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Group Golf Therapy

Group Golf Therapy

Welcome to Golf"s Safe Space! Group Golf Therapy is a podcast about the intersection of golf and mental health: how the sport makes us laugh, cry, and bubble with rage. Tap in with your GGT "shrinks," Bradford Wilson, Connor Laubenstein, and Drew Westphal, to hear stories, confessionals, and mortal wounds. Follow along on Instagram: @groupgolftherapy Bradford: @bradfordwilsongolf Connor: @thebagbandit Drew: @everydaydrew

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00:55:46

#103 - The Shrinks avoid Prudent Beans

Group Golf Therapy ·

2025/08/06

The Shrinks reconnect after a few months apart. Connor is in England, where he just completed the Hagen 54, and Bradford is gearing up for his 100 Hole Hike — which leads the gang to discuss how they’d “shrink the game.” A question for future reflection as your “brand” launches: do you like golf?In this session: getting “got” by TikTok Shop, Connor played 54 holes in one day, the Love of Plush.As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolfPlease subscribe, rate our podcast, and

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01:04:04

#102 - The Shrinks get chose

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2025/04/30

The Shrinks are back on terra firma after a blustery, highfalutin several weeks to some of the most exclusive corners in golf. Catching strays in this session include: Michael Jordan’s personal style, David Lingmerth, Larry Mize (of course), others. Mental Health Awareness month is coming up in May — check in on your friends, your loved ones, your enemies.In this session: He Won The Thing, Grove XXiii, getting chose.As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolfPlease

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01:06:08

#101 - Hello, old friends

Group Golf Therapy ·

2025/03/25

If you’re reading this, the upload worked. It’s been more than 14 months since the 100th official session of Group Golf Therapy was released, and the shrinks have finally recovered. In their hiatus, Bradford, Connor, and Drew have been moving and shaking in golf, studying abroad, and “winning therapy”. Don’t call this a comeback, but it won’t be the last edition of GGT, so long as Larry Mize is still alive.In this session: a 14-month recap, Equipe Celine, hope.As always, thanks for listening to

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01:06:33

#100 - A 100th Session Extravaganza with the Shrinks

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2024/01/18

WOW! 100 sessions of Group Golf Therapy! To the Dinks, to everyone who tapped in from day one, to those who started listening this morning, to those we lost along the way, thank you from the bottom of our hearts and butts. We love you. The Shrinks take some time to reflect on the road to 100, conduct a “how well do I know you” exercise, and look ahead to how Group Golf Therapy plans to change…In this session: Connor’s new toxic trait, The Newlywed Game, what’s next. As always, thanks for

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01:09:58

#099 - Brad/ConThoughts

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2024/01/09

It's Bradford and Connor's turn to run their isolated ShrinkThoughts Sessions. In this session: Bradford on bodies, A Love Letter to Miguel, the ankle-strike. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therapy is sponsored by our favorite golf glove on the market, RED ROOSTER! Get your hand in a

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00:24:00

#098 - www.DrewThoughts.gov.www/DrewThoughts

Group Golf Therapy ·

2024/01/04

To kick off the 2024 calendar, we bring you the first-ever installment of Drew Thoughts. Bradford and Connor supplied Drew with questions for solo musings, and a look-ahead to the new year. In this session: 2024 intentions, FMK, desert island golf items. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therapy

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01:05:34

#097 - Maddi MacClurg brings us to The B*tch Zone

Group Golf Therapy ·

2023/12/26

Maddi MacClurg is an Assistant Editor at Golf Digest, who contributes to the publication’s instruction section — we identify Maddi’s dad, a lifelong golf swing tinkerer, as her direct target reader. Maddi shares that her on-course persona as a junior golfer wasn't always the kindest to herself; something many golfers continue to struggle with. And while she's learned more self-facing compassion, she still holds space for an emotional labyrinth called The B*tch Zone. Join us, friends. In

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00:53:33

#096 - Tisha Alyn needs some alone time

Group Golf Therapy ·

2023/12/19

Tisha Alyn is a host, creator, and professional golfer who partners with some of the biggest brands in the world. As someone who's business is, well, them, the boundaries between being on and being off can get blurry. Bradford and Connor hear from Tisha about how being an influencer for seven years has impacted her mental health, what her ideal round of golf might look (and sound) like, and how it all comes back to family. In this session: derrière, being alone is weird, shut up!!!! As

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00:48:00

#095 - The house is on fire.

Group Golf Therapy ·

2023/12/12

It’s a spicy time to be in golf, and we’re on the heels of a particularly spicy week. Jon Rahm has left the PGA TOUR to join LIV. Tiger Woods and Nike are reportedly on the outs. The golf ball is under siege. The house of golf is on fire, and the Shrinks dedicated some time to unpack the latest rumblings. In this session: Rahmageddon, Bradford felt peaceful one night, rollback. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a

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00:50:07

#094 - Dr. Joe Parent deals in the senses

Group Golf Therapy ·

2023/12/05

Dr. Joe Parent published Zen Golf in 2002, a book that is packed with East-meets-West philosophy of how to master the mental game in golf. The book was instantly endorsed by two of Dr. Joe’s students, Vijay Singh and Christie Kerr, who each became the number 1 ranked golfer in the world, and was a definitive guide for golfers at every level. Dr. Joe is a pioneer in the mental game conversation, and has since inspired work by many coaches to follow. What’s more, his gentle, calming spirit is

