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We start today's pod talking about Scottie Scheffler's thumping win in Charlotte, Nick describes Scottie as 'Tiger-esque' at the moment, and Nick and Mark discuss his impressive performance, and some key moments. Mark loves how the year is shaping up with Rory, Scottie notching big wins, and Nick adds Bryson to the conversation as well.
Nick brings up the multi that we had on with Betr. It didn't go well. Rory let us down, and it appears that we were on the wrong JT. Mark is confident that one will come off for the Wolfpack, and he is doubling down on Straka.
Back to Scottie. Mark was impressed, not only with his performance but with how is caddy Ted Scott spoke about how Scottie handled the weekend mentally. Nick outlines what he sees in Scottie's game when he is under pressure. Mark loved the stats that were being provided on Scottie's misses to the left from Trevor Immelman who he describes as an elite golf commentator. We play a video of Scottie's 2nd shot on 15 on Sunday which Mark describes as his best shot of the tournament - but what a follow through! And on swings and follow throughs, who is the tour pro that Tiger tells Charlie to watch?
Nick questions if the LIV guys are getting effective preparation for majors, in playing LIV. Mark raises Jon Rahm and feels if he made the birdie on 14 and 15, the outcome may have been different, both Nick and Mark feel an in-form Rahm is great for golf.
Mudballs. Should they be addresses? Mark says the mudball situation in Charlotte should not have happened. And we discuss Shane Lowry's ball in another player's pitchmark/plughole, Mark feels this should be address, Nick says it is part of the game and it should be left as is.
What about Jhonattan Vegas' shot into a rake! We watch the video and discuss. Mark starts banging on about rakes again. Illegal drivers. Nick and Mark discuss Scottie's and Rory's, and Mark says Rory's non-media appearance was 'shameful'.
Top 5 from Nick on the toughest final 3 holes he's ever played in a major, he runs through them, explains why, and names what he believes is the toughest Par 4 in the world.
Feedback today is largely on the coverage in Australian at the weekend, and on Rory's announcement last week. Plus we have a wolfpacker comment about Kingston Heath that Mark 'refuses to comment on'.
PING globals results from Nick, comprehensive as always, and Marks masterclass which he describes as 'his greatest ever'.
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Feedback pod today, and we've got plenty of comments and questions from the Wolfpack.
We start with a message from a young bloke who might have a future in this crazy game - Bradley Hughes - with a comment on Royal Melbourne Composite, which is hard to argue with. That feedback from Hugo reminds Nick that he also left a voicemail last week with some clarity on the Tiger Woods missing ball incident, providing some info that neither Nick or Mark were aware of. Mark decides that we have to get Tiger's caddy Steve Williams on the pod. We'll work on that.
Matt asks if there are any holes on the Royal Melbourne East course that are better than the West, and if so what are they. Nick and Mark run through a few and explain why. Hurmeez thinks the Australian Open should be at Royal Melbourne on the Composite each year - Nick and Mark give their view. And Jonesy from Sydney feels it should be at a different course each year, but only on Sandbelt courses.
Mark would love to see Coolum get a major tournament again, particularly now there are no dinosaurs on the course.
Pete has a request for a guest following the recent Portsea Pub story. And then after the turn, we head to the US, to Nebraska in fact, where wolfpacker Matthew would like to discuss the greatest shot ever made, and place some criteria around it. A good chat with Matthew, with some fun interruptions from his cat.
A couple of weeks ago we had a caption contest for the picture of Nick's caddy Wilbur at Augusta - we've got three finalists from a massive amount of entries (we edited out the ones that were insanely rude - there was a surprising amount), and we have 3 finalists, plus an extra one from an ineligible entrant who is a current tour pro, thus why he can't enter!
A comment on a 'missed mulligan', and some feedback on a bit of gear that he bought from Golf Clearance Outlet from Ray, which has changed his game. And we spoke a week ago about 9-year old Jasper who is killing it - Paul sees Jasper each week in the simulator where he works, and gave us some of Jaspers figures.....woah....we have to get him on the pod for a chat, we'll sort that.
