Chasing Pars Golf Podcast
The Premier Golf Podcast hosted by Craig @ThomsonGolf94 with over 40 professional players coming on to share their story! Pro player interviews, terrible chat & breaking news stories come listen in! Any help of growing this show is appreciated so please Like, Subscribe, Rate & Review on Apple Podcasts & Download on Podbean & Spotify! All help goes a long way!
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27 minutes ago
27 minutes ago
In this episode I was joined by current Ladies European Tour member Dorthea Forbrigd as she called I before Morocco a couple of weeks back while back home in beautiful Oslo, Norway.
Dorthea is a 2x Norweigan National Champion, 4x East Carolina University Collegiate title winner, while she has also played in European Amateur Team Championships & World Amateur Team Championships for Norway and is a 2x European Ladies Amateur participant. Growing up Dorthea played multiple sports such as Cross Country Skiing, Football & Tennis.
Dorthea turned Pro in 2021 and managed to gain Category 18 status on LET and would play LET/LETAS in 2022 with a couple of 6th placed finishes at Hauts De France & Elite Hotels Open. In 2023 Forbrigd would gain confidence with an 11th at Czech Ladies Open & 17th at VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open while finishing T3rd at PGA Championship Goteborg & T2nd at Lombardia Ladies Open on LETAS. In 2024 she had some solid finishes with a T16th at Investec SA Women's Open, T19th at VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open, T20th at Aramco Series London, a career best finish of T5th at Dutch Ladies Open while also playing multiple Aramco Series events & Scottish Women's Open this all contributed to Dorthea finishing inside the Top 70 to gain good status for 2025 on LET.
Had good fun with Dorthea and u hope you enjoy it!
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7 days ago
7 days ago
In this episode I was joined by Swedish LET title winner Lisa Pettersson as we found out about her preparation just before last week's first LET event in Rabat, Morocco. A lot of things have changed for Lisa having recently got married to her long term partner and recalls the unfortunate story of her now husband getting involved in a slight skiing accident causing a fractured elbow that required surgery just a couple of days before the wedding, thankfully everything worked out!
Lisa is from Stockholm, Sweden currently residing in Solna just outside of Stockholm and won Most Outstanding Female Scholar Athlete at East Carolina University. Lisa turned Professional in 2018 and while admittedly struggling she managed to win Swedish Matchplay on Nordic Tour and would play on Symetra Tour now Epson Tour in 2019 and discusses States life. In 2020 I Civid year Lisa in Arizona would win on Cactus Tour Arizona & finished 2nd behind the legend Anna Nordqvist not long after.
At Final Stage LET Q School in 2021 Lisa would finish 2nd to gain LET status for 2022 and would hold the clubhouse lead at Skaftö Open before narrowly missing out to Linn Grant. 2023 would be much better with a T6th at Aramco Team Series - Hong Kong before winning her home open in Helsingborg in June defeating Ana Pelaez Trivino by a shot to win her maiden title. At Dromoland in Ireland Lisa would get into a playoff at Irish Women's Open with Smilla Tarning Soenderby & Anne Van Dam before losing out to eventual winner Smilla Tarning Søenderby who had produce a worldie of a round to win.
A nice episode was had with Lisa and I hope you enjoy!
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Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Hi everyone and hope you are enjoying the player episodes again, today I've got another great one with the super lovely Czech LET star & Olympian Sára Kouskova! The 2022 LETAS Order of Merit winner joined me to chat about her off season, what she's been improving on and how she's looking forward to Morocco this week!
Kouskova is from Prague, which is of course the capital of Czechia. Sara would go to University of Texas at Austin representing Czechia 4 times at European Girls' Team Championship, 4 times at European Ladies' Team Championship, World Junior Girls Championship in 2017 & Espirito Santo Trophy participant in 2018 and would win 2021 Arizona Wildcat Invitational in college.
In 2021 Sara would make history by becoming the first Czech player to win a LET Access Series event at Czech Ladies Open (as an Amateur too impressive!) In 2022 Sara would win 3 times on LET Access Series in June at Santander Golf Malaga beating Virginia Elena Carta by 1 shot at (-5) and twice in September at Elite Hotels Open beating Vanessa Knecht by 3 shots at (-12) & ASGI Lavaux Ladies Open in Switzerland winning by 4 to the talented Helen Briem. With 3 wins and a consistent season Sara would win the 2022 Order of Merit for LET Access Series therefore gaining a full your card on LET for 2023.
On LET Sara admittedly at first she found it a struggle to get the consistency level right but would finish T5th at the notoriously difficult Hero Indian Women's Open at DLF helping her keep her status for 2024. It would a far more consistent season for Sara in 2024 with 4 Top 10s including 3rd at La Sella Open, 6th at Lalla Meryem Cup & 7th at Dutch Ladies Open which would help her to finish 19th overall in the LET Order of Merit standings. Sara is also an Olympian as she would also represent Czechia at Olympic Women's Golf at Le Golf National at 2024 Paris Olympics, Sara also talks about her Olympics experiences!
