Our PGA pro Ed Miller of Pine Ridge and Classic 5 Golf gets Nestor ready to smell the azaleas outside Butler Cabin and a full preview of The Masters in Augusta as he prepares for another turn on the fairway on the most famous golf course in the world. It’s golf season, Baltimore!

• [ ] Share stories and memories from Augusta National and the Masters experience with the Baltimore Positive audience when returning from the tournament.

Maryland Crab Cake Tour and Upcoming Events

• Nestor Aparicio introduces the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, sponsored by the Maryland Lottery, GBC, and Farnan and Durmer.
• Nestor mentions upcoming events, including visits to Faidley’s, Costas, and Koco’s, and the NFL Draft.
• Nestor highlights the Masters tournament and introduces Ed Miller, a golf pro from Pine Ridge and Classic 5 Golf.
• Ed Miller shares his excitement about the Masters and his annual tradition of attending the event.

Ed Miller’s Experience at the Masters

• Ed Miller discusses his experience at the Masters, mentioning the ambiance and the well-run nature of the event.
• Nestor and Ed compare the organization of the Masters to other major events like the BMW and the Super Bowl.
• Ed describes the unique atmosphere of Augusta, including the condensed course layout and the audible excitement from the crowd.
• Nestor and Ed talk about the importance of the Masters as a symbol of spring and the beginning of the golf season.

The Impact of Tiger Woods on Golf

• Nestor and Ed discuss the impact of Tiger Woods on golf, both as a player and a cultural figure.
• Ed shares his disappointment about Tiger Woods’ withdrawal from the Masters and his hope for Tiger’s recovery.
• Nestor reflects on his experiences with Tiger Woods, including meeting him in Las Vegas and witnessing his rise to stardom.
• Ed and Nestor discuss the legacy of Tiger Woods and his influence on the sport of golf.

Modern Golf and the Evolution of the Masters

• Ed Miller talks about the evolution of golf and the increasing talent level among professional golfers.
• Nestor and Ed discuss the modernization of golf, including the use of sports science and advanced training methods.
• Ed highlights the changes made to the Augusta course to keep up with the modern athletes’ abilities.
• Nestor and Ed talk about the importance of having a strong short game to succeed at Augusta.

Golf Lessons and Technology at Pine Ridge

• Nestor and Ed discuss the golf lessons and technology available at Pine Ridge, including the top tracer system.
• Ed explains how the top tracer system helps golfers improve their game by providing detailed statistics and simulated rounds.
• Nestor shares his excitement about the top tracer system and its potential to enhance his golf practice.
• Ed emphasizes the inclusivity of golf, allowing players of all ages and skill levels to enjoy the sport.

The Role of Golf in Spring and Summer Activities

• Nestor and Ed discuss the role of golf in spring and summer activities, including the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.
• Ed highlights the various golf courses and programs available through Classic 5 Golf, catering to different skill levels and interests.
• Nestor shares his personal experiences with golf and his plans to get back into the sport.
• Ed encourages listeners to try golf and take advantage of the top tracer system to improve their game.

Ed Miller’s Personal Traditions and Favorite Golfers

• Ed Miller shares his personal tradition of watching the Masters with his father and his favorite golfers.
• Nestor and Ed discuss their favorite golfers and the excitement of watching the Masters.
• Ed expresses his admiration for young golfers like Ludwig Aberg and his hope for their success.
• Nestor and Ed talk about the unique experience of attending the Masters and the special memories created there.

The Ambiance and Community at Pine Ridge

• Nestor and Ed discuss the ambiance and community at Pine Ridge, including the secluded and picturesque setting.
• Ed highlights the various amenities and programs available at Pine Ridge, such as the driving range and top tracer system.
• Nestor shares his experiences visiting Pine Ridge and the sense of community among the golfers.
• Ed emphasizes the importance of making golf accessible and enjoyable for everyone, regardless of skill level.

The Future of Golf and Classic 5 Golf

• Nestor and Ed discuss the future of golf and the role of Classic 5 Golf in promoting the sport.
• Ed highlights the ongoing efforts to improve and expand the golf programs at Classic 5 Golf.
• Nestor shares his appreciation for the work done by Ed and the Classic 5 Golf team.
• Ed encourages listeners to visit Pine Ridge and other Classic 5 Golf locations to experience the sport and community.