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A bonus episode today which came about after New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox won the Myrtle Beach Classic last week, which gave him a spot in the US PGA Championship in Charlotte this week....huge. Ryan is a fantastic golfer with a slightly unorthodox swing, that Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen discussed on Talk Birdie To Me this week. During that chat, we thought we'd see if we could grab Ryan's coach, former tour pro Marcus Wheelhouse, for a chat to ask him about it. He was happy to oblige, from the beautiful Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Club in Papatoetoe.
We started with Marcus telling us how he came to work with Ryan 15-years ago, and a bit about the journey. Nick was interested to know how Ryan's swing has developed over that time, Marcus says that he was 'in awe when he saw Ryan smash a 5-iron over 200 metres'. We talk about the unorthodox nature of Ryan's swing compared to Sepp Straka, and Marcus tells us about an injury that Ryan had when he was younger which influences in part how his body moves and why his swing is how it is.
Fascinating chat, and a great insight into how a coach works with a tour pro.
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Following the bonus pod this morning when Mark Allen broke the news of Rory McIlroy at Royal Melbourne Composite this year (so good!), for today's pod we park Rory, there's been plenty of chat about him, and there will be plenty of opportunities to discuss - but we have a full podcast today with some great stuff to chat about.
We start by talking about the Truist Championship in Philadelphia at the weekend and Sepp Straka getting a win. Mark has been on Sepp for the last few tournaments at Betr, was he on at the weekend?
Nick and Mark look at Sepps swing, which is stunning, and give their observations. Mark describes it as a 'touch of class'. We talk about other golf swings, and Ryan Fox's comes up given it is slightly unorthodox. We look at Ryan's from the back, and the side, and break it down. Mark asks Nick what advice he'd give Ryan on his swing, and we kick around whether we could get Ryan's coach Marcus Wheelhouse on for a chat....whilst we're talking Mark shoots a text through, we'll see what comes back.
We had a preview of the PGA Championship yesterday, but it's so close now that we kick it around a little more. Nick had one of his worst ever finishes at Quail Hollow, and tells the story. Nick and Mark each tell a story about some of their good 'made the cut' tournaments - Mark in Singapore and Nick in Mexico. And during the turn, Nick remembers a bad time he missed a cut, and tells us the story in the back 9...ouch.
Top 5 from Mark is on the best Australian Opens ever. Has he missed one? Let us know.
PING Global results from Nick, and Mark is keen to know if Sepp Straka can win this coming weekend. Nick says no, but says he expects Ryan Fox to play well as his game suits the course.
Another tournament on this week is the ISPS Handa Australian Blind Golf Open in Adelaide, and we have a chat with wolfpacker Mark Eschbank who is playing in the tournament and tells us all about it. What is it like to have low vision and play golf? Nick and Mark are keen to find out, and Mark talks us through it.
Feedback today is exclusively on the 'greatest shot ever made', and wolfpacker Chris has identified one that was criminally missed and may in fact qualify. We put it to Mark, and we look at the results of our poll.
Great masterclass from Nick today on fairway bunker shots. And before we wrap - Ryan Fox's coach Marcus Wheelhouse messages back, and he's in for a chat later this week.
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Last week on the Talk Birdie To Me podcast Mark Allen broke the news that it appeared that Rory McIlroy would play the 2025 Australian Open and it would be at Royal Melbourne Composite. It is now a 100% lock, and an announcement is imminent: as soon as this week, perhaps even today, which will confirm the news of Rory's appearance, the location, and clearly the date.
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The US PGA at Quail Hollow is thisclose and you better believe we're excited. Today Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen have a yak about the tournament, and we build our Talk Birdie To Me Betr Multi. But first we start with Nick banning Mark from including Sepp Straka in the multi for two reasons, firstly Sepp has let us down previously, and secondly, Nick doesn't believe he can win at Quail Hollow and he explains why.
