TeeTalk

When you didn't know you would be doing a podcast three years ago, we think TeeTalk turned out pretty well.

Starting from a parking lot conversation - "we should do a podcast", this show was born and it's been quite a run. Sadly, but with pride, this is our last episode. It's the culmination of 151 episodes, 200 hours of programming, and countless more hours behind the scenes - wrangling guests, writing scripts, and digging through background research.

Wanting to keep it a party instead of a funeral, you'll find this show "The Finale" is full of all the regular TeeTalk goodness, from The Week That Was to the Mail Bag. We have a heavy sampling of Saudi Golf League talk, and, of course, there is a generous helping of thanks and goodbyes.

When a door closes another one opens, so keep an eye out for both Scott and Stefan and where they may pop up next.

Thank you to Jeff Bauder of Flagstick.com and various sponsors for supporting the show. Thanks as well to all the amazing guests, and especially to the listeners in 85 countries who were gracious enough to give us a listen.

We hope to see you on the fairways...

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The West Coast swing on the PGA TOUR rolls along but the AT&T Pro-Am was just a part of the golf scene this week. Top players headed to Saudi Arabia, while other prepared for the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

The LPGA visited Ft. Myers, Florida for the 1st time in 47 years, and that provided an exciting new winner.

We wrap all that up in the the Week That Was and then are joined by Aaron Dill, the Tour Rep for Vokey Wedges and heir apparent to Bob Vokey, to talk about new SM9 wedges, how players can get better performance from their wedges, and even a little about the preferences of tour stars like Adam Scott and Justin Thomas.

The Mail Bag has us talking about buddy trips, golf clubs we regret leaving behind, underrated players to follow at LPGA events, and how much we would spend to play every course that hosts the PGA TOUR in a single season.

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Golf shapes lives.

It's been said many times that being involved in the sport impacts people beyond the fairways. An example of that is David Gaylord. From a small town in Canada, Gaylord has used golf sucess in his youth to propel him into education, and impacted his life as a successful and innovative entrepreneur.

The CEO and founder of upstart company, Bushbalm, joins us to share thoughts on how golf shaped him, lessons learned that he applies to business daily, and even how he might change golf as it is today.

It's a fun conversation, thought-provoking at times, and wrapped in our usual sgements, makes for an entertaining epsisode.

Enjoy!

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We certainly take things in a new direction this week with a guest that knows a lot less about golf than most of those who join us, but is now massively passionate about the sport.

Jake Triplett is well-known on social media but in recent times has become better known for his podcasting work (Ghostrunners, a podcast about nothing) and stand-up comedian efforts.

Happily, puts down his pasta from Chili's at his Kansas City home, he manages to form whole sentences and keep us very entertained. He explains his golf journey, his path to where he is in his career, the joys and challenges of stand up comedy, and is gracious enough to judge our awful attempts at writing and peforming some jokes. We break down some video of his golf swing, and he plays a golf related word game with us.

As much as he has been in the public spotlight for year, and is now on a U.S. national comedy tour with Trey Kennedy, Triplett has never shared much about his intense affinity for golf, so we were happy to provide a forum.

As per usual, we dive in The Week That Was, and take your Mail Bag questions on a variety of topics, including how long we would consider giving up golf to end a pandemic.

Jake Triplett

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It's a very full week of golf talk with most of the major professional golf tours back in action.

The Week That Was see us give takes on plenty of topics including (and more);

Kevin Na and Grayson Murray take their beef to Twitter

We also dive into the latest new equipment news and some gear related signings of professional and amateur athletes, make our picks for the week for the Amex Championship, preview the return of the LPGA, and sort through who is fighting to be the #1 player in the world this week at the DP World Tour Abu Dhabi Championship.

All that ands the Mail bag is stacked with questions about playing golf with Novak Djokovic , putter fitting, the best off-season golf purchases, value golf courses in Ontario, tournament memories from Flagstick events, the future of the golf industry, and one listener has a risky situation he'd like some advice on.

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A special treat this week as not only did the PGA TOUR return with the Sentry Tournament of Champions but we also welcome a guest we have been looking forward to for quite some time.

After plenty of banter about the week that was, including Tour Talk, announcements for the U.S. Women's Open, etc., the #4 ranked player in the World Rankings for Golfers with a Disability joins us for a feature interview. Kurtis Barkley grew up with big golf dreams and physical restrictions, but has made the most of it.

After establishing himself as a top amateur golfer closer to home in Canada, Barkley has taken his game to a world stage with the growing presence of golf events created specifically for players of all-abilities. As a result he has hoisted trophies at a national level, mixed it up with the best players in the world in Australia, Scotland, and Dubai, and risen upward to the top echelon of the world rankings.

It's an insightful interview into a world of golf few people know about.

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We kick off 2022 with a bang as we look back on happenings in golf over the last month, discuss the PGA TOUR Sentry Tournament of Champions, and explore golf resolutions players (and others) might have for the year ahead.

Senior Director of Product Creation at TaylorMade Golf, Tomo Bystedt, joins us to discuss the very distinctive new Stealth woods for the company, and for the Mail Bag we mix it up and ask each other a question for a change.

It's a lively start to the 2022 golf season; welcome back to all our listeners around the world.

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The 2021 golf year was another remarkable one and we look back on 48 episodes of the Flagstick.com TeeTalk Podcast to end the season.

We run through the gamut of guests and shows to note memorable chats and moments.

We pick out our favourite courses we played, our most memorable rounds (personally and on tour), and the players were were most shocked by in 2021.

Stefan challenges Scott to a little role playing (to Scott's chagrin) of some of the year's most notable characters in golf, while Scott tests Stefan to the Transcript Game. He has to guess who said each of ten quotes from PGA TOUR or LPGA Tour press conferences from the year.

It's a good time and a great way to close off the season.

Thanks to everyone who listened in the past year, to all our guests and sponsors, and we look forward to bringing you more content and entertainment in 2022.

Oh, and please subscribe on your favoruite platform and feel free to share our show with others.

All the best for the Holiday Season!

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As the golf year nudges towards a close for 2021, we catch up with a former guest, Canada's Noah Steele.

A winner on the Mackenzie Tour - PGA TOUR Canada as an amateur this past season, Steele recently supplemented his pro schedule by earning status on the PGA TOUR Latinoamerica. As a result he gets his season started there this week with the playing of the 115th Argentine Open.

During a recent visit to home in Kingston, Ontario we sat down with Steele to discuss the end of the 2021 Mackenzie Tour season and his pursuit of The Five, the support of Team Canada, the transition to becoming a touring professional, a recent trip to California to get his equipment in order (including a very special putter), and his perspective on what lies ahead for him in 2022.

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With the PGA TOUR, LPGA TOUR, and European Tour winding down for 2021 you'd think there would be not a lot to talk about, but oh, there is.

End of year play, Q-Schools, equipment signings, schedules, purses for 2022...that's just a start of what we cover in Episode #142. And that's before we get to your Mail Bag questions!

DePaul grad, former touring professional, founder of the Toronto Players Tour (TPT), and Mackenzie Tour - PGA TOUR Canada official Russell Budd joins us as the feature guest.

He shares many thoughts on the success of the PGA TOUR Canada in 2021, what he has offered upcoming players with the TPT, and we get a few stories about players and life on the road in Latin America back in the day, including a caddy story for the ages.

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