I close out Season 9 in style with 4 of my all-time favorite guests: Top Instructor Tom Patri, former Actor & Host of Backspin Golf Matthew Laurance, PGA Tour Legend Hal Sutton, and the former President of HBO Sports & multi-time Emmy Award Winning Executive Producer Ross Greenburg.
This week Tom Patri updates us on how things are going in Southwest Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian. We hear about how the recovery is going for local residents plus the trickle impact on the local golf scene. Many golf courses won't recover because bermuda grass can't tolerate the salt water dumped on them from the surge. Local PGA Professionals are looking at a very difficult Winter season without golf courses to teach on and students who may not come down this winter because there aren't places to stay. Please go to www.redcross.org and donate to help our friends in Florida get a roof over their heads and back on their feet.
Matthew Laurance starred in the movie Eddie & the Cruisers. He shares the story of a very cool recent event where they showed the movie at a local historic theater in Lexington, Kentucky. The event was used to help raise money for victims of the flooding in Eastern Kentucky. Matthew also didn't hold back his hatred when we discussed LIV Golf.
Hal Sutton and I started out by talking about his new golf course design project. We also hear which designers have influenced him. I asked Hal about the burden of expectation placed on him as a young player and what he would say to Tom Kim to help him deal with that. Hal joined my guest from last week, Tony Ruggiero, on Tony's podcast Tour Coach and they had one of the most important golf conversations that I've heard in a long time. We recap that conversation which included why we focus on our bad shots instead of the good ones and how some players place blame on everybody else instead of taking responsibility for their own golf games when things go wrong.
Ross Greenburg has won over 100 major television awards over the course of his career. We talk about the movie he did along with Billy Crystal titled "61" about the 1961 homerun record chase between Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. We also talk about 3 other films he's done: "Extra Innings From 9/11...20 Years Later", the Disney movie "Miracle" about the 1980 US Hockey Team, and "Jack Nicklaus, Making of a Champion."
Golf: Top Instructor Tom Patri Talks PGA Championship, Mito Pereira, Justin Thomas, Tiger, and Much More...
Golf: Jeff Tracy, Host of Grilling at the Green, Joins Me...
Golf: Jane Blalock, Tom Patri, Jeff Tracy, & Damon Hack Join Me...
Golf: Award-Winning Course Designer Bill Bergin Joins Me...
Golf: 2014 Georgia PGA Teacher of the Year Kevin Roman Shares Short Tips + Playing in the 2009 PGA Championship...
Golf: Chris Koske, Edel Golf’s Chief Marketing Officer, Gets Us Dialed in with our Wedges & Putter...
Golf: Matthew Laurance, Former Movie/TV Actor Turned Host of Backspin Golf, Joins Me...
Golf: Bob Ford, Hall of Fame PGA Professional, Joins Me...
Golf: Scott McCarron, 2019 Champions Tour Player of the Year, Joins Me...
Fred Lynn, Major League Baseball Legend & Single Digit Handicap, Joins Me...
Golf: Scott McCarron, Bob Ford, Matthew Laurance, & Chris Koske Join Me...
Golf: Frank Nobilo Shares His Thoughts on The Masters, Rory Electrifying the Patrons, Looks Ahead to the PGA Championship, & Comparing the Last Two Generations of Tour Players...
Golf: Suzy Whaley, former President of the PGA of America & Current President of Nation, Joins Me...
John Patrick, Host of The Augusta Golf Show, Joins Me...
Eric Johnson, Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor, Shares His Thoughts on The Masters, Scottie, & Cam’s Bad Swing at a Bad Time...
on Flag Hunting on 12 with Guests: Eric Johnson, Frank Nobilo, John Patrick, & Suzy Whaley...
John Cook Shares His Insights on this Year’s Masters Plus Memories From His First Experience Playing in the Tournament...
Keith Stewart, Host of The ProShow & the Read The Line Newsletter, Joins Me...
Rob Strano, Top Instructor and the Host of The Golf Kingdom TV Show, Joins Me...
Rob Strano, John Cook, & Keith Stewart Join Me...
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