In her time off Sara is an avid artist and loves to chat about environment sustainability!
Thanks to Sara for a nice chat and all the best at Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco this week on LET, hopefully a big 2025 for you!
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Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Welcome to another player exclusive episode I was joined by LET Access Series Order of Merit winner & 2x LETAS title winner Kajsa Arwefjäll who called in after a good practice session in Florida ahead of the Ladies European Tour season opener in Marrakech next week!
Born in Tranås in the county of Jönköping in Sweden Kajsa would move to Høllviken near the city of Malmö at the age of 9 and plays out of Ljunghusen Golf Club. Kajsa is from a very sporty background with her father being a Former Professional Golfer in his own right and is now currently her golfing coach, her mother is a Former Skier and her brother plays Ice Hockey professionally back in Sweden formerly at Malmö Redhawks! Kajsa believe it or not is a World Champion Rope Skipper!
Kajsa would enrol at San Jose State University where she was have an illustrious amateur career which includes 2x Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship participant, 2022 Palmer Cup participant for Team International, 2023 Women's Amateur Quarter Finalist, 2023 World Amateur Team Championship participant for Sweden as well as being a 4x WGCA All American Scholar, 4x First Team All-Mountain West, 2x Mountain West Player of the Year and winning 2024 Mountain West Individual Championship at SJSU. We talk about the Palmer Cup in Switzerland in 2022 where Kajsa was a part of a super winning International side which featured the likes of Ludvig Åberg, Adrien Dumont De Chassart, Rasmus Neergaard Petersen, Christo Lamprecht, Lexi Försterling, Chiara Tamburlini, Aline Krauter, Benedetta Moresco & Julia Lopez Ramirez.
Kajsa has 3 wins on LET Access Series. 1 was at 2021 GolfUppsala Open back in Sweden as an Amateur. Kajsa turned Professional mid last year and won in June at MoreGolf Mastercard Open winning by 3 shots & in August at Destination Gotland Ladies Open by 2 shots. After a consistent year with 2 wins, 2 2nds, 2 T4th's & a T6th that contributed to Arwefjäll winning the LETAS Order of Merit to gain full time Ladies European Tour status for 2025!
An exceptional talent with a big future ahead and I am excited to see what Kajsa Arwefjäll can produce on LET over the next couple of seasons!
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Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Before the LET season starts in a couple weeks time in Marrakech, Morocco I was joined by LET Tour Caddy Ben Cain also known as Squash by his peers as we look forward to the season starting up for 2025. Squash is the current caddy for the talented Emma Spitz who had a great year on LET last year which included a heartbreaking playoff defeat in Germany against home favourite and good friend Alexandra Försterling where she played some of her best stuff in the final 9 holes which included nearly getting a hole in one in the playoff.
Squash was a player in his own right and we find out about his on course demeanour which he admits in spells wasn't fantastic and how he prefers giving his own influences into giving positive thoughts for Emma! Injuries cut short his own playing career and loves the challenge of caddying!
We also find out about some of the funny stories from on Tour and some of the best countries and courses that they go to! Funny guy and nice episode!
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Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
First of all before I introduce my new episode guest, I wanted to say a massive thanks to Luke Lacey who has help fit in some intro/outro music and generally edit sounds much better!
It is the first player episode of 2025 and I was joined by the brilliant and talented South African Danielle Du Toit who for the second year in a row managed to successfully gain her LET card guaranteeing herself a good handful of starts on LET as well as starting off in South Africa for the 8 week stretch on Sunshine Ladies Tour.
We found out how Danielle took the game seriously at 11 and went to Indiana Purdue University to develop her craft and became a better player for it before turning pro in late 2023 after qualifying from Final LET Q School the first time round as an Amateur.
Listen in for some good insight as well as some hilarious stories & bad jokes! I hope you all enjoy, Danielle was a delight!
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Saturday Jan 11, 2025
Saturday Jan 11, 2025
Hi guys and welcome to 2025! To start off 2025 I was joined by LPGA Tour Caddy Scottie Leonard @worldwidescottie who caddies at the moment for the super Ingrid Lindblad as we look forward to the start of their season in Brandenton, Florida for Founders Cup which leaves it traditional home of Upper Montclair, New Jersey.
We find out how Scottie even without a real golfing background was able to get a job as a club caddy at his local golf club as it made more money than cleaning the golf carts. Scottie would then get breaks with Jennifer Chang and would also caddy for Elizabeth Szokol before landing full time role on the Epson Tour last year with Ingrid Lindblad where she would have the chance to win before finishing 2nd to Fati Fernandez Cano then at Tuscaloosa Classic where Ingrid would win on Epson Tour contributing massively to her finishing 6th overall gaining full status on LPGA for 2025!