Nick talks us through the course, which he has played a number of times and explains what it is like to play, and how he played it. He believes that we should watch the big hitting players on this particular course. We run through the power rankings from 15 to 1 and Nick and Mark give their view on each players chances.
We also discuss out of Rory and Scottie, who finishes on top of that battle and why. Nick and Mark each give their tip for the winner, and their dark horse. And of course we build our Betr multi live on the show, and have Hummer at Betr price it up for the Wolfpack. The multi is:
Rory to beat Scheffler
Two LIV players to finish in the Top 10
Justin Thomas to finish Top 10.
There is no guarantee of course, and always gamble responsibly, but we feel this is a half a shot - and it's paying 10 bucks including ties. The only place to get it is at Betr here or on the app - look for specials and you'll find the Talk Birdie To Me multi - exclusive to Betr.
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Tour Pro Bradley Hughes left a voicemail to clarify a couple of points regarding the Tiger Woods running out of balls story that Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen discussed recently on the Talk Birdie To Me podcast. And what a great story it is with the added details from Hugo!
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A Talk Birdie To Me feedback pod today, and we start with a voicemail from Rob in Ryde, Sydney, who has a rules question about matchplay and having too many clubs in your bag. Nick and Mark think they know the answer, but we decide to get our rules expert Stu McPhee on the show to confirm....lucky we did, because we were incorrect! Whilst we have Stu, Nick clarifies a comment about changing balls that Mark made a couple of weeks ago.
Then we have a video message from wolfpacker Rion from Saudi Arabia, who is calling with a shoutout, and a very cool one at that!
Andrew has written in asking whether Nick and Mark feel Rory is a chance to win all 4 majors this year. Damian wants to know why Tour Pro's sometimes say, or commentators do, that they change their plans of how to play on the morning of a tournament after they've been on the range.
Michael from Los Angeles has written in about the conversation on club fees, and has some staggering figures on a particular Californian golf club.
A Top 5 suggestion for Nick from Ross in Mackay, which leads to a chat about some of Nick and Marks favourite clubhouses around the world. Tom suffers from foot pain, and recalls a chat a few pods ago about a pro who had the same thing - wants some info. And Stefan from South Australia has been playing for a year or so - already down to 20 mind you - and is after some advice of how to play different kinds of fairways.
A fun feedback pod today!
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This week on Talk Birdie To Me, we have some news on a big, big rumour from a couple of impeccable sources to do with Rory McIlroy and the Australian Open. Mark reveals all on the pod about what it means. Nick and Mark discuss what it would mean for other players being attracted, and ticket sales, with the combination of Rory McIlroy playing and the tournament being played on the Royal Melbourne composite course. Nick says he has goosebumps at the thought.
Mark says he believes 'it is going to happen', however as exciting as it is he wonders about future Australian Opens, and what the 'plan' is for Australian gold and the calendar. Mark says 'I haven't heard a plan for Australian events from GA for 20-years'.
We discuss the appointment of Oglivy as Presidents Cup Captain, and Mark asks Nick about his time playing Presidents Cup. Nick says for Washington and Montreal, preparation was non-existent, but that has now changed.
We receive a voicemail from Wolfpack member Paul who has two questions for Nick and Mark, the first on Rory at The Masters, the second on Ángel Cabrera. Mark raises Steph Kyriacou's albatross from the weekend, and we find out how many (if any) albatross's the boys have each made.
Scottie Scheffler. 31 under. Wow. Mark runs through the stats of his tournament at the Byron Nelson where he rinsed the field.
After the Turn, Nick lists the Top 5 international players who are a realistic chance of playing the 2025 Australian Open.
