PODCAST · sports
The Golf Show 2.0
by Kathlene Bissell
Co-Hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle interview newsmakers from the world of professional golf.
Episodes
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The Golf Show 2.0 Season 2 Larry Mize Masters Champ 1987
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle reminisce with Larry Mize about his Masters victory on the eve of this year's tournament. Mize was victorious at Augusta National, winning in a playoff over Seve Ballesteros and Greg Norman, two of the most dynamic golfers ever to play. Mize grew up in...
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The Golf Show 2.0 Season 2 # 69 Blair O'Neal and Peter Johnson RAD Golf's New Speakers and GPS
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with Rad Golf CEO Peter Johnson and Celebrity representative Blair O'Neal who many fans know from Golf Channel where she won The Big Break and now appears with Martin Hall in School of Golf. Rad Golf has speakers, GPS devices, hand-helds,...
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The Golf Show 2.0 Season 2 # 67 The Long Game -- Mustang Miracle
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with Julio Quintana, Director of The Long Game, and Julian Works, the Actor who plays Joe Trevino ( no relation to Lee Trevino), one of the five who formed a high school golf team in the 1950s in Del Rio, Texas. The story is a true one about the...
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The Golf Show 2.0 season 2 # 65 Hughes Norton, Rainmaker, being the agent for Tiger and Greg Norman
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with Hughes Norton, one of golf's first Superagents and his new book, Rainmaker. Norton signed, among others, Tiger Woods and Greg Norman, but also Curtis Strange, Ben Crenshaw, Bill Rodgers, Tom Watson, Mark O'Meara, Peter Jacobsen, and Bobby...
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 54 Orca Golf -- Guy Harvey Golf Bags
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle find out about the custom golf bag business started by two women, Erica and Debroah Bennett, who have created bags for individuals and golf teams, including teams for international competitions around the world. Their company is called Orca Golf although...
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 53 World's Longest Putt
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with Jay Stocki who set a new Guinness World Record for longest putts with a stroke that went 401 feet before finding the bottom of the cup. It took a team of golfers hitting thousands or putts at Black Wolf Run's putting course called The Baths at...
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 51 Part 2
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle find out how good Jeff Cesario's golf game is. Or can an Emmy Award Winner whack a drive as well as he can write a comedy routine for Dennis Miller and Queen Latifah? Find out what inspired this admitted non-athlete to start playing golf. And, if you…
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The Golf Show2.0 # 51 Emmy Winner Jeff Cesario Part 1
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with Emmy Award winner Jeff Cesario who wrote for The Dennis Miller Show and the Queen Latifah Show and also happened to be on the University of Wisconsin newspaper with Van SIckle. Cesario talks about discovering he was meant to be in comedy, how…
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 48 Sandra Carlborg Former Ladies Long Drive Champ
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with 6-time Women's Long Drive Champ Sandra Carlborg as she gets ready for the World Long Drive Championships this week. Her longest drive ever is 401 yards, and before that it was 392. What's really amazing is that she is coming back from having...
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the golf show 2.0 # 49 Kyle Berkshire World Long Drive Champ
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with 2-time World Long Drive Champ Kyle Berkshire about his recent record drive of 579+ yards hit in Wyoming. Berkshire thinks he can get to 600 with the right conditions. Hear how he approaches long drive and why he decided to go that direction...
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the Golf Show 2.0 # 47 Bridgstone Long Drive Ball
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary VanSickle find out about the new Bridgestone E6 golf ball, designed in conjunction with the World Long Drive participants. Adam Rehberg, Sr. Marketing Manager at Bridgestone Golf explains how the properties of the E6 ball allow it to survive being hit by long drive...
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The Golf show 2.0 # 46 Simulators
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with Mason James of TruGolf descendant of a company that has been making video games since the early 1980s. With Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's TMRW Golf program starting in January of 2024, more people may want to have some kind of simulator…
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 43 Neighborhood National
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle find out about Neighborhood National, a way for golfers to create a simulator in their garages for use by neighbors who become "club members." Jeff Testa created the idea during the pandemic when he decided to put a simulator in his garage. Jay Hubbard…
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 45 Davis Love on Ryder Cup
Davis Love III guests on this episode of The Golf Show 2.0 with Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle asking him questions about Ryder Cup, both in his role as a player and as a captain. You'll find out what it was like to win at Hazeltine in 2016, what Whistling Straits was like and what his most...
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 42 Golf Played
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle interview Andrew Georgiou, creator of Golf Played a FREE app that lets golfers keep track of the courses they have played, hence the name. Van Sickle has played nearly 1500, but he's behind the leader in the clubhouse, a golfer from South Carolina who…
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 41 The Ranking of Best Golfers of 21st Century
Gary Van Sickle does The Rankings for Sports Illustrated every week. This time, he's sharing with The Golf Show 2.0 his Ranking of the Top 10 Players of The 21st Century. Who's in, who's out? You'll have to watch to find out.
