The Golf Show 2.0

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Co-Hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle interview newsmakers from the world of professional golf.

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The Golf Show 2.0 # 18 Golf Ball Wizard John Calabria

Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with the Golf Ball Wizard, John Calabria, who has worked for all the noted manufacturers of golf balls and is now advising OnCore with their newest line of balls. Calabria explains what the purpose of the different layers in three, four, five and even six-piece golf balls. Calabria talks about the importance of the cover on the ball and what it does and the difference cover materials make. He summarizes the changes in golf balls between the late 19...

Mar 20, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 18

The Golf Show 2.0 # 13 Gary D'Amato of Wisconsin.golf on Ryder Cup course which he visited

Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with Gary D'Amato of Wisconsin.golf about his recent visit to Marco Simone Golf & CC outside Rome, Italy. D'Amato describes the course and the kind of challenges he thinks the course will present for this fall's Ryder Cup, particularly for the US Team.

Mar 19, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 13

The Golf Show 2.0 #14 Club Catcher Never Lose A Club Again

Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with inventor Jesse Koenig who created a small device and software to keep golfers from leaving clubs on the course. Koenig has spent his life in the satellite and defense industries and two took years off to create Club Catcher because he was tired of forgetting them himself. Club Catcher uses your phone to let you know you have left a club so that you'll go back for it before you get to the next tee.

Mar 19, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 14

The Golf Show 2.0 # 7 Where Gary Van Sickle recalls Tiger Woods' first professional event and witnessed Woods first victory.

Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle discuss the end of 2022 PGA Tour season and LIV Should Cam Smith have received PGA Tour Player of Year in 2022? Will it be Scottie Scheffler or Rory McIlroy? Is McIlroy's putting now good enough to win at Augusta National? Gary Van Sickle on anniversary of Tiger Woods debut at the Greater Milwaukee Open. Tiger played in pro-am as amateur. Then had Hello World press conference. Van Sickle was on hand that when Woods won his first tournament! Do you remem...

Mar 19, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 7

The Golf Show 2.0 # 22 Golf Bag Sized Zoom Broom Leaf Mover for Golf Greens

Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle interview inventors of the Zoom Broom which is a portable leaf blower for that fits in the golf bag. Anyone who has played golf in the fall in the northern US has wished for one of these. And inventors found that people wanted them to blow off decks and driveways in a faster and easier fashion than typical leaf blowers.

Mar 19, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 22

The Golf show 2.0 # 8 Barky The Awards Dog

Gary Van Sickle announced his golf awards after the 2022 Tour Championship. Some go to LIV players and some go to PGA Tour Players. Player of the Year, he calls the Mail Man Barky... was it Scottie Scheffler or Rory McIlroy? Nearly Man Award, almost gave to Will Zalatoris but Zalatoris won. So who was the Nearly Man? PGA of America gaveit to Cameron Smith. Best Performance by a Mullett: You can probably guess that one. Best Performance by a Fake Mullett: Joe Dirt Left Fielder Award: That Guy fro...

Feb 24, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 8

The Golf Show 2.0 # 26 Golf Collectables

Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk to Bernard Bernacki, President of the Golf Heritage Society, and George Petro, At-Large Director of the Golf Heritage Society, about collectables in golf. Bernacki and Petro explain what to collect and what to forget. In the collecting category there are some pricey pieces, like the $87,000 paid for an original snapshot of Bobby Jones, a collecting card worth $27,000, a signed book by architect Charles Blair MacDonald worth $15,000. In the not quit...

Feb 23, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 26

The Golf Show 2.0 # 24 New Zebra Putter

Cohosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with David Millington whose family business Golf Bands Inc., purchases old golf brands and brings them back. Most recently, they reintroduced the famous Zebra putter, updated for today, and MacGregor irons. 2:30 Explains design of new version 3:55 Historic victories with original Zebra, Raymond Floyd, Nick Price 5:49 Exploded view of Zebra design 6:56 All 4 putters 7: 08 Blade design 7.33 Hole design 7:55 Fang design 10:30 Living in Hong Kong for 12...

Feb 17, 2023•28 min

Jill Spiegel, New President PGA Tour Superstores

Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with Jill Spiegel, newly named President of PGA Tour Superstores about their growth, expansion plans, why golfers as a group are now getting younger and what makes PGA Tour Superstores stand out in the retail crowd.

Feb 01, 2023•26 min

The Golf Show 2.0 # 23 Hockey Stick Becomes Golf Shaft for Putter

Co hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with inventors of The Wright One putter by Caliber Golf. Tim and Chip Wright, two hockey and golf playing brothers from Kenosha, Wisconsin, created a new club to solve Tim's issues with four-foot putts. They combined a hockey stick with the last seven inches of a putter and voila, The Wright One. Four-footers, five- footers, six footers sunk easily.

Feb 01, 2023•30 min•Ep. 23

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