May 21, 2025 • 45 mins
Grab your clubs and join us for a laid-back journey through the world of golf with host Mike Bono and a lively roundtable of enthusiasts who share their passion, opinions, and occasional wild tangents about the sport that connects generations.
The conversation tees off with lighthearted icebreakers about preferred shower soaps and whether fighting angry deer or a coyote presents the better survival story—setting the relaxed, humorous tone that carries throughout. Matt Landowski introduces his customized golf glove business, Sweet Hand Sports, offering listeners a special discount code (BONO10) for 10% off their purchases.
As the discussion moves to personal golf histories, we discover how childhood experiences shaped each panelist's relationship with the game. From neighborhood courses where they snuck onto the sixth hole to emotional connections formed during family challenges, these origin stories reveal golf's unique ability to create lasting memories and relationships across decades.
The surprising revelation that the Midwest contains more golf courses than any other U.S. region sparks a geographical exploration of favorite courses, from local community gems to breathtaking destination resorts in the Carolinas. The panel passionately defends golfers as legitimate athletes, breaking down the complex coordination required throughout the entire body to execute even basic golf movements—with one panelist boldly asserting that driving a golf ball straight requires more variables than shooting a basketball.
Tiger Woods' transformative impact on golf viewership emerges as a pivotal moment that changed the sport forever, while YouTube creators and social media personalities like Bob Does Sports are credited with bringing fresh energy and younger audiences to a traditionally formal game. The conversation wraps with a spirited defense of miniature golf as a legitimate entry point to the sport, complete with the surprising revelation of professional putt-putt tournaments.
Whether you're a dedicated golfer or someone who hasn't picked up a club since childhood, this episode offers a refreshing perspective on a timeless sport that con
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome everybody to another episode of the Ride Home
Rants podcast.
This is, as always, your host,mike Bono.
I got a great show for us todayand a round table filled with
three great guests.
We're going to talk all thingsgolf.
I'm going to let them introducethemselves here First and
(00:21):
foremost.
We got to get him in here firstbecause he is one of the great
sponsors to the show with SweetHand Sports and Lando, if you
want to tell everybody aboutSweet Hand Sports after that.
But I also need the answer tothese two questions, and it is
is Old Spice soap the bestshower soap?
And number two would you ratherfight two really mad deer or
(00:45):
one pissed off coyote?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
hey everyone, matt Landowski.
Here I'm going to go with dovebeing a better soap than Old
Spice.
I'm a dove guy, but, and I'dprobably rather fight the coyote
because it would be a hell of alot better story than Old Spice
.
I'm a dove guy.
I'd probably rather fight thecoyote because it'd be a hell of
(01:11):
a lot better story.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
at the end We'll let you get a little shameless plug
in here with the golf glovesthere now at Sweet Ant Sports,
as we're doing the golf show.
If you want to tell people howyou got started with Sweet Ant
Sports, go ahead.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
We launched the golf club last summer and we do
customized gloves.
So if anybody is interested orhas a golf outing out there this
summer or anything, hit us upand we can get your logo on them
and you guys can try them outand have a great event.
(01:45):
So, yeah, it's going prettygood though.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Great, I've tried out the pair, the complimentary
pair that you sent me.
They're super comfortable,super breathable.
I'll tell everyone that.
And if you go there, don'tforget to use the special code
for the show Bono10.
It'll save you 10% off of thosegloves too, as well, for sure.
But let's get to the other twoguests here.
Been on all the time here Seemslike on the roundtable.
(02:13):
We're going to just startmaking him a staple of the
roundtables, and that's Marsco.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
How's it going?
Christopher Marsco, hailingfrom Allen, ohio.
This evening, warren, let's see, I use Head Shoulders Old Spice
shampoo conditioner For thatco-op and I'm pretty consistent
with it.
I'll say it's up there.
I'm like you, lando, I'm a doveguy A dove for men, I don't
(02:43):
know.
I dig Old Spice.
It's a good product.
And then I'm struggling withthis.
I need to know how big the deerare, because I'm short but I
got a lot of weight I couldthrow around.
So if I could break some legs,deer's kind of screwed at that
point, coyote might be able toget you and stagger you a little
bit.
So I'm going to fight the deer.
Be able to get you and staggeryou a little bit, so I'm going
(03:04):
to fight the deer.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Okay, these are wonderful, fitting questions to
start the round tables but lastguest story what's going on,
guys?
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Bill story here coming out of Cleveland, ohio.
The these questions, man, Ilove them.
Getting going as far as OldSpice, I feel like Marthco is
kind of taking my answers here.
The Head Shoulders is kind ofthe go-to for me up here.
I don't have the collab withOld Spice, so we'll go ahead and
say Old Spice is not the bestone and then, similar to Marthco
(03:41):
, I think I'm going with theDeers.
I don't know what's going to bea cooler story, but never
really seen a deer trying toattack anyone.
So, um, someone gets it onvideo.
Gotta be a little bit funny.
So we'll go with the deergotcha, no worries.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
And uh, I'm gonna disagree with all of y'all when
it comes to, uh, the body washand the soap.
I am an exclusive old spice guy.
I don't know if that hasanything to do with my age or
anything like that, but OldSpice all the way.
I don't have the collab withHead Shoulders.
I do use Head Shoulders too aswell, but now I'm going to have
to get the collab to justcomplete the cycle and fight it
(04:17):
up top and on the bottom.
That sounds fantastic.
As for two really mad deer orone pissed off coyote, I'm going
to go deer because I hit a deera couple months ago with my car
and it really pissed me off.
So I want to just take more ofthem out.
(04:37):
That's really the only reasonI'm fighting the deer.
I mean, I grew up aroundcoyotes and they're mean
sumbitches.
I don't think I'd fare too wellagainst that anyway.
So we're going to go deer onthat one for sure, and shout out
to Fitty for those questionsAgain, the wonderful manager of
(04:59):
the podcast.
Those came from him and I thinkwe're not even going to get into
it, but I have to mention itbecause I think it's the 100 men
versus the one gorilla trendthat's all over social media
where that question came from,uh, but I digress on that.
But we're going to get intothis here and we're going to
talk all things golf on thisshow, with uh spring in full
(05:19):
effect of more people hittingthe courses.
Now figured, why not?
Let's talk about a golf.
I love to get out there and hitthe links anytime I can.
But, lando, we're going tostart with you.
How long have you been golfing?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Golfing I say on and off since I've been a little kid
but it wasn't really my mainsport.
But I hit the driving range, goputt-putt for fun and stuff
yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
I driving range, go putt, putt, you know, for fun
and stuff.
So, yeah, yeah, I've golfedsince I was.
I was little um, parentsactually grew up in a little
subdivision that had a littlenine hole par three course like
right across the street fromwhere we grew up.
So I would go out there, sneakon the like sixth hole where,
which was across from the house,growing up you know, get a
little chip in practice and alittle putting, but yeah, so
(06:09):
that kind of started it off.
But I actually even took a golfclass when I was at Bethany.
I mean it counted as my PEcredit.
I didn't even think in collegeI would need a PE credit but
apparently I did and got to getup you know 8 o'clock in the
morning and go golf in college.
Like you really can't beat that.
And it wasn't a sport I gotgraded for it.
(06:29):
Uh, but Marsco, what about you?
How long have you been golfing?
Speaker 3 (06:35):
So mine has a little uh heartstring attached to it.
So I started golfing, actuallyin uh fifth grade.
My dad was uh late in hisbattle with cancer.
At that point my cousin askedme they called me Butch.
They said Butch, what do youwant to do?
Let's get out, let's go dosomething.
(06:55):
I'm like everybody in my familygolfs.
I want to go golfing For myfirst time out.
It was something I fell in lovewith.
If it wasn't in the fall duringhigh school, I would have loved
to golf and played football.
Unfortunately, given those twooptions, I picked football.
But you know, I've been golfingsince fifth grade, so I was 05.
(07:15):
I've been golfing for about 20years now.
You'd think I'd be a lot better.
It's a damn shame, but 20 years.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
I hear you on that.
I got a terrible head of cap.
It's awful, they just know.
All right, bono can putt hisass off, but he's going to be no
help until we get to the green,if there's any type of scramble
going on.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
You played a lot of putt-putt.
I'm backwards from everyone.
Everyone likes the tee box.
I like when we get close to thegreen 150,.
In's my sweet spot.
It's an adventure getting thattap point done, oh 100%.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
I have a terrible slice.
I actually have to aim thecomplete opposite direction just
to play the slice and the hookthat I had to hit the middle of
the fairway.
