Robin Aikens attempts her shot on episode #6 of ABC’s Holey Moley
IT’S TIME FOR MORE MINI-GOLF ON ABC’S ‘HOLEY MOLEY’
BY AAGD STAFF
August 1, 2019
Robin Aikens, owner of Robin Aikens Golf, will make her debut on Episode #6 of ABC’s Holey Moley, August 1, 2019 at 8PM-ET. The venue is a 10-hole, technicolor miniature golf course and familiar mini-golf obstacles come into play in outsize dimension — giant windmills, water hazards, wavy slides and such — the difference being that they’re meant to obstruct golfers as well as golf balls. After striking their putts, players are required to navigate the course themselves, a perilous journey that yields all manner of pitfalls.
Aikens has been playing golf since she was 6 years old. Her mother, Rosie Ross, introduced her to the sport that has now provided Aikens with an abundance of opportunities. “I’ve learned so many life lessons because of it,” shares the Purdue University alum on her website.
This hilarious episode also reigns in a surprise with award-winning actor joins Rob Riggle and Joe Tessitore in the “Holey Moley” booth for play-calling during a round at the Arc De Trigolf. “I had an amazing time with the cast and crew of the show and Steph Curry is a wonderful person to have worked with,” said Aikens who we may be seeing more of on-screen…stay tuned!
“Holey Moley” airs THURSDAY, AUG. 1 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. Episodes can also be viewed the next day on ABC.com, the ABC app and Hulu.
Aikens began playing junior golf with a program called the Bob-O-Links at Jackson Park Golf Course in Chicago, Illinois, where she began winning tournaments and by the time Aikens had graduated high school she had won over 25 titles for Junior Golf and was named MVP for her High School Golf Team.
At Purdue University she was a star on their Women’s Golf Team and followed that up by taking the Playing Ability Test (PAT) for the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Teaching and Club (T&CP) Division in 2004. Thereafter, Aikens was an influential member of the LPGA for 10 years.
Robin Aikens, author, “The Robin Aikens Guide to Better Golf.”
Ms. Aikens has been honored with the “Outstanding Leaders in Golf” award by the African American Golfer’s Digest (2009) and inducted into the African American Golfers Hall Of Fame at Bear’s Best Golf Course in West Palm Beach, FL.
Aikens was also named one of the BEST African American Golf Instructors in the Country by African American Golfer’s Digest. “I am most proud to have taught over 2,000 underprivileged youth both domestically and internationally,” remarks Aikens who credits the late Julius Richardson with helping her learn the sport of golf in a very practical way.
Contestants featured in this episode include the following:
Robin Aikens – Chicago, IL
Joe DePrima – Cliffwood Beach, NJ
Drew Gannon – Toledo, OH
Matthew Gebhard – Long Beach, CA
Colin McCarthy – Lanesborough, MA
Jerica Noble – Hollister, CA
Nina Palomba – Jackson Hole, WY
Joni Parent – Bowling Green, KY
Jackson Patterson – Houston, TX
Allison Smith – Seminole, FL
Alexis Tourdot – Menifee, CA
Robin Aikens, LPGA
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