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GolfTalk Live
GolfTalk Live is the award-winning golf radio show that debuted in March of 2006 on Philadelphia’s Newstalk 990 a.m. WNTP. From its inception, GolfTalk Live has provided area golfers with all the latest golf destination packages, instruction, local golf stories and news from around the PGA, including interviews with people from all facets of the golf world.
Host Tony Leodora provides the listener with an informative and entertaining commentary that could only come from years of experience and love for the game of golf. Alongside him each week are different on-site golf experts who serve as co-hosts to provide many different perspectives on current events and the economics of the game. This format and style won GolfTalk Live recognition as the “Number One Golf Show in America” from the prestigious International Network of Golf.
One of GolfTalk Live’s strongest qualities is that it can come to you live from anywhere in the Tri-State area – or anywhere in the country, your favorite places to play and stay. In 2009, GolfTalk Live was the only radio show to broadcast right in front of the pro-shop at Saucon Valley CC for the LPGA U.S. Women’s Open. GolfTalk Live was also on-site for the McDonald’s LPGA Championship at Bulle Rock as well as Jim Furyk’s Excelon Invitational.
Check out GolfTalk Live every Saturday morning from 7-8 a.m. live on-air and online on 990 a.m. WNTP and at www.wntp.com. If you happen to miss the show, you can listen any time on the Listen page of this website.
TL Golf Services
GolfTalk
Live is a division of TL Golf Services, a golf-specific public relations, marketing and event management company.
It has a variety of services for organizations and individuals including:
- Event creation and management
- Media coordination and relations
- Tournament promotion, planning and staffing
- Representation at consumer trade and golf shows
- Writing Feature Stories and placement in golf publications
- Networking and establishing contacts within the golf industry
- Press Releases, Media Kits and Press Conference Assistance
TL Golf Services was founded in 1998 for the express purpose of providing a networking and communication vehicle for clients within the golf industry.
Over the years our clientele has included businesses from every aspect of the golf industry - equipment companies, television shows, private country clubs, public golf courses, apparel companies, golf course architects and golf tournaments.
Visit the TL Golf Services website or contact us at 610-279-9220 to see how we can help your organization.
GolfTalk Bios
Tony Leodora has had a well-rounded 30-year career in the media. Tony has been:
- Associate Publisher and Editor of GolfStyles Philadelphia Magazine
- an award-winning writer,
- sports editor of a daily newspaper,
- editor of two national golf magazines
- and a veteran of both radio and television.
Tony's knowledge of golf is recognized nationally as evidenced by his selection to the International Network of Golf Advisory Board, Golf Writers Association of America Championship Committee and Golfweek's Top 100 ratings panel.
Tony Leodora could be a guest speaker at your next event...
Would you like Tony Leodora to be a guest speaker at your event. GolfTalk Live's host is also an award-winning writer/columnist, a humorist and an accomplished after-dinner speaker. For years, he served as emcee for the national Golf Writers Association of America banquet in Myrtle Beach and does many other events throughout the Greater Philadelphia area.
For more information, contact TL Golf Services at 610-279-9220
GolfTalk Live Photos
Golf Equipment Guru for GolfTalk Live - Rick Flagler, Flagler Golf Academy at Horsham Family Golf
Tony interviewing Nick Faldo - former PGA Tour and European Tour player
Tony Leodora accepting the award for No. 1 Golf Radio Show in America by the Internaional Network of Golf
Tony with Jessica Carafiello - Professional Golfer
Interviewing some of "Tony's Top Ten" products of the PGA Show January 2012
Tony Leodora with Phillies announcer Chris Wheeler at Innisbrook
Tony Leodora doing show with former Ryder Cup captain and U.S. Open champion Tony Jacklin at The Concession Golf Club.
The GolfTalk Live crew gets in the spirit of the holiday at the Halloween Party/broadcast from Body Balance for Performance in Conshohocken.
From left: show host Tony Leodora, on-site producer Eddie (The Kid) Caiazzo and Kayla Champagne.
Tony Leodora congratulates GolfTalk Live's Director of Instruction Lou Guzzi upon being named one of America's Top 100 Teachers by Golf Magazine.
