When 3 bereaved fathers come together, bonded by their shared experience of Baby Loss, amazing things can happen. When Golf is added to the mix, the possibilities are endless.

On Friday 14 June 2024, Kris Lynch, Ben Seabrook and Mike Harris joined forces at Prince’s Golf Club, in Sandwich, Kent, to undertake an all day Golf challenge in support of Sands.

Sands works to save babies' lives and ensure that anyone affected by pregnancy or baby loss gets the support and care they need, in a way that works for them, for as long as they need it.

Through their fundraising efforts and thanks to the wonderfully kind donations of family, friends and followers, the boys raised over £1,800 for Sands.

This podcast episode is a raw, emotional and vulnerable account of three Fathers’ grief. It also a humorous, self deprecating and often slapstick account of three average Golfers having spent 14 hours trying to whack a small white ball into a tiny hole, multiple times over until their bodies and minds scream “No More!!!”.

Episode timestamps

0:00 The Hook

0:18 Episode introduction

4:10 Call for Help to GYH Community - Follow and Subscribe

5:10 Reflections from the Day

10:27 Prince’s Golf Club

18:09 About Sands

23:15 “Doing Life” after loss

33:36 Shoutout to fellow Golf for Sands participants

34:43 Fundraising for Sands

36:00 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

44:55 GYH is Good for You

49:04 A word to the Midwifery Heroes

53:02 Three Bereaved Dads and Their Feelings

1:04:08 Reflections on Season 1 of GYH Podcast

1:09:26 Golf is Good for You

1:14:13 Looking ahead - Season 2 of GYH Podcast

1:15:25 Listener shout out

1:18:19 Call for Help to GYH Community - Follow and Subscribe

❓About the Show:

At Golf Yourself Healthy, we believe that Golf is Good for you. Join GYH founder and podcast host, Kris Lynch, as he invites guests to discuss how Golf is helping them to live happy and healthy lives.

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In what has become part of our staple GYH diet, Kris and Ben return for the second edition of “Golf Buddies Aloud”.

We offer an update on our forthcoming Charity Golf challenge at Prince’s Golf Club in support of Sands, one of the UK’s leading Baby Loss charities. As bereaved parents, we explain why we are doing this challenge, what it means to us and how our GYH listeners and community members can support us.

We also chew the fat on various other Golf and Life related topics, including

🤬 The Angry Golfer - Kris relives a traumatic time in his Golfing life and how years of therapy and Golf Coaching have allowed him to find inner peace

🌱Growing the Game - Kris reflects on his training to become a Community Golf Instructor

😬 Guilty Pleasure - Ben tells us about his love of James “Short Side” Wilson’s voice and how it soothes him to sleep at night

🏅The Honourable Mention (Westminster) - Ben and Kris call out some of the movers and shakers in world of Golf Influencers and how they’re either inspiring us, making us laugh or growing the game in their own unique way

✂️ Cut it Out - Ben calls for a ban on multiple practice putting strokes

❓About the Show:

At Golf Yourself Healthy, we believe that Golf is Good for you. Join GYH founder and podcast host, Kris Lynch, as he invites guests to discuss how Golf is helping them to live happy and healthy lives.

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When life gives you Lemons, make Lemonade. Or better still, Play Golf.

Reflecting on his childhood in the UK, Rob Jansz has fond memories of playing Golf with his family and friends, having fun and not taking life, nor the game itself too seriously. Then Life happened.

In the intervening years between going to University and then moving overseas to Barcelona, Spain to start a business in the Hospitality sector, Golf took a back seat in Rob’s life. He barely gave it a second thought.

That remained the case, until in 2021, when Rob experienced burnout. He needed to step off the treadmill of life and tread a different path, to find his way again. The path he chose? The fairways of the Golf course.

Since that fateful day in 2021 - which involved 36 holes of Golf and a deeply “profound experience” - Rob has been “reinventing” his relationship with Golf ever since. Not only is he loving being back out on the links again, he’s finding his people while doing so.

Through the creation of Smyle Golf, Rob is establishing a community of Golfers who enjoy some of the finer things the game has to offer. Moreover, through Smyle and through the design, creation and distribution of Habits Scorecards, Rob is introducing Mindfulness practices to the game of Golf.

