¶ Roundtable Introductions and Icebreakers
Welcome everybody to another episode of the Ride Home Rants podcast . This is , as always , your host , mike Bono . I got a great show for us today and a round table filled with three great guests . We're going to talk all things golf . I'm going to let them introduce themselves here First and foremost .
We got to get him in here first because he is one of the great sponsors to the show with Sweet Hand Sports and Lando , if you want to tell everybody about Sweet Hand Sports after that . But I also need the answer to these two questions , and it is is Old Spice soap the best shower soap ?
And number two would you rather fight two really mad deer or one pissed off coyote ?
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Been on all the time here Seems like on the roundtable . We're going to just start making him a staple of the roundtables , and that's Marsco .
How's it going ? Christopher Marsco , hailing from Allen , ohio . This evening , warren , let's see , I use Head Shoulders Old Spice shampoo conditioner For that co-op and I'm pretty consistent with it . I'll say it's up there . I'm like you , lando , I'm a dove guy A dove for men , I don't know . I dig Old Spice . It's a good product .
And then I'm struggling with this . I need to know how big the deer are , because I'm short but I got a lot of weight I could throw around . So if I could break some legs , deer's kind of screwed at that point , coyote might be able to get you and stagger you a little bit . So I'm going to fight the deer .
Be able to get you and stagger you a little bit , so I'm going to fight the deer .
Okay , these are wonderful , fitting questions to start the round tables but last guest story what's going on , guys ?
Bill story here coming out of Cleveland , ohio . The these questions , man , I love them . Getting going as far as Old Spice , I feel like Marthco is kind of taking my answers here . The Head Shoulders is kind of the go-to for me up here .
I don't have the collab with Old Spice , so we'll go ahead and say Old Spice is not the best one and then , similar to Marthco , I think I'm going with the Deers . I don't know what's going to be a cooler story , but never really seen a deer trying to attack anyone . So , um , someone gets it on video . Gotta be a little bit funny .
So we'll go with the deer gotcha , no worries .
And uh , I'm gonna disagree with all of y'all when it comes to , uh , the body wash and the soap . I am an exclusive old spice guy . I don't know if that has anything to do with my age or anything like that , but Old Spice all the way . I don't have the collab with Head Shoulders .
I do use Head Shoulders too as well , but now I'm going to have to get the collab to just complete the cycle and fight it up top and on the bottom . That sounds fantastic . As for two really mad deer or one pissed off coyote , I'm going to go deer because I hit a deer a couple months ago with my car and it really pissed me off .
So I want to just take more of them out . That's really the only reason I'm fighting the deer . I mean , I grew up around coyotes and they're mean sumbitches . I don't think I'd fare too well against that anyway . So we're going to go deer on that one for sure , and shout out to Fitty for those questions Again , the wonderful manager of the podcast .
Those came from him and I think we're not even going to get into it , but I have to mention it because I think it's the 100 men versus the one gorilla trend that's all over social media where that question came from , uh , but I digress on that .
But we're going to get into this here and we're going to talk all things golf on this show , with uh spring in full effect of more people hitting the courses . Now figured , why not ? Let's talk about a golf . I love to get out there and hit the links anytime I can . But , lando , we're going to start with you . How long have you been golfing ?
Golfing I say on and off since I've been a little kid but it wasn't really my main sport . But I hit the driving range , go putt-putt for fun and stuff yeah .
I driving range , go putt , putt , you know , for fun and stuff . So , yeah , yeah , I've golfed since I was . I was little um , parents actually grew up in a little subdivision that had a little nine hole par three course like right across the street from where we grew up .
So I would go out there , sneak on the like sixth hole where , which was across from the house , growing up you know , get a little chip in practice and a little putting , but yeah , so that kind of started it off . But I actually even took a golf class when I was at Bethany . I mean it counted as my PE credit .
I didn't even think in college I would need a PE credit but apparently I did and got to get up you know 8 o'clock in the morning and go golf in college . Like you really can't beat that . And it wasn't a sport I got graded for it . Uh , but Marsco , what about you ? How long have you been golfing ?