It's ridiculous.
But Story, what about you?
Speaker 4 (08:02):
yeah, some of these guys started when I was, I would
say, pretty young, maybe 10years old or so, somewhere in
that ballpark.
Uh used to get out with mygrandpa, my pops kind of brought
me out to uh standball a littlenine hole course in youngstown,
standball, uh golf course outthere by the city and uh
probably only played there untilI was maybe in high school a
(08:25):
little bit later and ended upplaying with some friends and
took a little bit of a break.
Didn't really play all thatmuch through college and stuff
and then COVID time I think, asa lot of other people definitely
picked it up and been playingquite a bit over the past four
or five years.
So that's been kind of myadventure with golf Started
young, took a little break andbeen playing a lot lately.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Can't complain.
I wish I could get out morethan what I do.
For sure, schedule's just notallowing it right now, but I
used to golf a lot, especiallythrough high school, with my
buddies.
It was just something to do onthe weekends and in the summer,
when we had nothing to do andthere was no football practice
or anything like that, we'd getout and we'd golf almost every
(09:07):
weekend, but a story that'llstay with you.
What has been your favoritecourse that you've ever played
on?
Speaker 4 (09:16):
That's a tough one We'll actually go with kind of
nicest and probably favorite.
It was a course calledShenandoah.
It was up at a kind of casinoresort up in upstate New York,
kind of like a really nice Lynxgolf course, but the most
expensive and nicest course I'veever played on.
I've been to quite a few aroundkind of northeast Ohio area and
(09:38):
definitely got some favoritesaround here, but that was the
nicest one up there.
Like I said, I think it'scalled Turning Stone Resort up
in kind of upstate New York area.
They have four or five reallyreally nice courses but we
played the Shenandoah one andreally enjoyed it that day.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
I can't complain about that.
But Marcio, what about you?
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Well, this is going to sound so Homer for me if
you're in the northeast Ohioarea.
But right here in Warren, twocome to mind the Lakes, avalon
Lakes, right here in Warren,ohio, wonderful course.
Got to know somebody to get on.
But same with the Lake Club inPoland, beautiful course.
(10:22):
I feel blessed to even get tohave gone there, because if
they're watching me they'dprobably not let me back.
I have done pretty good, butthose two are two beautiful
courses right here, avalon andthe Lake.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Club.
Okay, lando, what about you?
Speaker 2 (10:39):
I'd say that it was last summer, last time I golfed
I think it was at a bachelorparty and we were up at
Hillcrest Country Club up inPennsylvania and right down the
road from me, so that wasprobably nicest place I've ever
golfed or anything like that.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
so okay, for me it has to be, of course, near my
hometown in Wellsburg, westVirginia, highland Springs, just
up the road from Bethany.
There's Lando.
I don't know if you've everbeen out there for any golf
tournaments with Bethany oranything like that for the
football team.
(11:18):
I know.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Oh yeah, the Bethany Golf Outing every year.
Man, yeah, that's down there,yep, yep, anthony golf outing
every year.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Man, that's down there.
Yep, yep, yeah, I played in itone year, uh, with my uncle, and
, um, they didn't want me backafter uh, after that one
scramble showing, so, uh, butplayed there a lot and it's one
of my favorite favorite coursesthat I've ever played on.
Before, uh, ogilby, up there inWheeling, west Virginia, also
(11:45):
up there, but, yeah, I got tosay Hot Springs takes the cake
and Jesus, yeah, as we couldhave my never fails in this.
In this household, people knowwhen I'm recording, like my son
as you can hear him in thebackground just screaming for no
(12:07):
reason, like I'm not recordinga show right now.
Love you, father, love you too.
Anyways, lando, where the hellwas I?
All right?
What's your non-favorite courseyou've ever played?
(12:29):
So what do you have?
A course that you dislike themost?
Speaker 2 (12:35):
I'm not picky man.
When I go out I just like tohave fun and, you know, drink
some beers and smoke some cigarsand you know it really doesn't
matter to me.
So I'm not going to turn away agood time, you know.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
I really don't think I have a least favorite course
out there.
I'm just out there to spraysome balls all over the course
and try to be sober by the drivehome.
You know that's the main goal,marsco.
What about you?
You got a least favorite course.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
Two of them.
They're not open anymore.
Neither of them exist.
But Walnut Run in Cortland,ohio, three minutes from my
house Real narrow, not a veryopen course, very pretty, has
its spots, but when it was openyou had to be able to keep it
straight.
I needed the axe with me when Igolfed there.
(13:41):
And then, uh, another one wasactually where I went the first
time I went golfing.
Uh, but uh, good old ash hills,also in courtland.
We're saturated with them, nottoo far from tam, or when people
in the mahoning valley arefamiliar, but uh, that was like
putting on, uh, the grass inyour backyard.
Those greetings had a little tobe desired.
(14:01):
So I'd say those two Neitherexist anymore, probably with
good reason.
No, I'm just kidding.
God bless those people.
I wish they were open.
You can't have too much goodgolf around here.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (14:16):
Stoy.
What about you?
I don't think I can say a leastfavorite course.
I love the game, Love gettingout at every course.
It's challenging.
I just love kind of getting outwith some buddies hacking the
ball around and doing whatever.
But yeah, I'm going to leave itat that.
I don't even want to throw somenames out there.
I love it.
Love playing.
No matter what course I'm on,I'll find a good time out there.
(14:37):
I love it.
Love playing.
No matter what kind of courseI'm on, I'll find a good time
out there.
I don't want to go with onehere.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
I have to say one Now that I think about it.
It's Brook Hills in Wellsburg,west Virginia.
It's a little par 3 course thatis deceptively hard for a par 3
course.
One of those courses is like oh, it's a par 3.
I'll get a little bit of t-box,get maybe get a chip or two in
here and I'll work on my puttinggame.
No, I've lost more golf ballsat that course than any other
(15:07):
course that I've ever played on.
Like it's.
It's terrible, um, that greensor it's.
It's like putting on icelike're so fast, no matter where
you're at you'll, you'll hookout a two foot.
Give me putt, it's just.
It's one of those courses thatmakes you like I'm never golfing
(15:29):
again.
It's one of those because itjust it ruins your average Uh
and uh story.
We'll keep with you here now.
Um, are you a Walker on thegolf course or are you a cart
guy?
Speaker 4 (15:42):
Card guy all day.
I know you think I've walked upfor 18.
Ever it didn't play.
Uh and I score nothing.
Um, walk nine, maybe a handfulof times, but uh, put me in a
cart.
I like having, uh, having somespace or a place to throw some
(16:02):
of my stuff and have the bagsitting there.
Hey, car path only as well,give me a cart, let me drive
around the course.
I feel like that's half the funof it is getting out driving
and enjoying yourself 100%,Marcio.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
what about you?
Are you walking or are yougetting in that cart?
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Yeah, I used to be a walker, did a couple youth
leagues since I fell in lovewith the sport and they made you
walk during those.
But I can't lie as soon as Iwas able to start driving, I
started driving, and that's theway to consume golf, in my
opinion.
Now, if I was 170 pounds and inbetter shape, maybe I'd tell
(16:34):
you that walking 18 holes haschanged your life once a week.
But I'm a cart guy now for sure.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Oh yeah, Lando, what about you?
Speaker 2 (16:45):
I like flying around on the cart man.
It's just fun to me, you know.
And yeah, I wouldn't say I'mtoo much of a walker anymore.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
No, I'm definitely not.
I got bad knees, a bad back.
Give me a cart and I'm happyit's just coming with age.
Marcio, you said you were infifth grade in 2005.
I was getting ready to graduatehigh school, so thank you for
making me feel way older than Ialready am.
So appreciate that Absolutely.
(17:19):
But cart all day.
You got a space for your coolerfull of beverages.
You got the bag.
You don't got to carry thataround.
Yeah, I'm a cart.
You can mess with your buddies,you know, put it in reverse,
hear that beeping sound right intheir backswing, just to kind
of help your score a little bitif you're under a little bit,
you know, but it's all good fun.
With that being said, lando,what state do you think has the
(17:48):
best courses?
Speaker 2 (17:52):
I would say if you don't mind the heat, I would say
Florida or Arizona, somewherewhere it's always hot out, it
probably has the best courses.
But fun fact, the area that hasthe most golf courses that I
found out in the United Statesis the Midwest.
(18:14):
That's true, yeah, which I wasvery shocked.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
It's just like overpopulated with golf courses,
you would think it would be ina warmer climate, would have
more golf, like in the Southwhere you probably could golf
year-round.
