The 19th Hole Golf Show

Golf instructor and short-game genius Dave Pelz stops by to talk about his new green-reading technique and taking the unique step of offering it to early adopters through Kickstarter. Pelz goes through putting statistics and realities that will almost certainly make you feel better about your putting and get you excited about reading greens.

Tiger Woods had a fourth back surgery in a little over three years, presumably Wednesday or Thursday, to fuse together his L5 and S1 vertebrae. He's gonna be out at least six months. So why was there talk of him trying to play the Masters or the U.S. Open? Who is deceiving who, and why?

PGA Tour pro Willy Wilcox is our guest this week, as he prepared to head to Texas for the Valero Texas Open (which he got in as first alternate not long after we recorded). We talk about his journey on the PGA Tour, trying to fulfill a major medical, how his game and personality have evolved and a whole host of other topics.

Sergio Garcia is a major champion! El Nino became El Hombre by winning a sudden-death playoff against Justin Rose to win the Masters at age 37 and in his 19th try. Ryan Ballengee joins GNN Live host TJ Rives and Grant Boone, who called the action for Masters Live, to talk about a spectacular Sunday.

We have a great, fascinating leaderboard for Sunday at Augusta National, and we get ready for the final round with a review of the third round and predictions for Sunday in this episode of our majors special, GNN Live. Ryan Ballengee joins TJ Rives and Will Haskett.

A highlight of Masters Week for the last several years has been a visit with nine-time major winner Mr. Gary Player. He joins us again this year to talk about Day 1 of the Masters, his experiences at Augusta National and in majors, as well conversation about hot topics in the sport.

Clark Burroughs played in the 1984 Masters, making the cut en route to successful professional golf career. He joins us each year around big tournaments to talk betting lines, wagering and pools with BetDSI.com. We talk all kinds of lines, teasers and match-ups and props for the 2017 Masters.

This week marks the first Masters since Arnold Palmer's passing last September, and the feeling of absence will likely be profound. Our guest is award-winning and best-selling writer Tom Callahan, whose new Palmer biography, "Arnie," hits stores on April 4. We talk about Palmer's life, his impact on golf and the Masters and delve into the details that illuminate the legend.

1995 PGA champion and 11-time Masters contestant Steve Elkington joins the show to preview the year's first major. Elk talks about his experience at Augusta National, how the club is looking from his recent trip there, the psychology of winning golf tournaments and why Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth are so tough to beat. Elk also talks about Secret Golf, the instruction there and insight into ambassadors and 2017 Masters contestants Jason Dufner and Pat Perez.

On this edition of "The 19th Hole Golf Show," defending KitchenAid Senior PGA champion Rocco Mediate joins us to talk a slew of topics. We also start the show by talking about Jason Day's revelations about his mother's cancer diagnosis and why it's a lesson that we sometimes are too quick to draw to conclusions.