Feedback - Monty gets a run, Mark finds a way to sledge him and Nick joins in with a whack. Ryan French (of Monday Q on Twitter) last week in our bonus pod told a great story about Todd Balkin, turns out Todd listens to Talk Birdie To Me from Dallas and has sent us a message. We also received one from Matt in Brisbane who has an alternate 'greatest shot ever' to put to Mark after his Rory comments. We get Matt on a WhatsApp call and have a chinwag. Towards the end of the call, Matt describes his club in Jindalee as basically a pub with a golf course, or maybe it was a golf course with a pub, we got sidetracked when he mentioned pub. Mark would like to hear about other courses, anywhere in the world that a sort of like a pub/golf course combo so he can schedule a visit.
Plenty to run through in the PING global results, Nick as usual has all the results that matter. And we wrap with a Masterclass from Mark on how to get your weight in the right spot to improve your golf.
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Following The Masters, and Rory's extraordinary win, Mark Allen made the bold claim to Nick O'Hern that Rory's shot on 15 on Sunday was the greatest shot ever made in golf. Nick agrees it was incredible, but isn't necessarily convinced that it was the greatest ever. Mark doubled down and said that if anyone could mount an argument for another shot, he would take them out for a round on Kingston Heath in Melbourne's Sandbelt.
We had plenty of suggestions.
You have suggested a number of shots from players like Seve, Bubba, Phil, Sarazen, Jack, Tiger, Bryson, O'Connor, Oosthuizen. Do any of them convince Mark or does he lean into his 'situational' defence of his Rory claim?
One specific shot was raised by multiple people, and Mark struggles to argue against it, until Nick raises a potential defense. It's a technicality, but does it rule out this shot?
During the pod, Robert from Atlanta has a suggestion on a better shot - but also asks Nick to clarify a great rumour he has heard about Nick in one of the matchplay tournaments against Tiger.
And Ken has a question about 1-irons.
We wrap the pod with a question for Nick and Mark about Rory's shot. In the same circumstances, as tour pros, would they have attempted the same shot?
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Former Tour Pro Scotty Laycock left a voicemail for Nick and Mark this weekend after hearing the FootJoy pod on the importance of shoe fittings. He offered a couple of thoughts and a quick story.
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At Talk Birdie To Me, we have all been fans of the Monday Q Twitter page (here) for a long time, it's a ripper, if you're not following it then give yourself an uppercut and do it immediately. The guy who created it is Ryan French, and after Nick and Mark have consistently been referring to the page on the pod, we decided to get Ryan on the show for a yak, and it was a lot of fun.
We started, well at the start. Why did Ryan start the page, and how did it come about. He tells us about his 'wake-up' moment as a college golfer, junior golfer, when he realised how many incredible players there were and that he would't be a pro.
Nick and Mark talk about how they often were Monday Qualifiers and how important it was.
The chat goes in an unexpected direction when Ryan's Basset Hound decides that he would like to be part of the chat, we have a look and he is adorable.
Back to the page. Mark asks Ryan when he realised that he was onto something good, Ryan tells us about the moment in 2018 when he realised this could fly. And it involved an Australian golfer! And he tells us why his kids school day, on one occasion, took a (brief) backseat to the content on the page.
Ryan tells us what he loves so much about the Monday Qualifier stories, moreso in many cases than the big names. He calls golf the 'most democratic sport in the world'.
Mark asks Ryan about an amazing story to do with Mike Miller, a US golfer who played in last years Australian Open. The story of how this came about is fantastic, and Ryan tells the story.
We ask Ryan about ridiculous 4-spot situations he has seen, and he tells a great story about an Australian golfer in Texas called Todd Balkin.
And we wrap up with Ryan's 'Mona Lisa' story, the one that he just loves. It was not what we expected, but it was very funny!.
A great chat with Ryan French, he's a ripper and we hope you enjoy the chat as much as we did. Don't forget to subscribe to Talk Birdie To Me, and of course to follow Monday Q on Twitter!
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We're live from Titleist & FootJoy HQ and we start todays show with a story from Mark about the Australian Open Stonehaven Cup that Peter Lonard won at Moonah Links, and how the Cup was 'lost' for a number of months. Mark is convinced the story is accurate, but Nick and Third Man feel it sounds so unbelievable that we feel that it needs to be checked. So we drop a message to the former Australian golf boss Andrew Langford-Jones to give us a call and confirm or deny. Hopefully he calls before the end of the show.