Final Thoughts and Encouragement

• Nestor and Ed wrap up the conversation with final thoughts and encouragement for listeners to get involved in golf.
• Ed shares his excitement about the upcoming Masters tournament and his plans to attend.
• Nestor expresses his gratitude for the opportunity to discuss golf and the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.
• Ed and Nestor both encourage listeners to take up golf, enjoy the sport, and make new memories.

SUMMARY KEYWORDS

Maryland Crab Cake Tour, PGA pro, Augusta National, Butler Cabin, Masters tournament, golf lessons, Pine Ridge, Classic 5 Golf, Tiger Woods, golf technology, top tracer, golf courses, golf season, golf equipment, golf community.

SPEAKERS

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Nestor Aparicio, Ed Miller

Nestor Aparicio  00:01

Welcome home. We are W, N, S, T, AM, 1570 tasks in Baltimore. We are Baltimore positive, positive to get the show out on the road. This week, it is Maryland crab cake Tour presented by our friends at the Maryland lottery, in conjunction with G, B, M, C, and our newest sponsor, Farnan and durmer. There the comfort guys. I thought that was just h back and AC, and then my plumbing went bad last week. My wife needed an emergency call 7am last Wednesday. Zach Dermer, his group on it. They are the comfort guys that kept me comfortable. We are. We’re comfortable talking about all sorts of things here. We had some politics. We got some crab cake tours. Gonna be at faidley’s on Friday. We’re going to be at Costas and Timonium a week from Thursday, on the 16th, and then Koco’s on the 23rd but then we’re moving from the baseball field to the to the football NFL Draft. We got World Cup coming up, and obviously this week the masters. And there’s only one guy I know that every year he seems to like smell those azaleas. He gets those cheapskate pimento sandwiches down there. And my family grew up down in Augusta, Georgia. He goes down Augusta every single year. He is the golf pro right up here at Pine Ridge, right around the corner. Beautiful location for all the classic five golf centers. He is a golf pro. We welcome Ed Miller back on so you got the old family roadster planned up here. You got your sandwiches packed and your ice cold refreshments. I know you’ll be a butler cabin any day now, right?

Ed Miller  01:30

Yeah, if they’ll let me in there, I will be but no looking forward to it as always.

Nestor Aparicio  01:35

So you don’t get into Butler Butler cabin. You just get to see the outside.

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Ed Miller  01:39

Yeah, we just get to see the outside. I don’t have enough pool yet to get inside to the butler cabin, but it’s all good. You know, the whole atmosphere there is outstanding anyway. So So you

Nestor Aparicio  01:49

mentioned your pull and all that with classic five and up here at Pine Ridge. Give everybody a little bit of your poll, because I don’t think everybody knows about being a PGA golf pro and sort of this small little entitlement to a practice round every now and again. Oh, yeah, absolutely.

Ed Miller  02:05

It’s definitely one of the cool hidden Perks of Being a PGA professional that you get to even go down to Augusta, for sure. Look forward. That’s why it’s become an annual tradition.

Nestor Aparicio  02:14

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All right, so how many times have you been you just slough it off every year you do this to me, you want to talk Scheffler. We’re going to talk top tracer, what’s going on. But like, not everybody gets to go down i i Keep telling you back 25 years ago, Sporting News Radio. I was supposed to do my show for the Masters. I did not do it. I wound up giving it away. Same thing with the Pro Bowl that year, because the Ravens had won the Super Bowl that and then Mike Smith, former Falcons head coach, Brian billicks, brother in law, when he was the Falcons coach, he invited me and my wife every year that my wife took ill. I still have never, ever been on the course. I don’t think I’m ever going to get on the course. And every year you go, and every year I’m like, Come on, tell me about it. And what’s it really like?

Ed Miller  02:59

Koco’s Though it is absolutely perfect. I mean, obviously, outside of the ambience, the conditions of the course and all that stuff, but it’s a it’s also probably one of the most well run sporting events I’ve ever been to. The staff, the the amount of staff, the volunteers, and just at this point, I guess they got it down to a perfect system. But everything about Augusta is fantastic, seriously, and I’ve been to the BMW, and I’ve been to some I thought

Nestor Aparicio  03:24

that about cage. I’ve been out there twice now, right? I went last year. I went five years ago when it was here, and I thought, Man, these things really take a level of organization that you have to do it several times. And I think Steve and all the guys up at cage would tell me that. But I think, for what they do at the Masters every year, everybody I know who has been comes back and speaks about it as though they went somewhere special. Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

