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July 2026

382 – Recovering from The Yips w/ Will Dugdale

2026-07-04T04:00:00+00:00July 4th, 2026|Podcasts|

Will Dugdale discusses starting golf as a child, playing junior, county, Oxford and Cambridge golf, and turning pro in 1999. He also covers early career ups and downs, the putting yips, changes to his grip, and his work helping other golfers.Will has a genuinely fascinating story in the game of golf, and his relationship with the flat stick will no doubt resonate with many. For those who want to learn more, we'd encourage you to head to Will's website, best-putter.com.  Latest Products

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381 – Final Qualifying Roundup

2026-07-01T18:00:00+00:00July 1st, 2026|Podcasts|

In this episode we cover final qualifying for the Open Championship across four venues, with reports from Dundonald, Burnham & Berrow, Royal Cinque Ports, and West Lancashire. We compare the atmosphere at each course, noting that the day drew strong crowds, with many volunteers managing scoring, marshalling, parking and course presentation.We discuss how the golf courses were set up and how the weather affected play. Burnham and Barrow was described as especially well presented, while West Lancashire played firm and fast with strong runoff areas and difficult greens. We also talk about how the draw and weather conditions [...]

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June 2026

380 – Stuart Grehan

2026-06-26T04:00:00+00:00June 26th, 2026|Podcasts|

Sam chats with Stuart Grehan fresh of his Amateur Championship win at Royal Liverpool and West Lancs last week. The 131st Amateur was also the 19th time this event has been hosted at Royal Liverpool - more than any other venue. We talk about his wins in the knockout, the adjustments from 18 to 36 hole matches, as well some of the trickier matches that lay between him and his final against Matt Maloney which went all the way to the 36th hole. We also talk about his career, from pitch and putt as a kid, to turning professional, [...]

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82 – Amateur Championship Reflections

2026-06-26T04:00:00+00:00June 26th, 2026|Golf Badgers|

We discuss the Amateur Championship at Hoylake and reflect on the conditions across the week. The course was as dry, firm, windy at times, and very consistent, with good weather throughout and strong television conditions.We explain how the greens were prepared and measured using GS3 ball data, with regular recording of moisture, firmness, speed, trueness and smoothness. We also talk about using wind tunnels to get accurate readings when the wind affected the roll, and how irrigation adjustments of only a few millimetres could change the stimp reading by about a foot.We then cover the work of keeping [...]

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100 Years On: The Greatest Upset in Amateur Golf

2026-06-25T16:00:06+00:00June 25th, 2026|Video|

100 years ago, one of the strongest sides ever assembled travelled across on the RMS Berengaria from New York to Southampton to play in the 4th Walker Cup. The trip would allow the likes of Jones, Ouimet, and Sweetser to play in the Open Championship and The Amateur; however, as a bit of a warm-up, they arranged to play against The Moles Golfing Society in London. The event nearly didn't go ahead at all. Widespread strikes in May 1926 meant the country was in a state of almost lockdown, facing severe disruption ahead of what would become a pivotal summer [...]

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379 – US Open Roundup

2026-06-24T04:00:00+00:00June 24th, 2026|Podcasts|

In this episode we reflect on the US Open at Shinnecock Hills and the course setup, including the firm greens, the undulations, and how the test shifted the emphasis toward short game and putting. We discuss the USGA’s explanation of why the greens were managed the way they were, and how the event played gradually from Thursday through Sunday.We also talk about Wyndham Clark’s win, his reception from the crowd, and how he held onto the lead despite not playing his best golf at the weekend. We compare his performance with Scottie Scheffler’s, and we discuss the idea [...]

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377 – William Flynn (part 1)

2026-06-09T04:00:00+00:00June 9th, 2026|Podcasts|

Tom is in the chair this time to bring to life the story of William Flynn, one of the more forgotten architects in the American Golden age.In part 1 we discuss Flynn's childhood, his upbringing and his relationship with Frederick Pickering. We also discuss his work at Marion and his founding of the construction firm Toomey & Flynn. Latest Products

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376 – Jim Hartsell: A Round of Scottish Courses

2026-06-02T04:00:00+00:00June 2nd, 2026|Podcasts|

It’s hard to believe its 3 years since Jim joined the pod to talk about his last book - When Revelation Comes - which went on to become a Herbert Warren Wind award finalist, and this time we’re joined to talk about another exciting project. To get a hold of a copy of Jim’s latest book, make your way to Back9Press or head to Amazon where we’ve hyperlinked them for your own ease.A round of Scottish courses is a book charting 18 of Jim’s most beloved but often less celebrated courses. Some courses people will be familiar with but [...]

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