The Chevron. Nick and Mark describe it as 'mayhem', with the grandstand on the final hole an 'abomination' according to Nick. It resulted in a disaster for Ariya Jutanugarn with her shot ricochetting off the grandstand. Nick watched the whole thing, although the 5-way playoff went for a veeeeeery long time, with slow play an offender again.
Nick raises the TIO ruling not only in the Chevron, but for the Hoygard twins in the PGA teams event in New Orleans. We discuss poor grandstand placement, which happens around the world, and Mark says it has to be better.
Mark raises the LIV ratings from Florida which have been released and were soft. He is keen to have a look at how Mexico's LIV ratings go, given it was up against one of the great Womens PGA events, and what he describes as a pretty ordinary Mens team event in New Orleans, that he found difficult to watch. The world feed comes up (again) and, again, Nick and Mark unimpressed and they play some audio from Trevor Immelman analysing Justin Thomas' swing, illustrating what we are missing out on due to receiving the world feed.
Mark says the Korn Ferry tour cut this was crazy - a 9 under cut and 30 under won the event. Nick discusses the difference between playing the Korn Ferry and the PGA tour when he was playing.
After the turn we get Andrew Langford-Jones on the phone to either confirm or deny the Australian Open Peter Lonard story.
Great Top 5 from Mark, listing the most unique golf holes in the world. Has he missed any?
PING global results from Nick, as always plenty to run through, and lots of feedback from wolfpackers again - including a request from Jarrod which Nick and Mark love, and workshop live on the pod.
And we wrap the show with a masterclass from Nick, inspired by Ariya Jutanugarn in the Chevron, on how to avoid chunking shots around the green.
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The most common question that comes in for Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen at Talk Birdie To Me is along the lines of 'what should I practise', 'how should I structure my practise', 'what tips can you give me to ensure my practise is effective in converting to results on the course'.
So this week when we received this email from Wolfpacker Matt, we thought we'd do a short bonus pod discussing it. Here's Matt's question:
"Hi Nick and Mark!
Huge fan of the show, looking to improve my game and my practising on the range.
Just seeing what you would recommend with structuring my session, how would you suggest I train, what would you suggest I practise.
Thanks guys,
Matt'
A question that, in various forms, we get a lot. So today Nick and Mark discuss the three things to do on the range that will improve your game immediately.
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Welcome to another feedback pod, these are the episode where you control the topics and we read out your questions and feedback (good and bad)!
We start with a chat about Mark's comments last week that the Rory shot on 5 was the greatest shot ever made. Some wolfpackers have a different view - we won't read them out today, but we'll wait until Nick is back in the studio next week (he's in Cathedral for the school holidays) and we will do a bonus pod on 'the greatest shot ever made in golf'. Fun.
Mark has sent in a pic of a 59 shot by Elvis Smylie at Southport on the Gold Coast, and would like Mark Allen to rate it. Mark does, and is brutal.
Sam's home course has fast greens and he struggles when he plays a course with slow greens...and asks for some tips.
Dale has written in with some 'useless information' (his words not ours) and both pieces are very good. One of Dale's points leads to a chat about young gun Jeffrey Guan and how he is going.
Voicemail sound goes off, and it's a question from wolfpacker Fraser who played golf as a kid, went away, is back now and looking for some tips on how to improve.
Laurie from Indonesia has a comment and question about Justin Rose at The Masters.
Phil has a question about Max Homa and which of all his changes recently has had the most influence.
A lovely message from wolfpacker Niall from Ireland who likes the 'bluntness' that Nick and Mark have when discussing issues.
And finally a comment from Wayne who feels that some of the big names in world golf are off their game during the first couple of months of 2025.
Mark asks Nick if he feels, as contracts come to an end, that any LIV players will want to come back to the PGA, and if he feels any big names from the PGA will leave for LIV.