Ed Miller  03:51

I’ve never been to a Super Bowl as as you have. And I’m sure it’s I would equate it to something similar to

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Nestor Aparicio  03:57

that, just a football game, you know? Yeah, just a football game. Well, the Masters isn’t just another

Ed Miller  04:02

golf tournament, though. Oh yeah, no, no. It’s, uh, you know, the uniqueness of the fact that they come back to the same place every year, that probably helps with their logistics, but the fact that they take so much pride in their facility, it’s, uh, yeah, it’s a great time. And I would definitely tell you, you know, you’ve still got, you got time. You need to get there at least once. You gotta, you gotta see what it’s all about. It’s, it’s definitely incredible. Well, I think when the

Nestor Aparicio  04:24

BMW came here last year and I walked out and I walked along 1718, one and two up around the turn, up on the top of the hill, and you see professionals hit the ball, and you see what it looks like when that rocket launches. You’re off the team. It’s a whole different thing. Augusta, little different because it’s, it plays a little differently, right? Yeah, it

Ed Miller  04:49

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plays a little different. But I will say, you know, ironically, it’s not that I’m from Georgia, but I would say it’s very similar to caves. It’s, it’s very hilly, very undulated, not, not what’s not what I would think the first.

Nestor Aparicio  05:00

Narrow, too much more narrow than you think. It’s a smaller plot of land than you think it is, from what I’ve gathered at Augusta, right?

Ed Miller  05:09

Yeah, yes, yes, and but that’s one of the unique things about Augusta, I think that makes the ambiance so so awesome, is the fact that the course is condensed. You kind of know what’s going on no matter where you are on the golf course, you hear roars in this section and that section, and you know something awesome is happening just few 100 yards away from you on a different hole. So it just definitely creates an awesome atmosphere. You kind of hear the cheers, and every once in a while, you hear the moans when something bad happens. So you kind of always have an idea of what’s going on out there, for sure.

Nestor Aparicio  05:39

So you guys that are PGA pros, a classic five, and all the locations around town, and you’re up at Pine Ridge, like, when you take a lesson from somebody, or you want to hit a golf ball or not, you gotta find somebody like you that has the passion like this, right? Like this is a time of the year. It’s the kickoff for the, you know, working on your game, maybe some new equipment, whatever. But more than that, even despite the fact that the oral is going to play in some cold weather in Chicago this week, it does feel like spring is sprung, and this is really, this is the beginning, not just the golf season, but beginning of spring and summer. It’s beginning of the good weather around here.

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Ed Miller  06:16

Yeah, yeah. Well, don’t look at Wednesday’s forecast, but yes, it is like it’s the symbol of Spring is finally here when you see all the flowers on TV. And if you’re there in person, you see all the flowers you Yeah, you know, Spring is finally here.

Nestor Aparicio  06:28

One thing you would tell me about having gone there that that I that you have to see for yourself when you’re there at Augusta.

Ed Miller  06:36

Well, you know, again, I think it’s the ambiance, maybe around amen corner. I know it’s famous, but you get out there on that 12th hole, and you you hear all the action on 1112, 13. And it’s almost like it’s the more behaved and well organized party. But it definitely can remind you, maybe, of some of the scenes you see out of TPC. Saw not saw grass, but Scottsdale the Phoenix Open out there. They had stadium around the 16th hole, even though there’s not a stadium, so to speak, built around that 12th tee area. That place is awesome. And I would say, go there. You have all the food. You have the they have a shop out there, and then there’s 1000s of people hanging out. It’s just a very festive, fun, fun, fun area to be in.

Nestor Aparicio  07:20

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Sounds you can only hear at Augusta and those, I’m telling you, they must break those birds in. There’s no way those birds. I’m starting

Ed Miller  07:28

to believe you, because I’ve been there enough times where you hear it all the time and you’re looking and you just don’t see that many birds.

Nestor Aparicio  07:36

Ed Miller is here. He’s got birds and deer and Fox and rabbits and all sorts and and chipmunks, all sorts of good things up at Pine Ridge, just like I got in my place. How is, what’s the state of golf? And, I mean, we talked about this every year with the live thing, and obviously the Tiger Woods thing two weeks ago brings golf right back into the front of the news, in a way that, I mean, the tiger thing’s gotten to be a sad kind of tale.