I would think those would beoverpopulated Midwest.
That's just shocking to me,something you've got to shut
down in the winter.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Yeah, my buddy actually sent me the whole map
of all the golf courses in theUnited States.
I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Well, I'll say this to the listeners out there Even
if you don't like the contentwith golf, you can say you
learned something today.
There you go.
We're here to educate.
We're going to educate, that'sright, that's right, man.
I know, marantz, we're going toeducate everybody here.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Marisco.
What about you?
Sorry, my son was screaming inthe background.
What was?
Speaker 1 (19:11):
the question what state do you think has the best
golf courses?
Speaker 3 (19:16):
So I really enjoy getting to go down.
I have a couple buddies downthere now.
I'm a little mix of northcarolina but mainly south
carolina.
Uh, a lot of courses on theintercoastal waterway.
I just think there's a lot ofkind of breathtaking scenes in
there.
Um, you know, if I'm getting onthe plane, I heard arizona's
got great golf.
I've never really golfed outwest but, uh, I really enjoy
(19:38):
going down to the Carolinas.
It's a little more of my speedwith the temperature.
Also, florida's a little bit.
I've golfed down in Florida too, but that is a scorcher down
there.
Oh yeah, I'm more of a Carolinaclimate kind of guy.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
I can't argue with that Carolina.
Climate is just perfect.
I've never been out west so Ican't say anything about golf
out west.
I don't know.
Yeah, can't argue with Carolina, but Stoy, what about you?
Speaker 4 (20:12):
Yeah, somewhat similar.
I haven't actually golfed allthat many states.
I don't think I've never beenable to play out in Arizonazona.
Um, did play one time down inmyrtle beach area, had a good
time down there, and I thinkobviously, carolina, florida,
arizona, gonna be your, your topstates, but I'll throw out, uh,
michigan is one.
I played up in, upstatemichigan.
(20:34):
Um, kind of all around thelakes and stuff.
There's some really beautifulcourses up there, hey, michigan.
I don't know how they got so Ihate to give them any type of
props here, but they got somebeautiful golf courses
nonetheless up there, maybe alittle bit of a sleeper one that
maybe people don't think aboutall that much.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
You're good, as Marsco has his Michigan hoodie
on today.
We can't throw the shade whenwe can, for sure we can't.
We gotta throw the shade whenwe can, for sure.
I don't like either squad I.
I we'll just get that littleplug in there I.
I dislike Ohio State a littlebit more than I do Michigan.
Yeah, we, we, we all see it,marsco.
(21:14):
We all see the Michigan hoodie.
Yeah, for sure, I figured youwere going to come.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
First mister asks you when you need him.
Right, come on, man.
You got no backup.
I need the vampire coach rightnow.
I need a teammate.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
He couldn't make it.
We actually wanted him to be on.
He was like man, I don't knowmuch about golf, I can't get him
out of golf.
Oh man, With all that kind ofbeing said, Stoy, do you think
that golfers are athletic?
Speaker 4 (21:50):
absolutely.
Yeah, I mean it depends whatathletic I think you're talking
about, but, um, I think it's asport that you're just able to
play all the way.
You mean 80, 90 years old.
Sometimes you see guys outthere so, um, it's not, you know
, your traditional running,jumping sport, but a lot of
athletic movement to it.
Uh, you got to be able to tokind of bend and torque and, uh,
(22:13):
swing it the right way.
So I'll say, uh, for sure,especially some of these big
time, um, golfers on the tourand stuff, they're, they're
definitely athletes, they'reworking out, they're, they're
grinding their craft out on thecourt.
So I would definitely say, yeah, maybe some more than others,
but uh, definitely an athlete,uh, getting out there playing
yeah, I mean, you're not wrongwith the being able to do it
(22:35):
into your, into your later years.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
Um, a couple years before, uh, my mom's real dad
passed away.
He, he lost his sight but hewas still able to go to the
driving range and he would stillhit a ball straighter than I
could.
Um, and it was, it's just thatmuscle memory that he had from
golfing a guy that had his procard.
So, yeah, he was an avid golfer, loved the sport and, yeah,
(23:06):
even without being able to see,as long as you told him, hey,
you're lined up behind the ball,he was gripping it and ripping
it and it was still straighterthan anything I've ever hit in
my life.
To me that's a little bit of anathlete and athleticism right
there in my personal opinion.
But, marsco, what do you think?
Speaker 3 (23:23):
Oh, 1,000%.
I'll argue there's morevariables that go into hitting a
drive straight down the fairwaythan there is to shoot a
basketball.
All the way from your feet downto you know keeping your neck
and head steady, focused on theball.
I mean it requires acoordination of just about every
(23:44):
level of your body and you knowmuscles that you know.
It's like swimming in a way.
You're using muscles golfing,that you don't really use at any
other time.
It's not your traditional uhathlete.
I think people think about it,but yeah, you break down what a
golfer does and goes through.
It's a extreme amount ofcoordination.
It's really impressive when youthink about it 100.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
I'm glad you brought in the swimming analogy, as a
former swimmer myself, so youknow people don't give that the
credit they deserve.
It deserves Very well.
So very demanding.
A hundred percent, lando.
What about you?
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Yeah, I'm going to.
I'm going to say, yeah, everysport's different and, like,
every sport has this differenttype of athletes.
And I'm going to say that Itell you what one of the best
athletes I think that are outthere right now is at the Shambo
, and I mean he's like the BarryBonds of golf man.
That dude teeing off is like itdon't even look real, you know.
(24:43):
So yeah, I mean, it's a mental,you gotta be mentally focused,
you gotta stretch all that goodstuff.
So a little bit of power.
So, yeah, a little bit of power.
So yeah, that's it.
It definitely takes someathletic abilities to, uh, golf
man.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
A hundred percent.
I agree with all that.
Uh.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
With that being said, Lando, with you watching
DeChambeau, you watching golf onTV, no, but I watched a little
bit of the masters the last dayand uh, um, and I tell you what,
man, I was hoping Rory wasgoing to do it, he pulled it out
and yeah, man, I was prettypumped at the end of it all.
(25:24):
So that's a pretty classytournament, oh absolutely the
Masters.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
that's one of the few that I'll watch.
Like I'll watch the last day, Iwon't watch the early rounds.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
um yeah, I'll channel surf back and forth yeah, it's
different to watch it in, likefootball or something.
You know it's just relaxing anduh, but it still has that like
towards the end it has thatintensity, you know, kind of
like baseball, where you'restill sitting on the edge of
your seat but you're you knowwhat I mean Like you're waiting
(25:58):
for that moment.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
It was like this past year where you know it was
coming down to the last coupleof holes and you know it was
real close with the scores.
You know it adds a certainlevel of excitement to it, but
glad to see Rory pulled it out.
But Marcio, what about you?
Are you watching golf on TV?
Speaker 3 (26:20):
Yeah, so I'm good for about six, seven tournaments a
year.
I make sure I watch all fourmajors.
Love watching the WasteManagement Open out in Arizona.
I think it's kind of coolseeing a golf crowd like that,
especially how it's.
That's a party.
Yeah, it looks great.
I'd love to go down theresometime.
(26:41):
I mean the camera.
I think assuming that on TVprobably doesn't do it all
justice, but it does paint anice portrait Like the Masters,
but in a different category ofbeautiful, if you will.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
Not as majestic, but Like the Masters, but with Happy
Gilmore sprinkled into it.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
Perfect analogy, yeah .
And then you know, normally I'dsee them playing at TPC
Sawgrass or I'd normally catchanother random weekend, one that
you know, for whatever reason,I'll have some interest in.
But yeah, as I get older andenjoy just relaxing, golf's
(27:25):
perfect to put on TV.
Like Lando said, verybaseball-esque in a way.
It's just kind of, you know,you pace it out and it's
enjoyable to consume at its ownspeed.
I think that's what's greatabout it too.
No clock, I mean, it's a, andyou can play 90.
You can play when you're five,I think, and I don't know if he
(27:47):
gets this in the question, butI'm going to throw it out there
real quick.
I think Tiger Woods, especiallyfor people around my age, I'm
sure a little earlier, he kindof changed that and made it a
lot more popular, and I thinkthat it's kind of taken on a
life of its own.
I think it's in a fever pitchwith popularity, Even with a
couple of those guys going tolive not really being in the
(28:10):
scene as much.
I think golf's in a good place.
Viewership is like it has neverbeen.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
Yeah, I can't argue with Tiger Woods' fact that you
just said there.
