The Approach Shot

Jermichael Finley, number 88, Tight End for the Green Bay Packers is our guest this week on The Approach Shot Podcast. Jermichael was a beast on the field, one of the first Tight Ends to not only block but also catch passes. He tells us what it’s like to be on the receiving end of an Aaron Rogers pass. He tells us how his career was ended abruptly by a serious injury. He tells us all about his new...

This week on The Approach Shot we share Golf Stories with the President of The Golf Heritage society, Dr. Bern Bernacki. Bern is a great guy with some fantastic stories and some advice on anyone who is or wants to get into collecting golf items. It’s never too late to start collecting Historical Golf souvenirs or starting with a contemporary collection and waiting until it becomes historical! We a...

This week on the Approach Shot Podcast we spend some quality time with a baseball legend: Brett Boone. Brett is a third generation All-star. Who can forget the fantastic 2001 Mariners? We talk about baseball, about life, and, of course, we talk a lot about golf. We also visit the podcast archives and go back to our very first edition of Golf Is A Funny Game and reintroduce you to Galli Kroup! Anot...

This week on The Approach Shot Podcast we feature a guest from the art world. Linda Hartough (hartough.com) is the country’s preeminent Golf Landscape Artist. Her original landscapes of Augusta National, Torrey Pines, Pebble Beach and others are hanging on the walls of The Butler Cabin, Jack Nicklaus’s house, and many other homes of golf’s greats. She talks about golf, art, and we try to figure ou...

The Approach Shot Podcast this week is a banner episode. First, we welcome Mike Timlin, the relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox that helped them win their first World Series in 2004. We talk about that for a bit. Have you ever noticed John is a rabid Red Sox fan? Mike is also an avid golfer and we talk to him at length about his golf game, about the similarities between golf and other sports, an...

The Approach Shot Podcast this week features a man that will make every golfer who listens so jealous. His name is Joe Fellini and he is just an average guy who plays golf…lots of golf. Joe has played at over 380 golf courses so far and he isn’t even close to being done. He still has a list of one course in every state that he intends to play and then of course there are the trips to Ireland, Scot...

Jeff Garcia has been to the Pro Bowl 4 times as a quarterback. He’s been to The Approach Shot just once, but he had more fun with us. At least, it took less effort. Jeff has a football camp coming up on May 15 but everything else he says is timeless advice. Advice on playing golf, advice on rearing children, advice on lowering expectations on the golf course. He is absolutely right when he says it...

David Kelly is an author, a baseball fan, and a mystery aficionado. So he takes these three things and melds them into a series of children’s’ books about a mystery solving couple of friends who travel to major league ballparks and solve mysteries while they are there. A fascinating concept from a very creative man. You’ll love our conversation. Then, spend an inordinate length of time with our co...

When you come across a guy as funny as Cory Michaelis, you talk to him exclusively, the whole show is just one guest. Cory is a former teacher. He was the school golf coach. He played on the school golf team when he was in high school. He plays golf about 3 times a week whether at home or on the road. If you don’t think that combo makes for some hilarious stories, both about golf and otherwise, yo...

Whoop! Here he is! This week on The Approach Shot Podcast our special guest is rapper DC Glen from Tag Team and the star of one of the most popular commercials on TV, Geico’s “Scoop There it is” Spot. DC talks about the genesis of the record, how he came to be in a Geico commercial and what it has meant to his career and his future. He also confesses his golf game is just like most of ours, it suc...

The Approach Shot on Master’s Sunday features the GolfChannel.com feature writer, Rex Hoggard. He talks with us live from the media center at Augusta National Golf Course. Find out his favorites to win. Find out why he thinks Bryson Dechambeau won’t win. And hear some of the funniest golf stories you have ever heard. And then get ready to dance and cluck like a chicken. Adam Jones, a comedy stage...

This week on The Approach Shot the guys talk with one of Nashville’s truly wonderful talents and all around nice guy, Larry Stewart. Larry is the former lead singer of the band, Restless Heart and also a man that enjoyed a remarkable solo career. We all talk about music, the state of country music today, some of Larry’s favorite musicians, and about the day Vince Gill showed up for a music video d...

