July 2025

328 – Course Diaries: Royal Porthcawl w/ Peter Evans

2025-07-29T13:18:41+00:00July 29th, 2025|Golf History, Podcasts, Tour Takes|

Sam speaks to Peter Evans — Professional at Royal Porthcawl — about his time at the club and his experiences on the links, as excitement builds for the AIG Women’s Open this week. Royal Porthcawl is a truly special place in world golf, and while we could have talked for hours about the shower pressure, the incredible clubhouse, and the famously warm welcome, this episode is strictly about the course — which will take centre stage as we look forward to the first women’s major in the land of the dragon. Latest Products [...]

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327 – The Tiger Slam Pt 2: Bunkerless at The Old Course

2025-07-25T08:14:21+00:00July 25th, 2025|Golf History, Podcasts, Tour Takes|

Sam & Tom sit down for Part II of their deep dive into the Tiger Slam. 25 years on from the second leg of Tiger's historic run — and his fourth major victory overall — we revisit the 129th Open Championship at St Andrews, where he clinched the Claret Jug by a record-equalling eight shots. The parallels with the current Champion Golfer of the Year, Scottie Scheffler, are hard to ignore — both with dominant stretches just over 1,000 days apart. This episode has it all: a streaker on the fairway, David Duval taking four swipes in the [...]

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326 – 153rd Open Championship Recap

2025-07-20T22:19:09+00:00July 20th, 2025|153rd Open, Podcasts|

Sam, Tom & Peter sit down to recap an unforgettable week at Royal Portrush. We cover Scottie Scheffler’s dominant win, Rory McIlroy’s performance, standout moments from across the championship, and break down the big winners and losers. We also dive into The Open rota — and much more. Big Headlines: 🏆 Scottie Scheffler wins The Claret Jug 📈 Totting Bec Cup Winners: Robert MacIntyre, Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Shane Lowry, Matt Wallace 🥈 Silver Medal: Not awarded 🎥 Content of the Week: Justin Rose Saturday night reel With thanks to our supporters: Loch Lomond Whiskies FootJoy Matchplay Brewery And [...]

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323 – Day 2 from The 153rd Open: The History of Royal Portrush

2025-07-19T09:04:24+00:00July 18th, 2025|153rd Open, Golf History, Podcasts|

Sam & Tom sit down in the clubhouse at Royal Portrush with 2023 Captain - Gerry McAleese - to talk about some of the characters from the club's history that dates all the way back to 1888. In this episode we talk about some of the women who were leading lights in Irish Golf - May Hezlet & Rhona Adair - as well as Sandy Herd who was the club's first professional, Fred Daly and much much more. Latest Products

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322 – Open Preview from Royal Portrush

2025-07-19T09:04:50+00:00July 16th, 2025|153rd Open, Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Sam, Tom & Peter sit down at the Open to preview the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush. After spending two days on site we chat through the journey, the course, the players, and of course - THE WEATHER. Exciting times ahead, and we can't wait to see Padraig stripe one down the first. Latest Products

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321 – Course Diaries: Royal Portrush w/ Gary McNeill

2025-07-14T11:39:05+00:00July 14th, 2025|Course Diaries, Podcasts|

Sam & Tom sit down with Gary McNeill, Head Professional at Royal Portrush, to talk about the club, the course, and his life in golf. Gary enjoyed a distinguished amateur career, winning several provincial and national events — including the Irish Boys Championship in 1987 and the Irish Amateur Championship at Ballybunion in 1991. He represented Ulster and Ireland at every level, as well as Great Britain & Ireland at both Boys and Youths level. Turning professional in 1993, Gary went on to lead the MacGregor Academy and serve as Head Coach to the Ulster teams before taking [...]

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320 – Colin Montgomerie (pt 2)

2025-07-09T13:40:45+00:00July 9th, 2025|Players, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

In part two of this cracking podcast, we talk to Colin Montgomerie about his exceptional Ryder Cup record and some of the iconic events he’s played in — from the War on the Shore in ’91, to Valderrama in ’97, the 'incident' at Brookline with Olazábal and Leonard, and much more. Huge thanks to Loch Lomond Whiskies for their help in arranging this wonderful two-parter. A link to their website can be found here. Latest Products

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319 – Colin Montgomerie (pt 1)

2025-07-08T07:40:33+00:00July 8th, 2025|Players, Podcasts, Sam's favourites|

Sam & Tom are joined this week by Colin Montgomerie at the wonderful Woking Golf Club. Podcasting under the watchful gaze of John Low, whose portrait hangs proudly in the clubhouse, we chat to Monty about his career in the game. In part one, we talk about his earliest experiences with the game, his amateur career, and his quest to work in sports management at IMG — before unfortunately shooting 29 on the back nine at Turnberry during a job interview, which sent his career in an altogether different direction. We also touch on the emergence of Woods [...]

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