Next on the Tee: Where Golf Legends Live & Your Game Gets Better

It's our 200th episode of Next on the Tee and we celebrate with 2013 Senior Open Champion Mark Wiebe, Class A Teaching Professional and regular on Michael Breed's show A New Breed of Golf hear on Sirius/XM's PGA Channel. You'll also hear my interview from earlier this year with PGA Tour legend Gary Player.

On this episode of Next on the Tee I'm joined by the grandson of Bobby Jones, Dr. Bob Jones IV, 2013 Southern California Golf Professional of the Year Joe Grohman, and 5 time winner on Tour Richard Zokol. Dr. Bob Jones IV gave us an update on the new Bobby Jones golf complex being built in Atlanta. It's a very unique reversible 9 hole layout with dual green complexes. The course can be played anyw...

Golf Academy Lead Instructor Brian Jacobs talks junior golf and how he keeps his junior players engaged in the game. He also shares tips about how to cure your slice and from coming over the top and pulling hooking your shots. We even talked a little Buffalo Bills, Brian's hometown team, on this segment of Next on the Tee.

Legendary Broadcaster Ben Wright shares his thoughts on the US Open and the USGA's set up of the course. He talks about The Open Championship at Carnoustie, what to look for at the PGA Championship and Tigermania being out of control in the media.

On this episode of Next on the Tee I'm joined by legendary Broadcaster Ben Wright, Golf Academy Lead Instructor Brian Jacobs, and SuperSpeed Golf Co-Founder and President Mike Napoleon. Ben Wright shared his thoughts on the US Open, the Open Championship and looked ahead to the PGA Championship. We talked about his memory of the 1965 US Open which Gary Player won in a playoff. It was held at Belle...

Ben Hogan Golf CEO Scott White joins me and talks about the rejuvenation of the brand and how overwhelming the demand has become for Ben Hogan irons. He also talks about the loyalty of their consumers have to the brand. Scott takes us through their iron sets so you know which one is right for your game and gives us a peak under the tent to hear what new products are on the horizon. All that and mo...

Rees Jones, World Renowned Golf Course Designer & Architect, talks about the work he did renovating Bellerive Country Club, site of this year's PGA Championship, back in the mid 2000s. The course was originally designed by his father Robert Trent Jones in the late 1950's and opened in 1960. It became the youngest course to host a US Open which was won by Gary Player in 1965. Rees talks about t...

On this edition of Next on the Tee I'm joined  by PGA Professional and Head Golf Pro at Lebanon Country Club Chris Sheehan; Author of 3 outstanding books and former TV Producer at ESPN and the Golf Channel Keith Hirshland, and former President & CEO at Ben Hogan Golf plus author of "The Wedge Guy" blog, Terry Koehler.  

On this edition of Next on the Tee I'm joined by Ben Hogan Golf CEO Scott White and world renowned Golf Course Architech Rees Jones. Scott talks about the rebirth and growth of the Ben Hogan brand since they emerged from bankruptcy. He also updates us on their new Edge irons and Equalizer wedges and hints that they may soon be back in the metal woods business and golf balls may not be too far behi...

Legendary Golf Club Designer Jesse Ortiz talks about designing and building metal woods and hybrids for Bobby Jones Golf. He also talks about the weight of living up to the reputation of Bobby Jones as he designs clubs that carry that name. PGA Professional Joe Grohman talks about the racism he witnessed a young Tiger Woods face at the Navy Golf Course in Seal Beach, California. Joe teamed with Ti...

Actor turned Talking Golf Getaways podcast host Mitch Laurance joins me fresh off his trip to the Boyne Golf Resort in Bar Harbor, Michigan. The Boyne Resort has 10 championship caliber golf courses stretched across 3 distinctive rersorts. Hear Mitch talk about the golf courses, resorts and experience he had during his recent visit. If you're looking for a great place to go play golf this summer,...

On this segment of Next on the Tee my guest is Tom Patri. Tom helped run the practice facility at Shinnecock Hills during the US Open. He shared his thoughts on the USGA, how they set up the course and why they keep getting it wrong. He also shared a couple of playing lessons for how to putt bermuda greens plus how to hit better tee shots into a stiff head wind.

