Puttcast: Mini Golf, Holey Moley & All Things Putting

Tom and Pat welcome back Mick Cullen, a guest who they had on in the previous version of this show "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Windmill" that live streamed on Facebook during Season 2 of Holey Moley. This time around we focused on his long running tournament, the M.C. Mini Masters, which is celebrating it's 25th edition this year. Mick lays some stats on us, course selection criteria and how some of the traditions in the tournament came into being. We wrap up by talking about his monumental feat of setting a Guinness World Record (still to be confirmed at the time of recording).

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You can find out information about the M.C. Mini Masters at the AMA event page. You can find out information about Mick's world record attempt on his athlete Facebook page.

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Episode Guest: Mick Cullen

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Tom and Pat welcome to the "studio" Jenna Barkheimer and Brinn Hollander, who were contestants on Season 4 and became friends while out filming - something that wasn't the easiest to do with Covid restrictions. They give us some of the behind-the-scenes views of filming in Season 4 and talk about their similar exits on Holeywood. We also talk their interest in the show, holes they would have liked to played and overall learn about thier life outside of their few minutes on TV.

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Episode Guests: Jenn Barkheimer & Brinn Hollander

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Pat and Tom kick off the episode recapping some recent US mini golf tournament results before turning thier attention to episode 5 and episode 6. They marvel at how good an episode of reality television episode 6 was, especially when contrasted to the rather bland episode 5. There was plenty of talk of completed obstacles, putt offs, high stakes betting and of course what might have been the most entertaining Distractor ever with Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Holes Ep 5- Can You Feel the Urge?: Trap-Tee-Ze | King Parthur's Court | The Pecker | Hole # 2 | Corn Hole | Polecano | Fishing Hole

Holes Ep 6- Is that Iron Man?: Dutch Courage en Fuego | The Distractor | Donut Hole | The Pecker | Trap-Tee-Ze | Corn Hole | Polecano

Competitors Ep 5: Anthony Fullman | Makaila Nichols | JC Hammons | Andrea Barbuscia | Mike McNeil | Lizz Henderson | Dennis Escoto | Rick Anderson

Competitors Ep 6: Paddy Blanchette | Ashley Nagy | Maggie Noel | Bryan Anthony | Dylan Bolhke | Tony Starks | Kate Loeffler | Leroya

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Tom and Pat get to live vicariously through another Holey Moley winner as they are joined by Nate Kennelly, who putted his way to the top of episode 2 of Holey Moley Season Fore-Ever (season 4). They dive into his experiences on the course, which included two new holes for season 4, how he ended up with his iconic Rob Riggle outfit and find out which familiar voice was a guiding mentor in Nate's path to the championship. It's a fun interview with a big and positive personality.

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Episode Guest: Nathan Kennelly

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Pat and Tom kick off the episode recapping some recent and upcoming tournament news before turning thier attention to episode 4. They talk TV pilots, the recurrance of certain holes so far, an all female semi-finale and the lack of shotgunning beers in the contestant tent.

Good luck to them both as they will tee off against each other in a tournament in CT on June 5th!

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Holes Ep 4- Pepe's Random Plan Continues: Polecano | Trap-Tee-Ze | Hole #2 | The Pecker | Fishing Hole | Full Mooney | Holeywood

Competitors Ep 4: Jenna "J-Bark" Barkheimer | Luis Lagera | Julie Ibach | Michel'le Jackson | Hayla Stewart | Takashi Yanagi | Selassie Ahorlou | Kathy Valyo

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Tom and Pat combine their thoughts on two Holey Moley episodes this week after taking a week off from recording to focus on National Minature Golf Day. They discuss two excellent winners, very real minigolf moments and what they did on National Miniature Golf Day. Tom breaks down the hole distribution including a new hole on episode 2. Pat talks kidnapping Muppets and the introduction of the ultimate diva. They also both fawn over bears.

Congrats also go out to Olivia Prokopova, who won the 2022 USPMGA U.S. Open. She is now a 5 time winner, the most of anyone in the U.S. Open history!

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Holes Ep 2- You're Gonna Need a Lawyer: Fishing Hole | Polcano | Hole #2 | Dutch Courage En Fuego | Holeywood | Full Mooney | Big Foot Wedge

Holes Ep 3- Bear, Bear, BEAR: Core Hole | The Distractor | The Pecker | Trap-Tee-Ze | Polcano | Full Mooney | Holeywood

Competitors Ep 2: Nate Kennelly | Keely O'Keefe | Gari Gervacio | Bob Carroll | Jules Bubeck | Alexis Bradby | Amanda Moorman | Reggie Groves

Competitors Ep 3: Pierre Levesque | Matthew Edmonds | Leonard Smith Jr | Katie Kearney | Jeff Hoyt | Nick | Brinn Hollander | Gabby then

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Holey Moley Season 4 (Fore-Ever) teed off this week with the Muppets jumping into the fun. Tom and Pat break down the episode taking a look at the three new holes (Holeywood, Trap-Tee-ze, Full Mooeny) and the return of some classics with a few updates. They laugh over the Muppets antics and fawn over the best sports car in the world. Mr. Tee does a bit of a high wire act in a breakdown of Trap-Tee-ze before they wrap up with some thoughts on the upcoming National Miniature Golf Day (May 14th).

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You can also the WMF online on Facebook and Instagram if you are looking to tag miniature golf pictures on May 14th.

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Holes Ep 1- It's the Muppets: Trap-Tee-ze | Core Hole | Donut Hole | Dutch Courage En Fuego | Polcano | Full Mooney | Holeywood

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There's been lots of tournament announcements lately as the US comes out of winter and courses look forward to their season schedules. Tom & Pat discuss 4 of them on the AMA schedule: the 25th M.C. Mini Masters (June - Illinois/Wisconsin), the 4th O-Street $1,000 tournament (August - New Jersey), the 6th Matterhorn International Pro-Am (September - Connecticut) and the 3rd Miniest Open (September - Minnesota).

They also discussed the unfortunate postponment of the International Mini Golf Summit in Dripping Springs, TX. They briefly talk about what happened and look forward to the future as well as share a few more thoughts on the fun of the Challenge course.

Finally, Holey Moley season 4 kicks off in less than a month and our hosts speculate on what we might see for holes, format and what the partnership with America's favorite frog and the rest of the Muppets might mean for the show.

You can find the AMA online at their website, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

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With us about a month out from the International Mini Golf Summit (April 20-23) to be held outside of Austin at Dreamland in Dripping Springs, TX, we thought it was a good idea to dive into a few things around the event and tournament as registration is now open. Your episode hosts Pat, Tom & Aaron are all founders of the American Mini Golf Alliance which is organizing the tournament along with the folks at Dreamland. They talk about the challenge of the Challenge course, where the Dream course sits in tournament play, how they think players may change their strategies during the tournament, what other amenities are around when you aren't playing minigolf and all sorts of other points around what to expect when playing in this new tournament.

International Mini Golf Summit registation. Live list of registrants (and you may recognize a few Holey Moley names).

You can find the AMA online at their website, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

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Guest: Aaron of O-Street Mini Golf

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It's been a hot minute since our hosts got together and they are back for a flash episode. The big focus of this mini episode is the introduction of the newest minigolf organization - the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA). They walk you through what it is about and how you can get involved. They also spend a few minutes talking some high-level information about the biggest AMA tournament of the year - the International Mini Golf Summit.

You can find the AMA online at their website, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

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