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The scene: Calling from his car in Scottsdale, Ariz., after leaving the set of GOLF’s Subpar podcast.

Dylan Dethier: You’re on a break from your TV gig. Does this feel like your off-season?

Colt Knost: It’s definitely my off-season. I’ve done a few things for work here and there. I still do our SiriusXM show [Gravy and the Sleeze] and GOLF’s ‘Subpar.’ But, for the most part, I get to play a lot of golf this time of year.

DD: Are you playing at home with a regular group or are you now, like, America’s guest?

CK: Yeah, mostly at home at [Scottsdale’s] Whisper Rock. I’ve played a few member-guests. I just got back from Vegas, playing the Southern Highlands, which was a blast. I travel so much during the year that it’s hard for me to say no to a member-guest, but I also enjoy being home. It’s the best time of year in Scottsdale.

DD: You were a Tour pro for nearly a decade. How has your relationship with playing golf changed these past few years?

CK: I have way more fun now. It’s not a job to me anymore. I just go out and have fun with the boys, gamble a bit and let the best man win. I definitely don’t get as upset over bad shots. And, when I practice, I feel like I can play as well as I did on Tour, probably because I don’t care as much.

DD: Is there anything you’ve learned that you’d tell yourself 10 years ago?

CK: Definitely. I’d tell myself to be more focused and more accountable when things went wrong. But, honestly, I think this was all meant to happen this way. The game has changed so much. I was never going to be a guy who carries the ball 300 yards like most of the PGA Tour does today. But I put in eight years on the Tour, made amazing relationships and got to play at the highest level. When I’m old, I can tell stories around the fire. That’s pretty cool.

DD: These days, between SiriusXM, “Subpar” and the CBS job, it seems like you’re having almost nonstop surreal experiences. Do you still pinch yourself?

CK: I pinch myself all the time. I was a kid who went to a small high school in the middle of nowhere [in Texas]. To be where I am now, meeting these athletes — it’s unbelievable. Golf has connected me with so many people. For instance, I have a great relationship with Charles Barkley. If you’d told me at 12 years old, when I was watching him on TV, that I’d be friends with him and we’d talk trash all the time,I’d have thought you were out of your mind. Or that I’d meet Tony Romo when he was a third-string quarterback with Dallas because he just wanted to play golf, and then he turned into … Tony Romo. There will be moments with people I’ve met where I’m like, Wow, I can’t believe I’m sitting here having a beer with you right now.

DD: How’s your work with CBS going?

CK: I love it, and I think it’s going well. I get excited to go to work every day. Sitting with Jim Nantz, Frank Nobilo, Trevor Immelman, Dottie Pepper, Mark Immelman, Amanda Balionis — it’s crazy. When you think about golf and the broadcasting world, there aren’t many jobs out there. And the fact that I’ve been able to get better and to grow — it’s awesome. The Nantz thing is still surreal to me; he’s been with CBS since 1985, the year I was born. I’ve never known anyone else in that job. Now he’s a friend. That’s so cool.

DD: On “Subpar” you sometimes show us a different side of golfers and other athletes. Who has surprised you the most and who do you hear about most from fans?

CK: The second part is easy: Mike Commodore, the former NHL player. Everyone loves him. They love those old-school guys [and their] wild stories. Guys like George Brett, Mark Grace. They lived in an era when there was no social media; everyone didn’t whip their camera out when stuff happened, so they have great stories. As for surprises, I already know most of the guys personally, but it’s great when the audience gets to learn more about them. Scottie Scheffler, for example, comes off as this great golfer and person, but people don’t realize he’s also sneaky funny and talks trash.

DD: There on the ground, what’s a Tour moment that stands out from this year?

CK: Walking with Viktor Hovland and Bryson DeChambeau on Sunday at the PGA — that place was rocking. Both of them were 6 under through 17 holes, I believe, and the crowd was all about Bryson, and he was talking back to them, having a great time. It was just an electric atmosphere.

DD: Who are players you think might create some of that electricity in 2025?

CK: I’ll give you one right off the top of my head: Max Greyserman. He has a ton of upside — he smashes it, he’s a great putter. He’s finished second in three of five events [in 2024]. And I’m excited to see what Jordan Spieth does coming back from wrist surgery. It’s something he’s been dealing with longer than I think he let on, so I’m excited to see him 100 percent healthy.

DD: People think of golf as a sleepy sport, but, in person on Sunday afternoons, I think they’d be shocked at the intensity. What’s it like being inside the ropes with the final group in the final round?

