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

What if the reason you keep slicing the golf ball isn’t what you think it is? And what if the extra distance you’ve been searching for isn’t inside the latest $600 driver—but locked inside your body? This week on Next on the Tee, PGA Professional Brian Klocek and TPI-certified golf fitness specialist Shaun Diachkoff help us uncover ways to play better golf without chasing another swing thought or buying another piece of equipment. Brian is the Director of Golf at Totteridge Golf Course in Greensburg, PA, and he shares a simple range drill that can help chronic slicers quiet an overactive upper body, improve their sequencing, and start hitting straighter shots. We also talk about how colder temperatures affect distance, what to wear so you stay warm without restricting your swing, and what makes their Rees Jones-designed Totteridge Golf Course such a special public golf experience in Western Pennsylvania. And yes—we finally discover the secret behind the Totteridge hot dog that Gus Frerotte and his sons voted the best at the turn in the region. Then Shaun Diachkoff asks us to look at our golf swing from a completely different perspective. Sometimes the swing flaw you’ve spent years trying to fix isn’t really a swing problem at all—your body may simply be unable to get into the position you’re asking of it. Shaun explains how limitations in the hips, thoracic spine, and shoulders can rob us of rotation, speed, consistency, and distance. He walks us through his approach to identifying those restrictions, restoring mobility, building strength, and ultimately creating more speed. Plus, we get practical advice for staying loose during cold-weather rounds and what you can start doing this offseason to prepare your body for better golf in 2027. Better movement. Straighter shots. More speed. More distance. And no new driver required. Thank you for pressing play and joining me on Next on the Tee—where golf legends live and your game gets better.

What was Bobby Jones really like away from the golf course? What were his final words to his family? And what does it take to keep chasing your PGA Tour dreams when success seems years away? This week on Next on the Tee, Dr. Bob Jones IV, grandson of the legendary Bobby Jones, shares intimate family stories about one of golf's greatest icons. We explore his grandfather's humility, his early struggles with his temper, the role faith played in his life, and the extraordinary grace he displayed during his final years. Doc also shares powerful perspectives on gratitude, forgiveness, letting go of control, and the life lessons golf teaches us. Then, former PGA Tour pro Barry Cheesman takes us on his remarkable journey from professional baseball in the Cardinals, Angels, and Yankees organizations to competing on the PGA Tour. Barry reflects on surviving Q-School, the challenges of professional golf, and the perseverance required to win twice on what's now the Korn Ferry Tour...with seven years between victories. Now a golf instructor and high school coach, Barry also shares practical playing tips to help you build confidence, improve consistency, and shoot lower scores. Two remarkable journeys. Unforgettable stories. Valuable golf lessons. It's everything we love about the game on Next on the Tee...where golf legends live and your game gets better. Enjoy the episode? Follow Next on the Tee on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share it with a golfing friend.

If your golf game needs a little help heading into the fall, this episode of Next on the Tee is built for you. We’re going to help you play your best golf of the season as we head into the Fall. We're putting the playing lessons right up front so you can hear them on the way to the range, replay them before your round, and have them fresh in your mind when you step onto the first tee. Resident Director of Instruction Tom Patri starts us off with a fix for one of the most common swing problems in golf: coming over the top. TP introduces us to his “Over the Top Chop” and explains how it can also help those of us battling the dreaded pull hooksies. He also weighs in on the Presidents Cup and why he believes J.J. Spaun deserved a spot on the team. Then PGA Master Professional John Hughes returns—and I’m excited to announce that John is joining Next on the Tee as a monthly regular. John’s first lesson might save you strokes without changing your swing at all: check your ego in the parking lot. He explains how to determine which tees you should actually be playing, why moving forward can make golf more enjoyable, and how playing the proper yardage gives you the opportunity to hit reasonable irons into greens and—imagine this—make more birdies. John also shares why you may want to hover the club at address, just like Jack Nicklaus did, and what that simple adjustment can do for your swing. More tips. More fun. Better scores. That’s the direction we’re taking on Next on the Tee—giving you lessons you can take straight to the course, followed by the stories and conversations with golf’s greats that you’ve come to expect. Thank you for pressing play and taking the journey to better golf with us.

This week on Next on the Tee, we're mixing golf with a little football—and discovering once again that the two games have more in common than you might think. We start with my “long-lost cousin,” John Mascari, Director of Golf at Alpine Country Club and former member of the New Jersey PGA Section Board of Directors. John and I talk about something that often gets overlooked: being a great PGA Professional is really about being in the relationship business. We also get into the New Jersey Mid-Am, Alpine’s relationship with nearby Baltusrol, some terrific New Jersey courses you may not know, and why U.S. teams continue to struggle in international team competitions. Then it's time to cross over to the gridiron with 2-time Super Bowl Champion Mark Collins. Mark is an avid golfer who shares some great stories about playing with Joe Montana and Marcus Allen during their Kansas City days, plus the putting lesson he recently received from PGA Tour legend Dave Stockton. We also talk Giants football, playing NFL games overseas, CTE, and the courses still on Mark's golf bucket list. We round things out with former Pro Bowl quarterback Jim Everett, one of the smartest offensive football minds I've had the pleasure of talking with over the years. Jim breaks down the Steelers, their young quarterbacks, and the young QBs around the league who have caught his eye. He also takes us back to his own playing days to explain when the NFL game finally slowed down for him and what really happens during those Combine interviews. And here's one you probably won't see coming, and I'm not sure how it's possible, but Jim owns all 762 football cards ever made of him. Three great guests. Two sports. And a whole lot of great stories. Thank you for pressing play.

This episode of Next on the Tee delivers spirited golf debate, remarkable comeback stories, and plenty of Western Pennsylvania flavor. Resident Director of Instruction Tom Patri leads things off as we debate the Player of the Year race between Wyndham Clark and Scottie Scheffler, along with whether professional athletes should ever be allowed to regain their amateur status. We also discuss how NIL has blurred the line between amateur and professional sports. Two-time PGA Tour Champions winner Brandt Jobe returns to share stories from UCLA’s dramatic 1988 National Championship comeback, his successful seasons on the Canadian and Japanese Tours, and the frightening accident that nearly ended his career. Brandt also reflects on his success at Muirfield Village, his two Champions Tour victories, and his fight to regain full status on that Tour. Former Pro Bowl quarterback Gus Frerotte rounds out the show with stories about joining Green Oaks Country Club, his favorite Western Pennsylvania courses, and the best turn hot dogs in the area. Gus also shares the story behind his celebrity-tour hole-in-one, selects his ultimate Pittsburgh-area foursome, and offers his thoughts on the Steelers and why Terry Bradshaw might never have been given enough time to develop in today’s NFL. It is another episode filled with great stories, honest opinions, and the people who make sports so much fun. Thank you for pressing play.