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00:37:02

#093 - Bradford and Connor are Big Sick

Group Golf Therapy ·

2023/11/28

While Drew is being the best dad ever at Disney World, Bradford and Connor are reeling from a soul-deep illness, contracted from a New York City dance club basement. In this session: Throat Coat, light fraud, how to journal. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therapy is sponsored by our

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01:02:04

#092 - Matt Blois is preserving your mental health

Group Golf Therapy ·

2023/11/21

Matt Blois is a golf performance coach, club fitter, and YouTuber, who runs Golf Liberty in Toronto, Canada. After years of struggling with his mental health and seeking intensive treatment, Matt and his therapist have now launched the Preserve Foundation, a comprehensive mental health clinic offering funding to individuals in need of treatment. Matt shares how his relationship with golf changed through the height of his panic attacks — something that led him to keep a bottle of valium in his golf

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01:09:33

#091 - Dr. Bhrett McCabe is kicking anxiety's ass

Group Golf Therapy ·

2023/11/14

Dr. Bhrett McCabe is a clinical psychologist and writer, who works with some of the biggest golfers, sports teams, and athletic programs in the world. Bhrett shares that his journey with understanding mental health started as a kid in a “psychologically aware household”: he played college baseball at LSU and realized that his anxiety was impacting his performance. Now, he’s one of the most successful sports psychologists in the field, and has helped athletes around the world win championships and

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01:05:20

#090 - Phil Dunster and Movember

Group Golf Therapy ·

2023/11/07

You know him as Jamie Tartt, you love him as Phil Dunster. Phil is an actor from Northampton, England, who joins the Group Golf Therapy couch from the city of Bristol, where his drama school alma mater is located. Phil is a new golfer, and uses sport as a means of healthy escape and connecting more deeply with friends. The Shrinks are *jazzed* to follow Phil’s golf journey, and were touched by his willingness to talk about the mental health of it all — particularly, how to find self-worth and

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01:17:02

#089 - Ryan Barath is communicating with the past

Group Golf Therapy ·

2023/10/31

When Ryan Barath was 13, he saw an interview where Phil Mickelson described a modulation he made to his 60-degree wedge, to make it better fit the golf course he was competing at that week. Ryan’s jaw hit the floor: “you can tinker with golf clubs?!” That immediately inspired a career path as a golf club fitter, builder, and writer focused on the many intricacies of golf equipment. Golf wasn’t always a constant for Ryan, though — one afternoon at his local muni, he decided to walk off the course

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01:04:29

#088 - Pat Corcoran is trusting his higher self

Group Golf Therapy ·

2023/10/24

Pat Corcoran shone bright early. As the manager of Chance the Rapper, Pat saw meteoric success in defining the cultural relevance of independent music. Now, Pat reflects on his twenties through the lens of his Higher Self — how his anxiety limited his ability to process his emotions. He has since shifted focus to managing an independent wine label, No Fine Print, and taking to the golf course to find moments of peace. In this session: reactions, re-parenting the window-front dog, emotional-support

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00:52:02

#087 - The Shrinks don't support kids?

Group Golf Therapy ·

2023/10/17

G’day, Dinks! It's us, and it's emoash. In this session: For All The Dogs, caddies, okay we need a bois trip. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therapy is sponsored by our favorite golf glove on the market, RED ROOSTER! Get your hand in a new, fresh Cabretta leather glove, and sign up for

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00:41:06

#086 - Shank Haney is back.

Group Golf Therapy ·

2023/10/10

Look out, Dinks: Shank Haney (Government Name, Liz Breed) is back on the Group Golf Therapy couch for a trademark unhinged session. That is all. In this session: Bradford needs AirTags, obsolete golf things, Golf Math. As always, thanks for listening to Group Golf Therapy! #mindyourgolf Please subscribe, rate our podcast, and leave a review—we're always looking to deliver a great show to you. Hit 'em straight, and mind your golf. // Group Golf Therapy is sponsored by our favorite golf

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00:52:39

#085 - Alex Fourie’s motto: one arm, zero handicap

Group Golf Therapy ·

2023/10/03

Bradford, Connor, and Drew met Alex Fourie at the 2023 US Adaptive Open at Pinehurst, and were instantly struck by his attitude, his composure, his outlook. At the age of seven, Alex was adopted from Ukraine and relocated to the US. On day 1 in America, he fished — on day 2, he golfed. Golf became a salve, always there with the sun poking through the trees. Now, along with competing in tournaments around the world, Alex and his foundation, Single Hand Golf, are giving golf to children with adaptive

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01:17:58

#084 - Jain Golf’s Chris Hovsepian took us to camp

Group Golf Therapy ·

2023/09/26

You may not have heard his name, you may not have seen his face, but you know his work. A year ago, Chris Hovsepian left his job in the music industry, where he worked with artists whose names and faces you are certainly familiar with. He had a weird idea — weird is good. The mission: create a cartoon world in which an anthropomorphic golf ball, Jain, shows us how golf should be: fun, diverse, interesting. Jain has become a mascot for golf, shelling out pithy, colorful expressions that every golfer

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