So mine has a little uh heartstring attached to it . So I started golfing , actually in uh fifth grade . My dad was uh late in his battle with cancer . At that point my cousin asked me they called me Butch . They said Butch , what do you want to do ? Let's get out , let's go do something . I'm like everybody in my family golfs .
I want to go golfing For my first time out . It was something I fell in love with . If it wasn't in the fall during high school , I would have loved to golf and played football . Unfortunately , given those two options , I picked football . But you know , I've been golfing since fifth grade , so I was 05 . I've been golfing for about 20 years now .
You'd think I'd be a lot better . It's a damn shame , but 20 years .
I hear you on that . I got a terrible head of cap . It's awful , they just know . All right , bono can putt his ass off , but he's going to be no help until we get to the green , if there's any type of scramble going on .
You played a lot of putt-putt . I'm backwards from everyone . Everyone likes the tee box . I like when we get close to the green 150, . In's my sweet spot . It's an adventure getting that tap point done , oh 100% .
I have a terrible slice . I actually have to aim the complete opposite direction just to play the slice and the hook that I had to hit the middle of the fairway . It's ridiculous . But Story , what about you ?
yeah , some of these guys started when I was , I would say , pretty young , maybe 10 years old or so , somewhere in that ballpark .
Uh used to get out with my grandpa , my pops kind of brought me out to uh standball a little nine hole course in youngstown , standball , uh golf course out there by the city and uh probably only played there until I was maybe in high school a little bit later and ended up playing with some friends and took a little bit of a break .
Didn't really play all that much through college and stuff and then COVID time I think , as a lot of other people definitely picked it up and been playing quite a bit over the past four or five years . So that's been kind of my adventure with golf Started young , took a little break and been playing a lot lately .
Can't complain . I wish I could get out more than what I do . For sure , schedule's just not allowing it right now , but I used to golf a lot , especially through high school , with my buddies .
It was just something to do on the weekends and in the summer , when we had nothing to do and there was no football practice or anything like that , we'd get out and we'd golf almost every weekend , but a story that'll stay with you . What has been your favorite course that you've ever played on ?
That's a tough one We'll actually go with kind of nicest and probably favorite . It was a course called Shenandoah . It was up at a kind of casino resort up in upstate New York , kind of like a really nice Lynx golf course , but the most expensive and nicest course I've ever played on .
I've been to quite a few around kind of northeast Ohio area and definitely got some favorites around here , but that was the nicest one up there . Like I said , I think it's called Turning Stone Resort up in kind of upstate New York area . They have four or five really really nice courses but we played the Shenandoah one and really enjoyed it that day .
I can't complain about that . But Marcio , what about you ?
Well , this is going to sound so Homer for me
¶ Golf Origins and First Experiences
if you're in the northeast Ohio area . But right here in Warren , two come to mind the Lakes , avalon Lakes , right here in Warren , ohio , wonderful course . Got to know somebody to get on . But same with the Lake Club in Poland , beautiful course . I feel blessed to even get to have gone there , because if they're watching me they'd probably not let me back .
I have done pretty good , but those two are two beautiful courses right here , avalon and the Lake .
Club . Okay , lando , what about you ?
I'd say that it was last summer , last time I golfed I think it was at a bachelor party and we were up at Hillcrest Country Club up in Pennsylvania and right down the road from me , so that was probably nicest place I've ever golfed or anything like that .
so okay , for me it has to be , of course , near my hometown in Wellsburg , west Virginia , highland Springs , just up the road from Bethany . There's Lando . I don't know if you've ever been out there for any golf tournaments with Bethany or anything like that for the football team . I know .
Oh yeah , the Bethany Golf Outing every year . Man , yeah , that's down there , yep , yep , anthony golf outing every year .
Man , that's down there . Yep , yep , yeah , I played in it one year , uh , with my uncle , and , um , they didn't want me back after uh , after that one scramble showing , so , uh , but played there a lot and it's one of my favorite favorite courses that I've ever played on .
Before , uh , ogilby , up there in Wheeling , west Virginia , also up there , but , yeah , I got to say Hot Springs takes the cake and Jesus , yeah , as we could have my never fails in this .
