Five Clubs

Andrew Green has become the leader in high profile Donald Ross restorations and East Lake is his latest. The long time site of the Tour Championship has been restored in the last 12 months by Andrew and his team and this conversation goes into detail on how he earned the responsibility, all the changes to the golf course and thoughts on the misconceptions and principals of Donald Ross designs. Andrew has become a star in the industry and his thoughtfulness and view of his own journey is inspiring.

Paige Spiranac and Cole Hammer joined 5 Clubs on Golf Channel today. Spiranac is one of golf's most recognizable personalities and she discussed how her life changed overnight and it led her down the path of leaning into social media as career. She opened up about how there was so much negativity around her when she started but that as she found her voice and self-love she has leaned into that to build the community of followers she now has. She also talked about her early athleticism and how once she found golf it was something she took to and loved immediately.

Hammer will join the program monthly to discuss her professional journey. Hammer talked about the expectations he has faced since his junior golf days and now looking to achieve his dream of making the PGA TOUR. He shared how different the experience is being out on his own, traveling and experiencing the world and making memories along the way.

We also shared the current Club 5 standings, our picks for the Mexico Open and the latest installment on Dogs of the Week.

Emma Carpenter joined Gary Williams to talk about the upcoming NCAA Women's golf tournament at Grayhawk from May 19-24. They talked about the teams to beat, the nature of match-play and how strong the women's game is at this moment among other topics.

Golf course designer Tyler Rae and author George Waters joined the show today. Rae talked about some of his industry inspirations from Donald Ross and Seth Rayner and talked about some of his new work at Old Sawmill and the quick turnaround he and his team will have later this year at Detroit Golf Club, home of the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Waters, author of many golf books including "Sand and Golf" talked about how sandy terrain makes the game 3-dimensional, opens up more possibilities for play and how natural bunkers go from playable to unplayable on the periphery of holes. We also updated the Club 5 standings, revealed team picks for the Genesis Invitational and unveiled our latest Golf Dogs of the Week.

The legendary Jack Nicklaus, on his 85th birthday, joined 5 Clubs on Golf Channel. The owner of the most majors in golf’s history, talked about his relationship with Arnold Palmer, his recall of his great 1-iron shots over his career and what he thinks of both Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler.

Johnson Wagner and Brendon de Jonge, The Wagyu Filet Show and college teammates, made their studio debut and discussed what they thought the top stories of the 2025 season might be as well as if this was the year McIlroy would win another major given the four courses on this year’s major schedule.