Ed Miller  08:01

Ed, absolutely, it’s very sad. And, you know, just the roller coaster of emotions. I can tell you that a lot of Tiger fans were really excited when, I guess it was about a month ago he announced that he was going to play in the Masters this year. And everybody was getting excited, and we wanted to see how his health was, and looking forward to it. And, yeah, just definitely a sad tale again. You know you hope, you wish the best for him, and you hope that he gets the help that he needs, because the golf world is definitely better when Tigers playing. It definitely brings more eyes to the sport, and the fact that he’s won there so many times. I know, I know I was excited that he was going to be there, and ironically, now you know he won’t be. So it’s definitely a bummer again. So I think the

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Nestor Aparicio  08:42

weirdest thing is the punchline he’s become in so many ways and more than that. Look, man, I’ve been on the air 35 years, right? So when I was nationally syndicated, 9899 2000 2001 he was on the front end of that tear. And I remember I met him on New Year’s Eve, 1996 in Las Vegas. He was 18 years old. He had just been on the cover of Sports Illustrated. He had not won a Masters yet. He had not won a major yet. He was just kind of coming into his own as this superstar in the way that maybe the Orioles pimp Jackson holiday or pimped Adley rutchman to say this is going to be a Hall of Fame special guy, and that tear that he went on, and I would it’s 25 years ago now that we’re going back, you have young people that come on to your course where you teach them golf, and they don’t, they think of him as a punch line, not as the greatest golfer we’ve ever seen for such an incredible stretch of time.

Ed Miller  09:43

Yeah, and that part is actually kind of sad. You’re right. You see a lot of it on social media now, but he’s still arguably one of the three greatest golfers ever, and I don’t think you’ll ever see somebody do the things that he did, especially for that 10 year stretch from 97 to 2000 Seven. It’s, uh, yeah, and you know, he was one of them things, you know, we put these guys on pedestals and they’re superstars, but it does remind you that these guys are human, and they kind of suffer some of the same things that a lot of the people you know do. And like I said, it’s a sad, sad story, but hopefully he’ll bounce back from that. And, you know, he may never compete at the Masters, because he’s starting to get up there in age, but I think it would still help the world of golf if he can get out there and maybe win the senior US Open one day, because he’s up there now at 50, and hopefully he gets his life straight, and we’ll see him playing competitively again next year, and we’ll just keep our fingers crossed. Well, it’s funny, you say that I have a I have a 17 year old son, and he has no idea how great Tiger was. And you know, he’s actually texted me a couple of those funny memes about Tiger after this latest incident. It’s, uh, it’s kind of sad, but, you know, one day, they’ll look back and they’ll see it all his accomplishments, and they’ll compare him to say somebody like Ori or Scotty. And I know those guys are great, but their resumes are just a fraction of tigers at this point. So Right? That’s what

Nestor Aparicio  11:01

I mean, like, what current greatness would be to measure it against that it it’s his success was unparalleled, especially at a time where the it’s a crowded field as it is. This week, Ed Miller’s here. He’s at Pine Ridge. He’s the classic five. He keeps us informed of all things, azaleas and Butler cabin and all that well. I mean, Scottie Scheffler, you know? I guess they’re going to take it to him, right? It’s about him and his play, making the cut all that, where we’re going to be on Saturday or Sunday. But a rich, full field here, even without talking,

Ed Miller  11:39

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yeah, absolutely. And you know that I think on all professional golf now, the talent level is definitely, maybe greater than it was 30 years ago. You know, the guy, number 70/80 in the world, can win any given week, not like back in the early 2000s when you could pretty much just place your bet on the top couple of guys. But I think that the golf world is still great. Some of these guys can do everything that tiger did in his prime. They just can’t. Maybe do it as often. But golf is still very exciting. We’re starting to see many, many more top athletes get into golf too. That’s the part I think is fascinating. When Tiger was first came out, he was, he was one of the few, only guys doing what he does. And now, if you go out and you watch the PGA Tour, it seems like almost two thirds of the field can kind of do what tiger

Nestor Aparicio  12:25

does, but he also had a sports science way about him. When John Daly was smoking cigarettes, and there were some guys moving their gut out of the way on tee shots right back in the day, he really revolutionized the game in that way, not just race and not just class and like all of that, and stepping up his game, but stepping up what you were going to eat, how you were going to train, how you were going to lift weights to be a golfer, right?

Ed Miller  12:51

Yeah, absolutely. He definitely took golf into a new a new era, and and it is neat to see you see all these top golfers now, they all have some kind of workout regimen and nutritionist and all that stuff, and they take it much more serious. And it’s, you know, it’s funny, you mentioned daily. You know, my golf game is more like maybe John Daly. That’s, that’s my style golf, but I was

Nestor Aparicio  13:11

more happy gilmore in my day. But, yeah, yeah, a little bit more like that, but, but Rory winning last year and getting that off his back, and obviously, Scheffler with a couple now, but you know, there, this is a real credible field they put together in Augusta this week.

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Ed Miller  13:26

Oh yeah, absolutely. You know, I think 90 players. And you know, you got a couple of the old guys with the lifetime exemptions, but yeah, the top, top 80 guys will all have a chance to win, even though experience matters a lot at Augusta. But I still think the field is deep. You got all these young guys like Ludwig Aberg Alberg. They call him. I know he went to college in America, but that guy is awesome. He may break through this year, you never know.

Nestor Aparicio  13:50

And he always looking for that fresh blood on Sunday, right around 12, one o’clock. Let’s see what leaders are. And you’re always looking for a new name, because this is a time where A star is born.

Ed Miller  14:03

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And, you know, you know, talking back again about the modern athlete and how big they’re getting, that’s the one thing that most courses are doing it. But Augusta does it every year. They, they always fine tune the course a little bit. They add a little bit of length here and there. Now this year they only added length, I believe, on the 17th hole. But they, they still always change things, because they got to keep up with the modern athlete. These guys are just getting so good and so strong and, yeah, if you don’t hit it far, you might not be in contention at Augusta anymore. That thing is over 7500 yards. It’s, it’s impressive. Well, it’s

Nestor Aparicio  14:36

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also about getting, you know, once you get near the hole. The hole goes upside down, usually, as I remember,

Ed Miller  14:45

yeah, now those greens are definitely, they’re definitely awesome, you know, bombing the ball if the tee helps, but yeah, you got to have a world class short game to usually win at Augusta. Little bit of touch.

Nestor Aparicio  14:55

Got to have your touch. That’s why you got to get up the Pine Ridge and get some lessons. Ed Miller has been doing this a. Long, long time. He’ll be down in Augusta here this week, but you can find him up at Pine Ridge once the tournament is over. Don’t bug him on Sunday afternoon. It’s a little bit of a high holy holiday out there. But anytime next week, tell me what you got going to Pine Ridge, because I know. I mean, you have kids, you have women, you have leagues, you have seniors. I mean, literally, I’ve been up there the top tracer technology. You can go out compete with yourself and pretend you’re on, you know, Pebble Beach, wherever you want to be. But this is the time of the year where you take on a lot of new golfers, people coming out, getting lessons, people maybe never picked a club up before and don’t know how to hold it, right?

Ed Miller  15:34

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. You know, definitely Pine Ridge. We like to think we’re full scale. We got everything you need. We can help you learn golf, improve at golf, come out and just have a good time in practice. The neatest thing about golf, and you just touched on it. I always found this fascinating. But you can come out here any given day, and we may have a golfer as young as seven, eight years old on the golf course all the way up to 85 years old, you know. So golf is one of those neat sports that everybody that can play it. You know, obviously you play a different tee, but we can. It doesn’t matter your age or your skill level. Come out, get some exercise, enjoy the fresh air, and come, you know, drive up our entrance, our own Magnolia lane, so to speak. You know, Pine Ridge lane, we’ll call that, but, yeah, we like to think that we can help anybody just keep going.

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Nestor Aparicio  16:19

You make that turn there, but you just got to keep going all the way up, because they want you up there in the woods. They want you to forget about where you are getting out of the city. Well, all the other locations too. I want to make sure I give some love to Mount Pleasant over Carroll Park, Forest Park, I know RJ is over there. All the courses that are out the classic five courses, but your course is the one that’s sort of sequestered, secluded up in the woods a little bit.

Ed Miller  16:44

Yeah, yeah. It’s obviously, we got a nice ambiance up here with the reservoir and like, like you mentioned, the two mile entrance to come in, and it’s neat. It just helps your anticipation build as you get closer and closer to the golf course driving up.

Nestor Aparicio  16:57

Don’t worry, I don’t forget hearing run in Mount Pleasant, did I? Because I always, I always give classic four instead of classic five. I’ll make sure I get them all.

Ed Miller  17:05

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Yeah, yeah. I think, well, we might have missed, I think Clifton Park. I said, Clifton.

Nestor Aparicio  17:09

I said, Harry. I’m sorry,

Ed Miller  17:11

old, the oldest course of ours, but yeah, all great in their own at, you know, in their own ways, every golf course is great. We take pride in the fact that we’re accessible to everybody, challenged everybody, even the really, really good golfers, you’ll still find a challenge any one of our golf courses. And you know, come on out. Spring is here. It’s time to get

Nestor Aparicio  17:30

your sticks out. You know, back when the Orioles played Memorial Stadium, I would take the 22 bus out of Highland town. We would go through herring Park, and then, literally, we take the left turn right off of Bel Air road there. And so you would go right through the only golf course I’d ever been on in my life was on the 22 bus that cuts right through Clifton Park on the way over to 33rd Street. So how about that right over Harford road? That is awesome.

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Ed Miller  17:55

And yeah, and you know it’s neat. You still get to see the city line of Baltimore City playing Clifton Park is beautiful out there, absolutely.

Nestor Aparicio  18:03

But I know you’re partial to the Pine Ridge. So do you enjoy when somebody comes up and says, I’ve never held a golf club like when they get their very first lesson, and the game can kind of take over. And I would think this is one of those times of the year. And obviously, the Masters people watch it on TV and say, All right, I’m getting old. I want to learn how to play golf. You’re the perfect place for to learn

Ed Miller  18:29

really, yeah, yeah, absolutely. We have, you know, if you mentioned it, we have a state of the art driving range with top tracer. We have myself, plus we have eight instructors. We run camps, clinics, we’ll get you learning golf. And then once you get on the golf course for the first time, it usually bites you. I think that’s one of the reasons why you haven’t gone out there, you know, you just don’t, you know, you don’t have the time. And if you start to enjoy golf, you’ll have to start making plenty of excuses to sneak out and get four and a half hours of day, you know, to go play your 18 holes.

Nestor Aparicio  18:59

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Yeah, I’ve been using the excuse about my back. The last couple years, the Planet Fitness has me, dude, I just got back in South America. I almost don’t tell anybody. I almost feel completely healthy, like I feel like I could swing a baseball bat in a cage. I feel like I could, I could hit a goal. I feel like it could go surfing. I got my so as together. I’ve got my core together. Don’t write me off yet. I’m not too old for golf. I know this might be the one thing I’m qualified to do at this point, right?

Ed Miller  19:27

Yeah, I heard that. Yeah. Like I said, come out on a you come out today and watch my field of seniors out there, and you’ll feel really good about yourself. You know, you can play.

Nestor Aparicio  19:37

Tell me about the top tracer, because I’ve seen this in action. But for people out there that have not been familiar with this, or they’ve taken a lesson, or they play a little bit, this is always appealed to me as part of the game where, like, oh, the technology piece kind of like what the Orioles are doing with analytics, right?

Ed Miller  19:54

Yeah, absolutely, it’s, you know, you mentioned about playing different golf courses around the world, but the top tracer. Can be used to improve your golf game. Give you numbers. You know how, how far you’re hitting, the ball club, head, speed, all that kind of stuff, proximity to targets. You can make fun ways to practice. You can play golf courses all around the world like the great St Andrews. You can play simulated rounds on that, and it’s been exciting for us, because we actually changed the way we we priced top tracer. It’s now included with your range balls. So it’s been a lot of fun. And it Yeah,

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Nestor Aparicio  20:30

explain that to me, give me that again. So if I come up with my wife, it’s not just hitting a bucket of balls anymore. We’re going to do that on the top tracer, because right away, we’re going to know whether I’m slicing, dicing, hitting, shooting, all of the things that I would have thought when you were a young man, you probably would have paid a lot of money to get that sort of technology and advice to know exactly what you’re doing right or wrong and how you’re hitting the ball right.

Ed Miller  21:00

That is correct. And like I said, it’s been exciting for us to change that, but it makes practice fun, you know, before the technology absolutely helps you improve, but while you’re out there practicing, it actually makes practice a little bit more fun, you know. So like I said, you see your numbers, you see how good you’re hitting it, and then you want to test yourself at the end of your practice session, play a couple simulated holes at Pebble Beach, st, Andrews, that kind of deal. So now you can watch it on TV, and then you go practice it on the top tracer. And then the ambiance up there, you know, we’ve added a food truck and sell some snacks and some beverages. And just want to make it a hangout place where you can practice, have fun and, yeah, just enjoy it. And then we obviously utilize some of it during our lessons too. So we teach you what to look for and what you’re trying to improve upon. And the whole thing has definitely been a hit. It’s awesome. So if I do

Nestor Aparicio  21:50

it, like I used to do it when my kid was little, we just get a bucket of balls and lose them. I don’t have to pay attention to the top tracer, right? Like, if I don’t hit, well, I can just ignore it, right? That way. I don’t know how bad I’m hitting it, right? I mean, I can see how bad I’m hitting the ball and look at it, right, yeah. Well, there’s

Ed Miller  22:09

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obviously the time you don’t need top tracer to tell you just sliced it 50 yards, right? But, you know, you just ignore that shot or maybe erase it from the screen and keep going. The good news is none of that’s attached to social media. So if you do hit 100 yard slice, we don’t, we don’t put post that on Instagram or something like that and say, Hey, Nestor, just hit a tree 150 yards to the right.

Nestor Aparicio  22:33

That’s why God made the Mulligan, my man, right, and that’s why he gave That’s right. Ed Miller is here. They’re out on the golf course. He’s at Pine Ridge. He will making his way down to Augusta this weekend. You got a favorite? Do you have a favorite golfer that you root for in the Masters? Because this would be the time to break that one out, right?

Ed Miller  22:52

Yeah, no. I usually, you know, I used to like Tiger and Phil. Honestly, I haven’t really got a new favorite yet. You know, I’m waiting for somebody to jump up and to get me, you know. So I just usually have what I do when I get to Augusta is after I get my sandwiches, get my fuel in my system. I like to walk one through 18, and then I’ll start following maybe a specific golfer here or there in the afternoon. So like I said, from my perspective as a professional golfer, all those guys are awesome. And if you catch them on the right day, you see some fantastic golf shots and stuff that you’ll leave, you know, you’ll remember forever. I am kind of a little bit partial to this Ludwig guys. I like his style game. He seems, you know, he seems good, even though he did collapse a couple of weeks ago. But I’m thinking that this is the year that maybe he breaks through, and if he breaks through, I’m hoping for exciting things for him. As a guy is only in his 20s, and has the complete package. So, you know, I’m looking forward to him golfing.

Nestor Aparicio  23:49

So you’re down there doing the real thing on Thursday, and you make your way back, and then you sit and you make fake pimento sandwiches all weekend long at your house, and you get to watch it after being there, that’s a that’s a beautiful experience, right? Like measuring it all, seeing it all, then coming back and really watching the tournament on TV where you can see it all, right?

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Ed Miller  24:11

Yeah, yeah. And for me, from a personal perspective, I’ve watched the Sunday round with my dad, probably 80% of the round since about 1986 I remember that as a kid, watching that with my dad when Jack Nicklaus won, and that’s kind of become our tradition. So you won’t catch me out at Pine Ridge, usually Sunday afternoon, because I’ll, I’ll definitely be hanging out with my dad watching that on the on the television. But yeah, the Masters is fantastic, like they say, a tradition like no other

Nestor Aparicio  24:37

bringing back a green gift from Augusta, Georgia. Ed Miller is up at Pine Ridge. They are our partners at Classic five golf. We’ve talked about all the classic five locations. You can find it all at Classic five golf. We do talk about it, lessons, fun, family, hit the ball, get yourself outside, get yourself in great shape, ride card around, have a good time, make a couple tee shots, and I. Practice your putt putt skills and do there in time for Ocean City this summer and always a pleasure to visit. Drive safely, fly safely, enjoy yourself safely down there at Augusta National, come back with some more stories and memories for us. All right,

Ed Miller  25:14

absolutely will Nestor. Thank you so much. Have a great day. Love listening to you go on bear and

Nestor Aparicio  25:19

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be on Butler cab and tell them to let you win your PGA pro. All right,

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I’ll do my best. All right,

Nestor Aparicio  25:25

maybe one day. One day I said, drop my name there. I’m sure there. You mean absolutely nothing. Classic five golf for our partners. They come in, we’ll get Tom on here, and all the rest of the guys, RJ and everybody else from over Forest Park, five locations, one great spot to find him online, including up at Pine Ridge with Ed. I am Nestor. We have W, N, S, T am 1570 Towson, Baltimore, and we never stop talking Baltimore positive. Stay with us. You.