In this household , people know when I'm recording , like my son as you can hear him in the background just screaming for no reason , like I'm not recording a show right now . Love you , father , love you too . Anyways , lando , where the hell was I ? All right ? What's your non-favorite course you've ever played ? So what do you have ?
A course that you dislike the most ?
I'm not picky man . When I go out I just like to have fun and , you know , drink some beers and smoke some cigars and you know it really doesn't matter to me . So I'm not going to turn away a good time , you know . Yeah .
I really don't think I have a least favorite course out there . I'm just out there to spray some balls all over the course and try to be sober by the drive home . You know that's the main goal , marsco . What about you ? You got a least favorite course .
Two of them . They're not open anymore . Neither of them exist . But Walnut Run in Cortland , ohio , three minutes from my house Real narrow , not a very open course , very
¶ Favorite and Least Favorite Courses
pretty , has its spots , but when it was open you had to be able to keep it straight . I needed the axe with me when I golfed there . And then , uh , another one was actually where I went the first time I went golfing . Uh , but uh , good old ash hills , also in courtland .
We're saturated with them , not too far from tam , or when people in the mahoning valley are familiar , but uh , that was like putting on , uh , the grass in your backyard . Those greetings had a little to be desired . So I'd say those two Neither exist anymore , probably with good reason . No , I'm just kidding . God bless those people . I wish they were open .
You can't have too much good golf around here .
Absolutely .
Stoy . What about you ? I don't think I can say a least favorite course . I love the game , Love getting out at every course . It's challenging . I just love kind of getting out with some buddies hacking the ball around and doing whatever . But yeah , I'm going to leave it at that . I don't even want to throw some names out there . I love it . Love playing .
No matter what course I'm on , I'll find a good time out there . I love it . Love playing . No matter what kind of course I'm on , I'll find a good time out there . I don't want to go with one here .
I have to say one Now that I think about it . It's Brook Hills in Wellsburg , west Virginia . It's a little par 3 course that is deceptively hard for a par 3 course . One of those courses is like oh , it's a par 3 . I'll get a little bit of t-box , get maybe get a chip or two in here and I'll work on my putting game .
No , I've lost more golf balls at that course than any other course that I've ever played on . Like it's . It's terrible , um , that greens or it's . It's like putting on ice like're so fast , no matter where you're at you'll , you'll hook out a two foot . Give me putt , it's just . It's one of those courses that makes you like I'm never golfing again .
It's one of those because it just it ruins your average Uh and uh story . We'll keep with you here now . Um , are you a Walker on the golf course or are you a cart guy ?
Card guy all day . I know you think I've walked up for 18 . Ever it didn't play . Uh and I score nothing . Um , walk nine , maybe a handful of times , but uh , put me in a cart . I like having , uh , having some space or a place to throw some of my stuff and have the bag sitting there .
Hey , car path only as well , give me a cart , let me drive around the course . I feel like that's half the fun of it is getting out driving and enjoying yourself 100% , Marcio .
what about you ? Are you walking or are you getting in that cart ?
Yeah , I used to be a walker , did a couple youth leagues since I fell in love with the sport and they made you walk during those . But I can't lie as soon as I was able to start driving , I started driving , and that's the way to consume golf , in my opinion .
Now , if I was 170 pounds and in better shape , maybe I'd tell you that walking 18 holes has changed your life once a week . But I'm a cart guy now for sure .
Oh yeah , Lando , what about you ?
I like flying around on the cart man . It's just fun to me , you know . And yeah , I wouldn't say I'm too much of a walker anymore .
No , I'm definitely not . I got bad knees , a bad back . Give me a cart and I'm happy it's just coming with age . Marcio , you said you were in fifth grade in 2005 . I was getting ready to graduate high school , so thank you for making me feel way older than I already am . So appreciate that Absolutely . But cart all day .
You got a space for your cooler full of beverages . You got the bag . You don't got to carry that around . Yeah , I'm a cart . You can mess with your buddies , you know , put it in reverse , hear that beeping sound right in their backswing , just to kind of help your score a little bit if you're under a little bit , you know , but it's all good fun .