I mean, I feel like once hecame into the golf scene and
started winning majors, thewhole aspect of golf kind of
changed and it became way moreentertaining.
The viewership went way up tosee what he could do.
(28:37):
I think some of these youngguys like the DeChambeaus and
that are kind of bringing thatback.
Rory's still kind of hangingaround bringing it back.
I'd love to see Ricky Fowler doa little bit more.
I just love seeing what colorhe's going to wear and match
everything from the hat down tothe shoes and the socks and
everything like that.
Phenomenal bright orange colorsnormally most of the time, but
(28:59):
you know it's phenomenal to seethat.
But uh story, what about you?
We'll get to you on this whenyou're watching golf on tv yeah,
good, good question.
Speaker 4 (29:07):
and as far as tournaments on tv, um, I'll be a
sunday watcher, you know, uh,when it gets down to the
nitty-gritty time, occasionally,maybe a Saturday doing some
chores, just have it on the TV,kind of take a quick glance at
that.
But one thing I want to kind ofgive a shout-out to I've been
getting into a lot lately isYouTube golf.
So not really on TV, but moreso on YouTube.
(29:30):
I think I don't know if manypeople know, but, um, like Bob
does sports, grant Horvat, evensome of the new uh, even some of
the uh the pros, like PhilMickelson, um, like Lando
mentioned to Shambo, um, they'vebeen kind of getting into it.
They put out, um, a lot of kindof cut it up and they kind of
(29:52):
have fun with it as well.
So I like watching some YouTubegolf every once in a while.
So a little bit different than,I guess, the traditional
watching the tournaments, but Ikind of go about it that way
watch those, and I have fun withit that way as well.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
I will say I think you're right.
Social media, and especiallyTikTok, is helping for golf.
I see Bob does sports all thetime.
Coming across my TikTok pageit's always him golfing.
It's just interesting to hearwhat's going to come out of his
mouth.
I think most of the time iswhat I'm watching it more for as
a comedian.
I think a lot of the stuff hesays and the comedic timing of
(30:25):
it and getting a little bit ofgolf content in there too as
well, I think it's prettyentertaining.
Speaker 4 (30:30):
I think it's changing the golf game, really bringing
the consumers at a younger ageto it.
It's a serious sport, similarto baseball.
It kind of has an integrity toit, but you get some of the
comedians in there and it'sbringing a little bit of a
different crowd in and gettingpeople, I think, interested in
the game that might not havebeen before.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
I mean, I was even invested in.
It was a whole long thing, Ithink it took like two weeks,
but DeChambeau trying to hit ahole in one over top of his
house by chipping Like at firstI was like, okay, this is going
to be quick, you know, and itwas like 14 days I was.
I kept finding myself goingback to his place.
Okay, Did you do it today?
Like it, like, like whathappened, you know, and I found
(31:11):
myself being invested in that.
So, yeah, I can, I can seedefinitely changing the social
media.
Social media changes frickingeverything nowadays.
It seems like so, um, thatbeing said, story uh, is there
any golfer?
Uh, and if you do, know who'sthe best golfer that you
personally know?
Speaker 4 (31:31):
Oh man if you do know who's the best golfer that you
personally know.
Oh man, I play with a wholebunch of guys that aren't too
good, so this is kind of a toughquestion.
I mean, we're all fine.
Um, one of the best ones that Iplay with a lot.
His name is mike minnie.
Just one of one of my buddies.
(31:52):
He's probably maybe a fivehandicapper.
So I have some good rounds outthere, but I I don't get to play
with too many great golfers.
I kind of keep it that way.
Uh, we're all kind of mediocreout there.
Have fun, don't take it tooserious.
So um, can't say I have, uh,really anyone that's a real good
golfer that I played with okay,mars, okay Marsco, what about
you?
Speaker 3 (32:12):
When you say no, is it someone that I'm going
golfing with or someone that Iused to get range balls for?
Speaker 1 (32:22):
On a personal level, this is a pretty question, so
you take this.
Speaker 3 (32:27):
I'm going to go with the range balls one because I
think it's pretty cool.
Jason Kokrak Okay.
He's been on the tour a littlebit.
I worked at the TrumbullCountry Club for several years,
you know, through college andeven a little bit after, and
he'd always come to TCC and soit was really nice, real cordial
(32:47):
, but he always had to becareful being beyond the driving
range because the net didn'treally apply to him, so you kind
of had to be on the lookout.
So I'm going to say Jason Cogre, okay.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Not mad at that at all, Lando.
What about you?
Speaker 2 (33:05):
Well, a lot of my buddies golf, so I don't want to
say any specific names becauseif I say one over the other
they're going to get ticked.
So I'm going to go with mybrother on this one, because
he's been playing for the pastlike three years and he's one of
the best athletes I know andhonestly I told him he's missing
(33:26):
his calling.
He's hitting the ball like 300yards plus every time like dead
on.
You know, shout out to him, man, he's really working on his
game.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Hopefully one day we'll see another Lando on TV
Getting the links.
Speaker 2 (33:44):
I hope he's less than an inch man.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
I got you man One I personally know.
I grew up with him.
He's been golfing forever.
His name is Jared SimpsonGolfed with him a little bit.
Him and his dad now ownGordon's Office Supplies in
Steubenville Ohio.
But dude was phenomenal.
(34:10):
I think he was like a four orfive handicap four-year
letterman at golf in high school.
So I didn't see many freshmenmaking the varsity golf team.
I mean so that that to me Imean he's like he's gone all
over the place golfing.
So I mean he's definitely thebest one that I know.
(34:32):
I hope he listens to this andhe gets to hear it.
I'll give him and his shop ashameless plug here on the show
for sure.
But, landon, we're going toround out the show here a little
bit.
It's right up, man, we've gotto have a fun way to end the
show.
Putt-putt golf.
Speaker 2 (34:55):
Absolutely Putt-putt golf.
I'm going to say my favoriteplace is the putt shack down in
the Strip District.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
Putt-putt golf.
Never been to that one at theStrip District, but but gonna
put it on the list.
The ones I gotta hit.
Speaker 3 (35:14):
Uh, marsco, what about you is putt-putt golf one
thousand percent, and Iattribute putt-putt golf to
making real golf as enjoyable asit is for me, because, because
I can putt, a lot of otherpeople struggle with that.
It helps me keep.
Coming back to golf, but, uh,we had a course in born on our
422.
(35:35):
Uh, there are three differentuh 18 hole courses in the one
spot, but they used to have a uh, us national uh competition
there where players would comein from this circuit all over
and they'd all compete there.
This is back in the 80s andthey televised it on who knows
(35:56):
what channel the espn8, the ochobut uh, it was a pretty
historic place and then, uh,over this past winter, it
actually, uh, they had to sellit and, uh, it was turned into a
car dealership parking lot,sadly so I don't have a home to
play putt-putt anymore.
I felt like I got to play someof the most legit putt-putt you
could have anywhere.
But yeah, putt-putt's great toplay it in any sport or any age,
(36:20):
all right.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
Stoy, what about you?
Speaker 4 (36:24):
I'll say I have to agree.
I can't be the Debbie Downerand put down mini golf at all.
So we'll say, yeah, I thinkit's very different.
A lot of times you get courses,you got obstacles and you got
barriers and stuff.
It's a lot different than thegame out on the course, but I
love playing and it's a definiteway to kind of get introduced
(36:45):
to the game a little bit.
So it's definitely golf, just alittle different fashion of it
100%.
Speaker 1 (36:50):
I'm a huge putt putt fan.
Um, try to take a trip up toSandusky every year as a family
and uh, there's a course upthere we go to every time we go
up there.
Uh, love it, love golfing, Ilove putt putt.
I will mess up a putt puttcourse for sure Anytime I see it
.
I, I just it's, it's like thelittle kid in me Definitely want
(37:13):
to get out there Again.
Going back to social media,there's actually a full page
where they actually havetournaments throughout the year
and it's putt-putt.
People sponsor them, People putin donations so they're getting
paid to go and film putt-puttcourses and shout out to the
(37:38):
courses that are letting them dothat.
Because it's just, it'sintriguing.
I found out a couple years agoit was during COVID actually
that I was talking to another uhcomedian friend of mine and he
actually knows somebody who is aprofessional putt putter.
(37:58):
Nobody needs to check theirhearing that you heard that
correctly a professional puttputter.
It's become so much of amainstream thing that they're
like they have they have dresscoats, like they have to wear
polos and golf like it's just,like it's it's.