CK: I get excited. I feel the adrenaline, and I want it to be a battle. Or, if I’m not with the last group, [I want] my guy to make a move and get those big crowds yelling. Hell, I get yelled at too. But when it’s a big moment, there’s nothing cooler than trying to make an awesome call on a shot, because if you nail it, it’s on every highlight. Honestly, when I look back, I don’t remember a lot of the calls. I’ll rewatch some because people always tell me, “Listen to yourself, see what your tendencies are and where you could do better.” And sometimes I’m just like, That [call] was stupid. But I just like making it fun, man. Look, it’s a TV show; it doesn’t have to be serious at all times. I just hope to bring some energy to it every day and to bring people from their couch into these moments.

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Max Greyserman has only 27 career PGA Tour starts under his belt, but in the 2024 season (where he made 26 of those starts) he finished runner-up three times and was a finalist for PGA Tour Rookie of the Year (an award eventually won by Nick Dunlap). Greyserman didn’t win his first year on Tour, but he notched six top 10s and missed just six cuts all year.

His season ended at the BMW Championship (he was T28) but his year was good enough to finish 48th in the FedEx Cup standings, meaning he qualified for all of 2025’s lucrative Signature Events.

A key to his success was his putting. Greyserman ranked second on Tour last season in Strokes Gained: Putting, gaining .749 strokes on the field. But it was his mid-range and lag putting that set him up for success. (If you are a good lag putter, you’re going to three-putt less often.)

Greyserman led the Tour in putting from 20-25 feet, and he ranked second in putts from 10-15 feet. His secret? Speed control.

“I watch all these guys practice with starting the ball on line, and I’m just like, putting is actually 50 percent speed, 40 percent green-reading and 10 percent starting on line,” Greyserman said in a recent appearance on GOLF’s Subpar podcast. “So I rarely practice start line. I practice speed almost entirely. So I won’t even putt to a hole a lot of the time. I just think a lot of guys have it backwards.”

And if you are looking for a good lag-putting drill to dial-in your speed, there are plenty out there to help.

You can listen to the complete episode with Greyserman here, or you can watch the YouTube video below.

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In an appearance on GOLF’s Supbar podcast, Greyserman explained to co-hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz how a wrist injury nearly derailed his promising future in pro golf.

“So I’m 37th [in the Official World Golf Ranking] right now, and that’s a great spot to be, and it looks like I’ll be going to Augusta, and it’s just crazy to think about from where I was a year ago, or even two years ago when I had wrist surgery in 2022 and I didn’t really know if I was going to keep playing pro,” Greyserman said, “and now I’m just living the dream and probably going to Augusta, so it’s just crazy where life can take you.”

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When Knost asked how close Greyserman came close to calling it quits, the new pro revealed that following his surgery, he explored other potential paths his life could take, visiting his brother-in-law’s real estate office to learn about the industry, and talking to his college friends from Duke who lived in New York City working in finance.

“I was thinking well maybe I could go hang out with them and kind of enjoy life in a different way,” Greyserman explained.

In the end, Greyserman realized that he wasn’t done with pro golf just yet.

“I just decided that my story wasn’t finished in golf, and just kind of woke up one day and said ‘back to work, get this wrist thing over with and then right back to work,'” Greyserman said. “And as soon as I got back on the Korn Ferry Tour the following year after surgery I was off and running, I never looked back, finished 9th and then this rookie year. So very thankful.”

Interestingly, the pro revealed that it was his exploration of alternate careers that ultimately pointed him back to golf.

“I feel like the wrist surgery gave me a little bit of perspective, because it showed me what life would have been like had I not played golf, and I think I was OK with that, and the fact that I was OK with that… that I was OK for Plan B I think gave me perspective to go chase Plan A, which was pro golf.”

You can watch Greyserman explain his experience in the video above, listen to his episode of Supbar here, or watch his full appearance in the video below.

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The list of men and women who sat in Knost and Stoltz’s hot seat this year is impressive, ranging from Lydia Ko and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler to former pro athletes turned golf nuts like Blake Griffin, Roger Clemens and Matt Ryan.

But of all the appearances from some of the game’s most notable names in 2024, some stood apart from the rest in terms of popularity. Which guest reigned supreme? That would be Geoff Ogilvy, who regaled Knost and Stoltz with more than an hour of stories and insights from his life in golf.