GolfTalk Live host Tony Leodora displays the plaque proclaiming the show No. 1 in America, flanked by many sponsors and supporters.
Tony Leodora shows off 2010 International Network of Golf Award for Best Golf Radio Show in America with WNTP staff, from left: Doug Schaub, Joe Harnett, Ted Winkler and station general manager Russ Whitnah.
Salem Broadcasting vice president Russ Whitnah and Tony Leodora show off award for being named No. 1 Golf Radio Show in America.
Tony Leodora Interviewing Natalie Gulbis at 2011 PGA Merchandise Show
Brandywine Conference and Visitors Center executive director Tore Fiore and GolfTalk Live host Tony Leodora putting in a hard night of work during a live remote broadcast at The Deck at Harbor Pointe, along the Delaware River.
The Deck at Harbor Pointe, along the Delaware River -- another great site for a live remote broadcast.
At Pinehurst, overlooking famed No. 2 course, with Daily News golf writer and GolfTalk Live contributing correspondent Mike Kern and Pinehurst Director of Instruction Eric Alpenfels.
Live Remote at Blue Bell Country Club, May 23, 2009
From Left to Right: Tony Leodora, Bill Beisel and Dr. Mike Fidanza (Penn State School of Agronomy).
Tony Interviewing Arnold Palmer
Tony Interviewing Gary Player in Skippack, PA
Radio Award Winner
Best Golf Radio Show in America, by the prestigious
International Network of Golf
ING 2009 Award Plaque,
GolfTalk Live Host Tony Leodora with
... Russ Whitnah, WNTP
Events and Misc. Photos
Photos from left to right:
GolfTalk Live Host Tony Leodora presenting Montgomery County
Amateur trophies to
...Jerry Owens, ... John Sorber & ... James Braunsberg
Press Releases
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GolfTalk Live Named No. 1 Golf Radio Show for the Third Time in the Last Four Years
Orlando, FL (January 26, 2012) — For the third time in the last four years the GolfTalk Live radio show has been named the No. 1 golf radio show in America by the International Network of Golf. ING is the leading media/business organization in the golf industry. The award was presented before a large crowd of golf media and industry leaders.
In the judges’ comments it was said, “It was hard to believe that they packed so much action into a one hour show, all of the interviews were great but the David Fehrety interview was especially memorable.”
“It’s a great honor to be chosen again from among so many great golf radio shows that have sprung up in the last few years,” said show host Tony Leodora. “The competition continues to get better, but apparently, so does our show, that is because of the team that we have built around our interesting interview style of radio.”
The GolfTalk Live radio show, hosted by Tony Leodora, is the award-winning weekly radio show that again was named No. 1 Golf Radio Show in America by the International Network of Golf at the recent PGA Merchandise Show. It was the third time in four years GolfTalk Live took the award. The show airs 52 weeks a year from 7 to 8 a.m. each Saturday on WNTP 990-AM and on www.wntp.com, GolfTalk Live also can be heard any time following each show on the Listen Page of our website.
For more information about the GolfTalk Live radio show, contact TL Golf Services at 610-279-9220
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GolfTalk Live Radio Show Again Named No. 1 Golf Radio Show in America
ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 28, 2011) – For the second time in the last four years, the GolfTalk Live radio show has been honored as the Best Golf Radio Show in America by the International Network of Golf. At the annual Media Awards presentation by the International Network of Golf during the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, GolfTalk Live received the top award in the radio category.
GolfTalk Live, hosted by Tony Leodora, received the same award in 2008, while also receiving Outstanding Achievement Awards in the same category in 2010 and 2007.
In addition the Inside Golf television show, of which Leodora plays integral roles as a regular contributor to the show as well as serving as its Marketing and Public Relations Director, also was named the No. 1 golf television show in America.
The two first-place awards single out Leodora as the only media member to win an award in two different categories of the ING Media Awards – radio and television.
“The awards are special because they allow me to share the recognition with all of the talented people who go into making the radio show a success,” commented Leodora. “In a span of five years, the show has grown incredibly in its reach and listener loyalty. We have proven that golf on the radio can be a winner, if presented in the proper format.”
