Golf: next on the tee

On this edition of Next on the Tee my guests are LPGA Pro & Legend Gail Graham and Illinois PGA Teacher of the Year Bill Abrams.

Gail Graham - Gail shared her stories about how she learned the game, what got a Western Canadian girl to play her college golf at Lamar University in Texas, playing alongside Dawn Coe-Jones, the pressures of Q-School, winning her first tournament on the LPGA Tour and winning the 1997 Australian Ladies Masters.

Bill Abrams - Bill talked about his days as a Junior golfer and how the prepared him to play at the college level. We also talked about how the teaches Junior golfers today to be patient and have fun on the course. He also shared tips about having a good routine, how to hit better chip shots and have the correct posture.

On this edition of Next on the Tee my guest are: Teaching Professional Rich O'Briend and Top Club Fitter Scott Felix. I'll talk with Rich about his near fatal accident and how he made his way all the way back to being a scratch golfer. We'll also talk about his adaptive golf training method for helping disabled players learn or re-learnd the game and use golf for therapy. I'll also talk with Top Club Fitter Scott Felix. We'll learn why getting fit for your clubs is even more important if you're a high handicapper than a Tour Pro. Plus Scott helped us understand data categories like smash factor means, spin rates and so much more.

On this edition of Next on the Tee, former Golf Channel Producer and Author of the books, "Cover Me Boys I'm Going In" & "Big Flies" plus Champions Tour Pro and 2011 US Senior Open Champion Olin Browne join me.

On this edition of Next on the Tee I'm joined by BBC and Sirius/XM PGA Tour Channel on course broadcaster, top instructor and former British Ladies Amateur Champion Maureen Madill. Maureen shared stories from her time at the University of St. Andrews and Lamar University in Texas. She was one of the first 2 women to ever get recruited to come over and play college golf on a scholarship. We also talked about the young guns taking over both the PGA and European Tours, her reaction on the Solheim Cup and what happened at the Ladies Evian Masters over in France. Maureen also shared a tip help us play better shots out of a fairway bunker.

On this edition of Next on the Tee my guests are Top Instructors Chris Czaja, PGA Teacher of the Year for South Florida, and PGA Tour Pro Allen Miller. Chris is a top teaching pro and we'll talk about how to improve your short game and sink more putts. Allen played on Tour for 15 years during the 1970s through mid 80s. He played his college golf at the University of Georgia and was a 3 time team captain and a force in the SEC in the late 60s. He won the 1974 Tallahassee Open and finished 15th at the 1975 Masters. We talk about all of that and much more.

Check out this episode of Next on the Tee with Chris Mascaro with my guests: former Minnesota Vikings LB turned PGA Tour Rules Official Mark Dusbabek, world renowned Golf Course Architect Rees Jones and Host of Talking Golf Getaways Mitch Laurance.

I got Mark's insights on some of the controversial rulings this year with players like Lexi Thompson, Jon Rahm and Jordan Spieth's use of the driving range at the Open Championship. Rees Jones redesigned East Lake which hosts the Tour Championship. He talked about that course plus how to make the game more affordable for people to play. Mitch talked about his decision to forego technology and go the opposite way and play only hickory shafted golf clubs. Plus he talked about the World Golf Amateur Championship that he recently played in and his show Talking Golf Getways which is available on Audioboom and thegolfnewsnet.com

On this episode of Next on the Tee my guests are: Former NHL Star, PGA Tour Caddy and multiple time winner on the Celebrity Tour Dan Quinn plus former Class A PGA Professional with the PGA of Germany and now the CEO of Smart Ball Golf, Rick Marcy.

This week on Next on the Tee my guests are: 2003 PGA Champion Shaun Micheel, the Golf Channel's Golf Academy Instructor Rob Strano, and Author of the book, "Cover Me Boy I'm Going In", Keith Hirshland.

On this week's edition of Next on the Tee my guests are: Actor turned Host of Back Spin Golf on ESPN Radio, Matthew Laurance; and 1988 US Amateujr Champion, Eric Meeks.

Eric Meeks - I'll talk with Eric about his time playing golf for the University of Arizona, his win at the 1988 US Amateur, the invitation that got him to playin the 1989 Masters and what it was like being paired with Curtis Strange and Seve Ballesteros there.

Matthew Laurance - I'll talk with Matthew about his thoughts on the PGA Championship. We'll also talk about his show Back Spin Golf which airs Sunday mornings at 8:30 AM EST on ESPN Radio WLXG in Lexington, Kentucky and what drove him away from acting and out of LA and into radio

On this edition of Next on the Tee my guests are: former PGA Tour Pro Dave Stockton Jr.; the author of "Yoga for Golfers" and one of Golf Magazine's Most Beautiful Women in Golf, Katherine Roberts; and The Golf Channel's, Golf Academy Instructor Brian Jacobs.

Dave Stockton Jr. - Dave and I talked about the great he's doing now designing unique greens for Back 9 Greens; luxury greens for people's back yards. We also his recent visit with Ben Crenshaw, that status of Rory McIlroy's putting, and the mental side of putting.

Katherine Roberts - Katherine took us through how yoga can help us gain flexibility, develop strength, improve our posture and our focus...in 15-20 minutes a day.

Brian Jacobs - Brians shared some tips for how to improve our short game from 50 yards in. He also talked about how to get more spin on the ball, improve our lag putting and consistently make those 3-4 footers.