Ogilvy was a big hit with the Subpar audience, and covered a multitude of topics in his sit-down, including:

-His take on Australian golf courses
-Playing against Tiger in his prime
-What he talked to Tiger about during rounds
-What he’d like to see change in golf’s TV coverage
-The most underrated player from his generation
-Feedback he’s heard from players who went to LIV
-How he celebrated his U.S. Open victory

…And more! Listen to the episode, and you’ll see why Ogilvy has a reputation as one of the game’s best personalities.

And after you revisit Ogilvy’s episode, be sure to keep scrolling for more popular Subpar episodes, including Justin Thomas, Frank Nobilo, Carlos Ortiz and Parker McLaughlin, who is also known as the Short Game Chef.

With a list like this to enjoy, we already can’t wait to hear what’s in store for 2025.

The top 5 most popular Subpar podcasts of 2024

Geoff Ogilvy

The 2006 U.S. Open Champion discussed competing with Tiger Woods in his prime, his potential future as a golf analyst and his thoughts on the current state of the professional game.

Justin Thomas

The two-time PGA Championship winner talks this year’s tournament taking place in his hometown, his relationship with Tiger Woods over the years and how Jordan Spieth performed as the best man at his wedding.

Frank Nobilo

CBS analyst and former PGA Tour winner Frank Nobilo winner talks finishing fourth at the Masters, a week in the life of a broadcaster in Augusta and who he sees walking away with the green jacket this year.

Carlos Ortiz

Having previously won on the PGA Tour, Carlos Ortiz goes in-depth on what went into his decision to depart for LIV, the biggest challenges he has faced in the new league and what he expects the golf world to look like moving forward.

Short Game Chef

The Short Game Chef — aka Parker McLaughlin — talks about how he started working with other Tour players, the worst case of the yips he’s ever seen and playing President Barack Obama in basketball.

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With six top-10s in 27 events — including three-runner-up finishes — Greyserman earned nearly $4.3 million on the course and launched himself to No. 35 in the world ranking.

The 29-year-old pro joined Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz for a chat on the latest episode of Subpar, where he discussed his epic season, what it’s like to live among many of his peers in Jupiter, Fla., and his recovery from wrist surgery.

Greyserman also admitted to being a bit of a tinkerer when it comes to his gear setup, and had a ready answer when Knost asked him about the craziest thing he’s ever tried with his equipment.

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“Probably just switching driver heads like every day of the week at a tournament,” he said. “I’ve tinkered quite a bit with the driver.”

Knost asked if it was true that Greyserman played an ultra-forgiving driver model, which is usually put in play by higher handicaps.

“Yeah, I’ll take any help I can get, let’s be honest, why wouldn’t you?” he said. “Why do I need to play a blade iron when I can just play a cavity back?”

“No one should play blade irons anymore,” Knost responded.

Greyserman then began to sing the praises of his Callaway Paradym mini driver.

“This mini driver — they’re up to something with this mini driver,” he said. “I go driver, mini driver, 2-iron. I don’t have a traditional wood. What I like the most about the mini driver is, we looked at the stats, and I was kind of leaking off, not having good stats off the tee, and it was my 3-wood wasn’t that accurate.”

Greyserman said he bugged Callaway about making a mini driver for two years before he finally got one in his bag.

“The key is, with the mini driver — it’s obviously not as good to hit off the deck as a 3-wood, but if you’re a higher-speed player, how often are you gonna hit a 3-wood into a green or a par 5, and should you even be hitting a 3-wood into a green or a par 5?” Greyserman said. “So that was kind of the numbers thing, and I hit mini driver, you know, four or five times on average off the tee. So you’re just picking up a little bit of distance and a little bit of accuracy and you’re not really sacrificing anything.

“So I was just kind of like looking at the numbers and understanding my game and knowing that it fits perfectly.”

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Greyserman said his mini driver has a loft of 13.3 degrees at a 5-wood length of 42.5 inches.

“It looks like a kid’s club,” he joked.

That kid’s club proved to be a real weapon for Greyserman though. After putting it in the bag at the John Deere this year, Greyserman posted all three of his runner-up finishes.

“I’ll let you guys figure out if I should keep it in the bag or not,” Greyserman said. “We don’t need numbers to tell us that that’s a good idea.”

For more from Greyserman, including the most annoying habit he can recall about his ex-roommate Wyndham Clark, check out the full episode below.

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Before the show, Dahmen was a PGA Tour journeyman with an endearing personality and a relatable story of overcoming adversity. The appearance on Netflix’s first docuseries on the PGA Tour took that story and broadcast it to the masses.

Dahmen’s play has taken a hit in the two years since Netlfix released the first season of Full Swing, crescendoing last month when Dahmen nearly lost his full-time status on the PGA Tour, firing a dramatic final-round 64 at the RSM Classic to just sneak into the Top 125 of the standings.

