Golf: next on the tee

This week we'll forward to the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow with PGA Professional Soct Lehman and PGA Tour Player Donnie Hammond.

Scott Lehman - Scott has an amazing story of life transofrmation going from a surf wear salesman to a PGA Teaching Professional. We'll hear that story plus get some playing lessons and his thoughts on this week's PGA Championship.

Donnie Hammond - I will also get Donnie's thoughts on this week's PGA. He played in 9 PGA Championships, finishing in a tie for 11th in 1986. He'll share his memories of playing Quail Hollow, playing in the PGA and how players view the PGA versus the other 3 majors.

On this edition of Next on the Tee my guests are: 2013 Senior Open Champion Mark Wiebe, Golf Course Architect Jay Blasi and the Voice of Golf Peter Kessler.

I'll chat with Mark about his victory in the 2013 Senior Open Championship which took place at Royal Birkdale the site of last week's Open Championship. He beat Bernhard Langer on the 5th playoff hole. We'll talk about that, Bernhard Langer's dominance on the Champions Tour, does he believe Langer should change his putting style to squelch any notion that he's still anchoring, and his thoughts about this year's Open Championship and what we saw from Jordan Spieth and Matt Kuchar at Birkdale.

Jay Blasi - Jay is an up and coming golf course architect. He was a part of the Robert Trent Jones Jr. team that designed Chambers Bay. We'll look back on the 2015 US Open and get this thoughts on what the player's feedback was about that event. We'll also look at his current project, restoring Sharp Park in San Francisco, an Alister MacKenzie design.

Peter Kessler - I'll get Peter's thoughts on the Open Championship and where Jordan Spieth's comeback over the last few holes ranks among turnarounds to win a major. Also, did Spieth seal his place in the World Golf Hall of Fame before he turned 24?

On this week's show I'll be talking about the Open Championship and the strategy for playing links golf with Champions Tour Pro Bob Friend Jr. I'll also be joined by Dr. Dan Parkinson of Tagmarshal. Tagmarshal is a software company that helps golf courses manage pace of play. Dr. Parkinson is also an avid golfer who played college golf at BYU as well as on the Army golf team. He spent 17 years in the military and served during the first Gulf war.

On this edition of Next on the Tee my guests are: Top 100 Instructor Eric Johnson; former PGA Tour Pro and Founder of Golf Value Commerce the world's largest dealer of pre-owned equipment, Ed Byman; Dr. Bob Jones IV, grandson of Bobby Jones; plus actor and Host of Talking Golf Getaways, Mitchell Laurance.

On this edition of Next on the Tee my guests are: Top 40 Under 40 Instructor and frequent co-host of the Morning Drive on the Golf Channel, Travis Fulton; Champions Tour Pro Mark Wiebe; the Wedge Guy, Terry Koehler; and Top 50 Female Instructor and author of the new book, "Golf Positive, Live Positive" Debbie O'Connell.

On this edition of Next on the Tee my guests are: Champions Tour Player and son of Hall of Famer Julius Boros, Guy Boros; legendary broadcaster Ben Wright; Director of Marketing for Bionic Golf, Cheryl Fink; and the Voice of Golf, Peter Kessler.

On this edition of Next on the Tee my guests are: the author of Zen Golf, Zen Putting, How to Make Every Putt, and the Best Diet Book Ever, Dr. Joe Parent; Drew Dunn, Head Golf Pro at East Lake Golf Club, the home of Bobby Jones and the Tour Championship; the Founder and Inventor of Pine Valley Orthotics, Stuart Sackowitz.

Dr. Joe Parent - Doc started out talking about diets and what causes us to gain weight. He calls them the 3 Too's: we eat too much, too fast for too long. To remedy that we need the 3 S's: east smaller portions, more slowly, and stopping earlier. We transitioned over to talking about how to make more putts and the difference between making a putt and holing a putt. We talked about the mental side of the game and all the negative talk we do to ourselves. He said we could play better if we'd just get out of our own way. "You can't hit it straight if you're bent out of shape."

Drew Dunn - Drew took us through the rich history of the land that East Lake is built on. Even though it's 5 miles outside of Atlanta, back in the early 1900s it was considered to be a vacation getaway spot for Atlantans. He talked about feeling the history of the people who once walked their fairways and what it's like hosting the Tour Championship there every year.

Stuart Sackowitz - Stuart talked about what make his new orthotics so much better than any others on the market. They are designed to help golfers get a more full turn and weight transfer because of a 2 degree pitch he built into them. Their energy return system in the heels push back as you step to help you walk and feel less fatigued. They are perfect for not only golfers but anyone on their feet all day. They can also help if you're dealing with specific things like: heel spurs, plantar fasciitis, archilles issues, flat feet and pronation. Check them out at www.pinevalleyorthotics.com

On the edition of Next on the Tee my guests are: Golf Course Designer & Architect Bill Bergin; the Founder & CEO of Caddy for a Cure, Russ Holden and recepient of their mortgage free home, former Marine Lyndon Ortiz; Golf Club Designer and former CEO of the Ben Hogan Golf Company, Terry Koehler.

On this edition of Next on the Tee our guests are: 7 time ladies Long Driving Champion Lisa "Longball" Vlooswyk; Actor, Color Commentator for Kentucky Basketball, and the Host of the Back Spin Golf show on ESPN Radio in Lexington, Kentucky.

On this episode of Next on the Tee my guests are: PGA Master Professional Paul Rudeen, Golf Digest Top 100 Instructor Tom Stickney, and TaylorMade Golf CEO David Abeles.

Paul Rudeen - Paul shard his tips for how to warm up before your round of golf, tips for how to pitch and chip the ball closer to the hole, how to read the grain on the green and one swing tip to keep in mind as you play.

Tom Stickney - Tom shared stories about some of the players he got to be around when he was a Golf Instructor at Big Horn Golf Club in Palm Desert, California. He also shared tips for how to hit better shots from uphill lies, how to use the slope of the green to our advantage plus hitting a safety flop shot to help you not walk away with making a double or triple bogey when we miss the green with our second shots.

David Abeles - David shared his story from graduating with a finance degree from the University of Connecticut to catching on at TaylorMade. He also talked about having two TaylorMade guys battle it out at the Masters, the disappointment of Dustin Johnson's injury, the science and technology behind their M1 & M2 golf clubs and TP5 golf balls plus Tiger's future with the brand.