With that being said , lando , what state do you think has the best courses ?
I would say if you don't mind the heat , I would say Florida or Arizona , somewhere where it's always hot out , it probably has the best courses . But fun fact , the area that has the most golf courses that I found out in the United States is the Midwest . That's true , yeah , which I was very shocked .
It's just like overpopulated with golf courses , you would think it would be in a warmer climate , would have more golf , like in the South where you probably could golf year-round . I would think those would be overpopulated Midwest . That's just shocking to me , something you've got to shut down in the winter .
Yeah , my buddy actually sent me the whole map of all the golf courses in the United States . I couldn't believe it .
Well , I'll say this to the listeners out there Even if you don't like the content with golf , you can say you learned something today . There you go . We're here to educate . We're going to educate , that's right , that's right , man . I know , marantz , we're going to educate everybody here .
Marisco . What about you ? Sorry , my son was screaming in the background . What was ?
the question what state do you think has the best golf courses ?
So I really enjoy getting to go down . I have a couple buddies down there now . I'm a little mix of north carolina but mainly south carolina . Uh , a lot of courses on the intercoastal waterway . I just think there's a lot of kind of breathtaking scenes in there . Um , you know , if I'm getting on the plane , I heard arizona's got great golf .
I've never really golfed out west but , uh , I really enjoy going down to the Carolinas . It's a little more of my speed with the temperature . Also , florida's a little bit . I've golfed down in Florida too , but that is a scorcher down there . Oh yeah , I'm more of a Carolina climate kind of guy .
I can't argue with that Carolina . Climate is just perfect . I've never been out west so I can't say anything about golf out west . I don't know . Yeah , can't argue with Carolina , but Stoy , what about you ?
Yeah , somewhat similar . I haven't actually golfed all that many states . I don't think I've never been able to play out in Arizonazona . Um , did play one time down in myrtle beach area , had a good time down there , and I think obviously , carolina , florida , arizona , gonna be your , your top states , but I'll throw out , uh , michigan is one .
I played up in , upstate michigan . Um , kind of all around the lakes and stuff . There's some really beautiful courses up there , hey , michigan .
I don't know how they got so I hate to give them any type of props here , but they got some beautiful golf courses nonetheless up there , maybe a little bit of a sleeper one that maybe people don't think about all that much .
You're good , as Marsco has his Michigan hoodie on today . We can't throw the shade when we can , for sure we can't . We gotta throw the shade when we can , for sure . I don't like either squad I . I we'll just get that little plug in there I . I dislike Ohio State a little bit more than I do Michigan . Yeah , we , we , we all see it , marsco .
We all see the Michigan hoodie . Yeah , for sure , I figured you were going to come .
First mister asks you when you need him . Right , come on , man . You got no backup . I need the vampire coach right now . I need a teammate .
He couldn't make it . We actually wanted him to be on . He was like man , I don't know much about golf , I can't get him out of golf . Oh man , With all that kind of being said , Stoy , do you think that golfers are athletic ?
absolutely . Yeah , I mean it depends what athletic I think you're talking about , but , um , I think it's a sport that you're just able to play all the way . You mean 80 , 90 years old . Sometimes you see guys out there so , um , it's not , you know , your traditional running , jumping sport , but a lot of athletic movement to it .
Uh , you got to be able to to kind of bend and torque and , uh , swing it the right way . So I'll say , uh , for sure , especially some of these big time , um , golfers on the tour and stuff , they're , they're definitely athletes , they're working out , they're , they're grinding their craft out on the court .
So I would definitely say , yeah , maybe some more than others , but uh , definitely an athlete , uh , getting out there playing yeah , I mean , you're not wrong with the being able to do it into your , into your later years .
Um , a couple years before , uh , my mom's real dad passed away . He , he lost his sight but he was still able to go to the driving range and he would still hit a ball straighter than I could . Um , and it was , it's just that muscle memory that he had from golfing a guy that had his pro card .
