D.J. and Tron recently sat down with Joey Ferrari, a truly unique character in golf with a life story that defies belief on numerous levels. From his decorated amateur career - capped by qualifying for the 1994 U.S. Open - to a ten-year prison sentence for selling cocaine and methamphetamines, we’re incredibly thankful to Joey for his openness and willingness to tell his story without reservation.
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Fabulous show, Team NLU. Thank you for putting this together.
Count me out on petulant golf stars. Count me in on golf’s greatest characters.
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Masterful edit by Big Cans(z?) Van Kirk.
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Thought the upfront explanation on the recording issues was great. The before and after whatever Mr Van Kirk did to the recording was really impressive. Must have been incredibly disheartening to think you had lost that recording and then amazing to have it recovered.
Appreciate these different types of episodes to go along with the core content. I did find myself questioning whether I liked this guy or not but either way he has certainly lived a life and seems to be trying to help people not go down the road he went down.
More of these, please.
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best podcast in awhile. loved this one, great work
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I kept thinking about this video while I was listening to Joey.
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So this was " his sales pitch for meth"
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Loved the entire thing, what a movie of a life story.
My biggest takeaway came toward the end of the pod though. Joey seems like a good hearted person, and seems to have righted his life. However, him being upset at people close to him for not forgiving him seems wildly out of touch. Gotta be difficult to come to terms with that but he almost seemed angry at his son for not just letting him back.
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I’m a little younger than Joey, but old enough to have lived through this period in history. I know way too many people who were seduced by the buzz of fast living and easy money. With few exceptions, these are stories of chaos and carnage in their own lives and in the lives of the people around them.
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I’m about halfway through the pod and Joey mentioned his “book,” anyone hear that or know what he’s referring to? I didn’t see anything online but again I’m only halfway through so maybe he goes into more detail later.
It isn’t released yet, but he gave DJ a sneak preview.
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Kudos to Tron and DJ for this podcast
Joey is a NCGA legend
Last time I saw Joey was 1993 in Eugene at the MidAm
He was a golf friend who grew up in Stockton my hometown but is older by a few years
We knew all the same folks, played the same munis, he won everything
Ernie George was a great pro at Swenson Park 
Crazy life but Joey was and is that guy
Worth a listen on a drive or flight 
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I was in on his redemption arc and then he did this and it just stuck out like a sore thumb that made me conclude that this guy is a jerk.
“My wife wields my children over me”. Well no shit.
“My son is angry at me and at some point he just needs to let it go”. No the hell he doesn’t. You made a very conscious choice to go with the drugs over him.
“My other daughter was getting to know me and then I did something to ruin that but I’m sure it’s my ex wife’s fault”.
Just major unreliable narrator vibes all the way through the end portion of his story.
Also, I’m not sure I’ve ever heard someone downplay the effects of meth so much before. Can’t exactly speak from experience, but that was a wild theme that I think caught Tron and DJ a bit off guard as well.
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This was my takeaway too, he massively downplayed his addiction….for example he had just seen fbi at his house, talked to the agent on the phone, had his girlfriend arrested, but then walked into the courthouse over a moving violation?!? Huh?? This dudes brain was cooked.
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Frank is alive!
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Seriously. After his 2nd time comparing meth to coffee I found myself wondering where the hell he gets his coffee
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This is exactly how i felt listening to this, he seems like a complete narcisist and without hearing anyone elses side of any of his stories, it seems impossible to know what all to believe.
If you are hiding out in warehouses everyday cranked out, i find it hard to believe you were still running sucessful businesses, but his story is everyone was stealing from him and doing him wrong. Who knows maybe they were, but difficult to trust an addict in a situation like this. It’s also crazy how much he constantly downplays the drug use / drug dealing throughout this whole interview.
Toward the end it started to totally feel likes he’s still a con man and we as the audience were the “mark” for him trying to sell his book. The comments about his son just needing to let it go are asinine, and again show his narcissism.
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