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359 - 652 Courses in 365 Days - Josh Simpson

·1 hr 7 min·4 clips

After his mother died within a month, Josh decided he did not want to autopilot through life.

Josh Simpson sits down after completing a world record run of 652 golf courses in a year. He is introduced with the sort of nickname that invites a bit of teasing before things turn serious. The hosts quickly put the scale of the achievement into focus. Simpson says it is only now starting to sink in that the year is done and normal life has returned. The conversation takes place in an interview room at kit headquarters, where a tour of the factory and the different stages of golf gear production gives the episode a grounded start. There is a joke about not seeing the Cookie Jar Pro B1s getting stamped. The tone stays friendly and lightly sarcastic throughout. Simpson explains that the challenge was always meant to be finished, whatever the weather. He talks about rounds where the conditions were so bad they would have been easy to skip in any ordinary year. That was never really an option once the idea became real. He says he had already put too much into making it happen to start choosing comfort over commitment. The hosts press him on the emotional swings that come with a huge endurance project. They compare it to other long-haul sporting challenges and talk about the ups, downs, and darker moments that can come with being out on your own. Simpson admits there were difficult stretches. The episode also brings in the family angle, especially the fact that his father did not initially understand the social media side of the project or why he wanted to take it on. That scepticism becomes part of the story rather than a neat complication. The challenge is framed as something he had to defend and then deliver on. The larger point is not just that he played a huge number of courses. It is that he had to keep showing up, in poor weather and with no easy escape hatch, because the story only works if he finishes it. The hosts keep pulling him back to the practical reality behind the headline. There is a sense that the year was as much about persistence as it was about golf itself. By the end, the tone is grateful rather than grand. Simpson sounds relieved, amused, and still a little amazed that the thing is over. The episode closes on the sense that the challenge has become a story worth telling, not just a number worth citing.

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A record-breaking golf story with weather, mileage, and enough practical detail to feel lived in.

Josh Simpson's year of 652 courses makes for a sharp, unusually disciplined golf story, and the conversation keeps that scale grounded. It moves through bad weather, hard rounds, the factory setting, and the grind of keeping going once the project was already underway.

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You want a world-record golf story with weather-beaten rounds and dry, self-deprecating banter.

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