The Golf Show with Jeff Kolpack: Amy Olson reflects on her career in golfThe news hit Wednesday morning when Amy Olson announced her retirement from the competitive arena of the LPGA Tour, After 10 years, one of the greatest players in the history of Red River Valley golf said it's time for the next stage in life. Hear about the good times and the struggle to make it on tour, both financial and with the burden of travel.She left her mark, first in youth golf and then North Dakota State, where sh...
Apr 27, 2024•41 min
MN Golf Association and Nate AdamsThe Minnesota Golf Association, a large organization that oversees 93,000 members and more than 400 member golf courses, has a new executive director in Jon Mays. The 34-year-old Mays succeeds a legendary figure in Tom Ryan.Also, North Dakota State senior Nate Adams and his teammates have their sights set on a Summit League title. Afterward, Adams plans on giving professional golf a shot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 21, 2024•42 min
An exciting new indoor facility has been going for over two years now. We visit The Clubhouse in south Moorhead, an indoor simulator and lounge that has a charitable component to it with a few events. Matt Gilbertson and Amy Ennen from the facility join the show.Also, North Dakota State sophomore Madi Hicks is putting together an outstanding season heading into the Summit League women's tournament next week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 14, 2024•43 min
Two long-standing members of the Fargo-Moorhead golf community join the show in a power-packed hour. Tom Hoge, in his 10th year on the PGA Tour, has been playing some of the best golf of his career making the cut in 10 of the last 11 tournaments. Yet, he missed the Masters, a World Golf Ranking system that even he isn't sure how it's calculated.Suite Shots general manager and partner Mark Johnson came in studio for the entire hour to talk Hoge, all the benefits Suite Shots is seeing in its two y...
Apr 06, 2024•42 min
A longtime friend of the show, Fargo Country Club head professional Dave Schultz, gives his insight to the course, his Hole-in-One show and the club’s 125th anniversary. On the course, the North Dakota State men’s team is off to a hot spring start. Head coach Steve Kennedy explains why. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 30, 2024•39 min
It's back, for the 23rd season. The longest running golf show in tri-state area and Canada is off and running with Edgewood head professional Greg McCullough. Plenty to discuss with the golf course openings not far away and the wide array of public golf in the Fargo-Moorhead area. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 23, 2024•42 min
In the final show of the season, Forum columnist Mike McFeely joins the show to review a jewel of a golf course destination trip in Nebraska. The Pine to Palm golf tournament starts Monday at the Detroit Country Club, tournament director Vern Schnathorst gives a preview. It's been another banner summer for Fargo public courses, Edgewood head pro Greg McCullough puts a wrap on the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 05, 2023•42 min
It's been another banner year at Oxbow Country Club in south Fargo, Head professional Corey Herlickson joins the show and looks back at a successful renovation. NDSU professor Brad Strand explains how golf played a major part in his recent book: "Optimal Sports Performance: Practice Smarter, Think Faster, Play Better" that is available on Amazon.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 29, 2023•42 min
Kris Kroetsch is moving back to Grand Forks. The former UND player who has been a staple of teaching in the Fargo area for the last decade was named the head women's golf coach and is off and running. Robin Slavik is retired from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, but he isn't retired from golf adventures. The Cooperstown, N.D., native is a professional volunteer who has worked PGA, LPGA and Champions Tour events. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 22, 2023•43 min
Amy Olson finished her LPGA season at the U.S. Women's Open last week, but gave making the cut a shot at seven months pregnant. It's been quite a career to date, and her parents have been there every step of the way. Meanwhile, Hawley's Cody Aldinger turned in a rare feat in golf: a hole-in-one and double eagle in the same round. He did it at Hawley Country Club. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 15, 2023•42 min
Jeff was live from Pebble Coach, as he followed Amy Olson in her appearance at the U.S. Women's Open, and the experience for her, her family, and those in the LPGA. Mark Grothe and Dan Labernick also join the show as the El Zagal "9-Holes-In-One" contest is coming up July 30 at El Zagal Golf Course. The event is presented by the El Zagal Shriners. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 08, 2023•48 min
Not only did North Dakota State golfer Josh Galvin win the Red River Amateur, he blew away the field. Galvin and Moorhead Country Club head pro Chris Howell resurrect the memorable weekend.Next week will be memorable for Amy Olson, who will play in the Women's U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Fargo Country Club director of instruction Lisa Schwinden, who recruited Amy to NDSU, reflects on the career of one of the area's all-time greatest athletes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 01, 2023•44 min
The Zebra Open, the tournament at Maple River started by referees and officials, is back for its third year and the event is targeting "Dare 2 Stand Out" as its beneficiary. Veteran officials Rock Messerschmidt and Ryan Gellner and Chris Mapes from "Dare 2 Stand Out" join the show. To find out more about the organization: www.dare2standout.org . It's Red River Amateur weekend, one of the premier events of the summer that will be televised on WDAY Xtra. WDAY operations manager Stacey Anderson det...
Jun 24, 2023•44 min
Full house for the show today, as we talk sand greens golf in North Dakota. Plus Joel Vettel from Sanford previews the Roger Maris Golf Tournament and some of the activities around the golf tournament. It was a few years ago when the subject of sand greens came up, and making a day of it to play a couple that remain. That's what Dave Holm, Greg McCullough, Larry Murphy and I did earlier this week. We do a round table discussion of our experience. It's Roger Maris tournament time, with the big go...