So , yeah , he was an avid golfer , loved the sport and , yeah , even without being able to see , as long as you told him , hey , you're lined up behind the ball , he was gripping it and ripping it and it was still straighter than anything I've ever hit in my life . To me that's a little bit of an athlete and athleticism right there in my personal opinion .
But , marsco , what do you think ?
Oh , 1,000% . I'll argue there's more variables that go into hitting a drive straight down the fairway than there is to shoot a basketball . All the way from your feet down to you know keeping your neck and head steady , focused on the ball . I mean it requires a coordination of just about every level of your body and you know muscles that you know .
It's like swimming in a way . You're using muscles golfing , that you don't really use at any other time . It's not your traditional uh athlete . I think people think about it , but yeah , you break down what a golfer does and goes through . It's a extreme amount of coordination . It's really impressive when you think about it 100 .
I'm glad you brought in the swimming analogy , as a former swimmer myself , so you know people don't give that the credit they deserve . It deserves Very well . So very demanding . A hundred percent , lando . What about you ?
Yeah , I'm going to . I'm going to say , yeah , every sport's different and , like , every sport has this different type of athletes . And I'm going to say that I tell you what one of the best athletes I think that are out there right now is at the Shambo , and I mean he's like the Barry Bonds of golf man .
That dude teeing off is like it don't even look real , you know . So yeah , I mean , it's a mental , you gotta be mentally focused , you gotta stretch all that good stuff . So a little bit of power . So , yeah , a little bit of power . So yeah , that's it . It definitely takes some athletic abilities to , uh , golf man .
A hundred percent . I agree with all that . Uh .
With that being said , Lando , with you watching DeChambeau , you watching golf on TV , no , but I watched a little bit of the masters the last day and uh , um , and I tell you what , man , I was hoping Rory was going to do it , he pulled it out and yeah , man , I was pretty pumped at the end of it all .
So that's a pretty classy tournament , oh absolutely the Masters .
that's one of the few that I'll watch . Like I'll watch the last day , I won't watch the early rounds .
um yeah , I'll channel surf back and forth yeah , it's different to watch it in , like football or something . You know it's just relaxing and uh , but it still has that like towards the end it has that intensity , you know , kind of like baseball , where you're still sitting on the edge of your seat but you're you know what I mean Like you're waiting for that
¶ Golfer Athleticism Debate
moment .
It was like this past year where you know it was coming down to the last couple of holes and you know it was real close with the scores . You know it adds a certain level of excitement to it , but glad to see Rory pulled it out . But Marcio , what about you ? Are you watching golf on TV ?
Yeah , so I'm good for about six , seven tournaments a year . I make sure I watch all four majors . Love watching the Waste Management Open out in Arizona . I think it's kind of cool seeing a golf crowd like that , especially how it's . That's a party . Yeah , it looks great . I'd love to go down there sometime . I mean the camera .
I think assuming that on TV probably doesn't do it all justice , but it does paint a nice portrait Like the Masters , but in a different category of beautiful , if you will .
Not as majestic , but Like the Masters , but with Happy Gilmore sprinkled into it .
Perfect analogy , yeah . And then you know , normally I'd see them playing at TPC Sawgrass or I'd normally catch another random weekend , one that you know , for whatever reason , I'll have some interest in . But yeah , as I get older and enjoy just relaxing , golf's perfect to put on TV . Like Lando said , very baseball-esque in a way .
It's just kind of , you know , you pace it out and it's enjoyable to consume at its own speed . I think that's what's great about it too . No clock , I mean , it's a , and you can play 90 . You can play when you're five , I think , and I don't know if he gets this in the question , but I'm going to throw it out there real quick .
I think Tiger Woods , especially for people around my age , I'm sure a little earlier , he kind of changed that and made it a lot more popular , and I think that it's kind of taken on a life of its own . I think it's in a fever pitch with popularity , Even with a couple of those guys going to live not really being in the scene as much .
I think golf's in a good place . Viewership is like it has never been .
Yeah , I can't argue with Tiger Woods' fact that you just said there . I mean , I feel like once he came into the golf scene and started winning majors , the whole aspect of golf kind of changed and it became way more entertaining . The viewership went way up to see what he could do .