The growth of GolfTalk Live -- both in its regular Saturday morning time slot and through its podcast of the show and the extremely popular GolfTalk Minute weekly commentaries on this website has been remarkable.
“Our audience keeps growing at an incredible pace”, reported Leodora. “No matter where I go, within the golf community, people want to stop me and talk about the radio show, our live remote locations and the many stories we post on the website Blog. And I don’t mind it a bit, because that’s what we do best – talk about golf.”
GolfTalk Live airs 52 weeks a year from 7 to 8 a.m. each Saturday on WNTP 990-AM and on www.wntp.com. It also can be heard any time on this website during the week after the show airs.
For more information about the GolfTalk Live radio show,
contact TL Golf Services at 610-279-9220.
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GolfTalk Live Makes First Trip out of the USA for Live Remote
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (September 29, 2010) – After four-and-a-half years on the air and a number of national awards, the GolfTalk Live radio show is about to notch another milestone in its history. The Saturday, October 2 show will come from Tucker’s Point Hotel & Spa in Bermuda.
The show actually will take place during a lavish Happy Hour celebration at the resort on Friday afternoon, October 1. The Happy Hour will be co-sponsored by Gosling’s Rum. As has been the case in a number of previous shows from special locations, the show will be recorded live on Friday, then aired at the normal time – 7 to 8 a.m. on Saturday morning on WNTP 990-AM in Philadelphia and on the website at www.wntp.com.
“It should be a very spirited show, especially since the Ryder Cup Matches will be taking place throughout the weekend in Wales,” said Tucker’s Point director of golf Jason Epstein, referring to GolfTalk Live’s invasion of the very British Bermuda, during a weekend of international competition. “Our members actually are very much looking forward to the visit.”
Tucker’s Point is a luxury resort and spa that graces 200 acres of the most magnificent waterfront in Bermuda. It is Bermuda’s first all-new resort in almost four decades.
Adjoining the resort is the magnificent Tucker’s Point Golf Club. Originally designed in 1932 by Charles Banks, it was completely redesigned in 2002 by Roger Rulewich, former chief designer for Robert Trent Jones.
To make the golf experience even better, guests at Tuckers Point receive playing privileges at the renowned Mid Ocean Club, consistently ranked among the top 100 golf courses in the world. Mid Ocean was designed in 1921 by Charles Blair Macdonald and enhanced in 1953 by Robert Trent Jones.
Guests on this special out-of-the-country GolfTalk Live show will include Dr. Ewart Brown, Premier of Bermuda; Jason Epstein, Tucker’s Point Director of Golf and Brian Young, Tucker’s Point General Manager. There also will be a discussion of the upcoming Grand Slam of Golf that will be hosted in Bermuda.
“Aside from making our first trip out of the country, we will achieve another first during this visit,” said GolfTalk Live host Tony Leodora. “This is the first time I’ve ever interviewed the leader of a country. I’ll have to be on my best behavior."
Leodora will be doing double-duty during his trip to Bermuda. He will be assisting in gathering video and interviews for a future Inside Golf television show on Comcast SportsNet. The show will begin airing for one week on Sunday, October 17.
To find more information about Tucker’s Point Hotel and Spa, go to www.tuckerspoint.com
For the third time in the last four years, the GolfTalk Live radio show was honored as one of the top golf radio shows in America by the International Network of Golf. At the annual Media Awards presentation by the International Network of Golf during the January’s PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, GolfTalk Live received the prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award in the radio category.
GolfTalk Live airs 52 weeks a year from 7 to 8 a.m. each Saturday on WNTP 990-AM and on www.wntp.com. It also can be heard any time during the week after the show airs, by going to the website, www.golftalklive.net.
For more information, call TL Golf Services at 610-279-9220.
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Nova Legacy Golf Classic
Hosted by 1985 National Champions.
VILLANOVA, Pa. (June 12, 2010) – Whenever a group of Villanova alumni get together for reminiscing past accomplishments, the topic of conversation usually gets around to the remarkable 1985 NCAA Championship basketball victory over Georgetown in Lexington, Kentucky.
That has been the major theme for this entire year, the 25th anniversary of what many consider to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history. An exclamation point is being placed at the end of the year of celebration with the Nova Legacy Golf Classic, to be held on Monday, June 21 at the Seaview Golf Resort in Absecon, New Jersey. It will be preceded by a pairings party at the Borgata Casino Hotel and Spa on Sunday night, June 20.
