Amanda Balionis ‘ journey to the golfing personality she is today wasn’t straightforward. Rather, it was a turn of events that fell into place as she navigated her reporting career. Sharing the story of her advent into the PGA Tour, Balionis took fans along for a ride. From that fortunate call to her reporting career across golf and football, Balionis leaves out no detail.
On the Well Played podcast, Balionis shared how she started out reporting high school games for Verizon Fios Channel 1 and MSG Network while in New York. She also sidelined for Princeton football, but during her time at MSG Varsity, she was overworked and underpaid.
“I was really poor, living in New York City in 300 square feet with another human, working seven days a week because it was freelance,” Balionis shared o