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 5: Still Roccin' - Rocco Mediate
6x PGA Tour winner Rocco Mediate joins us on this episode of Chasin’ Birdies. At 59 years young, there’s still plenty of gas left in his tank. We talk about his start on tour in 1986, the 2008 US Open, and what he’s doing now on the Champions Tour. This episode will keep you listening and wanting more!
Although there were bigger moment’s in Rocco’s career (like beating Tiger Woods or winning 6x on tour), arguably the most notable weekend of his career happened during the 2008 US Open. Against who? Yep, Tiger Woods. We sit down with Rocco and talk golf in this episode of Chasin’ Birdies.
The episode opens up with Rocco, while smoking a nice cigar, explaining the process for Tour eligibility in 1986. A collegiate golfer, he knew he had what it took to make it professionally as a golfer…or did he? He explains his early career and what it was like playing against greats like Arnold Palmer and Greg Norman.
We fast forward a bit to 2008 and ask Rocco what he was thinking when he had to play in a playoff for the title against Tiger Woods on a Monday. His response is gold. After talking a bit about that certain day in 2008, we navigate over to his golf world now and what he does off the course when he’s not studying his lie angles or degrees of bounce.
We end the show with our standard Tap-In segment where Rocco is asked 4-5 questions that demand his quick reply. For golfers, this episode will keep your attention from start to finish. Share this episode and let people know that Rocco is still roccin’...
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- Filmed at Nemacolin Resort.
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