Here’s how an empty can of Campbell’s soup launched the career of a professional golfer and his own national TV golf show. Jimmy Hanlin started his drive to become a pro golfer as a kid in his Ohio backyard and now he’s a unique entrepreneur, plus he’s host of ‘18 Holes’ with LPGA star Natalie Gulbis. Their show is available in 80 million homes. Oh, this is a good story! THE BACKYARD SOUP CAN CHALLENGE Long before Hanlin refined his professional golf career by living and golfing professionally in golf meccas like Pinehurst, North Carolina, he cooked up a backyard…
Author: Paul Kiska
Paul Kiska
Paul Kiska is a longtime TV sports and news reporter, who now writes freelance articles locally in his hometown of Cleveland, and for national publications. He is also a husband, father, and his golf goal is to break 80 from the tips, but he quit playing the tips years ago.
It’s no secret Jack Nicklaus holds the all-time record for winning 18 majors, but what’s his secret for introducing kids to golf that sports psychologists say involves science. “When people would ask me what the right age is to introduce a child to the game of golf, I used to joke that the right age is when a boy or girl can play three holes without chasing frogs,” Nicklaus joked when he talked with ‘The Golfer’s Journal.’ “But seriously, it doesn’t matter the age as much as how you introduce a child to golf. You have to make it fun…
By Paul Kiska As palm trees sway outside in a warm Florida breeze, 99-year-old Bob Toski takes the stage inside a popular restaurant in Boca Raton, Florida. The legendary golf teacher to the superstars of the game, and 1954 PGA Player of the Year, Toski does what he loves each Friday night — but in this case, it doesn’t involve picking up a golf club. Instead, Toski picks up a microphone and sings as the crowd listens intently to his smooth crooner voice. But what some in the audience might not know is that Toski is a PGA golf teaching legend. He’s…