On this segment of Next on the Tee my guest is Bill Bergin. Bill talks about his course design strategies and utilizing the Long Leaf Tee initiative which is a set of 7 tee boxes and you choose the tee to play based on how far you hit your driver. It makes the game more fun because you play the course length appropriate for your game. We also talked about the new 6 hole pitch & putt courses he...

On this segment of Next on the Tee I'm joined by my Thursday Night Tailgate Co-Host Bob Lazzari. Bob lives in Eastern Connecticut and covers the Travelers Championship every year. He breaks down the tournament and the great things he saw from this year's winner Bubba Watson. He also talked about what it was like to be greenside last year when Jordan Spieth hit the shot of the year, chipping in fro...

Top Instructor Rob Strano goes off on the USGA and how they handled the US Open and the set up of Shinnecock Hills. He talks about how they are an amateur organization trying to run a professional event and keep failing miserably. He believes they should answer to a review board because today, they don't answer to anyone; so no one is accountable when things go wrong like they have in so many case...

PGA Tour SuperStore SVP of Operations shares his thoughts on the US Open and the impact it has on sales. They had a record breaking sales day on the Saturday before Father's Day, if that's any indication. Hear about some of the great services they offer that are free, like club fitting even if it's for your existing clubs no matter how long you've had them, golf ball fitting and even finding the p...

I got some much needed playing tips from South Florida's PGA Teacher of the Year Chris Czaja including how to play wedge shots from 80-100 yards in, how to hit better lag putts and short chip shots from right off the green, on this segment of Next on the Tee.

On this edition of Next on the Tee we'll recap the US Open, talk about how the USGA handled the setup of Shinnecock Hills plus get a few playing lessons from Golf Academy Lead Instructor Rob Strano, and South Florida PGA Teacher of the Year Chris Czaja, plus hear about the hottest new equipment from SVP of Operations for the PGA Tour SuperStore, Randy Peitsch. Top Instructor Rob Strano goes off on...

Golf Inc. Magazine named Bill Bergin of the Top 10 Most Influential people in Golf. He is already one of the to golf designers in the game. We talked about his design philosophy, his unique bunker designs and the impact the distance golf balls are flying are having on course design on this segment of Next on the Tee. 

Top 100 Instructor Tom Patri joins me from Shinnecock Hills. Tom grew up on Long Island and has played the course numerous times. He shared his insights on the course conditions and set up plus the strategy for how to play certain holes and who he thinks will be on top of the leaderboard come Sunday afternoon.

Top 40 Under 40 Instructor Travis Fulton breaks down the field at the US Open plus shares his insights on Jordan Spieth's putting issues, Bryson DeChambeau's technique plus shares a playing lesson on this segment of Next on the Tee.

PGA Tour Pro Zack Sucher shares his memories of playing college golf at UAB, his wins at the 2007 Shaol Creek Intercollegiate Champion and the 2008 Conference USA Championship. He also talked about his win at the Midwest Classic on the Web.com Tour and shared his insights on the US Open and playing Shinneock Hills on this segment of Next on the Tee.

On this US Open edition of Next on the Tee I'm joined by PGA Tour Pro and 2014 Midwest Classic Champion Zack Sucher, Top 40 Under 40 Instructor and frequent Co-Host of Golf Channel's Morning Drive Travis Fulton, plus Top 100 Instructor Tom Patri who joined me live from Shinnecock Hills. Zack Sucher - Zack won 7 tournaments while playing in college at UAB including the 2007 Shoal Creek Intercollegi...

Top 100 Instructor Tom Patri joins me on this segment of Next on the Tee. Tom grew up near Shinnecock Hills and snuck onto the property to play as a kid. He is back on Long Island preparing to help run the practice facility there next week. He shares his first hand knowledge of the course, what players will need to do to be successful there, why Lee Trevino once called the 160 yard par 3 11th hole...

PGA Tour SuperStore Chief Marketing Office Matt Corey joins me on this segment of Next on the Tee. Matt not only talks about all of the great things they have for Dad's this Father's Day, he also talks about all of the free services they provide like club fitting and golf ball fitting services. Matt also talks about the long term relationships that they strive to build with their customers and why...