History of Legendary Golf Course Pasatiempo with a TeeTour by Head Professional Ken Woods

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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GS#448 August 5, 2014 Pasatiempo Golf Course has an amazing history that includes being the course that Bobby Jones played just before deciding that Alister MacKenzie should be the architect of his property at Augusta, Georgia, which became home to The Masters. Our guest is Ken Woods, Head Professional at Pasatiempo in the Santa Cruz mountains, just north of the Monterey Peninsula in California. Ken shares the full story of how Pasatiempo came to be in the late 1920’s, Alister MacKenzie’s design features, and the difficulty of the course. We start the show with a short conversation with long time GOLF SMARTER member, Tim Kilkenny of Ohio, who made his first hole-in-one the previous week just after listening to the last episode where Darrin Gee explained how to sink one yourself!This episode is brought to you by Warby Parker with over 300+ locations to help you find your next pair of glasses. You can also head over to warbypaker.com/golfsmarter right now to try on any pair virtually!This episode is sponsored by Indeed. Please visit indeed.com/GOLFSMARTER and get a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT. Terms and conditions apply.This episode is sponsored by HIMS. Start your free online visit today HIMS.com/golfsmarter and received personalized ED treatment options. This episode is also brought to you by Policygenius. Secure your family’s future with Policygenius. Head to policygenius.com to compare free life insurance quotes from top companies and see how much you could save.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Golf Smarter number 448.
0:03.3	But first, I want to share this phone call with you that I made this morning.
0:07.5	Okay, I'm going to call Tim Kilkenny, longtime Golf Smarter listener.
0:12.2	Hi, this Tim.
0:13.1	Hey, Tim, Fred Green.
0:14.8	Hey, Fred, how you doing?
0:15.9	I'm fine.
0:16.5	How are you?
0:17.5	I'm doing great.
0:18.6	Thanks.
0:18.9	I'm playing golf better than that forever.
0:23.6	And I was emailing you because I'm doing great. Thanks. I'm playing golf better than ever, and I was emailing you because I was so excited. I made my first hole in one. Congratulations. Thank you very much. On Friday,
0:30.7	August 1st, I was playing at my home course, and I aced number 14. It was sweet.
0:38.3	How long have you been playing at that club?
0:40.3	About six years. And a couple of my friends have had a hole in ones. I've seen a couple,
0:46.3	but I've never had one.
0:48.3	And why do you think this was the time for you to get a hole in one?
0:52.3	It's probably just coincidental, but I really liked your interview.
0:57.6	I think I listened to it on Wednesday, but it was your most recent episode.
1:02.1	Darren G. from Hawaii.
1:03.9	Yeah, exactly.
1:04.6	Right, the frustrated golfer's handbook.
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