The Golf Show 2.0

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 Ball in The Air. However, since Bissell, Van Sickle and Bamberger all write about golf, it was impo...

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 set 15.24 Longnose clubs 21.00 Book jacket 22.44 Desk 24.40  Cliff Roberts Desk John Garrity Boo...

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 shorter ball, likely Masters too. Why or Why not? The PGA Tour's idea of 16 elevated event...

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??

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 clubs and play at Foxburg Discussion of Foxburg – the course 20.00 Historic lantern from St. Andrews, Sc...

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 even six-piece golf balls. Calabria talks about the importance of the cover on the ball and what it does...

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.

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 of forgetting them himself. Club Catcher uses your phone to let you know you have left a club so that...

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 of Tiger Woods debut at the Greater Milwaukee Open. Tiger played in pro-am as amateur. Then had Hel...

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 driveways in a faster and easier fashion than typical leaf blowers.

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 who was the Nearly Man?   PGA of America gaveit to Cameron Smith. Best Performance...

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 there are some pricey pieces, like the $87,000 paid  for an origin...

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 Historic victories with original Zebra, Raymond Floyd, Nick Price 5:49 Exploded view of Zebra...

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. 

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 seven inches of a putter and voila, The Wright One.   Four-footers...