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TN Open w/ Kyle Cutshaw + AMA & Worldwide Tournament Recaps

Puttcast — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 10:00:00 -0400

Tom & Pat grind their way through recaps of an assortment of tournaments happening around the world at the end of August and as we head into September. Then they take some time to talk with Kyle Cutshaw, owner of Mossy Creek Mini Golf and the tournament director of the Tennessee Open as well as many other tournaments at the course. Kyle provides some insight on how they developed a competitive minigolf community in Jefferson City, TN and how that grew into hosting events like the USPMGA U.S.Open and the largest field ever for the TN Open in 2024. Then they recap the event and some of surprising storylines that came out of it.

If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us puttwhenready@gmail.com to provide your own report from the field!

Farmington Miniature Golf Tournament (4:15)
German Adventure Golf Masters (9:00)
Swedish Adventure Golf Masters (11:55)
Bro Hof Putt Masters (14: 55)
Polish Championship (16:50)
TN Open and interview with Kyle Cutshaw (18:50)
Upcoming AMA and international events in September (1:06:30)

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Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well.

Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which is filled with our 2024 events and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .

You can watch all of the TN Open via the WAG Tour opening and final live streams.

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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Episode Guest
Kyle Cutshaw

Matt Kraus, Field Reports & August Mini Golf Tournaments

Puttcast — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 09:15:00 -0400

Tom & Pat jump feet first into a pool of minigolf action, recapping an assortment of tournaments in August. We also have the first of our "call-in" recaps from across the world (and don't forget you can supply them by reaching out to puttwhenready@gmail.com). Then its a quick chat with Red Putter champion Matt Kraus about his background and some of the other recent tournaments he has played in (U.S. Open, WPL Qualifier, Salty Seagull) as well as a surprising upcoming plan. Finally, the hosts turn their eyes to the near future and the slate of tournaments that will finish August and kick-off September.

Red Putter (3:00)
Maine Open (9:45)
O-Street Open (13:55)
Youth World Championships (23:35).
Reports from the field - Jason Durgala Jr. (28:15)
Reports from the field - Seve Kukielka of Gloucester Aces (31:55)
Matt Kraus interview (39:15)
Upcoming events (1:04:32)

2024 Youth World Championshiops full results

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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Episode Guest
Matt Kraus

Mini Golf Summer Fun: Recommendations + Recaps

Puttcast — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0400

A short pod from Tom & Pat about some mini golf courses they have enjoyed recently as well as some tips to shake up your mini golfing experience. The two hosts also put out a call for reports from the field from players and mini golf lovers from across the world. Listen in for the details and email the hosts at puttwhenready@gmail.com

American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) added an event history and hole-by-hole scoring (2:22)
Putter's League Atlanta Georgia Open Recap (3:00)
The Shack Tournament Recap (6:40)
Call for audio submissions and reports from clubs, mini golf lovers, and federations from across the world (9:25)
Pat & Tom offer course recommendations (14:40) - See show notes below for links to courses
Tips on new approaches to the game of mini golf (31:50)
Previewing upcoming AMA and international tournaments (37:20)

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Recommended Courses
Newport Mini Golf - Pat
St. Croix National Mini Golf - Tom
Sonny's Place - Pat
Parc Floral de Paris Mini Golf - Tom
Camping Bar - Pat
Asheboro Mini Golf - Tom

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Marc Chapman Interview + AMA & International Tourney Talk

Puttcast — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0400

Tom and Pat welcome to the show a fellow podcaster and long-time friend of the pod Marc Chapman {2:25}. Marc recently won the World Crazy Golf Championship marking his 4th win of this tournament since 2018. They talk about his history with minigolf, the World Crazies specifically and why winning that tournament is so special. They also discuss his thoughts on minigolf in general and ask him to put on his development hat to chat about how other places can replicate the success of the Crazies.

After that they spend some time chatting about the recent results of the M.C Mini Masters (an AMA event) and look forward to a couple AMA events on the July schedule. {77:13}

Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which is filled with our 2024 events (including being able to see past event results). You can join their email newsletter here .

World Crazy Golf Championship 2024 results

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Episode Guest: Marc Chapman

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

A Big World Adventure Golf Masters Review and other tournaments across the world

Puttcast — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0400

Tom and Pat are back in the "studio" remembering how to podcast after catching up on sleep from the World Adventure Golf Masters (WAGM). They dive deep into WAGM (4:15) giving a quick overview of the tournament in total and then talking about Tom's experience as a rookie there. This leads to all sorts of discussion about the international style of play at these tournaments and where they see ways the US game can improve and grow at that level.

It was then time to touch on the results of a handful of recent events like the World Crazy Golf Championship (57:50), the AMA 1st Rosebud Open {1:03:30}, the AMA Salty Seagull tournament (1:05:52), the PPA National Invitational (1:08:05) and a recent Putting World event (1:10:03). They find their way again by the end of the episode to wrap up looking at some upcoming events in June/July (1:11:00). This episode may have gotten wondering at times but there was a lot going on since they chatted last!

Learn more about the WMF at their website and specifically the WAGM in this wrap-up article that has links to the final scores as well as the live streaming mentioned in the episode.

You can find more about the PPA at their website.

If you are interested in listening to the new Talkin' Putts podcast, you can find them on Spotify here.

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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Interview with Dave Vayda & Caleb Smith + WAG Tour Final, AMA Events and more!

