Puttcast: Mini Golf, Holey Moley & All Things Putting

Before talking about organizing, the guys recap many moving parts in the competitive putting world. They chatted briefly about the new WMF World Adventure Golf Tour, which you can find more about in their recent live broadcast. Sticking with some worldwide putting, they looked at the make-up of Team USA and threw down a fundraising challenge to the USPMGA. Later in the episode they'd talk about wh...

Tom & Pat dive into some recent events to kick off the episode, looking at the World Putting League, the O-Street Winter Classic (an American Mini Golf Alliance event) and the Hastings Open. Then they are joined by Brock Gillespie to talk about the Major Series of Putting, the National Putting Tour and Putting World events. The discussion also covers PopStroke as well as the World Putting League,...

Our hosts kick start the episode by recapping the the AMA's Coziest Open and admiring the fortunate scheduling that had the winner, Matt Roalstad, on our previous episode. They then spend some time talking about the most recent Popstroke event and where that schedule of events is heading before celebrating some putting from Down Under and friends of the pod achievements in the Oceania Minigolf Ope...

Our hosts kick start the episode by recapping the two virtual AMA events held in January that got the season underway. They look at who conquered the virtual battlefields to earn some AMA bonus points and who put in some exciting and fun efforts. Then it was onto discussing the 16 planned AMA events for 2023 which run from February to October. They break down the tier system and how that is develo...

Episode Warning: Going into this interview, we were not aware that there would be discussion of abuse and mistreatment. We are honored that Olivia was willing to share such a sensitive topic with us but understand that this may be triggering for some listeners. We do provide a warning within the episode as well prior to the discussion. Our hosts kick off the episode chatting about the ongoing (at...

To wrap up 2022 our hosts wanted to chat with someone having a career year on the mini-links. It just so happened that friend of the pod Jeremy Inabinet was one such person having played in many big tournaments (U.S. Open, Masters, Popstroke) and representing Team USA for the first time in Finland at the World Adventure Golf Masters (WAGM). They chat about how he got introduced to the sport, who h...

With 2023 only a few days away, our hosts give a first peek into what the American Minigolf Alliance (AMA) season is going to look like after a quick rundown of some recent tournaments and their big Team USA win in the Putt18 Nations Cup. They chat briefly about the updated scoring system and the additional new tournament tiers including virtual tournaments. Then it's time to dive into the first t...

Our hosts welcome back to the show friend of the pod and AMA co-founder Aaron Kaminski to talk about his experience playing in the singles division of the recent PopStroke tournament in Florida. He also provides insight into the tournament as a whole and compares/contrasts it to other professional minigolf experiences. The guys then chat a bit about some recent news about regulatory hurdles being...

For the second year in a row, our hosts had the chance to participate in the USPMGA Master's held in Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach, SC. The tournament was October 6-8, 2022. They talk about their experiences playing the 3 courses (Island course at Aloha South, Pineapple course at Aloha North and Hawaiian Rumble), how they played overall and the overall standings (including how they fared aft...

After 9 tournaments over nearly 9 months of competitive putting, the first American Minigolf Alliance (AMA) season comes to an end and Tom and Pat celebrate the success of the season. Before that, though, they recap the slate of 4 September AMA tournaments that ranged from Maine to Connecticut to Missouri to Minnesota. Those tournaments created some great drama and the season winner came down to t...

In the long tradtion of TV sitcoms, Tom and Pat finally have a crossover episode with another minigolf focus podcast! They got together with Andrew and Simon from the 54 Problems podcast (a must listen if you are interested in international minigolf) and had a long discussion around the USPMGA Masters covering a variety a topics from what Myrtle Beach is really like, the courses and format of the...

Tom and Pat kick off the episode with some great news - Holey Moley Season 5 (7:00) is now casting and it looks like they will be filming internationally! That's great news for our future podcasting prostpects and exciting news for TV in general. There was also a quick discussion about a new PopStroke tournament in October (5:30) and the results of a tournament at the Shack in Pennsylvania (4:05)....

Tom and Pat deep dive into the results of four popular US tournaments that happened in August: The Red Putter, Maine Open, O-Street $1,000 and Farmington Miniature Golf. Between them, they putted in 3 of the 4 (Maine being the only exception) and talked about not only thier personal accomplishments but the success of the tournaments as a whole. They gushed over the variety of styles seen in the co...

Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered our hosts Tom and Pat recorded a podcast beyond the Goblin City with two of the creators of the newest Walkabout Mini Golf course - Labyrinth! Henning Koczy & Don Carson from Mighty Coconut joined our hosts to talk a litany of minigolf related topics. They went deep into the style of the Labyrinth course and tried not to give away too much to spoiler...

It is time to dive into a big chunk of the competitive mini golf around the country (and the world) that has been going on since the Spring. Tom and Pat first look at the two AMA events coming up in early August with the Maine Open in Auburn, ME and the O-Street $1,000 Tournament in Ocean City, ME, diving into the events, the courses and some of what to expect from these tournament. Next up it is...

Pat and Tom decided to do a live reaction show to the Holey Moley Season 4 finale over on the Puttcast Facebook page and this is the audio from that show. They break down the great putting on the holes, the return of Parcade, the new Distractor to finish things off, and of course talk plenty about the unprecedented back-to-back aces from Kathy! Then they spend some time going through the season as...

Pat and Tom kick off the episode recapping some recent international tournament results with WAGM 2022 and the M.C. Mini Masters (an AMA tournament), as well as looking ahead to some competitive putting on the horizon including Putt18 and the Putter's League Atlanta. Then it's a full blast of episode rundowns as they cover all the results from the past three episodes (7, 8 & 9) including some hole...

Tom and Pat welcome back Mick Cullen, a guest who they had on in the previous version of this show "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Windmill" that live streamed on Facebook during Season 2 of Holey Moley. This time around we focused on his long running tournament, the M.C. Mini Masters, which is celebrating it's 25th edition this year. Mick lays some stats on us, course selection criteria and how some o...

Tom and Pat welcome to the "studio" Jenna Barkheimer and Brinn Hollander, who were contestants on Season 4 and became friends while out filming - something that wasn't the easiest to do with Covid restrictions. They give us some of the behind-the-scenes views of filming in Season 4 and talk about their similar exits on Holeywood. We also talk their interest in the show, holes they would have liked...

Pat and Tom kick off the episode recapping some recent US mini golf tournament results before turning thier attention to episode 5 and episode 6. They marvel at how good an episode of reality television episode 6 was, especially when contrasted to the rather bland episode 5. There was plenty of talk of completed obstacles, putt offs, high stakes betting and of course what might have been the most...

Tom and Pat get to live vicariously through another Holey Moley winner as they are joined by Nate Kennelly, who putted his way to the top of episode 2 of Holey Moley Season Fore-Ever (season 4). They dive into his experiences on the course, which included two new holes for season 4, how he ended up with his iconic Rob Riggle outfit and find out which familiar voice was a guiding mentor in Nate's p...

Pat and Tom kick off the episode recapping some recent and upcoming tournament news before turning thier attention to episode 4. They talk TV pilots, the recurrance of certain holes so far, an all female semi-finale and the lack of shotgunning beers in the contestant tent. Good luck to them both as they will tee off against each other in a tournament in CT on June 5th! Find visuals and context for...

Tom and Pat combine their thoughts on two Holey Moley episodes this week after taking a week off from recording to focus on National Minature Golf Day. They discuss two excellent winners, very real minigolf moments and what they did on National Miniature Golf Day. Tom breaks down the hole distribution including a new hole on episode 2. Pat talks kidnapping Muppets and the introduction of the ultim...

Holey Moley Season 4 (Fore-Ever) teed off this week with the Muppets jumping into the fun. Tom and Pat break down the episode taking a look at the three new holes (Holeywood, Trap-Tee-ze, Full Mooeny) and the return of some classics with a few updates. They laugh over the Muppets antics and fawn over the best sports car in the world. Mr. Tee does a bit of a high wire act in a breakdown of Trap-Tee...

There's been lots of tournament announcements lately as the US comes out of winter and courses look forward to their season schedules. Tom & Pat discuss 4 of them on the AMA schedule: the 25th M.C. Mini Masters (June - Illinois/Wisconsin), the 4th O-Street $1,000 tournament (August - New Jersey), the 6th Matterhorn International Pro-Am (September - Connecticut) and the 3rd Miniest Open (September...