Tom Loftus aka Mr. Tee of A Couple of Putts and Pat Sheridan of The Putting Penguin have been lifelong mini golf enthusiasts. Puttcast is a roaming discussion of the joyful and competitive world of putting. We'll be bringing on competitors from across the globe, contestants on Holey Moley, and enthusiasts that attempt to aim for the cup right through the windmill. Whether you want to know about new courses opening, tournaments, or our take on the nuances of the game. We're here as your putting pals. Putt When Ready!
The two hosts met when they competed on Season 1 of Holey Moley for ABC but both of them have been playing, documenting, and enjoying miniature golf across the globe for years.
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#110 - August and Everything a Little Before in the World of Mini Golf
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 • Duration 01:39:21
Tom and Pat catch up on a few minigolf happenings before diving into a slew of results from the AMA in the month of August. They also chat a bit about the Youth World Championships and other international tournaments before teeing up the rapid fire tournaments coming in the next few weeks. They also welcomed three field reports this episode from Bryan Akers, Kyle Cutshaw and Mick Cullen.
If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)!
Episode Moments:
- Illinois Open results (21:30)
- Red Putter results (25:00)
- Maine Open results (35:05)
- O-Street Open results (39:44)
- TN Open & Smokey Mountain Match-Play results (49:10)
- Bryan Akers field report - TN Open (53:55)
- Kyle Cutshaw field report - Smokey Mountain Match-Play (57:35)
- Youth World Championships (1:01:10)
- City Golf Tour (1:07:50)
- Mick Cullen field report - Wilderness Open (1:13:20)
- Upcoming tournaments (1:17:45)
Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the GolferGang network.
Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well.
Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events.
Check out the WMF website, Facebook and YouTube pages for more content from the Youth World Championships. The German Minigolf Federation live streamed the tournament on their YouTube page.
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#109 - Interview w/ Maciej Mądrowski (Youth Minigolf) + June & July Recaps
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 • Duration 02:15:42
Tom and Pat welcome Maciej Mądrowski, the WMF Vice President Youth, to the podcast to talk about growing up with minigolf in Poland, the evolving state of competitive minigolf in Poland and the upcoming Youth World Championships. They then dive into a plethora of AMA events that happened since mid-June, spend some time on the World Series of Competitive Putting and touch on a few of the bigger international events that happened lately.
If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)!
Episode Moments:
- Quick Updates (4:20)
- Maciej Interview (10:40)
- AMA Event Recap (1:17:53)
- World Series of Competitive Putting (1:38:55)
- Other Tournament Recaps (1:55:14)
- Upcoming Tournaments (2:02:40
Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the GolferGang network.
Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well.
Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events.
Check out the WMF website, Facebook and YouTube pages for more content from around the world including the upcoming Youth World Championships. The German Minigolf Federation will live stream the tournament on their YouTube page.
Find out more about the World Series of Competitive Putting here.
The Polish Minigolf Federation has some great information and visuals on what was discussed during the interview with Maciej.
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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin
Episode Guest: Maciej Mądrowski, WMF Vice President Youth
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#108 - Crazy Adventure Golf (and more) in June!
Thursday, June 25, 2026 • Duration 01:35:36
Tom and Pat spend a crazy amount of time covering the two major international tournaments in June with the World Crazy Golf Championships (the Crazies) and the final World Adventure Golf Masters (WAGM). They then take a quick look at the one AMA tournament played in June (by the time they recorded) and a couple of other international tournaments that made their radar before wrapping up with a look ahead to the next 6 weeks of competitive minigolf in the US.
If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)!
Episode Moments:
- The Crazies (10:20)
- WAGM (24:05)
- Other Recent Results (1:04:05)
- Upcoming AMA Events (1:20:35)
- World Series of Competitive Putting (1:24:20)
Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the GolferGang network.
Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well.
Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .
Scores for the World Crazies can be found here and videos from the final rounds and playoffs are on Frank Bisesi's YouTube page
Check out the WMF website, Facebook and YouTube pages for more content from around the world. The German Minigolf Federation live streamed WAGM on their YouTube page
Find out more about the World Series of Competitive Putting here, as well as our AMA specific event.
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#107 - Minigolf Mania in May (and April) - So Many Tournaments!
