Sports Innerview With Ann Liguori

Ann visits with 1991 Masters Champion Ian Woosnam as they discuss Scottie Scheffler's decisive win at The Masters, his opinion about LIV players qualifying for the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black and being a Global Ambassador for Apes Barbados.

Ann Liguori broadcasts from The Masters in the Augusta National Golf Club Media Center, visits with long-time Augusta natives and talk show hosts, Austin Rhodes and John Patrick, about the changes they've seen through the years at The Masters, their favorite Masters moments, and more. Ann plays a portion of an interview she did with Hall of Fame caddie Joe LaCava as they reminesce about Tiger Woods' 2019 comeback to win his 5th Green Jacket. Ann talks about her new book, 'Life on the Green, Lessons and Wisdom from Legends of Golf.'

Ann visits with legendary caddie Joe LaCava, who caddied for Freddie Couples for 20 years, including Freddie's 1992 Masters win, and for Tiger for 12 years, including Tiger's incredible comeback Masters title in 2019. LaCava remembers in detail the nuances of Tiger's win for the ages; what it's been like for him to caddie at The Masters for 25+ years, about reading the greens, interacting with the champions, and on caddying for Patrick Cantlay in the 2024 Masters.

Ann visits with Anthony Netto, Co-Founder of the VertaCat, an all-terrain mobility rider for paralyzed and challenged golfers. Netto has been paralyzed since the nineties and discusses how golf has saved his life and the life of many disabled veterans. Netto, with Co-Founder, Tim Nicholson, manufacture the VertaCat, featuring cutting-edge technology and engineering which allows the rider a sit-to-stand, zero friction experience. www.VertaCat.com

Ann visits with former LPGA 2-time Major winner Sherri Steinhauer; Canadian co-founder of The One Club, Alcide Deschesnes; top PGA Golf Coach and Instructor Martin Chuck; and Scottish LPGA personality, Gemma Dryburgh.

Canadian entrepreneur Alcide Deschesnes, talks with Ann about the training device he and his late brother Jimmy developed. Alcide, a mechanical engineer and MBA grad., developed The One Club with his brother, who was a physician, and who lost his battle with MS. Alcide talks about the journey to bring The One Club to mass market and how the memory of his beloved brother continues to inspire him.

Ann catches up with Golf Digest Top 50 and Golf Magazines' Top 100 Golf Instructor Martin Chuck, and they discuss his background, his golf school in Arizona, several training devices he's created to help students, and how to stay ahead of the competitive field of golf training devices.

Ann visits with former LPGA Tour star Sherri Steinhauer, 2-time Major Champion, about her passion for pickleball! In fact, Sherri was at the PGA Show to promote Selkirk, a leading brand at the forefront of Pickleball's growth. Sherri talks about the similarities and differences between golf and pickleball, why the sport has become so popular, and her plans to continue to play pickleball and more tourneys in golf on the Legends Tour.

Ann is a guest on ESPN Lexington radio with host, Matthew Laurance, about her book, 'Life on the Green: Lessons and Wisdom from Legends of Golf,' Hatherleigh Press/Penguin/Random House

Ann visits with the Irish at the PGA Show to talk about what the Emerald Isle offers for golf and beyond: Alison Metcalfe, Tourism Ireland; Wilma Erskine, Ambassador, Royal Portrush; Charlene Reid, Senior Ass't/PGA Professional, Royal Portrush; John McLaughlin, North West Coast Irish Links; Alan Maloney, Mount Falcon; Michael Murphy, GM, Waterville House & Golf Links; Marcus Doyle, Dir of Golf, Druids Glen, and Joe Shannon, G Golf Ireland. 

Ann talks to Scottish LPGA Tour star Gemma Dryburgh as they discuss what she's learned from seven years on the LPGA Tour; how the Tour has emerged during that span; how growing up golfing in Scotland shaped her game; what she's done with the toilet she won for capturing the 2022 Toto Japan Classic; and her goals for 2024.

Ann talks with Donnie Dawson, Founder of 'Annie's Revenge Jamaica Invitational Pro-Am,' about the all-inclusive Jamaican pro-am tournament and the authentic Jamaican experience. 

Ann visits with Ottavio Coppola, the Golf Manager at Argentario Golf & Wellness Resort, located 90 miles NW of Rome, in Tuscany, in Porto Ercole, Italy. They discuss the championship layout, tranquility and beauty of the resort, the distinction of Argentario Golf being Italy's only PGA National Golf Course, the environmental sustainability of the course, and whether he thinks Italy, having hosted the Ryder Cup, will help make the sport more popular to Italians. 

Ann talks with Gavin Dear of Shot Scope about the company's innovative rangefinder technology, ways in which amateur and professional golfers collect and analyze stats from their game and his thoughts on whether more tournaments will eventually allow pros and caddies to use rangefinders. Ann also visits with Zane Smith of GF Sports & Entertainment, about the World Long Drive Championship, the growth of the sport and how athletes crush drives over 450 yards. 

Ann chats with Zane Smith, Vice President of Business Operations, GF Sports & Entertainment, about the World Long Drive Championship, why the sport has grown in popularity, athletes competing and prize money; and what's all involved with these golfers crushing drives over 450 yards.  

Ann talks with former top amateur player Gavin Dear of Shot Scope about their latest technology and applications for amateur players with state-of-the-art Rangefinders, watches, and their performance tracking data platform. 

Ann wraps up her Ryder Cup coverage from Marco Simone Golf Club in Rome, Italy, analyzing Europe's huge victory over the U.S., 16 1/2 - 11 1/2 and talking about many of the side stories and issues that developed during the competition with Matt Adams, Host, Fairways of Life, Commentator for Ryder Cup Int'l Radio and contributor, NBC and Golf Channel. Ann then visits with Catherine Martin, Minister of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, for Ireland, about Adare Manor, in SW Ireland, hosting the 2027 Ryder Cup.

Ann visits with Catherine Martin, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, for Ireland, about the excellent job the Italians did hosting the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone, in Rome, Italy, and looking ahead to the 2025 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor in SW Ireland.

Ann recaps a compelling week at the Ryder Cup in Rome, Italy, with Matt Adams, Host of Fairways of Life, & Ryder Cup radio commentator, on Team Europe's success, Team USA's mistakes, Patrick Cantlay's less than subtle protest, caddie Joe LaCava's antic and much more.

Ann broadcasts from the Ryder Cup and Marco Simone Golf Club in Rome, Italy, with guest Matt Adams, Broadcaster for the Ryder Cup world feed and Host, 'Fairways of Life,' about the nuances of this Ryder Cup; which team the course favors, can the controversial Captains Picks on both teams handle the pressure and much more; in addition to interview audio from the Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka pressers.