Keep the questions coming, and remember if you want any feedback on your swing, putting, chipping - anything - send us a video and we'll have a look at it on the show.
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Today, Mark is in studio at Titleist and FootJoy HQ, Nick is at Cathedral in Central Victoria. We start the show with Nick mentioning that his wife Alana has just had her best round ever. He is very proud!
We talk about the RBC Heritage Tournament on Hilton Head. Nick says that Harbourtown, which he played many times, was his favourite course on the PGA Tour and explains why. He also says that it has one of the worst driving ranges on tour. Mark loves the trees, and goes into a tirade about golf course designers, golf course committees, and anyone in general who cuts down beautiful trees and replaces them with inappropriate ones on golf courses. We discuss JT's win, and his comments about asking for Xander Schauffele's help with his putting (here). Leads to a chat about 'home base'. Nick explains what his home base was, Mark talks to his, and we discuss Scottie Schefflers. Nick explains how Cam Smith's mirror works for him.
A voicemail: a wolfpacker heard Nick's Top 5 'unwatchable' players a couple of weeks back, and feels that he missed an obvious one. Mark follows Stats Guru Lou Stagner on Twitter (here) and lists some stats that Lou posted on Rory's Masters performance. Staggering. During the Turn Nick casually drops a massive statement about Tommy Fleetwood, Mark disagrees. We discuss. But there is one thing about Tommy Fleetwood that Nick and Mark agree on which Mark says needs to 'stop immediately'.
A Top 5 (or is it 6?) from Nick, suggested by Wolfpack member Skyla. Top 5 Mulligans. Nick loves it and lists his. Mark tells a story about Tour Pro Scott Hoch at a dinner in Auckland where things took a bad turn when Scott criticised the calamari.
Feedback. Two main themes: Marks comments that Rory made the greatest shot ever on 15 at The Masters, which we'll come back to and do a bonus pod on. And the '4 sackable offences' chat. Feedback was split, most very passionate. We read out some of each. And Mark wants to hear from anyone who was at The Masters, about what it was like being there.
More drama with PING Global results. Mark has gone rogue. This won't end well. And a masterclass from Mark to finish the show on 'starting' your golf swing.
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We're getting plenty of feedback and questions coming in, sometimes we take a bit of time to get to them, but we're trying to work through them all as we can. Today on the pod we start by talking about a photo Nick shared on his instagram page - see it here - it's a great pic of Nick's caddy Wilbur at Augusta waiting for Nick.
Speaking of caddies, Mark was lined up this week by one of his former caddies who felt Mark was being a bit harsh on Rory McIlroy's caddy Harry Diamond, and Mark goes on to tell a story about how he nearly killed his caddy driving to Queensland.
Plenty of feedback on the member/guest fee conversation, some different perspectives. And there is a short, yet brutal, whack for Nick and Mark from a wolfpacker called Dougie who is a Monty fan. And back onto caddies, former tour caddy Eddie Munster also wrote in about Monty.
Nick gives two reasons why The Masters is the worlds greatest golf tournament, and Mark gives some feedback to FootJoy.
We have a video sent in by wolfpacker Martin of his mate Steve who uses a putter, perhaps not exactly how it was intended....but seemingly successfully. The vision confuses Nick and Mark, if you watch it when the YouTube vodcast comes out, you'll see why...it is very unusual.
And Nick and Mark discuss Rory's putting and make the statement that if he can address some putting issues, it is scary how good he will be, Nick describes the potential of Rory as 'domination'.
And we finish with some fantastic news about a member at Lake Karrinyup who has achieved something quite special.
We do the show from Titleist and FootJoy HQ, thanks to our great partners:
Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.And the watchMynumbers app: download from the App Store or Google Play, and Southern Golf Club: with their brand new Simulator Room, including Trackman.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see us on YouTube here.
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Today's podcast is all about The Masters and the extraordinary tournament we watched. And of course, we start with Rory who was clearly already an incredible player, but is now a legend.