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 • Duration 02:08:34
Tom and Pat have a huge slate of tournaments to recap starting with the World Adventure Golf Tour Final in Gloucester, UK. They talk about the US players and dominance of their past guest Seve Kukielka. Then it is on to a full suite of other WAG Tour events, AMA events and random other tournaments throughout the world. They also catch up on Tom's minigolf trip through Europe and take a quick look ahead at the competitive calendar.
If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)!
Episode Moments:
- WAG Tour Final (6:30)
- 2026 WAG Tour events (21:40)
- AMA event recaps (29:55)
- USPMGA U.S. Open (58:05)
- Tom's international trip (1:13:10)
- Upcoming events (1:50:40)
Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the GolferGang network.
Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well.
Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .
Check out the WMF website, Facebook and YouTube pages for more content from around the world.
Follow the WAG Tour YouTube for replays of many of the WAG Tour events including the recent Tour Final.
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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin
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#106 - Seve Kukielka Interview & International Trips
Thursday, April 16, 2026 • Duration 01:08:11
Tom and Pat are joined again by Seve Kukielka to talk about his impressive current run of tournaments as well as his course (Gloucester Aces) hosting the upcoming World Adventure Golf Tour Final. Seve talks a bit about what hosting an event of this size means and some of what the locals are looking forward to doing with an international crowd in town. They also get into how he has been able to keep a high level of play the past few years, as well as his experiences on a variety of minigolf surfaces.
After that our hosts discuss a few of the international trips they have on their calendar for 2026 as they continue to try to grow their reach into different aspects of the sport worldwide.
If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)!
Episode Moments:
- Interview with Seve (3:07)
- Quick AMA rundown (44:48)
- International trip discussion (46:40)
Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the GolferGang network.
Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well.
Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .
Check out the WMF website, Facebook and YouTube pages for more content from around the world.
Follow the WAG Tour YouTube for replays of many of the WAG Tour events and for the live coverage of the upcoming final in May 2026.
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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin
Episode Guest: Seve Kukielka
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#105 - Interview w/ Justin & Anna Seymour & March Minigolf Madness
Thursday, April 2, 2026 • Duration 02:10:29
Tom and Pat are joined first by Connecticut minigolf power couple Justin and Anna Seymour. They talk about their entry into minigolf, some recent events and most importantly their path to the upcoming World Adventure Golf Tour Final. They provide some insight into their preparation, their thoughts on what lay before them and some personal goals for the tournament.
After that our hosts dive into all of the AMA events since the end of February as well as a smattering of other popular tournaments that dotted the US East Coast in the past couple of months. Finally they wrap up with a quick tour of some international events, a look at some upcoming events and a few words for WMF Media Committee member Einar Mattsson who passed away recently.
If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)!
Episode Moments:
Justin & Anna Interview (3:30)
AMA Tournament Recaps (1:12:55)
USPMGA "The Open" (1:33:57)
The Putting Zone (1:38:45)
Other International News (1:48:21)
AMA Upcoming Episodes (1:56:14)
Einar Mattsson Tribute (2:01:40)
Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the GolferGang network.
Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well.
Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .
Check out the WMF website, Facebook and YouTube pages for more content from around the world.
Follow the WAG Tour YouTube for replays of the Matterhorn International Pro-Am and the Putters League Championship, as well as live coverage of the WAG Tour Final and more tournaments throughout 2026!
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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin
Episode Guest: Justin and Anna Seymour
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#104 - An AMA Discussion on the International Minigolf Landscape
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 • Duration 01:40:46
This is the audio component of an American Minigolf Alliance webcast done in February 2026, which focused on educating audiences on the world of international minigolf.
Tom this time is joined primarily by past guest Bryan Akers who has had the opportunity to play in several places around the world including the World Adventure Golf Masters and the World Crazy Golf Championships. Pat pipes in a few times during the episode and there's some exchanges and questions from the other guests who joined. They cover topics from the basics of the types of courses played internationally, the equipment used, the international tournament structure and some of the strategies and things (coaches, etc) not normally seen in the United States.
If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)!
Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the GolferGang network.
Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well.
Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .
Check out the WMF website, Facebook and YouTube pages for more content from around the world.
