Chasin' Birdies

With playoff baseball in the air, it’s appropriate to bring on this All-Star pitcher and hear what he’s all about. Mitch Keller joins us on today’s episode of Chasin’ Birdies. The Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher had a great season in 2023, and now, with the offseason in full swing, will he get some golf in?

We open up the episode and chop it up a bit with Mitch. Just getting back from Ireland, we thought there’d be some golf stories..but he didn’t play. We chatted about Ireland and all the golf that happens in that country, along with some stories from the trip last year.

We get the inside scoop of his early career in baseball and being drafted right out of High School. We turn the talk over to baseball now and what it’s like playing for the Pirates. Hitting the league in 2019, Mitch has grown in his role and looks to be hitting his stride into next year. 

We turn the talk over to some golf. He grew up with basically a practice facility near his house, so golf came at an early age. Sneaking in golf before baseball practice was something he did on the reg. We flow through some more banter and yuck it up about everything from the offseason to golf trips and everything in between.

We end the episode with our standard Tap-In segment, where Mitch is asked questions that demand his response. Tune in now to this fun episode and hear from a rising star on his love for golf and baseball.

Key Links:

• Visit hbgolf.com for great golf apparel now repped by Chasin’ Birdies. 
• Stay tuned for more info on winning custom headcovers from WinstonCollection.com
• Our Tap-in segment is sponsored by Bettinardi Golf
• Partners with Nemacolin Resort. 

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Chasin’ Birdies is hosted by Ryan Bashour and Jonathan Pepe. Produced by Simpler Media.

We’re back this week on Chasin’ Birdies as we head over to the NFL world. Danny Woodhead joins us in this episode to chat about all things life, football, and his passion for golf. 

We open up the episode with Danny giving us a look into his early football career. Setting records in college, Danny was undrafted and ended up being scooped up by the Jets. He tells us the story of an injury that sets him back but only to be claimed thereafter by the New England Patriots. 

We talk about what it was like playing with Tom Brady and for Bill Belichick. We get a glimpse into what practices were like with Tom tossin’ the pigskin. Staying on the football front, we talk about Super Bowl 46 and his move over to the San Diego Chargers.

Not knowing what to do after football, Danny’s wife told him he should take up golf. This small fire set blaze, and Danny tells us how now he’s totally hooked on golf.

Playing at a scratch, we talk about golf experiences he’s had and his passion. We have to admit, Danny is an equipment junky and gives us a look into what his set currently consists of. 

We end the episode with our standard tap-in segment, where Danny is asked four questions that demand his quick response. Tune in, share, and give us your feedback on this episode! You’re going to want to peg it up after listening.

Key Links:

• Visit hbgolf.com for great golf apparel now repped by Chasin’ Birdies. 
• Stay tuned for more info on winning custom headcovers from WinstonCollection.com
• Our Tap-in segment is sponsored by Bettinardi Golf
• Partners with Nemacolin Resort. 

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Chasin’ Birdies is hosted by Ryan Bashour and Jonathan Pepe. Produced by Simpler Media.

This is a good one…a really, really good one. With Fall in the air, not only is golf still at the forefront, but basketball season is right around the corner. We are kicking it off with this episode and our guest, Cameron Johnson, who plays for the Brooklyn Nets. 

We open up the episode and talk about his upbringing in the Pittsburgh area. Playing in the WPIAL opened a lot of doors for Cam, and sure enough, he found himself at the University of Pittsburgh playing D-1 basketball for the Panthers. After three years at Pitt, he left and joined UNC Tarheels for his remaining years of eligibility. He tells us what other schools he was considering and what playing for UNC was like, especially during the rivalry games with Duke. Cam opens up and tells us what it was like playing at Duke during their Senior Night…the story is so good.

We turn the page over to life currently and his time in the NBA. Drafted in the 1st round of the 2019 NBA Draft, he was traded to Phoenix and spent some time with the Suns. Recently, Cam inked a multiyear deal with the Brooklyn Nets and talks a little bit about his life in the NBA. 

