{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf","title":"Why Nice Wins (with Karen Peek, Detroit's Muni Golf Boss)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/32b5ca0c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5365,"description":"Karen Peek's first golf memory isn't a great shot. It's her mom and aunt on the lesson tee at Rackham, laughing to tears and hitting it terribly.\nIn this episode of The Bag Drop: Untold Stories in Golf, host Matt Considine and co-host Dr. Kevin Moore (a.k.a. \"The Professor\") sit down with\nKaren Peek (Director of Golf Operations for Golf Detroit and an LPGA teaching professional) to talk about growing up on Detroit's municipal courses, chasing the LPGA Tour through four Q-Schools, and why being genuinely glad to see people is the best business decision a golf course can make.\n\nThe conversation dives into:\nLearning the game from Ben Davis at Rackham and Chris Williams at Palmer Park, the only two Black members of the Michigan PGA section at the time\nFour tries at the LPGA Tour, never once feeling comfortable at Q-School, and a putting saga that runs from hypnosis to a new Scotty Cameron ordered two weeks ago\nWhy teaching is a skill, not telling people how you do it, and why the boyfriend lesson ends the golf before it ends the relationship\nThe 150-yard markers at Chandler Park and why she isn't getting drunk on golf's boom\n\"Hey dude, what's up?\", the private-club pro shop that never said hello, and why she can charge more because her courses are nicer\nBen Davis's legacy: humble, fierce, and always moving golfers off the range and onto the course\nConnect with our guest\n🏌️‍♀️ Karen Peek — Golf Detroit: https://golfdetroit.org — 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GolfDetroit/ — 💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-peek-6a649712/\n\nJoin the NewClub community\n🌍 Website: https://www.newclub.golf\n📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newclubgolf/\n🐦 X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/newclubgolf\n💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newclub\n\nLinks & Partners\n⛳ Erin Hills: https://www.erinhills.com\n🏌️ Titleist: https://www.titleist.com\n\nThe Bag Drop\n📺 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bag-drop-untold-stories-in-golf/id1430328006\n📺 YouTube:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UTWF4LINKJxQLEH-r1aPYxPmlXn5V5SbcsdRGBvWeuk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iNTEx/NjJmODg0OWI2ZGU5/NmZlMDBhMDljZDFh/YmNkYi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}