Dennis McKithen, also a 1985 Villanova graduate, has assumed the position of executive director for the event and has played the role of pied piper in attracting so many of the players and coaches from the championship team.
“We have a great cause involved with the tournament and we knew that making the championship team hosts of the event would start us on the right foot,” explained McKithen. He has created the DCM Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Education, a 501 (C) 3 non-profit organization, and installed it as the beneficiary of the event. Funds will be channeled to Villanova University and the Blue White Scholarship Foundation for use in supplying scholarships.
Rollie Massimino, head coach of the 1985 team, will be present at Seaview to lead his former players. Ed Pinckney, star center on the ’85 team, will be one of the few players not in attendance because he is coaching an international team in Egypt. However he was quick to say, “It has been an unbelievable year, the way that so many people have come out to events to honor our team. This should be a nice way to end the year of celebrations and I know the other players are looking forward to it. I’m just sorry I can’t attend, but I will be there in spirit.”
Alliances have been forged with the Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority and Yuengling Brewery in an effort to establish the event as a major attraction in the Atlantic City area, as well as a tournament that will attract players from the Greater Philadelphia area and the Mid-Atlantic region. The event will be played on the Pines Course at Seaview, the day following the final round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic is played on Seaview’s Bay Course.
A preview of the event and all of the celebrities who will be on hand for one final 25th anniversary celebration will take place when the Saturday, June 13 edition of the GolfTalk Live radio show broadcasts live from Seaview. McKithen, as well as interviews with other celebrities, will be a focal point of the show as the LPGA players play the second round of their tournament. The show airs from 7 to 8 a.m. on WNTP 990-AM in Philadelphia and on www.wntp.com. The show also can be heard via podcast beginning Sunday, June 20 on this website.
“The Atlantic City area will be focused on golf all week and we hope to add a great ending to it,” said McKithen. “People are excited about spending a day with some of the legendary names like Coach Massimino, Harold Pressley, Harold Jensen, Gary McClain and the rest.”
Reservations for the event are being handled by calling 610-519-0777 or by e-mailing novalegacygolfouting@gmail.com. For more information about the Nova Legacy Golf Classic, contact TL Golf Services at 610-279-9220.
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Montgomery County Amateur Championship
Awards Scholarships to Weiss, Cavalcante.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (April 19, 2010) – Jach Weiss, a senior at Wissahickon High School, and Nicole Cavalcante, a senior at Kennedy-Kenrick High School, have been selected to receive Harry Mirabile Memorial Scholarships from the Montgomery County Amateur Championship.
The two golfers competed in last year’s Montgomery County Junior Championship and supplied personal resumes to a committee of judges. The scholarships are awarded each year based on academics, sportsmanship and service to the community. This was the third year in the eight-year history of the event that two Harry Mirabile Memorial scholarships were awarded.
Funds for the scholarships come from the Dave Marshall Memorial Scholarship Fund, which is augmented each year through entry fees in the Montgomery County Amateur Championship, sponsorships, contributions, special events and a raffle.
Competitors in the Junior Championships are then urged to submit their personal resumes for consideration for the Harry Mirabile Memorial Scholarships.
Scholarships are awarded to the winners of the Montgomery County Junior Championships. Roger Cohn and Louis Hoffman, both members of Blue Bell CC and friends of the late Dave Marshall, co-chair the scholarship committee.
“Due to the economy, sponsorship levels were down for the second year in a row but I was most pleased that we were able to maintain the same scholarship amounts and award scholarships to both a boy and a girl from the county again this year,” said Hoffman. “Each year we get some outstanding applicants for the scholarships.”
Both Marshall and Mirabile were patrons of junior golf in Montgomery County.
Cavalcante, who also won the Montgomery County Girls Championship this year, is a four-sport star at Kennedy Kenrick. She earned 12 varsity letters in her high school career, including three in golf. She is President of Student Council and, despite her busy school and athletic schedule, is deeply involved in community service projects. Academically, she carries a 3.5 grade point average and is in the final stages of sorting college scholarship offers before continuing her golf career at the next level.