I was like, okay, well, we needto start bringing back, uh,
(38:21):
like you said, marcio espn atethe ocho.
Let's get that back on andlet's get some putt-putt
tournaments getting.
Get these guys some notoriety.
Because I had no idea, becausehe just nonchalantly was like,
yeah, my buddy, who's aprofessional putt putt golfer,
and then just kept, was likewhat, you're not just going to
speed past that, like you didn'tjust say what I think you just
said he's a professional puttputter.
Yeah, so I love putt putt.
(38:44):
Yeah, it's definitely golf forme.
I'll take putt putt over.
You know a full 18 course anyday.
For sure, it's just a littlekidding me.
But, fellas, that's actuallygoing to do it for this week's
episode of the Ride Home Brandspodcast.
It was great to have LandoMarsco and Stoy back on the show
and get to talk a little bit ofgolf and some nostalgia with it
(39:10):
and I could talk about golf,seems like all day.
I never knew I was going toturn to that guy.
I attribute that again to myage, love golf now and, as
always, if you enjoyed the show,be a friend, tell a friend.
If you didn't tell them anyways, they might like it just
because you did.
That's going to do it for meand I will see y'all next week.
Welcome everybody to another episode of the Ride Home
Rants podcast.
This is, as always, your host,mike Bono.
I got a great show for us todayand a round table filled with
three great guests.
We're going to talk all thingsgolf.
I'm going to let them introducethemselves here First and
(00:21):
foremost.
We got to get him in here firstbecause he is one of the great
sponsors to the show with SweetHand Sports and Lando, if you
want to tell everybody aboutSweet Hand Sports after that.
But I also need the answer tothese two questions, and it is
is Old Spice soap the bestshower soap?
And number two would you ratherfight two really mad deer or
(00:45):
one pissed off coyote?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
hey everyone, matt Landowski.
Here I'm going to go with dovebeing a better soap than Old
Spice.
I'm a dove guy, but, and I'dprobably rather fight the coyote
because it would be a hell of alot better story than Old Spice
.
I'm a dove guy.
I'd probably rather fight thecoyote because it'd be a hell of
(01:11):
a lot better story.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
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So, yeah, it's going prettygood though.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
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But let's get to the other twoguests here.
Been on all the time here Seemslike on the roundtable.
(02:13):
We're going to just startmaking him a staple of the
roundtables, and that's Marsco.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
How's it going?
Christopher Marsco, hailingfrom Allen, ohio.
This evening, warren, let's see, I use Head Shoulders Old Spice
shampoo conditioner For thatco-op and I'm pretty consistent
with it.
I'll say it's up there.
I'm like you, lando, I'm a doveguy A dove for men, I don't
(02:43):
know.
I dig Old Spice.
It's a good product.
And then I'm struggling withthis.
I need to know how big the deerare, because I'm short but I
got a lot of weight I couldthrow around.
So if I could break some legs,deer's kind of screwed at that
point, coyote might be able toget you and stagger you a little
bit.
So I'm going to fight the deer.
Be able to get you and staggeryou a little bit, so I'm going
(03:04):
to fight the deer.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Okay, these are wonderful, fitting questions to
start the round tables but lastguest story what's going on,
guys?
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Bill story here coming out of Cleveland, ohio.
The these questions, man, Ilove them.
Getting going as far as OldSpice, I feel like Marthco is
kind of taking my answers here.
The Head Shoulders is kind ofthe go-to for me up here.
I don't have the collab withOld Spice, so we'll go ahead and
say Old Spice is not the bestone and then, similar to Marthco
(03:41):
, I think I'm going with theDeers.
I don't know what's going to bea cooler story, but never
really seen a deer trying toattack anyone.
So, um, someone gets it onvideo.
Gotta be a little bit funny.
So we'll go with the deergotcha, no worries.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
And uh, I'm gonna disagree with all of y'all when
it comes to, uh, the body washand the soap.
I am an exclusive old spice guy.
I don't know if that hasanything to do with my age or
anything like that, but OldSpice all the way.
I don't have the collab withHead Shoulders.
I do use Head Shoulders too aswell, but now I'm going to have
to get the collab to justcomplete the cycle and fight it
(04:17):
up top and on the bottom.
That sounds fantastic.
As for two really mad deer orone pissed off coyote, I'm going
to go deer because I hit a deera couple months ago with my car
and it really pissed me off.
So I want to just take more ofthem out.
(04:37):
That's really the only reasonI'm fighting the deer.
I mean, I grew up aroundcoyotes and they're mean
sumbitches.
I don't think I'd fare too wellagainst that anyway.
So we're going to go deer onthat one for sure, and shout out
to Fitty for those questionsAgain, the wonderful manager of
(04:59):
the podcast.
Those came from him and I thinkwe're not even going to get into
it, but I have to mention itbecause I think it's the 100 men
versus the one gorilla trendthat's all over social media
where that question came from,uh, but I digress on that.
But we're going to get intothis here and we're going to
talk all things golf on thisshow, with uh spring in full
(05:19):
effect of more people hittingthe courses.
Now figured, why not?
Let's talk about a golf.
I love to get out there and hitthe links anytime I can.
But, lando, we're going tostart with you.
How long have you been golfing?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Golfing I say on and off since I've been a little kid
but it wasn't really my mainsport.
But I hit the driving range, goputt-putt for fun and stuff
yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
I driving range, go putt, putt, you know, for fun
and stuff.
So, yeah, yeah, I've golfedsince I was.
I was little um, parentsactually grew up in a little
subdivision that had a littlenine hole par three course like
right across the street fromwhere we grew up.
So I would go out there, sneakon the like sixth hole where,
which was across from the house,growing up you know, get a
little chip in practice and alittle putting, but yeah, so
(06:09):
that kind of started it off.
But I actually even took a golfclass when I was at Bethany.
I mean it counted as my PEcredit.
I didn't even think in collegeI would need a PE credit but
apparently I did and got to getup you know 8 o'clock in the
morning and go golf in college.
Like you really can't beat that.
And it wasn't a sport I gotgraded for it.
(06:29):
Uh, but Marsco, what about you?
How long have you been golfing?
Speaker 3 (06:35):
So mine has a little uh heartstring attached to it.
So I started golfing, actuallyin uh fifth grade.
My dad was uh late in hisbattle with cancer.
At that point my cousin askedme they called me Butch.
They said Butch, what do youwant to do?
Let's get out, let's go dosomething.
(06:55):
I'm like everybody in my familygolfs.
I want to go golfing For myfirst time out.
It was something I fell in lovewith.
If it wasn't in the fall duringhigh school, I would have loved
to golf and played football.
Unfortunately, given those twooptions, I picked football.
But you know, I've been golfingsince fifth grade, so I was 05.
(07:15):
I've been golfing for about 20years now.
You'd think I'd be a lot better.
It's a damn shame, but 20 years.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
I hear you on that.
I got a terrible head of cap.
It's awful, they just know.
All right, bono can putt hisass off, but he's going to be no
help until we get to the green,if there's any type of scramble
going on.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
You played a lot of putt-putt.
I'm backwards from everyone.
Everyone likes the tee box.
I like when we get close to thegreen 150,.
In's my sweet spot.
It's an adventure getting thattap point done, oh 100%.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
I have a terrible slice.
I actually have to aim thecomplete opposite direction just
to play the slice and the hookthat I had to hit the middle of
the fairway.
It's ridiculous.
But Story, what about you?
Speaker 4 (08:02):
yeah, some of these guys started when I was, I would
say, pretty young, maybe 10years old or so, somewhere in
that ballpark.
Uh used to get out with mygrandpa, my pops kind of brought
me out to uh standball a littlenine hole course in youngstown,
standball, uh golf course outthere by the city and uh
probably only played there untilI was maybe in high school a
(08:25):
little bit later and ended upplaying with some friends and
took a little bit of a break.
Didn't really play all thatmuch through college and stuff
and then COVID time I think, asa lot of other people definitely
picked it up and been playingquite a bit over the past four
or five years.
So that's been kind of myadventure with golf Started
young, took a little break andbeen playing a lot lately.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Can't complain.
I wish I could get out morethan what I do.
For sure, schedule's just notallowing it right now, but I
used to golf a lot, especiallythrough high school, with my
buddies.
It was just something to do onthe weekends and in the summer,
when we had nothing to do andthere was no football practice
or anything like that, we'd getout and we'd golf almost every
(09:07):
weekend, but a story that'llstay with you.
What has been your favoritecourse that you've ever played
on?
Speaker 4 (09:16):
That's a tough one We'll actually go with kind of
nicest and probably favorite.
