Ep 188: Trent Jones

The Erik Anders Lang Show: Golf - Travel - Comedy

RGC Radio

Comedy, Golf, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Sports

4.8 • 949 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

In this weeks episode, Erik sits down with Trent Jones, President of RTJII. Being the grandson of legendary golf course architect, Robert Trent Jones, and the son of Robert Trent Jones Jr, Trent was almost destined to find himself working in the golf industry. Erik caught up with Trent at the 2020 PGA Show to discuss all things golf course architecture and the process behind the craft, golf in general and ultimately why it's gotta be fun. This and so much more in one of EAL's favorite podcast conversations to date. Craving more golf content? Be sure to follow Erik on social media, and subscribe to his YouTube channel! TRENT JONES/// Instagram: @rtj2golfdesign Twitter: @RTJ2GolfDesign Web: www.rtj2.com ERIK ANDERS LANG/// Web: www.erikanderslang.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/erikanderslang Twitter: www.twitter.com/erikanderslang Facebook: www.facebook.com/erikanderslang YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/eriklang12 WHOOP/// Web: www.whoop.com Social: @whoop KEEPS/// Web: www.keeps.com Instagram: @keeps Twitter: @getkeeps GARRETT LEIGHT/// Web: www.garrettleight.com Social: @garrettleight JONES SPORTS CO/// Web: www.jonessportsco.com Social: @jones_sports_co PRECISION PRO GOLF/// Web: www.precisionprogolf.com Instagram: @precisionprogolf Twitter: @preprogolf TAYLORMADE GOLF/// Web: www.taylormadegolf.com Social: @taylormadegolf VICE GOLF/// Web: www.vicegolf.com Instagram: @vicegolf Twitter: @vice_golf FEETURES/// Web: www.feetures.com Instagram: @feetures Twitter: @Feetures STUART KERR /// PRODUCER Social; @stuartlkerr

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0:00.0	4, 6, 6, 7, 910.
0:05.0	4, 6, 7, 9, 10.
0:08.0	All right, we're live everybody, Eric Andrews Lang Show here, live from the PGA Show.
0:12.0	Tran, can you give me one more count there?
0:14.0	Yeah, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
0:17.0	ten.
0:18.0	There, there, there, there, there, pretty good.
0:20.0	Okay. Okay.
0:21.0	So, Trent, as I mentioned earlier to the listeners of the podcast this morning
0:26.0	This is the next episode from the PGA show. Okay
0:29.8	We were talking about well I guess you know one of my favorite ways to start this off is, how do you describe your involvement in the golf industry?
0:40.4	For example, someone comes up to you.
0:42.2	They don't see your name tag, they don't see Trent Jones, and they don't see Robert Trent Jones the second, obviously referring to the, what's the word when you've done a lot of work?
0:53.0	Prodigious?
0:54.0	No.
0:55.0	Sure, prodigious.
0:56.0	Just a tremendous.
0:58.0	Tremendous amount of effect that your family is out on the golf industry.
1:01.0	Right. As far as the courses that we walk on. Some subjects I'm really
1:04.7	fascinated in is sort of the puzzle that the architect prepares for the golfer.
1:09.8	Okay. And I think commonly that's, especially in the beginning of the game.
1:13.6	You're just trying to figure out how not to...
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