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This episode features an engaging dialogue with Carrie O'Rourke of Core Golf Fitness, wherein we explore various aspects of golf, personal influences, and the dynamics of life. We commence with light-hearted inquiries that facilitate a relaxed atmosphere, such as favorite colors and desired songs to accompany morning drives. As the conversation unfolds, Carrie reflects on her journey, the profound influences of her children, and her aspirations for the future, including a desire for more inclusive golfing experiences. A particularly thought-provoking segment addresses the evolving nature of professional golf, especially regarding inclusivity and the participation of transgender athletes. We conclude by inviting listeners to connect with Carrie through her platforms, emphasizing the importance of kindness both on and off the course.
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Transcripts
Welcome to Grilling at the Green After Hours.
Speaker A:The conversation that took place after the show ended.
Speaker A:Hey, welcome back to After Hours here on Grilling at the Green Today, our victim.
Speaker A:I mean, our guest is Carrie o' Rourke from Core Golf Fitness.
Speaker A:Carrie swears she knows nothing about After Hours.
Speaker A:And so it'll be.
Speaker B:I'm like, I guess I should have watched this before I got in here.
Speaker A:It's.
Speaker A:They go from very simple to kind of head scratchers.
Speaker A:How's that?
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:That's a good way to put it.
Speaker A:So we'll start with something very simple.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:And we kind of start with everybody with this one.
Speaker A:To put them at ease.
Speaker A:What's your favorite color?
Speaker A:Lifesaver Red.
Speaker A:There you go.
Speaker A:What's the one song you want to hear on the radio when you start your car in the morning?
Speaker B:Young Blood.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker A:What's the first thing you reach for when you're done with a round of golf?
Speaker B:Water.
Speaker A:Water.
Speaker A:That's pretty healthy.
Speaker A:You're a bit in the minority on that one, though.
Speaker A:Okay, I. I will tell you that.
Speaker A:I'm gonna tell you that usually there are other answers to that.
Speaker B:What?
Speaker A:I'm not sure I should ask you this one.
Speaker A:What's the one thing you miss about your twenties?
Speaker B:Not caring.
Speaker A:Not caring.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Freedom.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Less responsibilities once you get the married mom thing down.
Speaker A:Boy.
Speaker A:It's that stuff kind of goes away.
Speaker A:Just.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Right out the door.
Speaker A:What's the worst movie you ever watched?
Speaker B:Any horror movie?
Speaker A:Yeah, I'm with you.
Speaker A:Our daughter loves that stuff, but I hate them.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:If you could dine with a historical figure, anybody they can be still upright today or in the ground.
Speaker A:Who would it be and what would be on the menu?
Speaker B:Oh, King Henry viii.
Speaker B:Hopefully my head on a platter is not on the menu.
Speaker A:Yeah, I was gonna say.
Speaker A:You're not looking for a wife job.
Speaker A:Are you there?
Speaker A:Geez.
Speaker B:I hit like, I had the first answer until you gave me the second part.
Speaker B:I'm like, well, that doesn't really go.
Speaker B:I suppose it's gonna be red wine flowing and probably lots of meat.
Speaker B:I don't know what they ate.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:You're not.
Speaker A:Are you a vegan or anything?
Speaker A:No.
Speaker A:Okay, good.
Speaker B:I'm just thinking, what did they eat back then?
Speaker A:A lot of.
Speaker A:A lot of fruit.
Speaker A:Well, they ate a lot of fruit, but, you know, England.
Speaker A:England was not really known for exorbitant fruit.
Speaker B:They're good food.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:A lot of boiled sheep.
Speaker B:I had a terrible answer to that question.
Speaker A:If you could play a round of golf with one of your golfing heroes, who would it be?
Speaker B:Freddy couples.
Speaker A:Freddy Couple.
Speaker A:Mr. Silky Swing.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:See how he does it.
Speaker A:See how he does it.
Speaker A:Who was the biggest influence in your life on you, personally?
Speaker B:Is it really to golf or just in general?
Speaker A:Whatever you want.
Speaker B:I mean, I'm going to actually say this is the opposite of my intuition of my son being my oldest son being the biggest influence on my life.
Speaker B:I mean, my first intuition is to say my dad.
Speaker B:But where my life stands now, having kids in their 20s, they've definitely had a bigger influence on my life.
Speaker A:Sure.
Speaker A:If Carrie o' Rourke was declared supreme leader of golf for one day, just one day, what would Kerry o' Rourke decree as supreme leader?
Speaker B:That everybody could play nine holes in an hour and a half.
Speaker A:Okay, that's fair.
Speaker A:That's fair.
Speaker A:Name something that you were really enthused about when it.
Speaker A:When you first saw it or heard about it.
Speaker A:And then with time, your excitement kind of fizzled out.