Another week with two more phenomenal guests and probably the funniest 15 minutes pf podcasting you will hear all week. Our first guest is Tom Abbot, fomr The Golf Channel/NBC. Tom is the play-by-play announcer for the network’s LPGA coverage. You will also remember Tom as the co-host of the Golf Channel Series, The Big Break. We talk Master’s. LPGA. Womens’ Golf, the PGA and all sorts of interest...

This week’s episode of The Approach Shot features a sports expert, Jake Asman from Sports Map Radio Network. We talk about the NCAA March Madness. We talk about the Master’s coming up in a few weeks. We talk about how badly Jake plays golf. And then we introduce you to the Comedian Loose Cannon. He will tell you upfront he is a jerk and will most probably offend you. In fact, he figures of he hasn...

This week on The Approach Shot, something novel for us: .we talk about golf exclusively with our first guest, Kessler Karain. Kessler is a professional caddy on the PGA Tour and is both the caddy and brother-in-law to Patrick Reed. Reed has been embroiled in some rules controversies recently and we get the inside scoop on what happened and what they were thinking from the man who was there, caddy...

This week on The Approach Shot Podcast is the legendary Disc Golf Pioneer, Scot Stokely. He talks about the early years in disc golf, the 17 championships and the records he holds, how he travels the country giving seminars, workshops and clinics. And he also explains how and why he has introduced disc golf to the special needs community. Also this week, probably the most hilarious Golf Is A Funny...

An over abundance of funny! This week on The Approach Shot Podcast we feature 2 of the funniest guys around. Our featured guest on this week’s podcast is comedian Jeff Allen. Jeff has been touring the country doing stand up comedy for a couple of decades but he has been playing golf even longer than that. Jeff uses his comedic chops to tell some very funny golf stories and some funny stories on ot...

This week on the new golf humor podcast, The Approach Shot, our two guests are Bob Harig and comedian Martin Montana. Bob Harig is senior golf writer for ESPN.com and has been covering the game for more than 30 years, first at the St. Petersburg Times and then for ESPN.com. He began contributing to ESPN.com in 1997. He also covered college football for the Times. In addition to writing for ESPN.co...

Or we could have called it “A Yankee Fan out of her element”. This week on The Approach Shot we welcome in Walt Thurmond, former member of Seattle’s “Legion Of Boom” and proud owner of a Super Bowl Ring. We talk a little football but now that he has retired, Walt is seriously pursuing golf as both a recreation and a method of out reach. Walt has a foundation, United Champions For Change that is he...

On this week’s episode of The Approach Shot, we celebrate the season’s last football game with a couple of big-time personalities. From the world of football we welcome Gus Frerotte, Pro Bowl quarterback for the Washington Football Team and others. Gus talks some football and some golf. Then we bring in comedian Jeff Blanchard. Jeff talks some football, but really, since he lives in Cleveland, how...

You’ve heard the expression “…put your money where your mouth is.” Well, today we talk with a woman who says “…put your money where your heart is.” Janine Firpo is a brilliant and accomplished woman who has enjoyed terrific success in Silicone Valley with a long tenure with Hewlitt Packard and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Today Janine wants to help women throughout the world feel more con...

Another great week with two fantastic guests on the Approach Shot Podcast. First we spend time with former Major League Baseball Player, Steve Lyons. He’ll explain why they call him “psycho” and how he got the nickname, “Flash”. Why did h take his pants off on first base? Steve talks about his 9 year major league career, his inability to hit a low slider, and his mediocre golf game. Once you hear...

This week we get to hang out with a couple of very funny women. The first is an Emmy Award winning actress you will remember from Days of Our Lives or her work in The Bold and The Beautiful. Maybe you’ve seen her on Seinfeld, Big Bang Theory, or any of the other myriad television episodes she has appeared in. And, Patrika Darbo loves to play golf. Some very funny conversation with Patrika this wee...

Tennis great, James Blake and comedian Bil Benden are our guests this week on The Approach Shot. James Riley Blake is an American retired professional tennis player. Blake was known for his speed and powerful, flat forehand. During his career, Blake amassed 24 singles finals appearances (10–14 record), while his career-high singles ranking was World No. 4. Career highlights included reaching the f...

Ken Harvey is our first guest to kick off the new year. Harvey played professional football in the National Football League as an outside linebacker for the Phoenix Cardinals and the Washington Redskins from 1988 to 1998. He played college ball at the University of California, Berkeley and was selected by the Cardinals in the first round (12th overall) in the 1988 NFL Draft. He was the first playe...