The fun starts when we start talking golf with Cam. New to the game, he is now an addict like us all. He’s got some goals to get his game up to par and gives us a look at how many thoughts are in his head when swingin’ the club. 

We end the episode with our standard Tap-In segment, with the ongoing question of Jordan or Lebron? Tune in to hear this episode and a lot more from Cam. 

Key Links:

• Visit hbgolf.com for great golf apparel now repped by Chasin’ Birdies. 
• Stay tuned for more info on winning custom headcovers from WinstonCollection.com
• Our Tap-in segment is sponsored by Bettinardi Golf
• Partners with Nemacolin Resort. Filmed at Nemacolin Resort.

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Chasin’ Birdies is hosted by Ryan Bashour and Jonathan Pepe. Produced by Simpler Media.

We’re back this week on Chasin’ Birdies with a very close friend of the Pod. You’ve heard us talk about Steve numerous times on the show, and we are stoked to have him join us.  As always, we’re all about people chasin’ birdies in life, and Steve has done just that.

We open up with Steve giving us a run down on his entry into the golf world. From leaving college early to being a hip-hop artist (true story), to catching a break with Bridgestone, and finally working for Nike, he tells us his story. This doesn’t come without several laughs, though. 

The story transitions over to his gig now with Linksoul. If you’re a golfer or in golf, clearly you’ve heard of Linksoul. Steve got the nod to join Linksoul and now has grown to oversee sales across the US. We talk about the products Linksoul puts out, and Steve gives us a look at what the product will look like moving forward. 

Steve carries an 8 handicap, so naturally, we get some laughs from him on the course. We turn the episode over to some golf talk and tell some stories about us playing golf with Steve. We touch on stories from Pine Valley to Pronghorn, and they come with many laughs. Bash tells the story of Steve and his 8-iron. The 8-iron story is gold. 

We end the episode with our standard Tap-In segment where we ask Steve some questions that demand his quick response. Tune in to this week's episode..we know you’ll enjoy it. 

Key Links:

• Visit hbgolf.com for great golf apparel now repped by Chasin’ Birdies. 
• Stay tuned for more info on winning custom headcovers from WinstonCollection.com
• Our Tap-in segment is sponsored by Bettinardi Golf
• Partners with Nemacolin Resort. 

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Chasin’ Birdies is hosted by Ryan Bashour and Jonathan Pepe. Produced by Simpler Media.

Another episode, another cool story. Josh Booty joins us today on Chasin’ Birdies. Josh has had quite the life and has experienced many things that most of us won’t experience like playing in the MLB and NFL. 

We open up the episode and dive into Josh’s past career. Growing up in Louisiana allowed him to play football and baseball. Playing college football at LSU helped him get into position to win. His baseball career took off and landed him in the first round of the 1994 MLB Draft. Soon thereafter, after serving some time away, he came back and, this time, took a shot as a QB in the NFL. 

One thing that we have in common with Josh is our golf addiction. We turn the talk over and dive into some golf talk. Josh regularly plays in Nashville with John Daly and some other past guests of the show. As an Entrepreneur, Josh stays chasin’. Josh opens up about his new gaming company he is about to launch that changes the way betting is done. The story is interesting, to say the least.

We end the episode with our standard Tap-In segment, where Josh is asked questions that demand his quick response. Tune in now to this episode of Chasin’ Birdies. We know you’ll love it. 

Key Links:

• Visit hbgolf.com for great golf apparel now repped by Chasin’ Birdies. 
• Stay tuned for more info on winning custom headcovers from WinstonCollection.com
• Our Tap-in segment is sponsored by Bettinardi Golf
• Partners with Nemacolin Resort. 

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Follow Chasin’ Birdies on Instagram @chasin_birdies.

Chasin’ Birdies is hosted by Ryan Bashour and Jonathan Pepe. Produced by Simpler Media.

We’re back this week for an episode with your two favorite podcast hosts. No guest this week on Chasin’ Birdies, but that’s ok; we will keep you entertained. 

