Ladies of Golf: Jaye Marie Green, professional golfer

02/09/21 • 29 min

Our 30th episode! Baby steps ... Abby kicks off the episode with a Waste Management Phoenix Open short and sweet recap, followed by an interview with Jaye Marie Green. Jaye is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour and her career has continued to trend upward since her 2014 rookie season. We talked about Jaye’s decision to turn pro upon a successful amateur career and having her dad and brother as caddies. Jaye has faced obstacles in 2020, including a bike accident that required intense therapy, and she shared how that has changed her mindset into this year. Enjoy!

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Ladies of Golf: Marina Alex, professional golfer

For this week’s episode we welcomed professional golfer Marina Alex as our next Ladies of Golf feature. Marina is a LPGA Tour winner and was part of the 2019 U.S. Solheim Cup team. Since the LPGA doesn’t have an event this week, Abby begins the episode with a quick recap of the Farmer’s Insurance Open. Following the recap is the Ladies of Golf interview with Marina, where they talk about her competitive dance days, collegiate career, entering professional golf, discrepancies between the male and female coverage of golf, why/when she started to use her voice on social media and so much more. Enjoy!

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