It was a course calledShenandoah.
It was up at a kind of casinoresort up in upstate New York,
kind of like a really nice Lynxgolf course, but the most
expensive and nicest course I'veever played on.
I've been to quite a few aroundkind of northeast Ohio area and
(09:38):
definitely got some favoritesaround here, but that was the
nicest one up there.
Like I said, I think it'scalled Turning Stone Resort up
in kind of upstate New York area.
They have four or five reallyreally nice courses but we
played the Shenandoah one andreally enjoyed it that day.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
I can't complain about that.
But Marcio, what about you?
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Well, this is going to sound so Homer for me if
you're in the northeast Ohioarea.
But right here in Warren, twocome to mind the Lakes, avalon
Lakes, right here in Warren,ohio, wonderful course.
Got to know somebody to get on.
But same with the Lake Club inPoland, beautiful course.
(10:22):
I feel blessed to even get tohave gone there, because if
they're watching me they'dprobably not let me back.
I have done pretty good, butthose two are two beautiful
courses right here, avalon andthe Lake.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Club.
Okay, lando, what about you?
Speaker 2 (10:39):
I'd say that it was last summer, last time I golfed
I think it was at a bachelorparty and we were up at
Hillcrest Country Club up inPennsylvania and right down the
road from me, so that wasprobably nicest place I've ever
golfed or anything like that.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
so okay, for me it has to be, of course, near my
hometown in Wellsburg, westVirginia, highland Springs, just
up the road from Bethany.
There's Lando.
I don't know if you've everbeen out there for any golf
tournaments with Bethany oranything like that for the
football team.
(11:18):
I know.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Oh yeah, the Bethany Golf Outing every year.
Man, yeah, that's down there,yep, yep, anthony golf outing
every year.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Man, that's down there.
Yep, yep, yeah, I played in itone year, uh, with my uncle, and
, um, they didn't want me backafter uh, after that one
scramble showing, so, uh, butplayed there a lot and it's one
of my favorite favorite coursesthat I've ever played on.
Before, uh, ogilby, up there inWheeling, west Virginia, also
(11:45):
up there, but, yeah, I got tosay Hot Springs takes the cake
and Jesus, yeah, as we couldhave my never fails in this.
In this household, people knowwhen I'm recording, like my son
as you can hear him in thebackground just screaming for no
(12:07):
reason, like I'm not recordinga show right now.
Love you, father, love you too.
Anyways, lando, where the hellwas I?
All right?
What's your non-favorite courseyou've ever played?
(12:29):
So what do you have?
A course that you dislike themost?
Speaker 2 (12:35):
I'm not picky man.
When I go out I just like tohave fun and, you know, drink
some beers and smoke some cigarsand you know it really doesn't
matter to me.
So I'm not going to turn away agood time, you know.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
I really don't think I have a least favorite course
out there.
I'm just out there to spraysome balls all over the course
and try to be sober by the drivehome.
You know that's the main goal,marsco.
What about you?
You got a least favorite course.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
Two of them.
They're not open anymore.
Neither of them exist.
But Walnut Run in Cortland,ohio, three minutes from my
house Real narrow, not a veryopen course, very pretty, has
its spots, but when it was openyou had to be able to keep it
straight.
I needed the axe with me when Igolfed there.
(13:41):
And then, uh, another one wasactually where I went the first
time I went golfing.
Uh, but uh, good old ash hills,also in courtland.
We're saturated with them, nottoo far from tam, or when people
in the mahoning valley arefamiliar, but uh, that was like
putting on, uh, the grass inyour backyard.
Those greetings had a little tobe desired.
(14:01):
So I'd say those two Neitherexist anymore, probably with
good reason.
No, I'm just kidding.
God bless those people.
I wish they were open.
You can't have too much goodgolf around here.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Absolutely.
Speaker 4 (14:16):
Stoy.
What about you?
I don't think I can say a leastfavorite course.
I love the game, Love gettingout at every course.
It's challenging.
I just love kind of getting outwith some buddies hacking the
ball around and doing whatever.
But yeah, I'm going to leave itat that.
I don't even want to throw somenames out there.
I love it.
Love playing.
No matter what course I'm on,I'll find a good time out there.
(14:37):
I love it.
Love playing.
No matter what kind of courseI'm on, I'll find a good time
out there.
I don't want to go with onehere.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
I have to say one Now that I think about it.
It's Brook Hills in Wellsburg,west Virginia.
It's a little par 3 course thatis deceptively hard for a par 3
course.
One of those courses is like oh, it's a par 3.
I'll get a little bit of t-box,get maybe get a chip or two in
here and I'll work on my puttinggame.
No, I've lost more golf ballsat that course than any other
(15:07):
course that I've ever played on.
Like it's.
It's terrible, um, that greensor it's.
It's like putting on icelike're so fast, no matter where
you're at you'll, you'll hookout a two foot.
Give me putt, it's just.
It's one of those courses thatmakes you like I'm never golfing
(15:29):
again.
It's one of those because itjust it ruins your average Uh
and uh story.
We'll keep with you here now.
Um, are you a Walker on thegolf course or are you a cart
guy?
Speaker 4 (15:42):
Card guy all day.
I know you think I've walked upfor 18.
Ever it didn't play.
Uh and I score nothing.
Um, walk nine, maybe a handfulof times, but uh, put me in a
cart.
I like having, uh, having somespace or a place to throw some
(16:02):
of my stuff and have the bagsitting there.
Hey, car path only as well,give me a cart, let me drive
around the course.
I feel like that's half the funof it is getting out driving
and enjoying yourself 100%,Marcio.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
what about you?
Are you walking or are yougetting in that cart?
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Yeah, I used to be a walker, did a couple youth
leagues since I fell in lovewith the sport and they made you
walk during those.
But I can't lie as soon as Iwas able to start driving, I
started driving, and that's theway to consume golf, in my
opinion.
Now, if I was 170 pounds and inbetter shape, maybe I'd tell
(16:34):
you that walking 18 holes haschanged your life once a week.
But I'm a cart guy now for sure.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
Oh yeah, Lando, what about you?
Speaker 2 (16:45):
I like flying around on the cart man.
It's just fun to me, you know.
And yeah, I wouldn't say I'mtoo much of a walker anymore.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
No, I'm definitely not.
I got bad knees, a bad back.
Give me a cart and I'm happyit's just coming with age.
Marcio, you said you were infifth grade in 2005.
I was getting ready to graduatehigh school, so thank you for
making me feel way older than Ialready am.
So appreciate that Absolutely.
(17:19):
But cart all day.
You got a space for your coolerfull of beverages.
You got the bag.
You don't got to carry thataround.
Yeah, I'm a cart.
You can mess with your buddies,you know, put it in reverse,
hear that beeping sound right intheir backswing, just to kind
of help your score a little bitif you're under a little bit,
you know, but it's all good fun.
With that being said, lando,what state do you think has the
(17:48):
best courses?
Speaker 2 (17:52):
I would say if you don't mind the heat, I would say
Florida or Arizona, somewherewhere it's always hot out, it
probably has the best courses.
But fun fact, the area that hasthe most golf courses that I
found out in the United Statesis the Midwest.
(18:14):
That's true, yeah, which I wasvery shocked.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
It's just like overpopulated with golf courses,
you would think it would be ina warmer climate, would have
more golf, like in the Southwhere you probably could golf
year-round.
I would think those would beoverpopulated Midwest.
That's just shocking to me,something you've got to shut
down in the winter.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Yeah, my buddy actually sent me the whole map
of all the golf courses in theUnited States.
I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Well, I'll say this to the listeners out there Even
if you don't like the contentwith golf, you can say you
learned something today.
There you go.
We're here to educate.
We're going to educate, that'sright, that's right, man.
I know, marantz, we're going toeducate everybody here.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Marisco.
What about you?
Sorry, my son was screaming inthe background.
What was?
Speaker 1 (19:11):
the question what state do you think has the best
golf courses?
Speaker 3 (19:16):
So I really enjoy getting to go down.
I have a couple buddies downthere now.
I'm a little mix of northcarolina but mainly south
carolina.
Uh, a lot of courses on theintercoastal waterway.
I just think there's a lot ofkind of breathtaking scenes in
there.
Um, you know, if I'm getting onthe plane, I heard arizona's
got great golf.
I've never really golfed outwest but, uh, I really enjoy
(19:38):
going down to the Carolinas.
It's a little more of my speedwith the temperature.
Also, florida's a little bit.
