"There is No Club Pro Crisis" Ryan Kalista, PGA (S1E12)

Ryan Kalista started golf late as a teenager, tried to walk-on at Methodist several times, but missed by a stroke.  Being a PGM student at Methodist, Ryan served one of his internships at Innis Arden in Greenwich, CT where he spent the first 10 years of his professional career at.  Ryan battled and overcame a deadly form of skin cancer as while being outside and teaching as a Golf Instructor, but that didn't halt Ryan from pursuing his dream to become a head golf professional in Greenwich, CT before he reached the age of 40. At age 39, Ryan earned the position of Head Golf Professional at Tamarack Country Club in Greenwich, CT which to this day, makes him tingle with gratitude and appreciation.  Ryan's perspective, work ethic, ability to rebound, and relentless pursuit to achieve his dreams, is something all golf professionals can be enlightened by.  In his mind, there is no "Club Pro Crisis", as he is a living, breathing example of a kid who loved golf actually seeing his dreams come true to be a Head Golf Professional one day. On this episode, hear Ryan's story, perspective, and attitude on playing golf, working in golf, and loving the life of being a PGA Golf Professional in the MET Section in Greenwich, CT.

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Chapters

• 0:08 Intro to Ryan
• 2:46 What Would Ryan Do?
• 4:00 Ryan on his Jr & College Golf Days
• 6:00 The Beginning of a Professional Career in Golf
• 8:47 Half Glass Full Attitude
• 10:50 Overcoming Cancer
• 13:30 Advice to New Golf Pros
• 15:12 MET PGA Seminars
• 19:30 What Separates the Great PGA Professionals
• 20:56 There is No "Club Pro Crisis"
• 24:03 Transition from Assistant Pro to Head Golf Pro
• 27:09 Started from the Bottom Now I'm Here
• 28:49 The "WHY" of Becoming a Golf Professional
• 29:35 Ryan the Player
• 32:52 Ryan's Requirement for His Staff
• 35:06 Golf Digest Has it Wrong
• 36:58 Figure out What Works for You, Not Everyone Else
• 40:38 You Get in What You Put Out