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This week I’m joined by Scott Rose, a former PGA professional who, after ten years in the professional game, has recently returned to the amateur ranks.

Scott’s career in golf has taken him through coaching, custom fitting and some fantastic venues, including Kingsbarns, Fairmont St Andrews and Wells Green. We go right back to how the game first grabbed him while growing up in the Middle East, before following his journey through the PGA and into the wider golf industry.

We also get into:

• Why Scott decided to return to amateur golf — and why he’s loving it
• Growing up playing golf in Dubai and Qatar
• His route through Elmwood College and into the PGA
• Experiences at Kingsbarns, Aberdour, Fairmont St Andrews and Wells Green
• What he learned from spending time around the Butch Harmon School in Dubai
• Coaching, technology and how launch monitors changed the way he worked
• Some of the biggest misconceptions golfers have about custom fitting
• Why being tall doesn’t automatically mean you need longer clubs
• His time as part of Talk Golf Scotland
• The infamous attempt to make a hole-in-one in hundreds of shots
• Why drawn medals can make golf clubs better places
• Some of Scott’s favourite Scottish courses — from Royal Dornoch and Kingsbarns to Panmure, Crieff and Dunaverty
• Life as a member at Ladybank
• Starting Into the Teeth with Callum Allison and the work that goes into producing a golf podcast
• Why trying to improve remains one of the things Scott loves most about golf

Scott also reveals his favourite course he’s ever played, his most underrated piece of golf equipment and a special round at the Old Course with his dad that he’d love to experience all over again.

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This week, I’m joined by PGA Tour Champions player Rob Labritz—a golfer whose career is defined by tenacity, resilience and an incredible will to succeed.

Rob shares his remarkable journey from discovering golf as a youngster in Connecticut and working as a club professional to competing in eight PGA Championships and finally earning his PGA Tour Champions card at the age of 50.

We discuss:

• Falling in love with golf after finding his dad’s clubs
• Learning to shape shots while working and playing at Shinnecock Hills
• Balancing life as a club professional with elite-level competition
• The nerves of his first major championship at Hazeltine
• Becoming the only club professional to make the cut at the 2010 PGA Championship
• Finishing as the leading club professional at Bethpage Black in 2019
• The shot that earned him a place in the PGA Championship—and made SportsCenter
• Visualising PGA Tour Champions success for 14 years
• The emotional story behind finally winning Q-School
• Competing alongside players including Ernie Els, Miguel Ángel Jiménez and K. J. Choi
• The extraordinary standard of golf on the PGA Tour Champions
• Battling injury, losing status and refusing to give up
• Why failure can teach you more than success
• Rob’s best advice: play like a kid and never forget why you love the game

A brilliant conversation about perseverance, belief and continuing to chase your ambitions—whatever stage of your career you’re at.

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This week we're bringing you something a little different.

Alongside hosting Linked by Golf, Ross also co-hosts Both Sides of Par with Colin Gray—a podcast dedicated to helping golfers improve through smarter strategy, better decision-making and conversations with some of the game's leading coaches and thinkers.

As a special crossover, we're sharing one of our favourite episodes from Both Sides of Par, featuring Scott Fawcett, creator of the world-renowned DECADE Golf course management system.

Scott has worked with major champions, PGA Tour professionals, leading college programmes and thousands of amateur golfers, helping them lower scores not by changing their swings, but by making better decisions on the golf course.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why avoiding bogeys is often more important than chasing birdies

• The biggest course management mistakes amateur golfers make

• Why strategy matters more than perfect ball striking

• How DECADE Golf has become one of the most influential performance systems in golf

• Practical ways every golfer can think their way to lower scores

• The mindset differences between elite players and amateurs

Whether you're trying to break 100, 90, 80 or simply become a smarter golfer, this episode is packed with ideas you can take straight to the course.

If you enjoy this conversation, be sure to subscribe to Both Sides of Par for more episodes dedicated to helping golfers improve.

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