Booking a tee time with top athletes from the NHL, NFL, or with headlining musicians from the country music scene isn't easy. But we can give you the next best thing! Join avid golfers Jonathan Pepe and Ryan Bashour as they interact with professionals from other sports and industries, discussing their love for the game of golf and what keeps them coming back to the links again and again. Expect light-hearted interviews, tons of golf stories, and how they're doing on their own quest of chasin' birdies. Engaging episodes come out every two weeks. Partners of the Podcast include Nemacolin Resort, Bettinardi Golf, Holderness & Bourne, and Links Brewing.
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episode 4: THE Marcus Allen - Golf x Life Talk
Former NFL running back Marcus Allen joins us on this episode of Chasin’ Birdies. Question: What hasn’t he won? Heisman, NFL MVP, Super Bowl MVP, and much more. Marcus knows how to chase birdies on the course and OFF the course. Give this episode a listen and hear all about his addiction to golf from one of the best to ever play in the NFL!
We get back into the NFL world with former running back and now golf addict, Marcus Allen. Marcus has many accolades behind him with his illustrious NFL career. Now, in his later years, he can’t stop being the MVP of his golfing group. And that, people, means Most Valuable Putter.We open up the episode and talk a little football with Marcus. We touch on his NFL career and how the college football scene has changed from then to now. We touch briefly on the NIL situation and how that affects college sports.
We flip the script from football and dive right into golf. Marcus briefs us on his Charity Golf Outing that he has been putting on for years. After listening to this interview, it seems as if there isn’t a course that Marcus hasn’t played. It’s apparent, with his slow and intentful demeanor, that he loves the game of golf.We wrap up the show with our standard tap-in segment which is sponsored by Bettinardi Golf. Pepe asks Marcus some questions that demand his quick witted reply. It’s not every day you get to talk to someone like Marcus so we are thankful for him coming on the show. Hope you enjoy the episode!
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- Our Tap-in segment is sponsored by Bettinardi Golf
- Filmed at Nemacolin Resort.
- This episode is presented by LinksBrewing
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