Next on the Tee: Where Golf Legends Live & Your Game Gets Better

On this edition of Next on the Tee with Chris Mascaro my guests are Kathleen O'Dell and Cindy Miller.

Kathleen O'Dell - Kathleen is a 3 time National Champion Goal Keeper for the University of North Carolina Women's Soccer team. She's also an avid golfer and currently Territory Director of Sporting Goods on the East Coast for Nike. I talked with Kathleen about her experiences winning National Championships in the mid 1980's at North Carolina. She shared stories from her time on campus including winning national championships at a time when the North Carolina men's basketball team was winning championships with guys like Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, Brad Daugherty and Kenny Smith. We also talked about what's going on with Nike golf, some of the people she's had a chance to play golf with and her favorite golf courses.

Cindy Miller - Cindy talked about playing on the LPGA Legends Tour, competing in the LPGA Legends Championship at the French Lick Resort, her new non-profit organization called "Pursue Your It", how to improve your mental approach in life and on the course and what it was like being inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.

On this episode of Next on the Tee my guests are: 7 time Ladies Long Drive Champion Lisa "Longball" Vlooswyk, 9 time winner on Tour including the 2011 US Senior Open Olin Browne and Allen Edmonds CEO Paul Grangaard.

Lisa Longball - Lisa shared her great stories including her experience playing St. Andrews with her father and the emotions involved with that being able to play there and cross the Swilken Bridge with her father. She also talked about being self taught, competing in the Long Drive Tournaments, what helps her generate power and beating Steve Elkington in a 3 hole match.

Olin Browne - Olin shared that he never played golf until his freshman year in college and then became a 2 time All-Confernce player his Sophomore year. He also shared stories from winning the 1991 Bakersfield Open with his father caddying for him, winning the 1998 Hartford Open by chipping in from 40 feet to win in a playoff, what it was like playing at August National and much more.

Paul Grangaard - Paul walked us through some very unique sports gifts like cuff links and pens made out of the wood from historic stadiums like Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Three Rivers Stadium and old Yankee Stadium. He also talked about their great golf shoes and boots that honor some great military history. If you're ever looking for great shoes, boots or unique sports gifts check out www.allenedmonds.com

On this edition of Next on the Tee my guests are: Actor turned ESPN Radio, Host Matthew Laurance and PGA Teacher of the Year for the South Region Chapter of the PGA, Chris Czaja.

Matthew Laurance - You know Matthew from great 80's movies like Eddie and the Cruisers, Streets of Fire, and St. Elmo's Fire. Matthew was also a part of the cast for the 6th season of Saturday Night Live and TV series like Duet, Beverly Hills 90210 and Thirty Something. Afer leaving Hollywood Matthew became a broadcaster doing Duke basketball games for 10 years before moving to Lexington and joining ESPN Radio. You can hear him now doing the Pre and Post game shows for Kentucky Basketball, hosting an evening drive time show on WLXG ESPN Radio AM 1300 as well as hosting his own golf show on Sunday mornings called Back Spin Golf. Today Matthew shared stories from the celebrity golf events he played in like Peter Jacobsen's Tournament the Fred Meyer Challenge, he let us know which celebrities were great players and which ones were hackers, plus he shared his memories of Arnold Palmer and so much more...

Chris Czaja - Chris was named PGA Teacher of the Year for the South Florida section of the PGA of America. Chris shared drills we can do this winter to keep the rust off of our golf swings plus improve our putting strokes. He also talked playing in the Tico Torres (Drummer for Bon Jovi) Classic to benefit Connect Warriors, an organization dedicated to improving the well-being of our Veterans.

On this episode of Next on the Tee, my guest is SuperStroke VP of Marketing, Chris Koske. Hear Chris talking about how SuperStroke Golf got started plus their slim, flatso, fatso, pistol and squared grips. We also talked about their players out on Tour including Jordan Spieth, Sergio Garcia and Jason Dufner. We talked about Jordan's big win at the Australian Open and Ryder Cup match between Sergio Garcia and Phil Mickelson; who both us SuperStroke putting grips. We also touched on their new grips for the rest of the clubs in your golf bag and the partnership with Dave Stockton and Stockton Golf.