As Rob explains, there’s much more to Golf than simply how many shots you took to get the ball in the hole. It’s equally important to keep track of what and how you’re feeling, whilst out on the course…

Episode Timestamps

0:00 The Hook

0:57 Episode Introduction

2:10 Call for Help - GYH Community

3:47 Introducing today’s guest - Rob Jansz

8:05 Teeing off

9:20 Spirit of Your Game

18:50 Introducing Smyle Golf

31:00 Building a Golf Community

42:20 Building Better Golf Habits

53:25 Golf Yourself Nostalgic

59:39 The Eagle Has Landed

1:05:33 Cut It Out

1:16:42 Episode wrap up

❓About the Show:

At Golf Yourself Healthy, we believe that Golf is Good for you. Join GYH founder and podcast host, Kris Lynch, as he invites guests to discuss how Golf is helping them to live happy and healthy lives.

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https://www.instagram.com/smylegolf/

https://smyle.golf/

Did you ever hear the story about the Professional Golfer who turned down Fred Ridley’s invitation to play at The Masters, in favour of a weekend in Skegness? Or the Crocodile at Kiawah Island who is making a booming side hustle trade on eBay selling Titleist Pro v1 lake balls?

In this latest instalment of the GYH Podcast, Kris is joined once again by Ben Seabrook - back by popular demand - for an informal chat and a chance to reflect on the GYH journey to date, as well as what the future looks like for the podcast and what our listeners and guests can expect. We also have exciting news to share, about a forthcoming Charity Golf challenge and how our GYH listeners can support our cause.

We chat about what’s been going on for us, on and off the course, covering a range of topics, including;

🥳 Exciting announcement - Charity Golf Challenge

❓Paying top whack to play at exclusive Golf Resorts - is it really worth it?

🇮🇪 GYH On Tour - Reflections from Corballis, County Louth, Portmarnock and The Island

⛳️ Tiger Woods’ answer to Mini Golf - a GYH family outing to Popstroke

❓Using your own putter and reading the greens at Mini Golf - an inspired shout, or do you need have a serious word with yourself?!

🫂 Supporting each other through Grief, Depression and Recovery

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Growing the Game within the Family

❓About the Show:

At Golf Yourself Healthy, we believe that Golf is Good for you. Join GYH founder and podcast host, Kris Lynch, as he invites guests to discuss how Golf is helping them to live happy and healthy lives.

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https://www.sands.org.uk

https://www.princesgolfclub.co.uk

What has the everyday golfer got in common with someone who’s played at the elite level, been a teammate of Rory Mcilroy at the Junior Ryder Cup and teed it up at Augusta National? A lot more than you’d think…

Beyond his Golfing accolades and talents, both as a player and as a Golf Fitness specialist, Dr Zach Gould is a humble and honest character, who is not afraid to be vulnerable.

In both his formative and adult years, Zach has been dealt his fair share of bad breaks and found himself embedded in the rough on more than one occasion. However, as Zach explains in this fascinating and insightful conversation, adversity isn’t the end of us, it’s a stepping stone to new beginnings.

0:00 The Hook

0:35 Episode introduction

1:38 Call for help - GYH Community

3:58 The GYH Journal

4:41 Introducing today’s guest - Dr Zach Gould

6:54 Teeing off - Grand opening of the GYH Podcast Studio

7:48 Spirit of Your Game

13:44 Career pivot to Golf Fitness

17:00 Nature versus Nurture

18:43 Golf Fitness - what’s it all about?

39:23 Building an online Golf community

42:20 Launching Zach Gould Golf

49:27 Let’s talk about feelings

52:29 Golf is Good for You

1:02:54 The Eagle has Landed

1:07:25 Playing at Augusta National with the famous Jeff Knox

1:11:45 Coming up the eighteenth

1:13:08 Episode takeaways and reflections

❓About the Show:

At Golf Yourself Healthy, we believe that Golf is Good for you. Join GYH founder and podcast host, Kris Lynch, as he invites guests to discuss how Golf is helping them to live happy and healthy lives.

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Alex Frolish enjoys a unique vantage point when playing Golf. As an airline pilot, Alex is an international jetsetter with a difference. When traveling, Alex doesn’t sit idle on stopovers. With his Elevation Golfing Nation alter ego, he resourcefully uses his time to head out to play local golf courses, combining a love of the game, with a passion for Golf writing and a deep respect for Golf course architecture.

Conscious of the environmental impact of his work, coupled with an entrepreneurial spirit, Alex has founded EGN Golf as an online Golf retail business, selling innovative, sustainable golf products.

Yet, of all the talent and skills he’s acquired along the way, it’s his inclusive outlook on Golf and Life, which we at GYH consider to be his finest attribute.