On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Subpar, Dahmen explained some of the challenges he’s faced personally with his newfound fame.

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“I would say the first year of Netflix, so the prior year was the hardest year of managing time because you have so many opportunities coming your way,” Dahmen told Subpar co-hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz. “And it’s easy to say yes to everything because new opportunities coming in means more money, it means more awesome stuff, meeting new people. All these opportunities are coming to you and I didn’t manage that very well because also I had my kid like three weeks before Netflix came out, season one. So that was all new, everything’s new coming at you. And I don’t think I handled that as well as I could have.”

But, like most golfers who have made it far enough to earn their PGA Tour card, let alone win as Dahmen has, he figured out how to adjust. He hired renowned sports psychologist and performance coach Chris Bertram to help him learn simply how to ask for help.

He said he didn’t get settled with it early enough in the year, which is why he found himself teetering on the edge of losing his card, but he feels in a better position now, which explains how he fought back in the final round in Georgia to keep his card.

“Saying no is a powerful thing. I’m in a position now where I can say no. And that is a really cool thing,” Dahmen said. “And you just say yes to the things you really want to do and that you’re passionate about. And with my great partners, I can say yes to more of those things instead of divided time around so many other things. So I am, I’m excited for what’s to come.”

You can listen to Dahmen’s complete Subpar appearance here, or watch the video below.

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In this week’s GOLF Subpar episode, Joel Dahmen explained some of his clashes with the yips, which included the punch-out yips and the 7-iron yips. (“Sahith Theegala also has that as well, right?” Dahmen asked. Yes, he does.)

But Dahmen’s yips go beyond the golf course. Like, for instance, he’s currently battling the autograph yips.

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“Oh, bad; it’s not great,” he said. “I’ve never pretended to have a great signature. My handwriting is putrid. Like you think if you can hit a golf ball you can probably sign your name, but I struggle with that whole deal. But yeah, the cursive ‘J’ looks OK, but I freeze on the ‘E’ right now. The pen just stops for a full second and then it will go and get a little sloppy. … Let’s say you sign for 15 or 20 kids after the round. Right now I’m taking twice as long as other guys to get through this line and it is not pretty either.”

But his yips don’t end there. He also has the parking yips.

Dahmen explained that his trusty caddie, Geno Bonnalie, usually drives when they are at tournaments, and Dahmen’s wife usually drives if they are running places together. But when he’s solo and faced with a big parking lot with lots of options, it takes some time for him to find a spot for his 2017 Ford Explorer.

“I let the car choose where it wants to park,” Dahmen said. “Sometimes you just have to let the car go and sometimes it takes a little bit longer to find the spot it fits in. I’ve had the parking yips for a while. I’m a solid driver. My wife calls me a grandpa driver. I’m not ripping 80 around the 101 or going 55 on Scottsdale Road, but I get into these parking lots and I just can’t pull the trigger on a spot.

“And it’s not like I can’t fit the car in there, I’m a confident driver,” he continued. “But sometimes there is a car seat, you got to have room for those, and you try to get the kids in the backseat and then you gotta find the passenger seat with wider room than the other side, and it just takes a little longer.”

You can listen to Dahmen’s complete Subpar appearance here, or watch the video below.

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It arrived, naturally, at 3 a.m. on the day before (the day of, technically) a career-deciding round. Not quite “cold sweats,” but you get the idea.

But the most impressive piece is what happened after Dahmen’s “freakout”: The greatest golf comeback of his professional life.

Perhaps you’ve already heard the story of Dahmen’s rally at the RSM Classic last month, in which a six-under Sunday 64 clinched his PGA Tour status for 2025 on the number. Dahmen’s round that day — four birdies, an eagle, no bogeys — was rightfully celebrated, including the testy six-footer on the 72nd hole that fell into the bottom of the cup, pushing him inside the all-important top-125 on the PGA Tour and granting him full status for the following season.

But what you didn’t know about that round — the questionable research session two nights before that fueled it — makes it all the more impressive.

Dahmen told the story on this week’s episode of GOLF’s Subpar, which he says begins with an opening round 2-over at the RSM, and the knowledge going to bed on Thursday night that his PGA Tour career might officially be in jeopardy.

“So I went to bed, I probably fell asleep around 10, and I woke up at 2 or 3 a.m., and, like, I wouldn’t say like, night sweats, but the freakout of all freakouts,” he said. “I wasn’t going back to sleep at that point. There was no chance.”