I think some of these young guys like the DeChambeaus and that are kind of bringing that back . Rory's still kind of hanging around bringing it back . I'd love to see Ricky Fowler do a little bit more . I just love seeing what color he's going to wear and match everything from the hat down to the shoes and the socks and everything like that .
Phenomenal bright orange colors normally most of the time , but you know it's phenomenal to see that . But uh story , what about you ? We'll get to you on this when you're watching golf on tv yeah , good , good question .
and as far as tournaments on tv , um , I'll be a sunday watcher , you know , uh , when it gets down to the nitty-gritty time , occasionally , maybe a Saturday doing some chores , just have it on the TV , kind of take a quick glance at that . But one thing I want to kind of give a shout-out to I've been getting into a lot lately is YouTube golf .
So not really on TV , but more so on YouTube . I think I don't know if many people know , but , um , like Bob does sports , grant Horvat , even some of the new uh , even some of the uh the pros , like Phil Mickelson , um , like Lando mentioned to Shambo , um , they've been kind of getting into it .
They put out , um , a lot of kind of cut it up and they kind of have fun with it as well . So I like watching some YouTube
¶ Watching Golf and Media Evolution
golf every once in a while . So a little bit different than , I guess , the traditional watching the tournaments , but I kind of go about it that way watch those , and I have fun with it that way as well .
I will say I think you're right . Social media , and especially TikTok , is helping for golf . I see Bob does sports all the time . Coming across my TikTok page it's always him golfing . It's just interesting to hear what's going to come out of his mouth . I think most of the time is what I'm watching it more for as a comedian .
I think a lot of the stuff he says and the comedic timing of it and getting a little bit of golf content in there too as well , I think it's pretty entertaining .
I think it's changing the golf game , really bringing the consumers at a younger age to it . It's a serious sport , similar to baseball . It kind of has an integrity to it , but you get some of the comedians in there and it's bringing a little bit of a different crowd in and getting people , I think , interested in the game that might not have been before .
I mean , I was even invested in . It was a whole long thing , I think it took like two weeks , but DeChambeau trying to hit a hole in one over top of his house by chipping Like at first I was like , okay , this is going to be quick , you know , and it was like 14 days I was . I kept finding myself going back to his place .
Okay , Did you do it today ? Like it , like , like what happened , you know , and I found myself being invested in that . So , yeah , I can , I can see definitely changing the social media . Social media changes fricking everything nowadays . It seems like so , um , that being said , story uh , is there any golfer ?
Uh , and if you do , know who's the best golfer that you personally know ?
Oh man if you do know who's the best golfer that you personally know . Oh man , I play with a whole bunch of guys that aren't too good , so this is kind of a tough question . I mean , we're all fine . Um , one of the best ones that I play with a lot . His name is mike minnie . Just one of one of my buddies . He's probably maybe a five handicapper .
So I have some good rounds out there , but I I don't get to play with too many great golfers . I kind of keep it that way . Uh , we're all kind of mediocre out there . Have fun , don't take it too serious . So um , can't say I have , uh , really anyone that's a real good golfer that I played with okay , mars , okay Marsco , what about you ?
When you say no , is it someone that I'm going golfing with or someone that I used to get range balls for ?
On a personal level , this is a pretty question , so you take this .
I'm going to go with the range balls one because I think it's pretty cool . Jason Kokrak Okay . He's been on the tour a little bit .
I worked at the Trumbull Country Club for several years , you know , through college and even a little bit after , and he'd always come to TCC and so it was really nice , real cordial , but he always had to be careful being beyond the driving range because the net didn't really apply to him , so you kind of had to be on the lookout .
So I'm going to say Jason Cogre , okay .
Not mad at that at all , Lando . What about you ?
Well , a lot of my buddies golf , so I don't want to say any specific names because if I say one over the other they're going to get ticked . So I'm going to go with my brother on this one , because he's been playing for the past like three years and he's one of the best athletes I know and honestly I told him he's missing his calling .
He's hitting the ball like 300 yards plus every time like dead on . You know , shout out to him , man , he's really working on his game .
Hopefully one day we'll see another Lando on TV Getting the links .
