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It's been long overdue that we sit down with fellow minigolf enthusiast Richard Gottfried, he of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and a Guinesss World Record holder. Given the massive amount of courses Tom, Pat and Richard have visited and their overall pulse on the industry, this episode focused on the trends we are all seeing in recreational minigolf. We talk electronics, bar-tainment, chains expanding and more on different gameplays and course styles. There's speculation on the cycles of minigolf and where we might be when it comes to this business that certainly seems to be in a boom. There's even talk of pirate dinosaurs! We also talk quickly about some of the upcoming AMA events and the expanding AMA 2024 schedule. Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Crazy World of Minigolf Tour & Crazy Golf Museum Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has started to fill with 2024 events. You can join their email newsletter here . Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Episode Guest: Richard Gottfried

It's a quick bit of early 2024 tournament updates (Prodigy and Popstroke Orlando) befor diving into a wonderful conversation with the first Swedish guest on the podcast - Eddie Söderlund! We talk about his long history with the sport, how he came to play Minigolf Open Standard (MOS)/adventure golf and his connection withe CityGolf tour. It's an insightful look at the sport in Europe, how it compares to what we mostly know in the US and all the possibilities this holds for the future. It was a wonderful chat and we look forward to some more European insights in future episodes. Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Golf.com "Best Mini Golf Courses in America" article. Results from the National Putting Tour January 28th event at Popstroke Orlando Prodigy Mini Golf Results, Twitch Stream and first place playoff City Golf Tour and Sundvall's Bangolfklubb Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has started to fill with 2024 events. You can join their email newsletter here . Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Episode Guest: Eddie Söderlund

We start off with a quick chat about some AMA tournament announcements and reminders about upcoming tournaments. Then Pat and Tom cover the recent Golf.com article (linked below) that they both contributed to as it was developed over the past month. From there they travel nearly around the world sharing the various courses, tournaments and minigolf experiences they had that made 2023 such a wild year of putting for them. They touched nearly every part of competitive and casual minigolf available - Putt Putt, CityGolf, World Championships, Masters, World Adventure Golf Tour, Popstroke, Puttshack, Swingers and more and more and more! It's a great way to look back not only at the year but the expanse of the minigolf landscape before we dive into whatever 2024 brings us. Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Tom's wrap up of some of his first time favorites for 2023 can be found here. Golf.com "Best Mini Golf Courses in America" article. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has started to fill with 2024 events. You can join their email newsletter here . Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

It's a quick chat about some recent news and rumors around the 2024 putting events including Popstroke and American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) before Tom and Pat tee off on Holey Moley now being on Netflix. While they have referenced their time on the show before while covering seasons 3 and 4 on the podcast, this is the first time they fully dove into their experiences. They walk through their individual episodes and give some behind the scenes views of what it was like on set, how things were filmed and edited and ultimately what the experience of being on the show meant for them. If you ever wanted the full story of how our co-hosts first met in person, kickstarting almost 5 years of trips to tournaments, formations of leagues and the formation of this very podcast, you'll get it in this episode! It's a great fun way to wrap up 2023 and give you a reason to binge the series again. Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Info on the National Putting Tour can be found on their website. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which will start to fill up with 2024 events. You can join their email newsletter here . Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Your co-hosts Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts, Pat of The Putting Penguin and fellow American Mini Golf Alliance organizer, Aaron Kaminski of O-Street, hosted a AMA player's meeting over Zoom. The quality of the recording turned out well and we wanted to make it available on the Puttcast to our listeners who are interested in developments in competitive mini golf in the US. We had a Q & A section and at the top of the episode, Tom explains what we included from that session. There were a lot of specific questions about the details of an upcoming tournament in January that didn't feel as relevant to a larger audience as the other some of the other broader questions about the AMA. We wanted to keep the episode to about 1.5 hours which we did! Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page. You can join their email newsletter (talked about in the show) here and fill out the 2023 players survey here Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Episode Guests: Kory Klotz (Putterz tournament organizer from Ohio), Ed Weiss (O-Street mini golf player and father of 2023 Top 10 finishers Griffin and Landon), Matt Liles (2022 Top 10 AMA finisher). Questions and/or quick feedback from Glenda Ryning, Kyle Courcy and Nathan Fournier (Maine Mini Golf Tour) were not included in the podcast but their contribution is greatly appreciated. Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Before getting into the nitty gritty of the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) season, Tom and Pat chat about the recent PopStroke championship event. They highlight the winners (plenty of minigolf names on the leaderboard) and have a conversation about where they see the future of that competition going. From there it is a quick look at the last of the AMA events over the past month and then a deep dive into the 2023 miniature golf season. They look at the season winners, chat about some other notable names, breakdown how the tournaments and scoring turned out then give a critical eye to what they improved on in 2023 and areas that the AMA can still strive to be better. Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ 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. You can join their email newsletter (talked about in the show) here and don't forget to tune into email/socials for information on the virtual season event on December 7th. Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

