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Growing up in Pebble Beach, Kyle Gentry put together an impressive amateur resume, ultimately going on to play as a member of the Stanford Cardinal Men’s Golf Team. He has since achieved great success in the Silicon Valley tech boom, but stays connected to his golf roots as much as possible.

Hale Irwin was one of the world’s leading golfers from the mid 70s to the mid 80s. He is one of the few players in history to win three U.S. Opens, becoming the oldest ever U.S. Open champion in 1990 at the age of 45. As a senior golfer, Irwin ranks first all-time in PGA TOUR Champions victories and is widely regarded as the greatest player in Champions Tour history. Irwin is one of five golfers (along with Gary Player, David Graham, Bernhard Langer, and Justin Rose) to win official tournaments on all six continents where golf is played. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.

Florida State Head Golf Coach Trey Jones is a two-time ACC Coach of the year, and has guided Florida State to 26 tournament wins, including six straight National Championship Finals appearances from 2012–2017. His team has produced 11 All Americans, including Major Champion Brooks Koepka, Daniel Berger, and Jonas Blixt.

Brian Katrek has been covering golf for more than 20 years, leading SiriusXM’s play-by-play coverage of the biggest events in golf. He also works with the PGA TOUR, Westwood One, Turner Sports, and others. A scratch golfer, Katrek has caddied on the PGA TOUR, Champions TOUR, and LPGA Tour.

Colt Knost authored one of the great amateur careers of all time, reaching the number one ranking in 2007, when he also became only the third player to win three USGA events— the U.S. Amateur, the U.S. Amateur Public Links, and The Walker Cup—in the same year. After a decade on the PGA TOUR, Knost announced his retirement from professional golf in 2020.

John Maginnes spent a decade on the PGA TOUR competing in the early Tiger era, during which he nearly won the 1996 Buick Challenge, but ended up narrowly losing to Michael Bradley. Maginnes is a three-time winner on the Korn Ferry TOUR where he started his professional career in 1991 after a successful run at East Carolina University.

A New York City native, David Marr III is a graduate of Bucknell University, and the son of golfer Dave Marr, who was the 1965 PGA Champion and the 1981 Ryder Cup Captain. Having grown up around all the greats of the game, Marr brings a perspective you just can’t get anywhere else.

Jim McLean is the 1994 PGA National Teacher of the Year. He is the owner of the Jim McLean Golf Schools which include: Trump National Resort (Doral, Florida), The Jim McLean Golf Center (Fort Worth, Texas), Red Ledges (Herber City, Utah), Sun Ridge Canyon (Scottsdale, Arizona), Golf Santander (Madrid, Spain), Mayakoba Resort (Cancun, Mexico), Casa de Campo (La Romana, Dominican Republic), Miami Beach Golf Club (Miami Beach, FL), and, the newest addition, Jim McLean Golf Center (Jupiter, FL).

Carl Paulson turned professional in 1994 after an all-American career at the University of South Carolina, where he was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year in 1993. He was a member of the PGA TOUR in 1995 and 1996, and from 2000–2008. Paulson also played on the Korn Ferry Tour from 1997–1999 and led the money list in his final year.

After a successful career at San Diego State, Dennis Paulson turned pro in 1988. He picked up a big win on the Korn Ferry Tour in 1998, which was his eventual route to the PGA TOUR. He went on to beat David Duval in a playoff to win the 2000 Northern Trust at Westchester Country Club in New York, a victory that put him inside the Top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

After joining the Stanford Men’s Golf team as a freshman in 1994, Conrad Ray and his teammates Tiger Woods, Notah Begay, and Casey Martin would go on to win the NCAA National Championship. Less than 15 years later, as the Men’s golf coach, he brought another National Championship to the Stanford Cardinal, becoming one of the few student athletes in golf to win as both a player and coach.

Scott Simpson was born in San Diego, California and played college golf at the University of Southern California where he was a medalist at the NCAA Championship both in 1976 and 1977. He turned professional in 1977 and graduated in 1978. Simpson played on the PGA TOUR beginning in 1979 and won seven PGA Tour events between 1980 and 1998. The highlight of Simpson’s career was the U.S. Open in 1987 at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, where he beat Tom Watson to capture his only major title. In team competition, Simpson played for the U.S. in the Walker Cup in 1977 and the Ryder Cup in 1987.

After spending seven years on the golf beat for ESPN, Jason Sobel spent a few years at the Golf Channel before moving on to The Action Network. Sobel has become an expert in the golf betting community, offering insights to nearly all of the major golf media outlets.

Drew Stoltz is a former semiprofessional golfer, self-proclaimed comedian, and all-around great guy. After forced retirement from semi-professional golf due to lacking enough talent to compete with barely successful semiprofessional golfers, he has become a bona fide celebrity within the extremely small golf community of North Scottsdale, AZ (specifically within the zip code of 85255).

The 1982 Masters Champion, Craig Stadler, is a 13-time winner on the PGA TOUR, and a nine-time winner on the PGA TOUR Champions. Known as “The Walrus,” Craig played on two Ryder Cup Teams, and in 2003 he became one of the few players ever to win a PGA TOUR event at the age of 50. His son Kevin is also a winner on the PGA TOUR, and his brother Gary Stadler is a billboard-charting recording artist.

After an incredible collegiate career at the University of Southern California, Dave Stockton turned professional in 1964 and picked up his first PGA TOUR win in 1967. He went on to win two major championships, the 1970 and 1976 PGA Championships. Stockton played on the Ryder Cup team in 1971 and 1977, and was the captain of the victorious 1991 team. He is widely regarded as one of the best putters ever, and authored the book Unconscious Putting, which quickly became a bestseller.

Jeff Warne is the Director of Golf at The Bridge located in Bridgehampton, New York on Long Island’s prestigious East End. He previously was Jim McLean’s Director of Instruction at Sleepy Hollow CC in New York, as well as a Lead Instructor at McLean’s school at Doral. Prior to coming to The Bridge, Warne was the Director of Instruction at The Atlantic Golf Club, and was named to GOLF Magazine’s inaugural Top 100 Teachers list.

Taylor Zarzour’s broadcasting career has gone through Pensacola, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Mobile, Alabama, (where he grew up); and his current residence of Charlotte, North Carolina. Zarzour graduated from Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama in 2000 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.