The Pinkerton guards hired by Augusta National to keep order must have thought him an odd sight, standing close to the 18th green with his microphone and tape recorder. “I love radio and I love golf.”īubka soon found himself working for Mutual Radio at the 1986 Masters, two months before the Open at Shinnecock Hills. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, Al, but I’m game,” Bubka answered. Wester told Bubka that he was putting together a radio crew for big events and asked him if he wanted to be a part of it. He contacted the USGA to ask how he could get involved in covering it, and he was referred to Al Wester, the legendary voice of Notre Dame football and the New Orleans Saints. Open to Shinnecock Hills in 1986, for the first time in ninety years. Traditional play-by-play was logistically impossible with the action so spread out most golf on the radio was instructional and local.įast forward to the mid ‘80s, when Bubka was at a radio station on Long Island when the USGA announced it would bring the U.S. The Gillette Safety Razor Company picked up sponsorship of the tournaments after World War II. Amateur at Garden City Golf Club, and a year later CBS acquired radio broadcasting rights for both the U.S. In 1936 the National Biscuit Company, in an agreement with the USGA, sponsored radio coverage from the U.S. Reporters and writers, including the great ones like Grantland Rice, typically filed 15-minute updates throughout the day from the bigger tournaments. Golf on radio dates back to the Golden Age of Sports, before there was such a thing as television. You have to think as though you’re talking to one person on the air, and in a way that’s perfect.” “But I just think radio is more intimate. “Obviously, TV’s a little more involved,” Liguori notes. People like Bob Bubka, Ann Liguori, Bill Meth and Tom Mariam paved the way to today’s full-blown coverage.īubka’s foray into on-course reporting, Liguori’s sports talk commentary and Meth and Mariam’s weekly show helped prove that golf could attract and maintain a radio audience even without the visuals that television provides. (February ?, 2022) - Long before satellite radio turned golf into a staple on the airwaves, New York voices were its pioneers. Enjoy an enlightening episode that has it all, from interactive games to thought-provoking conversation.Ann Liguori at the 2019 PGA Championship.ĮLMSFORD, N.Y.
And it wouldn't be an episode of The Schmooze without a game of "Two Truths and a Lie" along with the usual James Lipton questions, where even Randy, ever the comedian, is forced to get deep. Alison and Randy demonstrate a trivia game show just like the one that *you* can be part of on February 27th at the TAE Purim PJ Party! They also dish about the Purim Car-nival happening the next morning, February 28th, where families can enjoy a drive-thru Purim carnival experience. Hear about the creative business plans he's turned to during the pandemic and get excited for the unique way he's helping TAE celebrate Purim this year with his innovative platform to keep TAE having fun. Randy injects fun and festive vibes with his DJ and event production company, Real Genius Entertainment. In this special edition episode of The Schmooze, Alison welcomes Randy Lehrman, a familiar face around the temple from Bar and Bat Mitzvah parties and TAE social events.
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