How To Get Your Child Into A College Golf Program featuring Andy Walker

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Josh Karp

Sports, Golf

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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GS#485 April 21, 2015 Andy Walker of the Legacy Golf Channel Academy in Phoenix, AZ returns to discuss his new business that creates a rating system for high school golfers to get noticed by college golf programs. Besides playing against Tiger in college and professionally, Andy is also the coach of the nation's #1 community college golf team, South Mountain Community College. We also talk about: • How the youth movement that is taking over the PGA Tour, • Recap of Jordan Speith's performance at The 2015 Masters • How Speith and Rory McIlroy are now the future of the Tour • How Tiger still has an impact on the financial success of the golf industry. http://www.golflegacyresort.com/#!academy/ckra http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.26288.htmlFor exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Former GolfSmarter host, Fred Greene has been nominated for the 2025 Audiocaster of the Year by the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Vote now at BARHOF.org. Voting is open through July 1. Please welcome our new host of Golf Smarter, Josh Karp! Fred has retired and will be working on his game with more intention than ever. You can stay up-to-date with Josh on all the GolfSmarter social accounts or by reaching out at karpj2323@mac.com. To stay connected with Fred reach out at golfsmarterpodcast@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Matt McElroy from Brentwood, New Hampshire, and I play at Apple Hill Golf Club.
0:07.0	This is Golf Smarter number 485, published on April 21, 2015.
0:13.1	Welcome to Golf Smarter Mulligans.
0:16.1	Your second chance to gain insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the Golf Smarter Podcast.
0:24.7	Great golf instruction never gets old.
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0:36.5	I've got three or four or five on my team that I think are going to be playing professional golf at some level. PJ Tour, I'd love to see them there. Do they have the talent and ability? Definitely. This is a very talented group. I was fortunate enough to win an NCAA championship at Pepperdine in 97, and I would think that this junior college team here is better than our team that won an NCAA championship.
0:55.6	There's so many guys. I mean, just to think that I met Jordan Speeth in the first time, I believe he was maybe 18 or 19.
1:02.0	He got an exemption into the Northern Trust Open when he was at Texas, and I got an exemption to play in as well.
1:07.7	And the kid was polished. He looked like a tour veteran at that age. He's not your
1:11.6	typical 21-year-old kid right now. I mean, the maturity that he has and his golf awareness and
1:17.6	knowledge is just beyond his years. And it's pretty fun to see. So to think that he could have been
1:22.2	playing next month NCAA championships is scary.
1:30.2	How you or your child can get into a college golf program with Andy Walker.
1:37.5	This is Golf Smarter Premium.
1:40.8	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:43.5	Welcome back to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Andy.
1:46.1	Thanks for having me, Fred. I appreciate it, buddy.
1:48.4	Hey, it's great to have you on.
1:50.1	And for those of you who have not joined us, we are actually broadcasting this live on Periscope
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