Puttcast — Tue, 21 May 2024 07:00:00 -0400

Tom and Pat kick off the show with a look at the WMF's World Adventure Golf (WAG) Tour final, which sets the stage for our interviewees (3:50). With the AMA (and minigolf in general) season now in full gear they looked at two recent tournaments in NJ and MN (15:24) and then ran through a bunch of US and international results (28:15).

After all the updates, it was time to bring on Dave Vayda and Caleb Smith from Connecticut who made the WAG Tour final based on their placement in the Matterhorn International Pro-Am in 2023 (36:50). Pat has been working with both as they prepped for the final and the interview was just after they returned form the Czech Republic. For both, it was their first international competition. They chatted about the difficulty of the tournament, the amazing atmosphere around the tournament by players and organizers and just the overall experience of the trip.

Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which is almost filled with all our 2024 events (including being able to see past event results). You can join their email newsletter here .

Learn more about the WMF at their website. You can find replays of the WAG Tour final on their YouTube page.

You can order your Putt18 map at their store. Don't forget to use the discount code minigolf-10 for 10% off!

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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Episode Guest: Dave Vayda and Caleb Smith. Check out some of their WAG Tour shorts over on the Putting Penguin YouTube

Interview with Pasi Aho - the Redo!

Puttcast — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 11:00:00 -0400

Whoops - technical difficulties! You can't win them all and Tom and Pat found out there was a glitch in our guests audio track on the last episode so we made a stand alone episode with just our interview of him. You can find our latest minigolf news and AMA updates on our last episode.

The big star of the show is Pasi Aho, Vice President Sport of the World Minigolf Sport Federation. The guys have a long chat with him about a variety of topics from his history in the sport, to explanation of minigolf balls to upcoming events such as the World Adventure Golf Masters (WAGM). He provides an amazing insight into the sport of minigolf both from his history and his current position.

Learn more about the WMF at their website.

You can order your Putt18 map at their store. Don't forget to use the discount code minigolf-10 for 10% off!

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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Episode Guest: Pasi Aho

Interview with Pasi Aho + Putt18, AMA Events & WPL

Puttcast — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 09:30:00 -0400

Tom and Pat start with plenty of Putt18 talk (3:30), then make a big announcement about the inclusion of the Southern Swing events in the AMA schedule (13:15). After that they catch up some more upcoming AMA events (18:40) and chat a little about the final of the WPL "Survivor Series" (16:25).

The big star of the show though is Pasi Aho, Vice President Sport of the World Minigolf Sport Federation. The guys have a long chat with him about a variety of topics from his history in the sport, to explanation of minigolf balls to upcoming events such as the World Adventure Golf Masters (WAGM). He provides an amazing insight into the sport of minigolf both from his history and his current position. (36:15)

You can find the GoFundMe to Caleb and Dave to the World Adventure Golf Tour Final here.

You can find out information about the Survivor Series on the WPL website and more about the WAG Tour and the Tour Final on the WMF WAG Tour website.

Learn more about the WMF at their website.

You can order your Putt18 map at their store. Don't forget to use the discount code minigolf-10 for 10% off!

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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Episode Guest: Pasi Aho

Winter AMA Fun & 2024 Scoring Rubric with a Dash of WPL and WAG Tour

Puttcast — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0500

No guest this time around because we needed space for plenty of AMA talk! Tom and Pat go through an indoor (Coziest Open) (4:16), outdoor (O-Street Winter Classic) (14:40) and virtual (Walkabout) tournament (18:30), World Putting League Qualifier and Survivor Series (26:40) at the Pineapple course in Myrtle Beach that were all held over the past few weeks.

Then we talk about the AMA newly announced tournaments (45:50), WAG Tour 2024 & 2025 (49:09) & updated 2024 AMA scoring rubric (57:23).

You can find the GoFundMe to Caleb and Dave to the World Adventure Golf Tour Final here.

You can find out information about the Survivor Series on the WPL website and more about the WAG Tour and the Tour Final on the WMF WAG Tour website.

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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

2022 AMA Season Recap - An AMAzing year!

Puttcast — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:30:00 -0400

After 9 tournaments over nearly 9 months of competitive putting, the first American Minigolf Alliance (AMA) season comes to an end and Tom and Pat celebrate the success of the season. Before that, though, they recap the slate of 4 September AMA tournaments that ranged from Maine to Connecticut to Missouri to Minnesota. Those tournaments created some great drama and the season winner came down to the final two - Matterhorn International Pro-Am and the Miniest Mini Golf Open.

It all culminated in Mick Cullen taking the top prize after a 1st at the Miniest Mini Golf Open and a 2nd at the M.C. Mini Masters. He was able to squeak ahead of Justin Seymour and Matt Liles who put on some great putting clinics in the Northeast this year and share 2nd place to round out the podium. Pat & Tom cover the whole top 15 as well as looking at some stats over membership and participant levels, as well as looking at their own performances within the AMA.

Check out the AMA rankings page for a full review of the Top 10 and the complete standings. Swing on over the to the events page to dive into the results of individual tournaments.

Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook

Follow A Coulple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well.

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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Tournament Season, Summit Announcement and Holey Moley Season 4 Preview

Puttcast — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 09:00:00 -0400

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.

Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook

Follow A Coulple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well.

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

International Mini Golf Summit in Texas Talk!

Puttcast — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:00:00 -0400

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.

Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook

Follow A Coulple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well.

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Guest: Aaron of O-Street Mini Golf

Hey - it's the AMA! - Introducing the American Mini Golf Alliance

Puttcast — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:30:00 -0500

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.

Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook

Follow A Coulple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well.

Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin