PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The award-winning Traveling Golfer television show, now in its 10th year of taking viewers to some of the greatest golf destinations across the country and around the world, is closing the book on its most exciting year ever. The year 2023 saw overwhelming expansion, as well as the welcome arrival of new talent to the production team.
Jeff Gilder, a renowned industry veteran, joined the team as its new managing partner. He spent much of the year expanding the reach of the show, bringing new ideas to the show format, as well as updating and improving the www.travelinggolfer.tv website.
Dustin Gilder took over as executive producer of the show and brought a fresh wave of imagination, innovation and creativity to the production. He also appeared in a number of different segments, bringing his own brand of humor and reality to the broadcasts.
A.J. Gohil provided new drive as sales manager for the show and also appeared in a number of lifestyle segments, usually lending some tableside discussions about the culinary excellence that can be found at today’s forward-thinking golf courses.
Highlights of all of their work, alongside longtime show host Tony Leodora, make for an entertaining look back at 2023. All of those factors, plus the highlights of shows from the heralded Caledonia and True Blue golf courses, Yuengling Brewery and many sites along the Myrtle Beach Golf Trail, make the December episode a do-not-miss end to the golf year.
“This year has been a whirlwind trip for all of us” says Leodora, who logged a record number of miles this year. “The thrill of bringing all of these great golf and lifestyle venues to our viewers never gets old.”
“I wasn’t sure what this golf journey would bring us when I came on board at the beginning of the year,” reflects Jeff Gilder. “It was way more exciting than I ever imagined. The best part of all of it is that the trail ahead is even more exciting for 2024.”
The December episode of the Traveling Golfer airs as a scheduled weekly feature show on NBC Sports and NBC Sports + throughout three markets in the Mid-Atlantic regions. NBC Sports airings are 10:30 a.m. on Sundays, 10 p.m. on Tuesdays and 11 a.m. on Thursdays. NBC Sports + airs the show at 8 p.m. Mondays and Fridays. In addition, the show airs nationally, three times every day, on the Fun Roads Network (funroads.tv/schedule) – in 71 markets across the country including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Wichita, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Nashville, Detroit, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Minneapolis. Orlando and many more.
Additionally, national and international expansion has taken place via the new wingding™ Network, which reaches more than 120 million million households via on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast and iTunes.
The Traveling Golfer also airs a number of times throughout the month on “Rivertalk” on HTC-4 in Myrtle Beach.
The show also airs on the Traveling Golfer network of websites, including The Golf Director Network and The Myrtle Beach Golf Channel (see full list of sites on www.travelinggolfer.tv).
As part of every Traveling Golfer show there is the feature, “Tech Talk”, hosted by Tour Edge Golf experts, such as President Dave Glod. With years of experience as a club maker, Glod presents an inside look at the research and development of high-quality golf equipment.
Responding to golfers’ never-ending demands to learn more about interesting golf courses and golf resorts across the country and around the world, well-traveled host Tony Leodora created the Traveling Golfer so he could take viewers on video trips to some of the most exciting golf locations. In each of its 10 years on the air, the show has been honored by the International Network of Golf with one of its prestigious awards. In four of those years the Traveling Golfer was named the No. 1 Golf Television Show in America.
The Traveling Golfer is a series of monthly shows hosted by Leodora and his partners, Jeff Gilder and Executive Producer Dustin Gilder. All have many years of experience in televised golf. The featured destination stays on the website for one month, before being replaced by a new show. Alternate shows also air in a two-month rotation. All old shows are archived for continued viewing on the YouTube Network and on the home website, www.travelinggolfer.tv.
For more information about the Traveling Golfer, or to find out how a property can be featured on the show, call TL Golf Services at (610) 721-8186 , Zeus Digital Marketing at 843-272-1919 or e-mail Tony Leodora at tleodora@comcast.net. or Jeff Gilder at jeff@wingding.tv.