Speaker A:Oo.
Speaker B:That's a good one.
Speaker B:I would say getting a expensive car used to be a little more important to me, and now it's not.
Speaker A:Yeah, my wife drives the really nice cars.
Speaker A:My cars are like 10 years old, you know, they're in great shape.
Speaker B:Yeah, maybe a happy medium, but.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Well, maybe that's because I work from home now.
Speaker B:And recently my drivewise insurance app said, did your drivewise disconnect because you haven't driven in four days?
Speaker B:I was like, no, woman.
Speaker B:I really haven't left my house in four days.
Speaker B:Women wasn't the word I used, though.
Speaker A:Yeah, I got it, I got it, I got it.
Speaker A:Do you remember the first time you ever picked up a golf club?
Speaker B:I have vague memories.
Speaker B:I can't tell you the exact moment, but I was in golf camp, I would say seventh grade back in the day, where my mom could drop my brother and I off at the golf course all day and no one would think twice about it.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:And she was really determined to make my brother and I country club kids because that wasn't, you know, where her.
Speaker B:Where her life was, you know, as a kid.
Speaker B:So she wanted it for us.
Speaker B:And now my kids grew up in the country club, but, you know, she made sure that we learned tennis and golf and all those things.
Speaker B:So I would say vaguely remember, but I know that was the first exposure to golf.
Speaker A:Okay, if you could.
Speaker A:If you could erase one mistake from your past, what would it be?
Speaker B:Only one?
Speaker A:Yeah, you get one.
Speaker A:You get one.
Speaker B:Oh, goodness.
Speaker B:I mean, my.
Speaker B:I.
Speaker B:My mistakes.
Speaker B:I've Made in relationships, dating mistakes.
Speaker B:Yeah, well, I'm not gonna say my marriage.
Speaker B:I'm divorced.
Speaker B:I'm not going to say that because good things come out of marriages regardless, so that's not a mistake.
Speaker B:But, you know, all the dumb mistakes I made there along the way after that.
Speaker A:I'm with you.
Speaker A:I'm with you.
Speaker A:You talk about a horror story.
Speaker A:My mind not ready for prime time.
Speaker A:What.
Speaker A:What would be your choice for your last meal on death row?
Speaker B:Funny enough, I just had this conversation with my girlfriends.
Speaker B:I don't know why we were talking about it.
Speaker B:It's just going dessert.
Speaker B:Like chocolate lava cake and cheesecake.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Why?
Speaker A:You're not gonna gain weight.
Speaker B:Yeah, no.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Let's eat what I like.
Speaker B:I got a sugar.
Speaker B:Get my sugar fixed.
Speaker A:There you go.
Speaker A:What's your favorite thing to eat, by the way?
Speaker B:Lava cake and cheesecake.
Speaker B:I don't open up.
Speaker B:I don't open up a bag of cookies or I'll just eat the whole thing, so.
Speaker A:Yeah, I got that.
Speaker A:I got that.
Speaker A:If we put Carrie's skills to music, what would the music be?
Speaker B:Just skills in general.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Oh, okay.
Speaker B:I'm feeling like it's like a symphony.
Speaker B:A fast one that's loud and dynamic.
Speaker A:Tchaikovsky or.
Speaker B:Sure.
Speaker B:Well, Shaykowski is like Swan Lake.
Speaker B:Yeah, Swan Lake.
Speaker B:We'll go with that.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:If you were an animal, what animal would you.
Speaker B:Oh, my gosh.
Speaker B:Six things just went through my head.
Speaker B:Oh, if I were an animal, what animal would be a horse?
Speaker A:Okay, okay.
Speaker A:Well, you're talking to an old horse guy here.
Speaker B:That's true.
Speaker A:Do you think this is not quite in the.
Speaker A:In the physio world, but you're an engineer.
Speaker A:So do you think golf can help kids that have trouble with math and.
Speaker A:Or social skills?
Speaker B:Math for sure.
Speaker B:Because you have to learn how to look at the yards and whatnot.
Speaker B:Get depth perception, which is related to math, social skills.
Speaker B:See, that one I'm not sure about because it is an individual sport.
Speaker A:Sure.
Speaker B:Unless they are in, you know, a camp or a PGA Junior league type event.
Speaker B:But I'm thinking like a six year old.
Speaker B:I'm not sure that social.
Speaker B:Social skills would be top of the list of things you get from that young, but listening skills for sure.
Speaker B:And learning.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:But it's not the most social sport at that age as they're.
Speaker B:You're.
Speaker B:Because you're working independently to.
Speaker B:To learn the sport.
Speaker B:But I can say that some of our friends that we made through golf that live in different areas of Michigan and the state are still family and lifelong friends, so.
Speaker B:Okay, my answer is 50.
Speaker B:50 On that one, But I feel like other sports would be more social.
Speaker A:No, I think that's a good answer.
Speaker A:In your opinion, name an unsung hero in the golf world.
Speaker B:Unsung hero in the golf world.
Speaker B:I feel like it has to be a caddy, but I don't have a specific one.
Speaker A:Okay, well, that's fair.
Speaker A:That's very fair.
Speaker A:What's one thing you wish spectators at tournaments would not do?
Speaker B:Would not do?
Speaker B:Not be bored.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:All right, all right.
Speaker A:What do you want to do when you retire, if you retire?
Speaker B:Well, I do.
Speaker B:I will retire.
Speaker B:I want to do the things that everyone else wants to do.
Speaker B:I want to travel.
Speaker B:I want to spend time with, hopefully, grandkids someday, play some golf, and just enjoy life.
Speaker A:That's a.
Speaker A:That's a good.
Speaker A:Good aspiration there, Carrie.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker B:Not rushing the grandchildren, but.
Speaker A:Yeah, no, no, I get that.
Speaker A:I get that.
Speaker A:I still have hope for that.
Speaker B:There you go.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Sweatshirts or formal wear?
Speaker B:Sweatshirts.
Speaker B:As long as they're not a hoodie.
Speaker B:No hoods.
Speaker A:No hoods.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Last couple more here.
Speaker A:What's the biggest change you think should be made, if any, in professional golf?
Speaker B:I don't like that this is where my mind went, but I think it's.
Speaker B:It's a conversation about sports in general as far as transgender sports and where they fit in.
Speaker B:Okay, so I believe.
Speaker B:I believe the LPGA has made a ruling on that already, but I don't know if it's been updated.
Speaker A:I don't know if it's been updated, but they did make a ruling on it within the last year.
Speaker B:Like, year or so.
Speaker A:Yeah, yeah, like that.
Speaker A:Okay, last question.
Speaker A:Carry over core golf fitness, and you get to tell everybody again in a minute how to get a hold of you.
Speaker A:If I gave you a box with everything you've lost in your life, what would be the first thing you would reach for?
Speaker B:Geez, Louise.
Speaker A:Told your head scratcher.
Speaker B:We're talking physical objects, right?
Speaker A:Physical, emotional.
Speaker B:Oh, we're talking.
Speaker A:It can be anything you want, Carrie.
Speaker A:Anything you want.
Speaker A:We're kind of a freewheeling show, as you've seen.
Speaker B:Now I feel like it's like TikTok come up with an answer.
Speaker B:Something I've lost.
Speaker B:I mean, the.
Speaker B:Something.
Speaker B:The things that come to mind are so superficial that I even feel bad saying them out loud.
Speaker A:Well, let me.
Speaker A:Let me.
Speaker A:Let me.
Speaker A:Let me shed some light on.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker B:Shed some light on it.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker A:We've had people answer physical things Like a watch that they lost.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Something like that.
Speaker A:We've had other people answer about, like, a friend that they lost track of or are no longer friends anymore.
Speaker A:We've had people talk about I.
Speaker A:And, like, for me, somebody asked me this question one day.
Speaker A:That's how I came up with it.
Speaker A:And I said, my dad.
Speaker A:My dad's been gone for a long time.
Speaker B:Right, right.
Speaker A:And.
Speaker A:And.
Speaker A:But I think about him every day because we were pretty tight, and so there's a wide range there from the metaphysical to the physical.
Speaker B:Well, I would say, yeah, as you went through that, it first came to mind was a piece of jewelry that I literally physically lost.
Speaker B:And then I also lost a bracelet my grandma gave me that my grandpa had given her when he went to war back in the day.
Speaker B:And it was like his ID bracelet.
Speaker B:And she scratched.
Speaker B:He scratched her name in the inside of it with, like, a screwdriver or something.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:And then, yeah, there's definitely, like, friendships that I've lost along the way that I would like to get back to.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:I think that's very, very legit.
Speaker A:Carrie, again, share with people how they can find you.
Speaker B:Sure.
Speaker B:Core Golf Fitness spelled C O r G O L F F I T N e S S that.
Speaker B:Com or social media, Instagram and Facebook at Core Golf Fitness.
Speaker A:Very good.
Speaker A:Kara o', Rourke, you've been a delight.
Speaker A:I'm glad we finally got to chat.
Speaker B:For sure.
Speaker A:It's been good.
Speaker A:That's going to wrap it for after hours.
Speaker A:Don't forget, you can hear us on all the platforms and everywhere you can find us.
Speaker A:It's not that hard.
Speaker A:And I want to thank Carrie for being with us today.
Speaker A:I hope you all have a great weekend and remember our motto here.
Speaker A:Go out, play some golf, have some fun, but most of all, be kind if you can.
Speaker A:Take care, everybody.