For the third year in a row Tom and Pat take a look at their recent trip to the USPMGA Master's and how it has evolved recently. They are joined by first-time Master's participant, and highly ranked AMA member, Kyle Courcy to get his insight into playing the tournament. After a quick recap of the drama of the final few rounds leading up to Gary Hester's historic first win, they get into their own experiences and chat about some of the improvements made from last year's tournament. After the Master's talk they quickly hit some AMA news as well as look at a couple of WMF World Adventure Golf Tour results and breeze through a few other late-in-the-calendar tournaments coming up Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media, indluing several live bits from the 2023 Master's, on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ 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 Minigolf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page. Don't forget to become a member or renew for 2023 - time is running out! Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Episode Guest: Kyle Courcy of MassMinigolf on Instagram

Despite feeling under the weather, Tom joined Pat to talk about a busy September month of travel and putting for both of them, starting with a full slate of AMA events. They then look at where the AMA rankings are with just a couple IRL and virtual events left in the 2023 schedule. After that it's some quick conversation about other big events around the world include more WMF World Adventure Golf Tour tournaments, the CityGolf finals and a look at some more Popstroke action. They wrap up the episode with some quick chat about their upcoming trip to the USPMGA Masters (which you'll be able to find more about on the Puttcast Facebook and Instagram feeds while they are down there). Key Points from the episode: Lee Stoddard Dolphin Open Matterhorn International Pro-Am Branson Open Miniest Minigolf Open AMA Rankings World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) World Adventure Golf Tour CityGolf Finals PopStroke Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ 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 Minigolf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page. Don't forget to become a member or renew for 2023! Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

In part 2, our hosts are joined by fellow AMA co-founder and President of the O-Street Minigolf Association, Aaron Kaminiski. He brings his insight into playing three more AMA tournaments in August - his own O-Street Open, Farmington Miniature Golf and The Shack. After he drops, Tom and Pat swing down to Tennessee to talk about a World Putting League event and the Tennesse Open, then its back over to Sweden for some quick chat about the CityGolf tour. With all that content covered from August, they quickly turn their attention to a handful of events happening in September, with a focus on the AMA events in the first half of the month. Key Points from the episode: Special Guest Aaron Kaminski talks about American Mini Golf Alliance Tournaments O-Street Open - 1:45 42nd Farmington Miniature Golf Tournament - 19:19 The Shack Mini Golf Tournament - 31:00 World Putting League at Mossy Creek - 51:51 Tennessee Open at Mossy Creek - 56:35 CityGolf Tour - 61:18 Upcoming Tournaments - 66:30 Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ 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 Minigolf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page. Don't forget to become a member or renew for 2023! To find out more information about the World Putting League visit their website. Mossy Creek has more about the Tennessee Open on their website. Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Our hosts start off looking at two AMA events that both happened the first weekend of August with the Red Putter in Wisconsin and the Maine Open at Tabers in Maine. From there it's a trip over (again) to Uppsala, Sweden and a lengthy discussion of the 2023 Minigolf World Championships General Class given Pat's time over there in the run up to the tournament. That discussion covers a lot about the differences between international championships at the highest level and what we might be used to in the US for tournaments. Finally, the guys come back to the States to cover the PPA National Championships and the most recent big money Putting World event. That's where it was wrapped up for Part 1. Key Points from the episode: Host Updates - 4:45 Red Putter - 17:25 Maine Open - 23:45 2023 Minigolf World Championships in Uppsala, Sweden - 30:05 PPA Nationals - 61:05 Putting World - 65:03 Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ 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 Minigolf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page. Don't forget to become a member or renew for 2023! You can find out more about the World Championships on the WMF website. The Professional Putters Association (PPA) has more information on their website. Information about Putting World and their events can be found on their website. Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