With sleep not in his future, Dahmen decided to do something to combat his terror: He pulled up the PGA Tour’s player website and started scrolling. Before long, he’d figured out what he needed to shoot over the final three days at the RSM in order to keep his PGA Tour card.

“First time in my career, I went on to Tour Links, I clicked on synthetic stuff, and I started scrolling around figuring out how many points I needed and what I needed to pass,” Dahmen says. “I’m like, I probably need [six under]. Five would be close. Seven is definitely a lock. So I knew going out that morning that I needed birdies.”

Dahmen rallied that day to make the cut. But he was just one under par for the tournament when he awoke on Sunday morning, which meant he needed at least five birdies during his final round to feel good about his Tour future. As Subpar host Drew Stoltz pointed out, Dahmen’s decision to arm himself with concrete expectations ran counter to just about every piece of sports psychology advice.

“It was like, I knew what I needed to do,” Dahmen said.

And then, with his career on the line on Sunday afternoon, that’s precisely what Dahmen did, shooting the round of his life to maintain his PGA Tour life.

“The last thing I did was give a fist pound to [swing coach Rob Rashell]. I go, let’s go make birdies. And he goes, just be you,” Dahmen said with a laugh. “I was like, Well, me this year is 124. Let’s tap into Joel has had a nice career and is successful. So I was way more calm on Sunday. I was like, Man, if I just play good golf, I know I can shoot six under out here. And fortunately, I did.”

To hear the rest of Dahmen’s interview with the Subpar gang, including his hopes for life on the PGA Tour in 2025, you can check out the link below.

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Knost’s story is set at a recent Shadow Creek member-guest event, where Knost witnessed a friend, whose name he doesn’t disclose, try to “flex” on Jordan, only to draw some return fire from the Chicago Bulls legend.
 
“We get paired with MJ and Ben Herman… and this guy, you know he’s acting all cock-in-the-walk and all this, marks his ball with a $25,000 chip,” Knost begins.
 
Jordan was quick to notice the anonymous friend’s bold move, so he decided to one-up him with his own prize from a local casino.
 
“MJ sees it and throws a little $100,000 chip behind his ball, and he goes, ‘Cute whatever your name is.'”
 
Unable to resist, Knost then decided to jump into the fray with his own joke for Jordan, saying, “M, if you keep dropping them $100,000 chips behind your ball I’m going to take one.”
 
It didn’t take long for Jordan’s comeback to arrive.
 
“That’s fine fat boy,” Jordan told Knost. “I’ve got 17 more of them in the room.”
 
Check out the video above to watch Knost tell his tale along with some other great anecdotes about Jordan. You can listen to the entire episode here, or watch it on YouTube here.

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Especially when the typical clientele at Shadow Creek are gamblers.

On this week’s GOLF Subpar, longtime Shadow Creek General Manager Monte Montgomery retold one of his favorite stories of massive wagers at the course and it centered on two historic pro gamblers.

“It’s probably noon and I hear this hot rod coming down our main road and I’m like, I wonder who this might be, the boss or somebody comes around this gray exotic car,” Montgomery started telling co-hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz. “And the guy pulls in and the doors pop up like a Lambo and whatever and Phil [Ivey] pops out.”

Ivey told him he and fellow professional poker player Erick Lindgren had taken up golf and were learning how to play. Given their professional exploits, that of course meant wagers were had on the course

But Montgomery was still astonished at the sight of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, even at a place like Shadow Creek where the typical ride to the course is an exotic sports car.

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“I’m like, when the hell did you get that?” Montgomery asked him.

“And he goes, ‘I just went down and bought it this morning.’

“I said, ‘how much something like that cost?’

“He goes, ‘I had just spent like 750[-thousand].’ He goes, ‘But it didn’t cost me anything.’ He goes, ‘I beat Lingren last night for…’ Well, I don’t even want to get into that.”

Let’s just assume it was for more money than the car cost him.

“We’re playing again today and I just wanted to come out and show him what I bought with his money,” Ivey explained.

The message was probably received.

Before Ivey headed off for his round, he tossed the keys to Montgomery’s 11-year-old son Taylor, who was standing next to him.

“I’m like, ‘He’s not driving that thing.’ I said, ‘Do you care if I take it a for a spin?'” Montgomery asked.

“He goes, ‘Do whatever you want, Monte.’”

Not a bad perk of the job. Montgomery said he took the car down a side street next to the golf course and hit 150 mph before returning the car to the parking lot without a scratch on it, as if nothing had happened.

You can listen to the entire interview with Montgomery here, or watch it on YouTube below.

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