Between Shots

This week, Hawleywood sits down with Ethan Casto and Cody Roth of the Grass League: the world’s first high-stakes, par-3 golf league that’s flipping traditional golf on its head. Every hole a par 3, two-person scramble teams, city-based franchises, and events played under the lights in front of thousands of fans. It’s part sport, part spectacle, and it’s growing fast.

Ethan and Cody break down how the league works, what it’s like competing (and building) inside this new format, and where they see Grass League heading next. Whether you’re a die-hard golf traditionalist or just curious about golf’s answer to pickleball, this episode has something for you.

Links:

• Grass League website: https://grassleague.com/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grassleague/

Hawleywood talks with Author, Tony Dear. Tony is a former teaching professional who has contributed player interviews and stories on instruction, equipment, travel, course architecture, and golf history to over 40 publications worldwide.

Hawleywood and Tony catchup and talk golf as well as give a preview of The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.

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Hawleywood takes us on a journey back in time to the 04 US Open at Shinnecock Hills, an event that truly changed the way the USGA handles setting up a US Open.

Didn’t get enough of the coverage at Shinnecock? This is the perfect pod for you! How many times will Dan Hicks say “Redan”?? Listen to find out!

In this episode Taylor and Hawleywood interview professional golfers Austin Fox and Beau Forest, two former teammates at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA.

Austin and Beau are the Co-Founders of the new Pulse Golf League, a new Match Play golf tour starting up on the west coast with its inaugural event starting September 8th, 2026 at Yolo Fliers Golf Club in Woodland, CA.

The new tour features things like a lower point of entry for professional compared to other developmental or “minitours”, Match Play format, live streaming, as well as utilizing heart rate monitors to show fans what the players are actually experiencing.

To find out more about the Pulse Golf League (PGL) check out their instagram @pulsegolfleague or visit their website ttps://pulsegolfleague.com/

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Hawleywood and I sit down with Matt DeCristo, who’s been a caddie at Pebble Beach for over 20 years. He explains all of the recent changes to the caddie program that are happening now as of May 1st. Troon and Pebble have made the caddies employees and ended over a hundred years of tradition with the way things are managed.

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Dom Piccirillo made it through US Open Local Qualifying but not without a fight. He shot 1-under, got into a 4-hole playoff, and came out the other side with a spot in Final Stage. Dom joins me to break down the whole day from the inside: how he stayed in his process, whether the leaderboard crept into his head, and what the playoff felt like in real time. Then we look ahead to Final Stage prep. If you’ve ever wondered what competitive golf actually feels like at this level, this episode is it.

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The ProAm Team: (Taylor (“Pro”), Hawleywood, Colin, Kody and Liam, embark on their first ProAm in rural Northern California.

Each one of the guys recounts their experiences, fresh off the event. Everyone was tired and demoralized as you’ll tell from our tone, but all still in good spirits.

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Hawleywood and Taylor interview one pf the future 31,000 aspiring PGA Pros - AJ.

We talk in the first part about AJ’s recent experience in his first ProAm (as a pro) and his aspirations.

Then we discuss Chevron and “Poppie’s Pond” with some fun stories about Hawleywood and Nelly Korda from her early days as a pro.

Lastly, we gave some insight to our upcoming ProAm the Between Shots crew will be playing this weekend.

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In this episode Hosts Taylor Schlom and Hawleywood talk about their takeaways from the 2026 Masters as well as Hawleywood recounts his recent experience at a local US Senior Open Qualifier. Before wrapping things up we touch on our thoughts on the recent developments with the PIF cutting funding to LIV and what it might mean for the players and pro golf.

In this episode of Between Shots, Hawleywood and Taylor are joined by Dom Piccirillo who describes what it was like to get attacked by a monkey in India while playing PGTI.

We go over a wide variety of topics, from us playing golf recently to HUGE news in the world of pro golf.

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Introducing our newest Co Host! Folks, the pod is growing and I couldn’t be more excited to introduce my friend Hawleywood. He’s a great hang and a tremendous slouch (I kid).

Hawleywood has a wealth of good pro golf stories and in this episode, we just scratch the surface. Join us for a fun golf sicko conversation.

In this episode Taylor chats with former PGA Tour professional, Sam Saunders.

Sam had a 15 year career between the Korn Ferry and PGA Tours and talks about his experiences playing as well as what it was like growing up with Arnold Palmer as his grandfather.

He shares his insights on how his life has evolved after playing golf and even a few nuggets of knowledge from Arnold Palmer himself.

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This week we talk with west coast professional Johnny De Los Reyes. Back in December on the Asher Tour, Johnny De Los Reyes was trailing the back 9 by 4 shots… He rattled off 5 birdies in a row to win the Napa Open at Silverado by 2 shots.

He’s trending after another top-10 finish on the Asher Tour and is looking ahead to a full schedule of events this year.

In this episode we’re joined by Jhared Hack, Dominic Piccirillo, Koichiro Sato and Stepan Danek. Jhared talks about shooting 59, his win and experiences so far in India. The guys all share different insights to playing DP PGTI and we see how valuable it is to have support and friends along the way.

On this episode Taylor is joined by Dominic Piccirillo, DP World PGTI player from Las Vegas, NV as he plays his first event of the season in Raipur, India.

Taylor and Dominic talk different grasses on greens, courses, hotels and food as well as cost of playing on the DP World PGTI versus playing minitour golf in the US.

In this episode, Taylor is joined by Dhruv Bopanna-DP World PGTI player from India.

Dhruv talks about the struggles of QSchool and his past season, overcoming some poor play, mindset changes and Monday qualifier life in India.

Dhruv joins us just after PGTI QSchool and walks us through his prep for the first event of the season.

In this episode Taylor updates the listeners on some technical difficulties recording as well as highlighting some players that made it through DP World PGTI QSchool.

In Episode 1 of Between Shots, host Taylor Schlom introduces himself, his background in golf, and the idea behind the show. It’s a quick look at what’s to come, real conversations with caddies, players, coaches, and everyone in between grinding it out in the game.