We were live (again)! Tom and Pat went back to the virtual airwaves of Facebook live on July 26, 2023 for this episode to finally have their friend Joey Graybeal on the podcast. At the time of recording he was coming off a third straight World Putting League (WPL) victory, this time a straight up match against the first WPL victor Gary Hester. They chat about the WPL, Joey's history with minigolf and Putt-Putt, his achievements (so many!) in those sports and a few things about how he approachs tournaments. Joey also has a lot of great stories and love of his fellow putters that he shares throughout the episode. After their chat with Joey, the guys hit on a couple of recent tournaments including the WMF WAG Tour stop in the UK (the British Open) and give another rundown of the pile of tournaments coming up in August. Key Points from the episode: Joey Interview - 4:00 *WPL Tournament Update - 41:30 Tournament Recaps - 60:00 Upcoming Tournaments - 70:00 *After recording the episode, we were informed by both Joey and the World Putting League that the next WPL event moved locations to Mossy Creek in Tennessee. Tom jumps in and provides an update with some of the details in the middle of the podcast. Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ 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 Minigolf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page. Don't forget to become a member or renew for 2023! You can find out more about the WMF WAG Tour at it's website. Find the result from the British Open here. To find out more information about the World Putting League and to watch the live stream of the events, visit their website. Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Episode Guest: Joey Graybeal Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin

Our hosts kick off the episode looking at the recent World Putting League events and the heat thrown by Joey Greybeal in that series currently. From there they chatted about the AMA event in June, the M.C. Mini Masters and then Tom got to go through his personal "Southern Swing" of tournaments in July covering the AMA event Putter's League Championship, and NPT event and a Putt-Putt event (a first for our hosts). They chat about two of other major putting series happening the world around PopStroke and CityGolf before wrapping it up with a series of weekly tournaments at Frankies which have flown under their radar despite some good money at them. Then it's time to turn their attention to the series events coming up including the next stop of the WMF World Aventure Golf Tour, the WMF World Championships, another WPL event and the Tennessee Open at Mossy Creek. Not to be forgotten is the non-stop AMA action with the Red Putter, Tabers, O-Street, Farmington and the Shack all having tournaments before the end of August. Key Points from the episode: World Putting League (June & July events) - 2:55 M.C. Mini Masters - 11:15 Putter's League Championship - 16:35 NPT (National Putting Tour) in Cummings, GA - 24:05 Putt-Putt High Point Southern Putting Tour - 27:51 PopStroke Katy* - 37:37 CityGolf Recent results - 42:44 Frankie's Charlotte $1000 Tournaments - 45:50 Upcoming Events in July & August - 50:19 *We mentioned that Greg Newport won the high roller event in Katy but he only won the high roller qualifier that qualifies him and gives him entry in the high roller event at the championship in Arizona in October. Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ 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 Minigolf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page. Don't forget to become a member or renew for 2023! You can find out more about the World Championships on the WMF website. The WMF WAG Tour also has it's own website to follow along with the action. To find out more information about the World Putting League visit their website. Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin