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Golf Influencer Katherine Walsh on Golf, Faith, Cancer & following the pull, and finding purpose even through challenges.
Episode 148th July 2025 • Holy Work with Luke LeFevre • Luke LeFevre
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In this episode, Luke sits down with Katherine Walsh, founder of Fore His Glory, a ministry that combines golf and faith to build community and help people slow down and connect with God. Katherine shares her story of growing up playing golf with her dad in Illinois, pursuing golf competitively through high school, her journey into golf media, and ultimately her calling to use golf as a ministry tool.

Key Topics Covered:

  • Katherine’s early days learning golf with her dad in Illinois.
  • How golf became a metaphor for life—learning to reset after bad shots and applying that to handling life’s challenges.
  • The impact of her faith, growing up Catholic, discovering a personal relationship with God in high school.
  • The story behind Fore His Glory—how Katherine felt the pull to combine golf with ministry.
  • Her journey through significant trials: an unexpected cancer diagnosis that threatened her ability to play golf, the mental battle with anxiety and depression, and learning to fight through fear, internal voices, and external resistance.
  • The power of journaling and prayer for dealing with anxiety and staying grounded in God’s love.
  • The importance of accepting feelings without shame, writing them down, and bringing them to God.
  • How online critics and negative voices can trigger old insecurities—and the work required to keep showing up despite them.
  • Katherine’s vision for the future: expanding Fore His Glory to all ages, creating safe spaces on the golf course for real conversations about faith and life.

Highlights & Quotes:

  • "Golf is like life. You have bad shots—you can choose to let them ruin your day or reset and keep playing."
  • "When life gives you more than you can stand, kneel."
  • "You can’t have a testimony without a test."
  • "The enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy—but God comes to give you life."
  • "Journaling helps bring my anxious thoughts back to reality and reminds me who I am in Christ."

Follow Katherine on Instagram: @katherine.walsh

Connect with Luke for more on slowing down, journaling, and following your Holy Work: @lukelefevre

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