us women's open

In this episode, Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth, PGA/LPGA, shares her development from the beginning of her junior golf days, up through playing D1 College golf at UCF, to her transition from college golf to professional golf and her career for seven years on the now Epson Tour.  After ending her career as a touring professional, Stephanie entered new territory into the coaching world as an Assistant Coach for the UNF Women's Golf Team.  After spending some years coaching, Stephanie got out of her comfort zone even further and began pursuing a career as an instructor earning both her LPGA and PGA credentials. Despite becoming a golf instructor, Stephanie has kept her game strong and continually qualifies for LPGA Majors including the KPMG and US Women's Open.  Stephanie is currently an Instructor at San Jose CC, a private club located in Jacksonville, FL where she is passionate about sharing her knowledge, skills, creativity, and most importantly love of the game to those who want to learn how to play golf.  This episode is great for all junior and college players to hear, even more so those that love the game of golf, and potentially want to pursue a career in golf after they have pursued their playing career as far as it will take them.

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Anna Morgan is a senior at Furman University. Morgan recently just had a very successful Junior year at Furman,  winning two collegiate events, setting a new Furman Lady Paladin Individual and Team low-tournament and shooting up the rankings creating amazing opportunities. Outside of college, Anna placed 2nd in the 2021 North South Women's Amateur, received an invitation to the prestigious Augusta National Women's Am (ANWA), represented the U.S. in Arnold Palmer Cup, and qualified for the 2022 U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles. Anna's success comes from great time-management, dedication to her craft, and a drive that propels her towards the top. In this episode Anna also answers student's questions in regards to: the positives of attending a smaller school, the differences between junior golf and college golf, fueling for tournaments, setting yourself apart from others, as well as how Anna has overcome slumps throughout her career. Last but not least, Anna talks about Furman's newly renovated practice facility, including the addition of the Davis & Faxon indoor practice facility donated by Furman Alumni, former President of Nike Golf, Cindy Davis, and 8x PGA Tour Champion, Brad Faxon.

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mgesualdi@stjohnsgolf.com

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To kick-off a new season, Hally and Henni take their talents to Pine Needles in Southern Pines, North Carolina for the biggest week in women’s golf, The U.S. Women’s Open. The setting couldn’t be more fitting, as the two hosts unveil a brand new theme and a brand new tagline for their second podcast season: “Women with Game.” Five players from the USWO field—Charley Hull, Gabby Lemieux, Lily He, Ami Gianchandani, and Bianca Pagdanganan—stop by to chat about how they got into golf, their hopes for the women’s game, female golfers they look up to, and the historic purse increase at this week’s championship. USWO Assistant Director Allison Burns as well as collegiate golfer and Down Syndrome advocate Amy Bocherstette also join Hally and Henni for exciting conversations about women’s golf. 

2021 US Women's Open Champion Yuka Saso and fellow LPGA professional, Bianca Pagdanganan join us to discuss their year in golf, the experience of winning the US Women's Open, and representing their home country of the Philippines at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and meeting the PGA players at the Olympics - including Rory McIlroy.   They also take some time to share their thoughts with us on how golf is growing in the Philippines and some of the things that could help grow the sport even more.

Yuka Saso takes us through her final round at the Olympic Club as she struggled to overcome a rough start before eventually finishing strong with birdies on the par 5 - 16th and 17th holes to finish in a tie with Nasa Hataoka.  After 3 - Playoff holes, Yuka Saso emerged victorious and the Philippines had its first ever major golf champion.   In a lighter moment, Yuka shares with us what was going through her mind as she was finishing the 72nd hole with a birdie putt to win.

Bianca shares her experiences on her year, discussing some of the high points and some of the challenges that she experienced.  She also shares with us what her strategy will be as she prepares to attend the Q-Series at the end of the Season.  

You won't want to miss this episode as the two players show a much more relaxed side of themselves now that they are off the course.  

One of golf’s newest stars, Will Zalatoris, joins the “Be Right” podcast to discuss what his journey’s been like as he’s risen to the top of the golf world (11:36). And he dishes on the nerves he felt proposing to his now-fiancée a few months ago—you won’t want to miss our chat with Willy Z!

Plus, we break down Congaree, which will host this week’s Palmetto Championship. Our Stephen Hennessey played the course a few months ago, so he has some insights on how the new layout will play—including a surprising bet he’s made on a longshot.

On this episode we spend a great deal of time discussing the US Women's Open and the thrilling finish of Yuka Saso's win ... and Lexi's continued collapsing in major moments. Olympic Club was a worthy venue and showcased some amazing golf including from 17 year old Megha Ganne.

We briefly mention Cantlay's 'win' over Morikawa but spend the majority of the time talking about the outcome with Rahm and the continued escalation Brooks and Bryson and whether the PGA likes what is happening between them.

Finally Doug teaches us about supply chain issues, Todd delves into his disdain for flat head screws, Dave celebrates the Reds recent run, and Brian details Colin's first PGA Jr League match to close it out.

Episode 5 of the Forefathers podcast takes a big picture look at the state of the women's game in 2020 since the tournament was pushed back to a Monday finish. The crew ponders the differences between the LPGA and PGA tour (9:40), why we prefer the women's game more, and call for the WGC's or other small field event to consider hosting both a men's and women's event at the same time, similar to how the ATP/WTA tour have shared events.

Afterwards we tell some stories from getting out to the municipal courses this past week during the nice weather (43:00), before wrapping it up with our "Scramble" segment (58:00) where we talk books, 6th grade girls basketball, potty training, and youth sports with masks.

Bianca Pagdanganan burst onto the scene at the 2020 KPMG Women's PGA Championship a Aronimink.  After a slow start on Thursday, Bianca was at serious risk of missing the cut for her first major, but determined to play the weekend for her father and traveling companion, she went out and posted a score of 65 to make the cut.  On Saturday, she posted another 65 -- two sterling rounds of golf without a bogey ensured that Bianca was thrust onto the stage at Aronimink.  

A birdie putt on the very last hole of the tournament got Bianca into 9th place along with Lauren Stephenson and in doing so, she punched her ticket to Houston and the US Women's Open.  

In this Episode we chat with Bianca about how she started off in golf, came to the United States to play NCAA golf at both Gonzaga and Arizona.  We then reflect upon her experience at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, before we discuss her preparation for the US Women's Open.