0:00 The Hook

1:12 Welcome to the show

1:43 Call for help - GYH Community

2:53 The GYH Journal

3:37 Introducing today’s guest - Alex Frolish aka Elevation Golfing Nation

6:40 Teeing off

7:12 Golf Club spotlight - Cleeve Hill

11:52 Golf Architecture spotlight - Old Tom Morris

15:22 The Old Tom One - May 4th 2024

16:15 Spirit of our Game

24:01 Golf is Good for You

26:04 Golf Yourself Nostalgic

27:55 Elevation Golfing Nation

35:20 Golf writing - a cathartic experience

37:57 A Hackers tale

44:43 Inclusivity in Golf - it’s everyone’s game

48:52 The Eagle has Landed

51:02 The Eagle has Crashed

52:30 Affordable Bucket List Golf

55:03 Oh, did we mention that Golf is Good for You?

56:23 Leaving a review - Why? What’s in it for you?

58:30 Key takeaways

1:01:46 Episode close

❓About the Show:

At Golf Yourself Healthy, we believe that Golf is Good for you. Join GYH founder and podcast host, Kris Lynch, as he invites guests to discuss how Golf is helping them to live happy and healthy lives.

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Golf can transform lives.

This is a core belief held by Anthony Blackburn, founder of Golf in Society.

Anthony and his team turn that belief into action by putting Golf clubs at the heart of local communities. Through the delivery of tailored golf sessions for those living with chronic illnesses such as Dementia and Parkinson’s, the aim is to inspire people to live a happier and healthier life, through the power of Golf.

Join Kris Lynch and Anthony Blackburn for an inspiring, heartfelt and wide ranging conversation, about Golf, Life and Grief.

Episode Key Moments

0:00 Episode introduction

1:15 Call to action to GYH Community - Get in Touch!

2:14 Introducing Anthony Blackburn

2:36 Introducing Golf in Society

3:41 Introducing Rudding Park Golf Club

5:00 Nostalgic reflection

6:50 Teeing off

9:32 Emotional feels

10:37 The Spirit of Your Game

13:16 Golf’s unwieldy Reputation

15:00 So who or what is a Smoghead?

15:15 Social Golf

16:00 Remembering John Blackburn - the inspiration behind Golf in Society

19:03 Cherish the Fairway - a fortuitous trip to Wentworth

21:00 Heartfelt Tales from the Shed

23:00 A Golfing Spirit lives on through the medium of an Odyssey Putter

26:32 Golf Yourself through Grief

27:36 Building the Foundations - Golf in Society

32:06 Providing respite through Golf

32:58 The Eagle has Landed

35:54 Why the World should play Golf

40:24 Embrace the Rough

41:09 Start with Why

42:38 The World Needs You

45:02 Go with the Flow

45:30 Coming up the 18th

46:29 Episode recap and key takeaways

50:56 Final Call to Action - Get in Touch!

❓About the Show:

At Golf Yourself Healthy, we believe that Golf is Good for you. Join GYH founder and podcast host, Kris Lynch, as he invites guests to discuss how Golf is helping them to live happy and healthy lives.

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Golf is many things, to many people. To Craig McKee, Golf is a release.

Following the passing of his daughter, Danielle, Craig has found solace in Golf. Out on the course, he has space to reflect and to remember Danielle, calling on her for inspiration as he stands on a tee box or lines up a shot.

Moreover, Golf has presented him and his family with opportunities to raise important awareness around DiGeorge syndrome (22q11 deletion syndrome), a rare and relatively unknown genetic disorder which affected Danielle throughout her life.

Through organising and running a charity Golf day at Elderslie Golf Club, the McKee family have raised vital funds in support of Max Appeal, a UK based charity whose mission is to try to ensure that every person with DiGeorge syndrome lives as independent and prosperous a life as possible.

At GYH, it’s our honour and pleasure to be helping in some small way, to raise awareness for a condition, which, after Down Syndrome, is the second most common genetic condition and one that very few people seem to have ever heard of.

Episode Key Moments

0:00 Episode and Guest Introductions

5:08 Address to a Lorne Sausage

6:36 Getting to know Elderslie Golf Club

7:42 Elderslie - the birthplace of William Wallace

8:53 Spirit of your Game

11:53 Honouring the life and memory of Danielle McKee

20:59 Raising awareness of DiGeorge Syndrome (22q11 deletion syndrome)

25:37 Embrace the Rough

32:16 Cherish the Fairway

33:49 Golf is Good for You

36:15 Attracting new and lapsed Golfers

38:17 The Eagle has Landed

40:50 Thanking our Guest and episode wrap up

41:10 “Danielle” by December

❓About the Show:

At Golf Yourself Healthy, we believe that Golf is Good for you. Join GYH founder and podcast host, Kris Lynch, as he invites guests to discuss how Golf is helping them to live happy and healthy lives.

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📚Episode links and resources

Max Appeal - https://www.maxappeal.org.uk/

“Danielle” by December - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JxjFca_M9-s