We have a lot to cover since our last episode drop. We open up the episode with a lot of LIV Golf talk. Bash played in the Pro-AM at the LIV tournament at The Greenbrier. We talked about what that experience was like from start to finish. He was paired up with Peter Uihlein and Scott Vincent. He talks about what the pairings party was like and who showed up. A very interesting story takes place where he was mistakenly thought to be Abraham Ancer. 

We navigate the episode over to some fun banter, and Pepe explains his recent golf adventures. Playing in his 4th Member-Guest of 2023, he comes up short again and gets waxed by some people with too many dots on their cards. Pepe tells us he spent some time in Nashville recently playing at Troubadour, but we can’t get him to tell us who he played with. We have to imagine, though, that it was someone famous in the country music scene.

We turn the episode over to some current-day golf talk and end it with no Tap-In segment! We will be coming back in two weeks with a new guest for your listening pleasure, but for now, we hope you enjoyed this light-hearted, humorous episode of Chasin’ Birdies! Thanks for all the love…we are sending it right back to ya. 

Key Links:

• Visit hbgolf.com for great golf apparel now repped by Chasin’ Birdies. 
• Stay tuned for more info on winning custom headcovers from WinstonCollection.com
• Our Tap-in segment is sponsored by Bettinardi Golf
• Partners with Nemacolin Resort. 

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Chasin’ Birdies is hosted by Ryan Bashour and Jonathan Pepe. Produced by Simpler Media.

Stori Snider from Bettinardi Golf sits down with us to talk (and tell stories) about…well, golf. Stori has been in the business for years and has a lot to talk about with his prior golf experiences.

It helps that Stori and Pepe have been friends for quite some time. In fact, both of them have a lot of commonalities. We open up the episode with Stori telling us how he got hooked on golf. He played some mini-tour events but eventually switched over to the club side of things. We talk about golf in the Western PA region and some of the players that have come out of here.

The episode rolls into ‘storitime’, where we talk about everything golf. We talk about the importance of being fitted for a putter. PEOPLE! Get fit for a putter! It’s that simple. Stori explains the science behind this and why it’s beneficial for your game. Example: George Birge.

We roll into some more fun banter and hear a story of having breakfast with Phil Mickelson. Stori tells us what was going on between Phil and Bones on the 13th hole in the final round of The Masters. And the coolest one so far…what happens when you get an Ace on National Golf Links? Tune in to hear!

We end the episode with our standard tap-in segment presented by Bettinardi Golf. Thanks for listening to this episode…if you’re a golf nut, we know you’ll love this one. 

Key Links:

• Visit hbgolf.com for great golf apparel now repped by Chasin’ Birdies. 
• Stay tuned for more info on winning custom headcovers from WinstonCollection.com
• Our Tap-in segment is sponsored by Bettinardi Golf
• Partners with Nemacolin Resort. 

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Follow Chasin’ Birdies on Instagram @chasin_birdies.

Chasin’ Birdies is hosted by Ryan Bashour and Jonathan Pepe. Produced by Simpler Media.

Listen up! We’re back this week with a very special guest and friend of the pod, Jon Barry. JB played numerous years in the NBA and worked courtside as an analyst for ESPN. Now, he does some weeknight commentary for NBA TV.

The episode opens up with us just catching up with Jon. We recap some nights we had at The Greenbrier during the Chasin’ Birdies Two-Man. Jon talks about his early years and playing college ball in the ACC. He talks about gearing up for life in the NBA and what propelled him into being drafted in the 1st round of the NBA Draft. 

We talk hoops, and although we aren’t hoopers by trade, we discuss NIL and the landscape of college basketball today. This discussion bleeds into other college sports talk and how the NIL has changed all of college sports.

The talk turns over to the Lebron/MJ debate. We discuss which player had a bigger effect on the game itself. Who are you taking?? We talk a bit more about the NBA and how the game has changed since he played.

We turn the pod over to some golf talk, and we mention that Pepe is battling Lymes Disease. Pepe can’t help but to talk about some art that JB received from an artist called Pricasso. Check out Pricasso online and use your imagination. 