Jun 17, 2023•42 min
Plenty of discussion points this week with Rose Creek head professional Matt Cook, who weighs in on his course, the LIV and PGA tour merger and Coy Papachek's 454-yard hole-in-one. Coy joins the show. Also, Fargo Shanley head boys coach Brock Ellingson outlines his move from high school to taking over the Minnesota State Moorhead women's program. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 10, 2023•41 min
Behind Director of Golf Chris Geiss, the Dakota Junior Golf Association continues to move junior golf forward in the state of North Dakota including the Junior Newman Invitational June 11 at the Fargo Country Club that will feature the state's top prep golfers. Across the river, Moorhead High's Joe Kortan, a University of North Dakota commit, is one of the top players in Minnesota and he joins the show along with first-year head coach Brady Robertson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...
Jun 03, 2023•44 min
There are no limits to the imagination of head professional Chris Larson at Osgood Golf Course in south Fargo. Check out the latest with Chris and what the nine-hole plus-3 course has to offer. There's a new sheriff in town at Detroit Country Club with the hiring of Tom Dolby as head professional. The lakes course is making a few subtle changes heading into the summer months. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 27, 2023•43 min
Bismarck media personality Scott Woodmansee knows the golf scene in the western half of North Dakota and gives an update on the happenings in that part of the state. Also a look at Mr. and Ms. Golf North Dakota candidates. Close to home, Chris Howell and the Moorhead Country Club will be hosting the popular Red River Amateur again in June, which will be televised by WDAY-TV. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 20, 2023•45 min
Most people know Tom Lehman as a multiple winner on the PGA Tour including the British Open, but the Alexandria, Minn., native is making an impact with his golf course design projects. Lehman joins the show outlining his latest project, The Lehman 18 at Cragun's Resort in Brainerd, which is part of a 45-hole renovation project. Also, Tom Ryan, the executive director of the Minnesota Golf Association, is retiring this year and takes a look back at his career in golf. See omnystudio.com/listener f...
May 13, 2023•43 min
The two public courses in Moorhead are off and running and Village Green head professional Russ Nelson gives an update on his course. Meanwhile, Leonard Country Club owner/operator Mike Pulczinski reveals some exciting news for his course that is in the works. Earlier this week, Fargo's Josh Persons and Zach Sklebar made it past the first qualifier to reach the U.S. Open. Sklebar, the assistant at Fargo Country Club, outlines his hopes for the ultimate goal. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
May 06, 2023•42 min
It's a Division I morning with NDSU head men's coach Steve Kennedy and Bison player Nate Adams, with the Bison heading to the Summit League tournament that starts Sunday looking for a conference title.The Bison women, meanwhile, gave the Summit tourney a good run last week before finishing third. Head coach Matt Johnson and player Catherine Monty join the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 29, 2023•43 min
Grand Forks Central graduate Jim Hackenberg has made a splash in the golf industry with his Orange Whip Trainer and once again joins the show to relay his scientific knowledge and devices of the game. He also is unveiling Chappie Golf, a club and ball designed to play anywhere, including in winter. It can be www.chappiegolf.com. Also, the Red River may be flooding but it won't be long before Fargo Country Club head professional Dave Schultz welcomes golfers onto his course. Dave gives us an FCC ...
Apr 22, 2023•45 min
Star-Tribune columnist Jim Souhan has covered The Masters for many years, and he gives his take on this year's event plus the 3M Open on this edition of the Golf Show.Also, North Dakota high school golf started practice this week; the head coach of two-time Class A champion, Dan Wolf, discusses the issues facing the spring season. Also, Joel Vettel from Sanford Health and the "Swing Training" fundraising event at Suite Shots next Wednesday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 15, 2023•44 min
The LPGA season gets underway next week for Amy Olson with the LOTTE Championship in Hawaii. Now in her 10th year, the Oxbow native is hoping for a bounceback season after a 2022 season that had its inconsistencies. Olson also has some personal news to announce on the show with an expected addition to the family that will make this year an abbreviated one. Also, meteorologist Daryl Ritchison, the director of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network, joins the show to give us a glimpse on wh...
Apr 08, 2023•43 min
A tradition unlike any other, the Masters, is right around the corner and Fargo's Tom Hoge joins the show to talk about how he's preparing for his second trip to Augusta National. Also, Mark Johnson, the general manager and golf professional at Suite Shots in south Fargo, gives us an update on the first year of operations of his facility. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 01, 2023•41 min
The Golf Show kicks off the season with a familiar face and place in head professional Greg McCullough at Edgewood Golf Course in north Fargo. Snow is on the ground but it's not too soon to think about the game. Also, course superintendent Jason Spitzner joins the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 25, 2023•43 min
On the last show of the season, two veteran pros take the stage in Edgewood's Greg McCullough and Suite Shots' Mark Johnson. It's been a banner summer at Edgewood after a spring flood scare, the result of a well-designed flood mitigation project.Johnson has retained his title as tournament director for the Bobcat North Dakota Open set for Aug. 26-28 at the Fargo Country Club. He gives a preview. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 06, 2022•43 min
Jeff Kolpack is joined by Andre Metzger, who just qualified for his first PGA event and participated in the 3M Open last week in Blaine, MN; and Vern Schnathorst, the new Chairman of the Pine to Palm Golf Tournament previews the event. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 29, 2022•45 min
The Golf Show with Jeff Kolpack: Jace Frederick and guys dream trip to British Open The PGA Tour is back in full force action in the United States with the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minn. St. Paul Pioneer Press sportswriter Jace Frederick joins the show to explain the importance of the event. The last tour event was a memorable one for seven graduates of Concordia College. Thanks to a bet on the Golden State Warriors that paid handsomely, the seven got tickets and stayed one block fr...
Jul 22, 2022•42 min
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Jul 15, 2022•45 min