Scottie also co-hosts a caddy interview show on YouTube called My Side of the Bag with experienced caddy Drew Hinesley where their primary focus is showing you all the insights of life as a Tour Caddy! Listen on YouTube if you could!
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Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
In this episode I was joined by the extremely talented 1x LPGA Tour winner & star of Netflix Series 'The Short Game' Alexa Pano as we find out what she thought about her 2024 having played roughly 28 events it was her toughest one yet but highlights from 2024 include 2nd at Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona in Janaury while challenging at AIG Women's Open in August on the week of her 20th Birthday!
Alexa has had an unorthodox route into the game of Golf having been a part of The Short Game on Netflix at 7 years old which focused on 2012 US Kids Junior Championship which would give her some fame, while Alexa was also a 3x National Finalist for Drive, Chip & Putt, she made her LPGA of Japan debut in 2016 at 11 years old & made her LPGA debut at 13 years old at Thornberry Classic.
Alexa would turn professional at 17 years old and had success on Epson Tour in 2022 before gaining LPGA Tour card in 2023 fast forward to summer 2023 and on her 19th Birthday Pano would win on the LPGA Tour at ISPS Handa World Invitational at Galgorm Castle in Northern Ireland coming from behind on Sunday to beat both Gabs Cowley & Esther Henseleit in a Playoff.
I hope you all enjoy as Alexa was brilliant in this episode!
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Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
In the 3rd episode of The Caddy Series, it was a pleasure to be joined by LPGA Tour, Solheim & Ryder Cup pro caddy Jack Clarke as he phones from home in Florida after a busy 2024 season on the bag with the legendary Anna Nordqvist in a season which saw Jack on the bag for the Majors as well as being at Solheim Cup in Virginia (Anna's 9th) in an event that Jack and now wife Swedish star Madelene Sagström famously had their mini 'honeymoon' and actually got paired together in the same session as Anna/Madelene teamed up together! Jack kindly offers his advice on the expertise of being a Professional caddy!
Jack was a fine player in his own right winning Amateur events and turned Professional at 18 years old where he would achieve a Challenge Tour Tour card in 2013/14 before a sad run of injuries hindered his player career and had to give it up at 27 years old! We learn about Jack's experiences as a player! In late 2017 Jack got a call from Gemma Dryburgh to perhaps caddy for Gemma on the LET in which he accepted and would go on to caddy for European Solheim Cup star Caroline Hedwall which included be on her bag at 2019 Solheim Cup at Gleneagles where Suzann Pettersen famously sunk the winning putt to beat the US.
Jack has caddied in 3 Solheim Cups & 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome only losing the once which was this year's Solheim Cup at Robert Trent Jones. He would be on the bag at 2021 Solheim in Toledo for partner Madelene Sagström, be on the bag for the superstar Ludvig Aberg in Rome where Ludvig & Hovland famously defeated Koepka & Scheffler 9&7 and was on the bag with Anna Nordqvist this year. 2023 was a great year for Jack with getting the bag of the promising talent Ludvig Aberg and was able to share alongside 2023 Ryder Cup win also 2 individual wins together at Crans Montana for Omega European Masters and a stunning victory by Ludvig at RSM Classic on PGA Tour. We find out just what makes Ludvig Aberg so good!
I had a great chat with Jack about all things Golf and he comes across as a really likeable guy while also being a well respected figure as a good caddy! I hope you enjoyed it!
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Saturday Dec 14, 2024
Saturday Dec 14, 2024
I was joined by recent LPGA Tour card holder in the lovely Robi Liti right after going back to Final Stage of Q School to try and regain her LPGA Tour playing privileges.
The 29 year old from beautiful Siena in Tuscany, Italy went to Arizona State University (ASU) and established a solid Amateur career as a 5x Italian National Champion at various levels, participated in World Amateur Team Championship twice & European Team Championships for Italy, was a finalist at British Girls Championship, won the prestigious PING/ASU Invitational in 2017 while also winning the All American Scholar of the Year and the NCAA Elite 90 Awards in 2018.
Robi would turn pro at the end of 2018 and would gain starts on Epson Tour from 2019. Robi's career would turn in 2023 after a background change in coach would help Roberta regain some confidence which would result in 9 Top 10's on Epson Tour including a T2nd at Black Desert. Overall Liti would finish 8th in Epson Tour Order of Merit to gain full status on LPGA Tour for 2024. We find out how she got on in 2024 in her own words!
We also get to talk about the rise of Italian Golf especially in the women's game with talented players like Benedetta Moresco and Carolina Melgrati coming out the college system. We also chat some Calcio as Roberta although from Tuscany is a Juventus fan.
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