Well it has been quite a summer for The Dennis Walters Golf Show.  We left our home in Jupiter, Florida on April 15 and as I write this on September 18 we are still a week away from getting home.

It has been a summer filled with many highlights, the most exciting our trip to St. Andrews Scotland and the UK. We have had about 60 of our shows during this time and it has allowed us to deliver our program of Golf Lessons and Life Lessons to audiences in 33 states in addition to our international audiences. Mr. Bucky has been dazzling everyone with his uncanny ability to answer questions by barking out the answers, my golf swing is working better than ever and my assistant Tom Kolend has made a huge contribution to the show by doing the countless number of things he does so well to keep the tour running smoothly.

A little about our trip to the home of golf, St Andrews

It truly was the trip of a lifetime and I wanted to thank The PGA of America and The R&A (The Royal & Ancient Golf Club, which is the governing body similar to the PGA) for making this dream come true. I have wanted to visit St Andrews ever since I was a boy and this trip far exceeded my hopes and dreams. Everything went well from the time we boarded the plane until the time we returned.

The hospitality was fantastic, the weather was perfect and the audiences responded so well to my golf shots and message, which reenforced my belief that I do have a universal message and by telling my story I can encourage others in all parts of the world to reach for their dreams, strive for excellence and do something they didn't think they could.

We also did a show for the First Tee Chapter in Manchester England. As Narional Ambassador for The First Tee, it was important to me to visit a chapter outside The USA and I found the same wonderful way of teaching Life Lessons through Golf to be a great success in the same manner it is here at home. We were also able to meet and work with The UK divisions of a couple of our sponsors which was very nice. Jelly Belly UK supplied the world's BEST jelly beans to our audiences and Yamaha UK made it possible for me to do the shows by suppling a beautiful golf cart for me in both places. The kids also loved getting the Titleist Pro-V ones with Bucky's picture on them.

I also did something I very rarely do these days, I played 18 holes of golf. I could not let myself go all the way to St Andrews and not do that and I played extremely well. I made 2 birdies and a bunch of pars what a wonderful day it was. We were also joined on the trip by another of our sponsors, Peter Cancro founder of Jersey Mike's Subs, the BEST subs you' ll ever have, his brother John and their friend Tom Spiegel joined us for our round on The Old Course and for comraderie all during the trip.

Having great friends along made this "Bucket List" trip even better. We now have an unusually busy fall to complete and our next two stops should give me more exciting news to report.

Where we're off to next...

We are performing at The National Special Olympics Games in Port St Lucie, Fl and we leave the next day for a show in Las Vegas with Justin Timberlake at his tournament on THE PGA TOUR.

By for now!
DW