I hope he's less than an inch man .
I got you man One I personally know . I grew up with him . He's been golfing forever . His name is Jared Simpson Golfed with him a little bit . Him and his dad now own Gordon's Office Supplies in Steubenville Ohio . But dude was phenomenal . I think he was like a four or five handicap four-year letterman at golf in high school .
So I didn't see many freshmen making the varsity golf team . I mean so that that to me I mean he's like he's gone all over the place golfing . So I mean he's definitely the best one that I know . I hope he listens to this and he gets to hear it . I'll give him and his shop a shameless plug here on the show for sure .
But , landon , we're going to round out the show here a little bit . It's right up , man , we've got to have a fun way to end the show . Putt-putt golf .
Absolutely Putt-putt golf . I'm going to say my favorite place is the putt shack down in the Strip District .
Putt-putt golf . Never been to that one at the Strip District , but but gonna put it on the list . The ones I gotta hit .
Uh , marsco , what about you is putt-putt golf one thousand percent , and I attribute putt-putt golf to making real golf as enjoyable as it is for me , because , because I can putt , a lot of other people struggle with that . It helps me keep . Coming back to golf , but , uh , we had a course in born on our 422 .
Uh , there are three different uh 18 hole courses in the one spot , but they used to have a uh , us national uh competition there where players would come in from this circuit all over and they'd all compete there . This is back in the 80s and they televised it on who knows what channel the espn8 , the
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ocho but uh , it was a pretty historic place and then , uh , over this past winter , it actually , uh , they had to sell it and , uh , it was turned into a car dealership parking lot , sadly so I don't have a home to play putt-putt anymore . I felt like I got to play some of the most legit putt-putt you could have anywhere .
But yeah , putt-putt's great to play it in any sport or any age , all right .
Stoy , what about you ?
I'll say I have to agree . I can't be the Debbie Downer and put down mini golf at all . So we'll say , yeah , I think it's very different . A lot of times you get courses , you got obstacles and you got barriers and stuff .
It's a lot different than the game out on the course , but I love playing and it's a definite way to kind of get introduced to the game a little bit . So it's definitely golf , just a little different fashion of it 100% .
I'm a huge putt putt fan . Um , try to take a trip up to Sandusky every year as a family and uh , there's a course up there we go to every time we go up there . Uh , love it , love golfing , I love putt putt . I will mess up a putt putt course for sure Anytime I see it .
I , I just it's , it's like the little kid in me Definitely want to get out there Again . Going back to social media , there's actually a full page where they actually have tournaments throughout the year and it's putt-putt .
People sponsor them , People put in donations so they're getting paid to go and film putt-putt courses and shout out to the courses that are letting them do that . Because it's just , it's intriguing .
I found out a couple years ago it was during COVID actually that I was talking to another uh comedian friend of mine and he actually knows somebody who is a professional putt putter . Nobody needs to check their hearing that you heard that correctly a professional putt putter .
It's become so much of a mainstream thing that they're like they have they have dress coats , like they have to wear polos and golf like it's just , like it's it's . I was like , okay , well , we need to start bringing back , uh , like you said , marcio espn ate the ocho . Let's get that back on and let's get some putt-putt tournaments getting .
Get these guys some notoriety . Because I had no idea , because he just nonchalantly was like , yeah , my buddy , who's a professional putt putt golfer , and then just kept , was like what , you're not just going to speed past that , like you didn't just say what I think you just said he's a professional putt putter . Yeah , so I love putt putt .
Yeah , it's definitely golf for me . I'll take putt putt over . You know a full 18 course any day . For sure , it's just a little kidding me . But , fellas , that's actually going to do it for this week's episode of the Ride Home Brands podcast .
It was great to have Lando Marsco and Stoy back on the show and get to talk a little bit of golf and some nostalgia with it and I could talk about golf , seems like all day . I never knew I was going to turn to that guy . I attribute that again to my age , love golf now and , as always , if you enjoyed the show , be a friend , tell a friend .
If you didn't tell them anyways , they might like it just because you did . That's going to do it for me and I will see y'all next week .