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 40 Tom Purtzer PGA Tour Pro gives LIV thumbs-down; ball limits thumbs down.
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with Tom Purtzer about the patience pros have in playing with amateurs, his victory and miraculous Texas Wedge shot from the bunker back of the 13th hole at Colonial CC, the sectional qualifying for U.S. Open where Larry Mize and Purtzer pulled a...
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The Golf Show 2.0 #39 British Open Collectibles
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with George Perto of The Golf Heritage Society and Dr. Blyth Bell one of the historians from the Club Room at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Petro shows more from his collection including The Open Championship gold medal from 1947, which belonged to…
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 37 U.S. Open Collectibles
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary VanSickle find out about the special historic collection at Merion Golf Club from John Capers III, club historian, and learn how George Perto , at large director of the Golf Heritage Society, found his collecting dreams come true with golf. We see some of George's...
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 36 Past PGA President Ted Bishop
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle discuss several topics with Ted Bishop, past Pres. of the PGA of America. Included in this jam-packed show: The improved quality of high school and college golf, how the the transfer portal has affected the sport; the surprise of the new entity that will...
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 38 Strick9 Steve Stricker's New Beer
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with Dr. Mike Sheehan one of the owners of District 1 Brewing which has created a beer for Steve Stricker called Strick 9. Poisonous name for a very nice guy. They are debuting it at the USGA Senior Open this week which is being held at Stevens…
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The Golf Show 2.0 The Retreat at Silvies Valley 8000 yard Reversible Golf Course
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle interview Tygh Campbell, one of the owners of The Retreat at Silvies Valley Ranch, and the golf course architect, Dan Hixson, who created their courses, including one that measures 8000 yards called the Hankins Course. The Hankins Course is also...
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 34 Tales from Tour Player Terry Diehl on Oak Hill GC site of PGA
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with former PGA Tour player Terry Diehl about the most recent PGA Championship, which iwas played at Oak Hill in Rochester, NY, where Diehl grew up. Diehl's father got him a junior membership when he was a late teen. The pro at the time got him…
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 33 Retro Golf -- Playing with Persimmon
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary VanSickle discuss Retro Golf with its creator Cory Crelan. Crelan offers sets of Retro Clubs, persimmon woods and blade irons plus vintage putters and wedges, for use in Retro tournaments or outings. Clubs are from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Crelan talks about how...
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 32 Pace of Play in Golf
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle talk with Mark Russell, one of the leading experts on pace of play at PGA Tour events and golf events in general. Russell was with the PGA Tour rules staff for 40 years overseeing course set-up and making rulings on every imaginable situation found on a...
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 30 Michael Bamberger's new book The Ball in the Air
Cohosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van SIckle discuss Michael Bamberger's latest book, The Ball in The Air which follows how golf weaves in and out of the lives of three amateur golfers. The title was suggested by something Billy Harmon said when asked what his favorite part of golf was. Harmon said...
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 29 Masters Collectibles
Collecting Masters Memorabilia. Is it a disease? Pins 6.44 Pencils 7.15 Plastic badges from the ‘60s and ‘70s 7.50 All the badges -- The Challenge 8.50 ’34 ’35 badges 9.52 What he’s been offered 12.20 Pins 13.50 Pairing sheets 14.06 Spectator guides 14.40 Player gifts 14.55 Last badge to complete...
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The Golf Show 2.0 # 27 Rules Changes -- The Ball
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle debate: Watch for The Masters Clock The USGA & R&A were smart to bifurcate the ball to reign in distance for the pros. Why/why not? Yay or nay. Should the PGA Tour go along with the bifurcated ball rule since US Open, British Open will definitely go with...
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The Golf Show 2.0 #11 Mastodon on Golf Course
This is a one-of-a-kind. There's a golf course in Ohio where a Mastodon skeleton was unearthed. Really. And there's a pond / bog on the property that the owner thinks might be hiding some additional prehistoric skeletons. Could you take a divot and find something of museum quality??
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The Golf Show 2.0 #2 The Oldest Continuously Operated Golf Course in the US: Foxburg
Co-hosts Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle update on LIV golf and who recently jumped and why. 7.10 Guest Andy Rapp who is a member of Foxburg CC, the oldest continuously operated golf club in the U.S. Different Hickory Championships and the Foxburg CC Hickory Championship You can rent hickory...
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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…
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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.
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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...
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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…
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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...
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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…
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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…
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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...
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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.
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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…
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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 is created and hosted by Kathlene Bissell.
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