Green Shoots

About Green Shoots

Golf and entrepreneurs go hand-in-hand. There are so many great stories of golfers who had an idea and turned it into their business! On Green Shoots, Ryan Ballengee talks with golf-industry guests to get the backstories on their product ideas, development, sales and what it's like to have a job in golf.

Publisher

Golf News Net

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jan 2023

Latest episode

29 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

38 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jun 2026

   31: Making things clic with Clicgear's John Hess

   On this episode, Clicgear head of marketing John Hess joins to talk about reviving the Clicgear brand, continuing to innovate and modernize the walking golf cart and trying to convince a new generation of golfers to push, not carry.

2. 

   25 Mar 2025

   30: Ship Sticks CEO Jonathan Marsico on golf travel

   On this episode of Green Shoots, Ryan Ballengee welcomes Ship Sticks CEO Jonathan Marsico to talk about golf travel, the needs of the traveler and how Ship Sticks is helping consumers and resorts both make the golf-travel experience better.

3. 

   21 Mar 2025

   30: Building A. Putnam with Ali Putnam

   Ali Putnam, founder of women's apparel brand A. Putnam, joins Ryan Ballengee to talk about creating her vision for elevated women's golf fashion and much more.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

502,325

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

44

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

27

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.