Tom aka Mr. Tee is one half of A Couple of Putts. Through this endeavor, Tom and his partner Robin aka The Pink Putter play, review, document and design mini golf courses around the world. Since 2011, he and his wife Robin have been to over 300 courses. Tom competed on Season 1 of ABC's Holey Moley and has begun to participate in miniature golf tournaments. He is passionate about putting, music, social justice, and connecting people. Tom has run an independent record label, Modern Radio, since 1999 and believes that mini golf is for everyone.
Personal (Instagram, Twitter & Instagram): @tomrloftus
A Couple of Putts (Instagram, Twitter & Instagram): @coupleputts
Tom Loftus has hosted 78 Episodes.
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Interview with Pasi Aho - the Redo!
April 8th, 2024 | 51 mins 16 secs
2024, ama, interview, mini golf, wmf
Thanks to a bit of an audio issue in our last episode (and it not being updated on all services), Tom & Pat decided to re-post the interview with Pasi as a standalone episode so no one misses this great discussion!
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Interview with Pasi Aho + Putt18, AMA Events & WPL
April 3rd, 2024 | 1 hr 32 mins
2024, ama, interview, mini golf, wmf, wpl
Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts & Pat of The Putting Penguin get caught up to speed on recent and planned AMA events as well as diving into the Putt18 competitions before having a wonderful minigolf conversation with Pasi Aho.
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Winter AMA Fun & 2024 Scoring Rubric with a Dash of WPL and WAG Tour
March 4th, 2024 | 1 hr 26 mins
2024, ama, mini golf, wmf, wpl
Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts & Pat of The Putting Penguin review a bunch of AMA items including recent tournaments and scoring. They also chat a bit about the World Putting League being back and the World Adventure Golf Tour.
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Global Mini Golf Trends - An Interview With Richard Gottfried
February 15th, 2024 | 1 hr 43 mins
2024, mini golf, united kingdom
Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts & Pat of The Putting Penguin chat with our guest Richard Gottfried as we cover a variety of trends in the minigolf world and speculate on what's next in mini golf innovation.
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Interview with Eddie Söderlund + Prodigy & Popstroke Results
January 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 29 mins
2023, citygolf, mini golf, sweden
Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts & Pat of The Putting Penguin chat with our guest Eddie Söderlund as we cover the CityGolf tour and more.
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2023: A Massive Year of Minigolf
January 22nd, 2024 | 51 mins 48 secs
2023, mini golf, tournament
Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts & Pat of The Putting Penguin spend some time in this episode going through the wild year 2023 was for them from all corners of the minigolf map.
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We’re On Netflix: Holey Moley A Puttcast Origin Story
December 21st, 2023 | 1 hr 52 mins
2023, holey moley, mini golf, tournament
Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts & Pat of The Putting Penguin are excited that Holey Moley is now on Netflix so they go back to do a deep dive of their episodes and experience on the show.
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2023 AMA Player's Meeting Live Recording
December 15th, 2023 | 1 hr 26 mins
2023, mini golf, players meeting, tournament
This episode is the Zoom audio recording of the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) 2023 player's meeting on the evening of December 7, 2023
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Nice. An AMA Wrap Up + 2023 Popstroke Thoughts
November 21st, 2023 | 1 hr 19 mins
2023, mini golf, tournament
Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts & Pat of The Putting Penguin recap the 2023 American Mini Golf Alliance season after chatting a bit about some other recent mini golf events.
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A Masterful Experience
October 16th, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
2023, masters, mini golf, tournament
Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts & Pat of The Putting Penguin recap the 2023 USPMGA Master's Tournament along with AMA member Kyle Courcy.
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Steamy September Putting
October 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 6 mins
2023, mini golf, tournament
Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts & Pat of The Putting Penguin go through a bunch of September minigolf tournaments, many they were personally involved with, as they wrap up another exciting month of competitive putting around the world.
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Red Hot Minigolf August - Part 2
September 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 17 mins
2023, mini golf, tournament
There's so much minigolf in August we had to go to two parts to cover it all! In Part 2, Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts & Pat of The Putting Penguin are joined by Aaron Kaminski to talk more AMA events, then they look at a bunch of other August and upcoming tournaments.
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Red Hot Minigolf August - Part 1
September 5th, 2023 | 1 hr 9 mins
2023, mini golf, tournament, world championships
There's so much minigolf in August we had to go to two parts to cover it all! In Part 1, Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts & Pat of The Putting Penguin recap a bunch of AMA, international and national events that all happened in August.
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Interview With Three Time WPL Champ Joey Graybeal
August 1st, 2023 | 1 hr 15 mins
2023, mini golf, putt putt, wpl
Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts & Pat of The Putting Penguin have a chat with Joey Graybeal who is coming off his third straight World Putting League victory, talking about his history with minigolf and his approach to the sport.
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A Whole Lot of Burning (Hot) Minigolf Tournaments!
July 24th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
2023, mini golf, tournament, wpl
Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts & Pat of The Putting Penguin recap a pile of miniature golf tournaments that have been played since early June and then look at a packed upcoming few weeks in competitive minigolf.
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Summer Spectacular Live w/ Vanette Block of Team USA
June 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 38 mins
2023, crazies, mini golf, wagm, wpl
Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts & Pat of The Putting Penguin spend a great amount of time with Vanette Block from the US talking about all sorts of major international and national competitions and her time on Team USA.