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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin
Episode Guest: Bryan Akers
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#103 - More Minigolf Tees Off in January + AMA 2026 Season!
Thursday, February 12, 2026 • Duration 01:27:09
Tom and Pat drop their first episode of 2026 after the first AMA event of the season. They also take a look at the World Adventure Golf Tour finals, including the Americans participating. There's also plenty of chatter around the AMA schedule, a new USPMGA event and the impacts of having a minigolf video go viral, along with a few tangents here and there.
If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)!
Key Episode Moments:
Prodigium Mid-Winter Cup (5:05)
World Adventure Golf Tour (18:55)
AMA 2026 Schedule Updates (36:20)
USPMGA Event (1:06:30
Viral Minigolf Video (1:12:40)
Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the GolferGang network.
Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well.
Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here .
You can visit the WAG Tour page for more information on the season and the upcoming final.
Check out the WMF Facebook and YouTube pages for more content from around the world.
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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin
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#102 - Highlighter Helps Close Out the 2025 AMA & Wider Competitive Mini Golf Season
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 • Duration 01:35:42
Tom and Pat look close out talking about the last few tournaments of the AMA season as well as the final few World Adventure Golf Tour stops. Before that though, they collected a few tributes to Tim Davies to round out the celebration of his life. They're then joined by Mark "the Highlighter" Novicki to talk a bit about the final event of the AMA season, the Putters League Championship, as well as his entire season that lead to the #1 spot of the AMA. They also get a field report to discuss the Putt Putt (PPA) National Championships.
If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)!
Key Episode Moments:
Tim "Ace Man" Davies Tribute - Ted McIver
Tim "Ace Man" Davies Tribute - Jon Drexler
Show Me Putters Tour Championship
Putters League Championship
Highlighter's #1 Year
WAG Tour Recaps
PPA Nationals Field Report - Seve Kukielka
Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the GolferGang network.
Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well.
Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here . The 2026 full schedule will be released soon!
You can visit the WAG Tour page for more information on the season and the upcoming final. The live stream of the Putters League Championship can be found on their YouTube.
For our interview with Tim and Ted, see episode 88.
Check out the WMF Facebook and YouTube pages for more content from around the world.
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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin
Episode Guest: Mark "the Highlighter" Novicki
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#101 - 2025 AMA Season Wrap-Up with the AMA Players Meeting
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 • Duration 01:52:57
Tom and Pat, along with AMA organizers Bryan Akers, Mick Cullen and Kyle Cutshaw, hosted a virtual players meeting for AMA members on December 3, 2025. This episode is the audio version of that call.
The players meeting covered a variety of topics, first acknowledging the overall Top 10 and then all of the regional Top 10s. There was a dive into a variety of other successes talked about during the meeting including women and juniors, consistent podium finishes, all of the AMA winners and recognizing the individuals who went overseas for the World Adventure Golf Tour Final and the World Adventure Golf Masters. Before heading to some Q&A, they turned their attention to the upcoming 2026 season and the majority of already confirmed events.
Mick Cullen also announced the 2025 AMA Spirit Award to Glenda Ryning of Connecticut!
If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)!
Key Episode Moments:
Overall 2025 AMA Stats (Pat) (3:05)
AMA Top 10 (Tom) (6:30)
Midwest Regional Top 10 (Tom/Mick) (14:30)
Northeast Regional (Pat) (25:09)
Southern Regional (Bryan/Kyle) (28:50)
Virtual Tournaments (Tom) (33:00)
Womens Top Finishers (Tom) (34:00)
Juniors Top Finishers (Kyle/Bryan) (38:27)
Special Distinctions (Tom/Pat) (41:38)
2025 AMA Spirit Award (Mick) (49:55)
2026 AMA Discussion (52:00)
Q&A including discussion of ideas of expanding tournaments and supporting the AMA (Pat/Tom/Bryan/Kyle/Mick + Glenda Ryning, Don Louzader, Jody Kimble, Nathan Fournier) (1:08:00)
Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the GolferGang network.
Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well.
Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here . The 2026 full schedule will be released soon!
The AMA 2025 player survey can be found here.
You can visit the WAG Tour page for more information on the upcoming final and new tour season.
Check out the WMF Facebook and YouTube pages for more content from around the world.
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Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin
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