We round up the episode with some golf talk. JB is a golf addict and plays on the reg. The episode ends with our standard Tap-In Segment, where JB is asked some questions that demand his quick reply. Tune in now to a great episode covering a lot of topics!

Key Links:

• Visit hbgolf.com for great golf apparel now repped by Chasin’ Birdies. 
• Stay tuned for more info on winning custom headcovers from WinstonCollection.com
• Our Tap-in segment is sponsored by Bettinardi Golf
• Partners with Nemacolin Resort. 

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Chasin’ Birdies is hosted by Ryan Bashour and Jonathan Pepe. Produced by Simpler Media.

Nate Boyer joins us on today’s episode of Chasin’ Birdies. It’s safe to say Nate has accomplished a lot in his life, and we’re here to hear all about it.

We open up the episode with some banter, and Nate tells us his story of growing up in California. He tells us his favorite sport growing up was football, but never played a snap in his life. That is, until at 29, he walked on to the University of Texas football team. We aren’t talking about a junior college or D3, this is D1 Big 12 smashmouth football, and my man just rolls in and makes the squad.

We dive into his life after football. Serving in the military for 10+ years, Nate had a run-in with Colin Kaepernick that picked up some media attention. The two discussed what would be an ok way to peacefully protest the National Anthem, and it led to CP eventually taking a knee as opposed to the bench. Nate explains this story and lets us in on what actually went down. 

We turn it over to his life now and his passion and love for creating movies. Nate directed the movie MVP which was released in 2022. The Tap-In segment ends the episode where Nate is asked questions that demand his quick response. Tune in now, share, and listen to a man who is innately winning in life.

Key Links:

• Visit hbgolf.com for great golf apparel now repped by Chasin’ Birdies. 
• Stay tuned for more info on winning custom headcovers from WinstonCollection.com
• Our Tap-in segment is sponsored by Bettinardi Golf
• Partners with Nemacolin Resort. 

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Follow Chasin’ Birdies on Instagram @chasin_birdies.

Chasin’ Birdies is hosted by Ryan Bashour and Jonathan Pepe. Produced by Simpler Media.

We’re back this week on Chasin’ Birdies with Hailey Ostrom. The social media influencer has done more than just chase birdies on the course. She’s amassed a social media following that allows her to be one of the top influencers in the golf world. And her game is on par, too.

We open up the episode with a bit of a banter from Pepe & Bash! US Open recap, Chasin’ Birdies Two-Man talk, and what else those two have been doing since our last drop. Collectively, they’ve played 216 holes of golf in two weeks, so there’s a bit of a lot to catch up on.

We roll this into our interview with Hailey. Although golf talk will naturally exist, Hailey tells us what her workout regime is like. One of us likes to work out, too, so it was an easy topic to open up the interview with.

Hailey grew up in Bend, Oregon, and if you’re a listener of the show, you know that Bend is where Bash plays every fall in a two-man event. We chat about where her love for the game of golf came from and how she got into the game. Hailey explains to us why she had to turn Pro and what the consequences would be if she kept her Amateur status. She explains that she didn’t fall in love with golf until college.

We turn the episode over to some LIV golf talk. Hailey played in the Pro-Am and was paired with Caitlyn Jenner. She tells some stories about this experience and what some of the guys on the LIV tour told her about their reasoning for leaving the PGA Tour. Also, her pairings party story is epic! 

We chat more about life, golf, and her pursuit of birdies. We turn the episode over to our Tap-In segment, where we ask Hailey some questions that demand her response. Tune in now to hear this badass episode with one badass girl. We know you’ll enjoy this one!

Key Links:

• Visit hbgolf.com for great golf apparel now repped by Chasin’ Birdies. 
• Stay tuned for more info on winning custom headcovers from WinstonCollection.com
• Our Tap-in segment is sponsored by Bettinardi Golf
• Partners with Nemacolin Resort. 

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Follow Chasin’ Birdies on Instagram @chasin_birdies.

Chasin’ Birdies is hosted by Ryan Bashour and Jonathan Pepe. Produced by Simpler Media.