I've golfed down in Florida too, but that is a scorcher down
there.
Oh yeah, I'm more of a Carolinaclimate kind of guy.
Speaker 1 (19:54):
I can't argue with that Carolina.
Climate is just perfect.
I've never been out west so Ican't say anything about golf
out west.
I don't know.
Yeah, can't argue with Carolina, but Stoy, what about you?
Speaker 4 (20:12):
Yeah, somewhat similar.
I haven't actually golfed allthat many states.
I don't think I've never beenable to play out in Arizonazona.
Um, did play one time down inmyrtle beach area, had a good
time down there, and I thinkobviously, carolina, florida,
arizona, gonna be your, your topstates, but I'll throw out, uh,
michigan is one.
I played up in, upstatemichigan.
(20:34):
Um, kind of all around thelakes and stuff.
There's some really beautifulcourses up there, hey, michigan.
I don't know how they got so Ihate to give them any type of
props here, but they got somebeautiful golf courses
nonetheless up there, maybe alittle bit of a sleeper one that
maybe people don't think aboutall that much.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
You're good, as Marsco has his Michigan hoodie
on today.
We can't throw the shade whenwe can, for sure we can't.
We gotta throw the shade whenwe can, for sure.
I don't like either squad I.
I we'll just get that littleplug in there I.
I dislike Ohio State a littlebit more than I do Michigan.
Yeah, we, we, we all see it,marsco.
(21:14):
We all see the Michigan hoodie.
Yeah, for sure, I figured youwere going to come.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
First mister asks you when you need him.
Right, come on, man.
You got no backup.
I need the vampire coach rightnow.
I need a teammate.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
He couldn't make it.
We actually wanted him to be on.
He was like man, I don't knowmuch about golf, I can't get him
out of golf.
Oh man, With all that kind ofbeing said, Stoy, do you think
that golfers are athletic?
Speaker 4 (21:50):
absolutely.
Yeah, I mean it depends whatathletic I think you're talking
about, but, um, I think it's asport that you're just able to
play all the way.
You mean 80, 90 years old.
Sometimes you see guys outthere so, um, it's not, you know
, your traditional running,jumping sport, but a lot of
athletic movement to it.
Uh, you got to be able to tokind of bend and torque and, uh,
(22:13):
swing it the right way.
So I'll say, uh, for sure,especially some of these big
time, um, golfers on the tourand stuff, they're, they're
definitely athletes, they'reworking out, they're, they're
grinding their craft out on thecourt.
So I would definitely say, yeah, maybe some more than others,
but uh, definitely an athlete,uh, getting out there playing
yeah, I mean, you're not wrongwith the being able to do it
(22:35):
into your, into your later years.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
Um, a couple years before, uh, my mom's real dad
passed away.
He, he lost his sight but hewas still able to go to the
driving range and he would stillhit a ball straighter than I
could.
Um, and it was, it's just thatmuscle memory that he had from
golfing a guy that had his procard.
So, yeah, he was an avid golfer, loved the sport and, yeah,
(23:06):
even without being able to see,as long as you told him, hey,
you're lined up behind the ball,he was gripping it and ripping
it and it was still straighterthan anything I've ever hit in
my life.
To me that's a little bit of anathlete and athleticism right
there in my personal opinion.
But, marsco, what do you think?
Speaker 3 (23:23):
Oh, 1,000%.
I'll argue there's morevariables that go into hitting a
drive straight down the fairwaythan there is to shoot a
basketball.
All the way from your feet downto you know keeping your neck
and head steady, focused on theball.
I mean it requires acoordination of just about every
(23:44):
level of your body and you knowmuscles that you know.
It's like swimming in a way.
You're using muscles golfing,that you don't really use at any
other time.
It's not your traditional uhathlete.
I think people think about it,but yeah, you break down what a
golfer does and goes through.
It's a extreme amount ofcoordination.
It's really impressive when youthink about it 100.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
I'm glad you brought in the swimming analogy, as a
former swimmer myself, so youknow people don't give that the
credit they deserve.
It deserves Very well.
So very demanding.
A hundred percent, lando.
What about you?
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Yeah, I'm going to.
I'm going to say, yeah, everysport's different and, like,
every sport has this differenttype of athletes.
And I'm going to say that Itell you what one of the best
athletes I think that are outthere right now is at the Shambo
, and I mean he's like the BarryBonds of golf man.
That dude teeing off is like itdon't even look real, you know.
(24:43):
So yeah, I mean, it's a mental,you gotta be mentally focused,
you gotta stretch all that goodstuff.
So a little bit of power.
So, yeah, a little bit of power.
So yeah, that's it.
It definitely takes someathletic abilities to, uh, golf
man.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
A hundred percent.
I agree with all that.
Uh.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
With that being said, Lando, with you watching
DeChambeau, you watching golf onTV, no, but I watched a little
bit of the masters the last dayand uh, um, and I tell you what,
man, I was hoping Rory wasgoing to do it, he pulled it out
and yeah, man, I was prettypumped at the end of it all.
(25:24):
So that's a pretty classytournament, oh absolutely the
Masters.
Speaker 1 (25:29):
that's one of the few that I'll watch.
Like I'll watch the last day, Iwon't watch the early rounds.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
um yeah, I'll channel surf back and forth yeah, it's
different to watch it in, likefootball or something.
You know it's just relaxing anduh, but it still has that like
towards the end it has thatintensity, you know, kind of
like baseball, where you'restill sitting on the edge of
your seat but you're you knowwhat I mean Like you're waiting
(25:58):
for that moment.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
It was like this past year where you know it was
coming down to the last coupleof holes and you know it was
real close with the scores.
You know it adds a certainlevel of excitement to it, but
glad to see Rory pulled it out.
But Marcio, what about you?
Are you watching golf on TV?
Speaker 3 (26:20):
Yeah, so I'm good for about six, seven tournaments a
year.
I make sure I watch all fourmajors.
Love watching the WasteManagement Open out in Arizona.
I think it's kind of coolseeing a golf crowd like that,
especially how it's.
That's a party.
Yeah, it looks great.
I'd love to go down theresometime.
(26:41):
I mean the camera.
I think assuming that on TVprobably doesn't do it all
justice, but it does paint anice portrait Like the Masters,
but in a different category ofbeautiful, if you will.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
Not as majestic, but Like the Masters, but with Happy
Gilmore sprinkled into it.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
Perfect analogy, yeah .
And then you know, normally I'dsee them playing at TPC
Sawgrass or I'd normally catchanother random weekend, one that
you know, for whatever reason,I'll have some interest in.
But yeah, as I get older andenjoy just relaxing, golf's
(27:25):
perfect to put on TV.
Like Lando said, verybaseball-esque in a way.
It's just kind of, you know,you pace it out and it's
enjoyable to consume at its ownspeed.
I think that's what's greatabout it too.
No clock, I mean, it's a, andyou can play 90.
You can play when you're five,I think, and I don't know if he
(27:47):
gets this in the question, butI'm going to throw it out there
real quick.
I think Tiger Woods, especiallyfor people around my age, I'm
sure a little earlier, he kindof changed that and made it a
lot more popular, and I thinkthat it's kind of taken on a
life of its own.
I think it's in a fever pitchwith popularity, Even with a
couple of those guys going tolive not really being in the
(28:10):
scene as much.
I think golf's in a good place.
Viewership is like it has neverbeen.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
Yeah, I can't argue with Tiger Woods' fact that you
just said there.
I mean, I feel like once hecame into the golf scene and
started winning majors, thewhole aspect of golf kind of
changed and it became way moreentertaining.
The viewership went way up tosee what he could do.
(28:37):
I think some of these youngguys like the DeChambeaus and
that are kind of bringing thatback.
Rory's still kind of hangingaround bringing it back.
I'd love to see Ricky Fowler doa little bit more.
I just love seeing what colorhe's going to wear and match
everything from the hat down tothe shoes and the socks and
everything like that.
Phenomenal bright orange colorsnormally most of the time, but
(28:59):
you know it's phenomenal to seethat.
But uh story, what about you?
We'll get to you on this whenyou're watching golf on tv yeah,
good, good question.
Speaker 4 (29:07):
and as far as tournaments on tv, um, I'll be a
sunday watcher, you know, uh,when it gets down to the
nitty-gritty time, occasionally,maybe a Saturday doing some
chores, just have it on the TV,kind of take a quick glance at
that.
But one thing I want to kind ofgive a shout-out to I've been
getting into a lot lately isYouTube golf.
So not really on TV, but moreso on YouTube.
