Dan’s back from Riviera (Genesis Invitational) with the kind of insider texture you don’t get from a broadcast recap — hospitality, media access, and the little “only at Riv” details that show how premium Tour weeks actually work.

Tommy Fleetwood goes sponsor-less… then casually pops up in Augusta/Masters gear (and even borrows a sweatshirt from Jason Day). Is it a negotiation play, a brand reset, or something bigger? From there, the crew digs into the real money and leverage behind apparel deals (and why some numbers never get said out loud), Tiger’s latest “door still open” signals, Scottie’s rain-delay mindset, and two moment-heavy highlights: Max Greyserman’s ace and Neil Shipley’s first-ever TGL hole-in-one.

No leaderboard recap energy — just golf culture, business, and access

Mike and Kass Lazerow join The Dan Evans Show for the full breakdown of their golf-to-tech-to-investing journey: the Golf.com origin story, the dot-com crash and comeback, Buddy Media’s growth and sale to Salesforce, the hard pivots founders have to make, and why they believe The Grass League is a perfect modern golf format.

0:00 Intro
1:57 Golf as the thread + “swing test” story
8:35 Spreadsheet → Golf.com concept
11:48 Chipshot.com deal + dot-com crash
13:35 Medinah lunch pitch comeback
14:00 Tiger’s impact on Golf.com
21:39 Buddy Media + Facebook wave
24:16 Pivot to SaaS + recurring revenue
26:14 Panic-attack pivot moment
32:26 Phish tangent
35:30 Building with kids during the grind
40:02 Salesforce transition + Benioff quote
45:16 Investing checklist
53:34 The Grass League: why it works
1:03:01 Outro + book + New York Bluebirds

Corey Kispert joins The Dan Evans Show for a wide-open conversation about golf, hoops, mindset, and business. We talk about the bag fitting + jumbo grips that changed his game, why golf is the perfect NBA reset button, how he thinks about competitiveness and flow state, what it’s like living through a sudden trade, and why he took building The Bitter Truth Coffee seriously (including the behind-the-scenes surprises).

0:00 Intro + the “sneaky” sports story
0:54 Playing golf in-season + injury paranoia
1:37 Being 6'7": custom gear + fitting
2:13 Jumbo grips that changed his game
3:13 Early golf story + privacy
4:53 Football path + choosing basketball
6:44 How golf became the outlet
8:23 Golf as the NBA reset button
9:45 Where he ranks among NBA golfers
10:08 Why he gets overlooked + American Century talk
13:48 Competitive mindset on the course
15:25 Simulators, data, and training
17:53 MBA + academics and discipline
20:19 Coffee brand origin story
22:31 Stage fright + content pressure
24:36 “Slow motion is better than no motion”
28:37 Processing the trade + life flipping overnight
30:48 Faith + stability in chaos
33:50 Masters obsession + Augusta magic
36:35 Ludvig Åberg swing + confidence/kindness
39:53 Dream tee time picks
42:12 Korn Ferry Tour talent + Matt McCarty story
46:47 Flow state + mental game
52:20 Coffee routine on the road
55:00 What surprised him building the brand