The Golf Show with Jeff Kolpack Podcast

The Golf Show with Jeff Kolpack: 5/23/26: Golf and real estate with Rick Flacksbarth

Golf is booming, an unforeseen occurrence beginning with the COVID-19 pandemic and continuing into 2026. With that, courses are worth more and the value around them are on the rise. Commercial real estate expert Rick Flacksbarth from CityScapes Development in Fargo joins the show to discuss. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The Golf Show with Jeff Kolpack: 5/16/26: Mike Barge and the Minnesota Vikings

Tom Hoge may be the most accomplished PGA Tour player from Fargo South, but 1972 graduate Mike Barge may be the most prominent PGA Professional teacher. He's spent over 40 years at the craft at Hazeltine National in the Twin Cities. That's also home to the Minnesota Vikings. On June 14, former players like Carl Lee, Daunte Culpepper, Chuck Foreman and Tommy Kramer will be part of the Vikings Legends to the Rescue charity scramble at Wildflower Golf Course to benefit the Homeward Animal Shelter in Fargo. Lee joins the show along with development director Dave Dondoneau. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The Golf Show with Jeff Kolpack: 5/9/26: Chris Larson and NDSU senior Jake Skarperud

The Moorhead Country Club, in another step up in the direction of the course, has a new general manager, although he's not new to the club. Chris Larson made the jump from Osgood Golf Course in Fargo to the GM position at a golf course where he first started in the bag room at age 13. North Dakota State, meanwhile, captured the Summit League men's title earlier this week behind a roster consisting mostly of North Dakota and Minnesota recruits. One, Fargo Shanley's Jake Skarperud, recaps his four-year career heading to the NCAA regionals. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The Golf Show with Jeff Kolpack: 5/2/26: Bison men and Rose Creek's Matt Cook

The Summit League men's golf championships begin Monday at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona, and North Dakota State is one of the teams expected to battle it out for the title. Ekren Miller, in his first year as the head coach, has seen his team finish in second place and fourth place in the last two tourneys and will take that momentum to Mesa. Senior Rylin Petry was named the Summit's golfer of the week for his fifth-place finish in Iowa's Hawkeye Invitational. While Miller is new to NDSU, Matt Cook is not to Rose Creek Golf Course in Fargo. He's been the head PGA professional since 2005 See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The Golf Show with Jeff Kolpack: 4/25/26: Steve Murdock, from F-M champ to Augusta.

Steve Murdock first burst upon the scene as an accomplished young golfer, winning the F-M Junior All-City golf tournament by 17 shots. He went on to a standout career at North Dakota State and reached PGA club pro status at PGA National Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida and head professional at Firethorne Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. Through his contacts, and out of the professional golf game, Murdock has had a unique job with the Masters tournament for the last 10 years handling merchandise of patrons who purchase items at Augusta National. These days, he plays at Village Green Golf Course in Moorhead, where Russ Nelson — who taught Murdock the game as a kid — is the head pro. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.