(29:30):
I think I don't know if manypeople know, but, um, like Bob
does sports, grant Horvat, evensome of the new uh, even some of
the uh the pros, like PhilMickelson, um, like Lando
mentioned to Shambo, um, they'vebeen kind of getting into it.
They put out, um, a lot of kindof cut it up and they kind of
(29:52):
have fun with it as well.
So I like watching some YouTubegolf every once in a while.
So a little bit different than,I guess, the traditional
watching the tournaments, but Ikind of go about it that way
watch those, and I have fun withit that way as well.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
I will say I think you're right.
Social media, and especiallyTikTok, is helping for golf.
I see Bob does sports all thetime.
Coming across my TikTok pageit's always him golfing.
It's just interesting to hearwhat's going to come out of his
mouth.
I think most of the time iswhat I'm watching it more for as
a comedian.
I think a lot of the stuff hesays and the comedic timing of
(30:25):
it and getting a little bit ofgolf content in there too as
well, I think it's prettyentertaining.
Speaker 4 (30:30):
I think it's changing the golf game, really bringing
the consumers at a younger ageto it.
It's a serious sport, similarto baseball.
It kind of has an integrity toit, but you get some of the
comedians in there and it'sbringing a little bit of a
different crowd in and gettingpeople, I think, interested in
the game that might not havebeen before.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
I mean, I was even invested in.
It was a whole long thing, Ithink it took like two weeks,
but DeChambeau trying to hit ahole in one over top of his
house by chipping Like at firstI was like, okay, this is going
to be quick, you know, and itwas like 14 days I was.
I kept finding myself goingback to his place.
Okay, Did you do it today?
Like it, like, like whathappened, you know, and I found
(31:11):
myself being invested in that.
So, yeah, I can, I can seedefinitely changing the social
media.
Social media changes frickingeverything nowadays.
It seems like so, um, thatbeing said, story uh, is there
any golfer?
Uh, and if you do, know who'sthe best golfer that you
personally know?
Speaker 4 (31:31):
Oh man if you do know who's the best golfer that you
personally know.
Oh man, I play with a wholebunch of guys that aren't too
good, so this is kind of a toughquestion.
I mean, we're all fine.
Um, one of the best ones that Iplay with a lot.
His name is mike minnie.
Just one of one of my buddies.
(31:52):
He's probably maybe a fivehandicapper.
So I have some good rounds outthere, but I I don't get to play
with too many great golfers.
I kind of keep it that way.
Uh, we're all kind of mediocreout there.
Have fun, don't take it tooserious.
So um, can't say I have, uh,really anyone that's a real good
golfer that I played with okay,mars, okay Marsco, what about
you?
Speaker 3 (32:12):
When you say no, is it someone that I'm going
golfing with or someone that Iused to get range balls for?
Speaker 1 (32:22):
On a personal level, this is a pretty question, so
you take this.
Speaker 3 (32:27):
I'm going to go with the range balls one because I
think it's pretty cool.
Jason Kokrak Okay.
He's been on the tour a littlebit.
I worked at the TrumbullCountry Club for several years,
you know, through college andeven a little bit after, and
he'd always come to TCC and soit was really nice, real cordial
(32:47):
, but he always had to becareful being beyond the driving
range because the net didn'treally apply to him, so you kind
of had to be on the lookout.
So I'm going to say Jason Cogre, okay.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Not mad at that at all, Lando.
What about you?
Speaker 2 (33:05):
Well, a lot of my buddies golf, so I don't want to
say any specific names becauseif I say one over the other
they're going to get ticked.
So I'm going to go with mybrother on this one, because
he's been playing for the pastlike three years and he's one of
the best athletes I know andhonestly I told him he's missing
(33:26):
his calling.
He's hitting the ball like 300yards plus every time like dead
on.
You know, shout out to him, man, he's really working on his
game.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Hopefully one day we'll see another Lando on TV
Getting the links.
Speaker 2 (33:44):
I hope he's less than an inch man.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
I got you man One I personally know.
I grew up with him.
He's been golfing forever.
His name is Jared SimpsonGolfed with him a little bit.
Him and his dad now ownGordon's Office Supplies in
Steubenville Ohio.
But dude was phenomenal.
(34:10):
I think he was like a four orfive handicap four-year
letterman at golf in high school.
So I didn't see many freshmenmaking the varsity golf team.
I mean so that that to me Imean he's like he's gone all
over the place golfing.
So I mean he's definitely thebest one that I know.
(34:32):
I hope he listens to this andhe gets to hear it.
I'll give him and his shop ashameless plug here on the show
for sure.
But, landon, we're going toround out the show here a little
bit.
It's right up, man, we've gotto have a fun way to end the
show.
Putt-putt golf.
Speaker 2 (34:55):
Absolutely Putt-putt golf.
I'm going to say my favoriteplace is the putt shack down in
the Strip District.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
Putt-putt golf.
Never been to that one at theStrip District, but but gonna
put it on the list.
The ones I gotta hit.
Speaker 3 (35:14):
Uh, marsco, what about you is putt-putt golf one
thousand percent, and Iattribute putt-putt golf to
making real golf as enjoyable asit is for me, because, because
I can putt, a lot of otherpeople struggle with that.
It helps me keep.
Coming back to golf, but, uh,we had a course in born on our
422.
(35:35):
Uh, there are three differentuh 18 hole courses in the one
spot, but they used to have a uh, us national uh competition
there where players would comein from this circuit all over
and they'd all compete there.
This is back in the 80s andthey televised it on who knows
(35:56):
what channel the espn8, the ochobut uh, it was a pretty
historic place and then, uh,over this past winter, it
actually, uh, they had to sellit and, uh, it was turned into a
car dealership parking lot,sadly so I don't have a home to
play putt-putt anymore.
I felt like I got to play someof the most legit putt-putt you
could have anywhere.
But yeah, putt-putt's great toplay it in any sport or any age,
(36:20):
all right.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
Stoy, what about you?
Speaker 4 (36:24):
I'll say I have to agree.
I can't be the Debbie Downerand put down mini golf at all.
So we'll say, yeah, I thinkit's very different.
A lot of times you get courses,you got obstacles and you got
barriers and stuff.
It's a lot different than thegame out on the course, but I
love playing and it's a definiteway to kind of get introduced
(36:45):
to the game a little bit.
So it's definitely golf, just alittle different fashion of it
100%.
Speaker 1 (36:50):
I'm a huge putt putt fan.
Um, try to take a trip up toSandusky every year as a family
and uh, there's a course upthere we go to every time we go
up there.
Uh, love it, love golfing, Ilove putt putt.
I will mess up a putt puttcourse for sure Anytime I see it
.
I, I just it's, it's like thelittle kid in me Definitely want
(37:13):
to get out there Again.
Going back to social media,there's actually a full page
where they actually havetournaments throughout the year
and it's putt-putt.
People sponsor them, People putin donations so they're getting
paid to go and film putt-puttcourses and shout out to the
(37:38):
courses that are letting them dothat.
Because it's just, it'sintriguing.
I found out a couple years agoit was during COVID actually
that I was talking to another uhcomedian friend of mine and he
actually knows somebody who is aprofessional putt putter.
(37:58):
Nobody needs to check theirhearing that you heard that
correctly a professional puttputter.
It's become so much of amainstream thing that they're
like they have they have dresscoats, like they have to wear
polos and golf like it's just,like it's it's.
I was like, okay, well, we needto start bringing back, uh,
(38:21):
like you said, marcio espn atethe ocho.
Let's get that back on andlet's get some putt-putt
tournaments getting.
Get these guys some notoriety.
Because I had no idea, becausehe just nonchalantly was like,
yeah, my buddy, who's aprofessional putt putt golfer,
and then just kept, was likewhat, you're not just going to
speed past that, like you didn'tjust say what I think you just
said he's a professional puttputter.
Yeah, so I love putt putt.
(38:44):
Yeah, it's definitely golf forme.
I'll take putt putt over.
You know a full 18 course anyday.
For sure, it's just a littlekidding me.
But, fellas, that's actuallygoing to do it for this week's
episode of the Ride Home Brandspodcast.
It was great to have LandoMarsco and Stoy back on the show
and get to talk a little bit ofgolf and some nostalgia with it
(39:10):
and I could talk about golf,seems like all day.
I never knew I was going toturn to that guy.
I attribute that again to myage, love golf now and, as
always, if you enjoyed the show,be a friend, tell a friend.
If you didn't tell them anyways, they might like it just
because you did.
That's going to do it for meand I will see y'all next week.
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