- Patrick Koenig recently broke the record for the most golf courses played in a year. Koenig criss-crossed the country playing all kinds of great golf courses until he got to the number 450, which broke the old record. Then he kept going and finished at 580, taking pictures all the way. Hear about his favorite spots to play and what it took to get make his adventure work.
- Jay Stocki set a new Guinness World Record for the longest putt 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 Black Wolf Run in Kohler, Wisconsin, to set the new record mark.
- Co hosts of The Golf Show, Kathy Bissell and Gary Van Sickle, announce the Golf Writers Association of America Awards.
- Erica and Debroah Bennett create bags for individuals and golf teams, including teams for international competitions around the world. Their company is called Orca Golf although they were thinking of changing it to Where Did You Get That Bag because that's what so many people say. Newest product: Limited Edition Guy Harvey Collection where some of the proceeds go to the Guy Harvey Foundation for ocean conservation.
- Kenneth Duncan, CEO of Renegade Golf explains why he and his partners decided to start a golf ball company when there is such strong competition. Duncan discusses the name of the MBU ball explaining it means First of Its Kind in Nigerian, which is why they picked it as the name for their debut golf ball. The MBU has performance characteristics that are similar to those of the leading brands but at a lower price.
- Jerry Austry former President at the Ben Hogan Golf Company in Fort Worth, Texas, was hired away from another golf manufacturer to fix manufacturing issues at Hogan and to figure out how to make a cavity back club that Mr. Hogan would like. That story and many others are in his new book The Hogan Edge: How the Hogan Company Found and Lost Their Edge.
- Can Emmy Award Winner Jeff Cesario 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 dare, watch Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden: Puddy McFadden License to Golf , a short comedy in which a "fallen" professional golfer, Puddy McFadden, gets his second chance at the Viagra Classic.
- The Barkys are back! Gary Van Sickle awards Barkys to a variety of people in golf for the year 2023. From Best Shot to Longest Putt to Liars Poker, the Barkys cover all kinds of territory in golf.
- Ann Liguori talks about her new book Life on The Green. In it she interviews 12 legends of the game to find out lessons they learned playing golf that helped them in life. Included Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Padraig Harrington, Bernhard Langer, Ben Crenshaw, Amy Alcott, Nancy Lopez, Dottie Pepper, Renee Powell, Annika Sorenstam and Jan Stephenson. A fun and fantastic read!
- Kenneth Duncan, CEO of Renegade Golf explains why he and his partners decided to start a golf ball company when there is such strong competition. Duncan discusses the name of the MBU ball explaining it means First of Its Kind in Nigerian, which is why they picked it as the name for their debut golf ball. The MBU has performance characteristics that are similar to those of the leading brands but at a lower price.
- The Hoosiers of Golf? Julio Quintana, Director of The Long Game and actor Julian Works, who plays Joe Trevino ( no relation to Lee Trevino), preview their movie about five teens who formed a high school golf team in the 1950s in Del Rio, Texas. The story is a true one about the struggles of exceptional youngsters who found their way by playing golf. They went from back streets to winning the state high school championship in Texas in 1957.
- 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 Augusta, and so for him to win meant he became a hometown hero of sorts. He played the Masters 40 times, and this year is the first time he won't have a tee time at the storied club. Find out what he did instead.
- Collectible watch expert Douglas Kaplan of Bob's Watches explains their online and retail store operation. They buy and sell used watches. Not just any watches. Bob's specializes in luxury watches: Rolex, Patek Phillipe, Omega, Cartier, Audemars Piguet, and others which can go for more than $100,000. Hear about one famous Paul Newman style Rolex that was found inside a second hand sofa and the Omega moon mission watches.
- Jason Becker, PGA, is one of the founders of Golf Life Navigators, a company that helps people find their perfect home and golf course. The company started in Florida and quickly expanded to many sunbelt states, from Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas all the way west to California, Arizona and Nevada. Their website, www.golflifenavigators.com, is set up those who are looking for a perfect sunny location.
- Hughes Norton, one of golf's first Superagents, has a new book: Rainmaker. Norton signed Tiger Woods and Greg Norman, Curtis Strange, Ben Crenshaw, Bill Rodgers, Tom Watson, Nancy Lopez and many others when in charge of golf at IMG. Two years after delivering at least $60 million in guaranteed money to Tiger Woods, Norton was fired by Woods. Then he was fired by McCormack but given a severance package of $9 million. Now he's revealing the whole story.
- CBS Golf On-Course Reporter Dottie Pepper played the LPGA Tour for many season, winning two majors and 17 tournaments in all. We find out what it's like to be famous as an LPGA player and then famous with CBS.
- Rob O'Loughlin, former Chairman and President of Softspikes seems to be a serial inventor. His favorite improvement today is the Big Cup that is a 6-inch golf hole which he wants to use instead of the traditional 4 1/4 inch hole. There's a chance it would make for faster play. In addition, O'Loughlin created the LaserLink, an early rangefinder. And he's also involved with the Pin Flag.
- Emmy Award winner Jeff Cesario wrote for The Dennis Miller Show and the Queen Latifah Show and happened to be on the University of Wisconsin newspaper with Van Sickle. Cesario talks about discovering he was meant to be in comedy, how he learned to "exercise his funny muscle," and what it meant to be on the Johnny Carson show. Well, you can probably imagine that was a big help to his career...