in Golf episode Erik would pick to be a movie -What grows the game more: Walk Up Music on Tour or golf boards at your local muni -Why we will probably be in the next Adventure in Golf -And much more ★ Support this podcast ★

Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee (@chambleebrandel), the man that can put the golf world in a tizzy with a single tweet, hops on the Par Train and doesn’t hold back. Highlights -Why this Masters will be the GOAT -Tiger is not his favorite to win (And it’s not Phil, Rory, DJ or Spieth either) -What it would take to throw David Duval into Rae’s Creek -Darkhorse picks -Hole by hole tips he learned from Jack Nicklaus on how to play and win at Augusta -We gave Brandel a final chance to come clean and admit that DJ’s drive in Hawaii was not the greatest shot of all time -Why Brandel LOVES when Patrick Reed wears red and black on Sundays -Find out why Brandel goes against every idea we have to grow the game -“The game of golf is a lot better off without golf bros.” -And much more ★ Support this podcast ★

PGA Tour Pro Keith Mitchell is not only hilarious, he’s an innovator. This episode is almost a full hour because the stories are that good. Buckle up. Bear down. And listen to the end. Who knows, by the end, we may get a signed contract by the PGA Tour to institute walk-up music at every event. Highlights -Keith gives us brand new golf lingo to replace “bababooey” and “mashed potatoes” -The private jet “horror story” with JT, Zach Johnson and others where they almost left Patton Kizzire’s trophy on the runway -How Keith almost made walk up songs a thing on Tour -We all guess what tigers walk up song would be -Keith knows the REAL big cat -Stories about playing with Larry the Cable Guy and Ray Romano at AT&T Pebble Beach -Hear how Keith reacted the first time he saw Tiger at Torrey. He may be more excited than all of us for Tiger’s return. -3 ideas to grow the game. Keith picks his fav. -Why we all agree Patrick Reed should never wear red and black on sunday -Find out what “Heat it up like a hot dog” means -Why Keith thinks we‘re basically on tour already -Everyone needs to YouTube Mark Steffenhagen -“If I knew that answer to that question, I think every tour Pro would pay be a million dollars a year.” -Learn how Keith tricks himself mentally to stay focused on one shot at a time -Hear why “playing on the pga tour is the easiest of any tour I’ve played on” -What it’s like to walk on your first pga tour range as a rookie -Why the Valspar suited Tiger well -How he decides what tournaments to play -Why Dufner skips most of the tournaments until the Honda -What he’s learned from Justin Thomas’s rookie year on tour that he’s applying to his game -“If a guy like Corey Conners can get rattled, most laid back guy, anyone can.” ★ Support this podcast ★

The Par Train crew gives you the first of a brand new episode series called "PGA Player Deep Dives" where you learn new things about your favorite PGA Tour players. This episode was focused on the man, the myth, the "Figjam" legend - Phil Mickelson. Highlights: -Phil joins us for the first 5 minutes and gets angry... -Phil vs. Tiger stats -Did Phil play better or worse when Tiger was in the same tournament? -#WhatWouldPhilDo Everyday situations where we compare what the average Joe would do vs. what Phil would do (Buckle up) -[Make sure you listen to the end!] with three exclusive stories from Evan Gibbs, Director of R&D at Callaway Golf, about his 10+ years working with Phil -3 favorite Phil moments -Are we placing bets on Phil to win the Masters? -Highlights from his amateur career -What makes Phil and Tiger at their best different than the top young players today ★ Support this podcast ★

PGA Tour Pro Scott Langley joins the Par Train crew after capturing his first pro win on the Web.com only a few short weeks ago. Scott tells us why “lefties are on the rise and taking no prisoners”, funny stories inside the ropes, a tip he learned from Matt Kuchar that changed the game and much more. More Highlights: -Hear why “lefties live fuller lives” -A prank among tour pros that involved a pig’s head -How Kuchar plays the first 4 holes of every round and how it’s helped Scott’s game -What about Mike Small, his college coach, grooms future pros -The infamous 5-hour chipping drill -What it feels like to sleep on the lead on Saturday night of your first PGA Tour event -How Web.com caddies survive -The difference in playing for $1,000,000 vs. $100,000 -Phil’s post-round interview that rang so true for Scott -Why so many players win after missing a few cuts -Why Scott is ALL IN on mic’d up caddies -And much much more ★ Support this podcast ★

Fresh off of the Waste Management Open, the Par Train crew embodies the crowd at #16, got rowdy and fired off hot take after hot take (With plenty of cocktails). Show highlights: -As innovation consultants for the PGA Tour, the boys came up with 3 ways to create “WMO” like buzz at other events -Hot take on Justin Thomas and who he will grow up to be (First name Shooter…) -LEAKED: Jason Day and Tiger Woods text message threads -Stats and stories you wouldn’t know from the 2018 PGA Tour season so far -Why Ev tells people to stop crying about the AT&T Pebble Beach coverage -Dream celebrity pairings -A sponsored word from Shank Drank -Cermak’s to do list for our visit to Riviera -Review the Official World Golf Ranking Top 10 list and identify a Contender and Pretender -Obviously much more ★ Support this podcast ★

Jason Sobel, Senior Golf Writer for ESPN, joins us again live from the West Orange Country Club locker room after winning our golf match earlier in the day. We pick the 4 major winners for 2018 and Sobel calls out one thing he needs to see from Tiger to confirm that he's BACK. More Highlights: -Jason's thoughts on our media passes being denied by the PGA Tour. #badboys -Why 2018 could be the greatest golf season of all time and entering a "Golden Age" -The one thing Jason wants to see from Tiger to prove that he's officially back -Tiger at Torrey -What we need to look for to know Tiger's ready to go (i.e. No long sleeves like the O linemen at Foxborough). Slight jog downhill #3 at Torrey South? -Any secret nuggets from Tiger's round with Obama? -Who benefits the most from Tiger coming back? -Picking major winners: Masters, Shinnecock, Carnoustie, Bellerive -Sobel's take on mic'd up caddies -The Freak leaderboard. Rahm, DJ or Rory? -When everyone is playing their A game, is DJ still the best? ★ Support this podcast ★

Meet Stephen Arendt - head golf pro at Kapalua Golf Plantation Course (The home of the Sentry Tournament of Champions). Stephen gave us some gems on a few PGA Tour players, why they don't change the course for the pros, travel tips and may even transform your game with these two simple instructional nuggets. More Highlights: -The biggest misconceptions about Kapalua -What you don’t know from watching on TV -Why Kapalua is one of the hardest courses out there for amateurs and one of the easiest, lowest scoring courses for the pros -Rickie vs. Danny Lee parking lot pranks -The text he saw from Jason Dufner’s agent -Why Jason Hahn chose to hang out in the pro shop each day after he played -Career fair segment where college students wrote in with ridiculous questions on how to get the best job in golf -What makes Kapalua different from every other week on the PGA Tour -What you can learn about Jordan Spieth from his range session after round 1 vs. round 2 -Why you’ll need to play Kapalua twice and why “There’s not another golf experience like it on the planet” -His teaching philosophy that will help any golfer get better -Get Butch Harmon’s book “The Pro” -The hardest thing for golf pros to teach -What you should never do when hitting balls -One thing an amateur should do to improve their game -Tips for visiting Maui and planning golf at Kapalua -Why the head pro at Kapalua says DJ’s drive on #12 shouldn’t even be in the top 10 of greatest shots ever hit. Sorry Brandel. ★ Support this podcast ★