Weiss is a three-sport star at Wissahickon, competing in ice hockey and lacrosse as well as golf. He captained the ice hockey team this year, as well as serving as captain on the golf team, qualifying for the state competition for the second year in a row and being named Player of the Year by coaches in Wissahickon’s division.
A solid student, he achieved Honor Roll status all four years at Wissahickon and received the Future Business Leaders of America Leadership Award. Weiss still finds time outside his three-sport schedule to do community service and this year served as Chairman of the Wissahickon Wing Bowl, a tradition that began in 2006 and raises funds for charities. Under his leadership the event raised more than $3,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Association. In the fall Weiss will matriculate at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and major in business.
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GolfTalk Live Radio Show
Receives ING Outstanding Achievement Award.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (February 1, 2010) – For the third time in the last four years, the GolfTalk Live radio show has been honored as one of the top golf radio shows in America by the International Network of Golf. At the annual Media Awards presentation by the International Network of Golf during the recent PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, GolfTalk Live received the prestigious Outstanding Achievement Award in the radio category.
GolfTalk Live received similar awards in 2006 and 2007, while being named the No. 1 Golf Radio Show in America in 2008.
In addition, show host Tony Leodora won another Outstanding Achievement Award for Opinion Column in the writing category. His column, “The Cheesesteak Open”, a tongue-in-cheek humorous piece about how Philadelphia should host its own PGA Tour event with sponsorship money coming from the city-wide sale of cheesesteaks, appeared in the GolfStyles Philadelphia magazine and in the Blog section of the radio show website, www.golftalklive.net.
The two awards single out Leodora as the only media member to win an award in two different categories of the ING Media Awards – radio and writing.
“The awards are special because it allows me to share the recognition with all of the talented people who go into making the radio show a success,” commented Leodora. “In a span of four years, the show has grown incredibly in its reach and listener loyalty. We have proven that golf on the radio can be a winner, if presented in the proper format.”
GolfTalk Live airs 52 weeks a year from 7 to 8 a.m. each Saturday on WNTP 990-AM and on www.wntp.com. It also can be heard any time during the week after the show airs, by going to the website, www.golftalklive.net.
For more information about the GolfTalk Live radio show, contact TL Golf Services at 610-279-9220.
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Inside Golf Television Show Selects TL Golf Services
To Handle All Marketing and Public Relations.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (November 30, 2009) – Inside Golf, the award-winning television show, has selected TL Golf Services to handle all of its marketing and public relations efforts, it was announced today. The announcement came from Ken Selinger, owner of CCI Video, the company that produces the Inside Golf show.
Inside Golf is in its 12th year on the air on Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia and has been recognized as the leading golf and lifestyle television show in the Mid-Atlantic region. TL Golf Services served in a similar marketing and public relations capacity with the show from 1999 to 2006.
“After 12 years we decided that it was time to give Inside Golf a new surge of energy,” explained Selinger, who developed the Inside Golf concept years ago in connection with the Philadelphia Section PGA. “TL Golf Services knows the show better than anyone and they will be able to get the word out about some of the changes and new directions we are implementing.”
Inside Golf covers every facet of the game of golf – from competition, to instruction, to the personalities and the lifestyle. In the past, it has traveled much of the eastern half of the country in its quest to serve the golfer of the Mid-Atlantic region.
“We have always had a love of the Inside Golf show,” said Tony Leodora, president of TL Golf Services. “We are no different from the avid golfers of the region. We all like to discover new courses to play and gain first-hand knowledge of new golf resorts. If we can’t do it personally, at least we can do it vicariously through Inside Golf.”
The Inside Golf television show airs four times a week on Comcast SportsNet – 5:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Sundays, 4:30 p.m. on Mondays and 11 a.m. on Wednesday. The show also can be seen anytime by using the On Demand feature on Comcast digital cable.
For more information or photos, contact TL Golf Services at 610-279-9220
In addition to the regularly scheduled airing of GolfTalk Live, the show also can be heard any time during the week by going to the Listen Page of this website, www.golftalklive.net.
For more information about the GolfTalk Live radio show, contact TL Golf Services at 610-279-9220.