Mark describes what we saw as 'breathtaking drama', and Nick and Mark just sit and chat about the tournament. We have no runsheet or plan for todays show, aside from to debrief on The Masters and talk about what we all saw in one of the great tournaments, and particularly on the final day, one of golfs great days.
Nick describes what we saw from Rory as 'resilience', and admired how he continually would come back and never give up. Nick and Mark discuss a number of the holes, the shots, the ebb and flow moments. We discuss how Rory would have been feeling at those moments where it didn't go his way, and how he managed to come back every time.
And on Rory's caddy Harry. Mark describes Harry as a 'good caddy', Nick says Rory needs a 'great caddy', and says that with a better caddy, Rory wins by 6 shots. Mark lists what he refers to as Harrys 'sackable offences during The Masters'.
Nick raises the Monday Q Twitter page and how he loved following it during the tournament. He recommends that if you're not following it, get on board!
Rory's shot on the 15th in the final round. Nick calls it the 'sexiest shot in golf'. Mark makes the claim that given the circumstances, the pressure, what was on the line, it was the greatest shot ever hit in golf.
We discuss Justin Rose's performance, which obviously is overshadowed by Rory, however was brilliant. Nick and Mark full of admiration for Justin.
Mark loved the commentary and was so pleased it was the traditional commentators.
We discuss the footage of Rory in the Champions Locker Room for the first time. Beautiful to watch.
Nick asks Mark how Rory will go over the next few tournaments, we discuss what they are and how he is placed.
Nick says the round of the tournament was from Nick Dunlap, and explains why.
A great Top 5 from Mark today, he lists what he feels are the Top 5 Mens Major Tournaments in the history of golf. How does the 2025 Masters rank?
In the PING Global results, Nick says that Rory must now be considered the greatest ever European player. Mark agrees.
Feedback today, as you might expect is all on The Masters.
We do the show from Titleist and FootJoy HQ, thanks to our great partners:
Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.And the watchMynumbers app: download from the App Store or Google Play, and Southern Golf Club: with their brand new Simulator Room, including Trackman.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see us on YouTube here.
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Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen have worn FootJoy their entire career, and given we do the pod from FootJoy and Titleist HQ we thought we'd grab the FootJoy Product Manager for Australia & New Zealand, Chris Patterson, to have a chinwag about golf shoes generally, trends, and some of what they've got coming.
We discussed exactly what Chris does at FootJoy, and what he looks for when decided what to range for these markets. Chris talks about current trends in golf shoes, both for 'normal' golfers and Tour Pros. He runs us through some of the current range, and gives a sneak peak at a shoe coming out later in 2025....Nick and Mark are VERY excited for it.
Mark asks what the key differences are between a normal shoe and a golf shoe, and why it is important. Nick asks how golf shoes have changed over the years. Is a shoe fitting beneficial? Clearly for tour pros it makes sense, but what about us normies? Chris talks to that.
Mark is curious as to whether ball speed can be influenced by your golf shows, and Chris tells us about Justin Thomas and Cam Young and what has happened to their ball speed since changing shoes. Extraordinary.
Nick and Mark both love the MyJoy concept and Nick asks what are some of the craziest things Chris has seen?
A fascinating chat with Chris, the FootJoy Product Manager, and a great reminder of why FootJoy are the number one shoe (and glove) in golf.
We do the show from Titleist and FootJoy HQ, thanks to our great partners:
Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.And the watchMynumbers app: download from the App Store or Google Play, and Southern Golf Club: with their brand new Simulator Room, including Trackman.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see us on YouTube here.
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Wolfpacker and Tour Pro Scott Laycock left a voicemail after hearing the podcast this week with a great story about Craig Parry. Keep them coming, we always love to receive your voicemails! You can leave one at the link below.
We do the show from Titleist and FootJoy HQ, thanks to our great partners:
Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.And the watchMynumbers app: download from the App Store or Google Play, and Southern Golf Club: with their brand new Simulator Room, including Trackman.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see us on YouTube here.
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