Matthew Laurance & Chris Czaja

On this edition of Next on the Tee my guests are: Actor turned ESPN Radio, Host Matthew Laurance and PGA Teacher of the Year for the South Region Chapter of the PGA, Chris Czaja.

Matthew Laurance – You know Matthew from great 80’s movies like Eddie and the Cruisers, Streets of Fire, and St. Elmo’s Fire. Matthew was also a part of the cast for the 6th season of Saturday Night Live and TV series like Duet, Beverly Hills 90210 and Thirty Something. Afer leaving Hollywood Matthew became a broadcaster doing Duke basketball games for 10 years before moving to Lexington and joining ESPN Radio. You can hear him now doing the Pre and Post game shows for Kentucky Basketball, hosting an evening drive time show on WLXG ESPN Radio AM 1300 as well as hosting his own golf show on Sunday mornings called Back Spin Golf. Today Matthew shared stories from the celebrity golf events he played in like Peter Jacobsen’s Tournament the Fred Meyer Challenge, he let us know which celebrities were great players and which ones were hackers, plus he shared his memories of Arnold Palmer and so much more…

Chris Czaja – Chris was named PGA Teacher of the Year for the South Florida section of the PGA of America. Chris shared drills we can do this winter to keep the rust off of our golf swings plus improve our putting strokes. He also talked playing in the Tico Torres (Drummer for Bon Jovi) Classic to benefit Connect Warriors, an organization dedicated to improving the well-being of our Veterans.