Guests of the Pod
182 – Player Profile: Moe Norman w/ Lorne Rubenstein
We sat down with decorated golf journalist and writer - Lorne Rubenstein - for our second Player Profile episode, chronicling the career of the legendary, enigmatic character: Moe Norman. Murray Irwin ‘’Moe’’ Norman was a professional golfer from Kitchener, Ontario. Self-taught, with a unique swing, demeanour and personality, as well as a god given skill for flushing the golf ball. He won nearly everything in his home country, was admired by his peers for the control he had over the ball and was once desired by Tiger Woods as being one of only two people to ever ’truly own their swing’. The other was Ben Hogan. Lorne knew Moe well, having met at the age of 13 at a local range and for many decades spent time together as their lives and their careers in the game evolved. It’s a great episode and we hope you enjoy it! [...]
181 – Golf history fails with Simon Haines
Show Notes from Podcast w/ Simon Haines on some of the great golf history fails The genesis for this episode came on the 17th January. We had just released our first film from our series in The Netherlands, a homage to work of H.S Colt and his influence on the golfing landscape of Holland. Only 20 minutes after the film was published, Simon Haines - esteemed British golf course history expert - was in the WhatsApp’s suggesting the image we had used of Colt was indeed Vardon. Despite the immediate panic he assured us that this was a VERY common mistake and that only about 4 or 5 people in the world would be able to spot the difference as the imagery of Colt was so poorly categorised. This got us thinking about episodes of the great historical inaccuracies in the game and whether it would make for [...]
Cookie Crumbs #1 – Ego with Gio Valiante from Episode 020
Another first for us, we’ll be releasing 'The Cookie Crumbs' to accompany our main podcasts. Perfect for those short journeys or when you only have 5 or 10 minutes spare…Bitesize podcasts from our back catalogue, the pearls of wisdom which risk being lost to time. In our first cookie crumbs, we go back to episode 20 - still one of our favourite episodes of all time - with decorated golf psychologist Dr Gio Valiante on the importance of mastery Vs ego. For the full episode head to Episode 20 and listen to the whole thing. Latest Products
180 – Tour Diaries: Kent Coast
Miniature recap of our trip to Sandwich & North foreland to play royal St George’s & the par 3 course at North Foreland. More of a rambling episode where we cover everything from gout, to service stations, par 3 layouts and more… Latest Products
179 – Mixer & Masters Roundup
After our first event of 2023 - the Masters Friday at Blackwell - the boys get together at Runnymede, where the Magna Carta was signed back in 1215. We recap on the highlights of the mixer and chat about the last few days in Augusta, GA. Regular podcast scheduling will begin again after a short hiatus, even podcasters take annual leave. We hope you enjoy. Latest Products
Masters Friday at Blackwell
Our full match report from the event can be found here. Film from our first event of 2023, Masters Friday at Blackwell Golf Club. 44 players from across the country descended on the mIdlands for a traditional club lunch, 18 holes and an evening spent watching the action unfold at Augusta National. Wonderful event, and big congratulations to our winners: 1st Mark Edwards winning a custom fit TaylorMade driver 2nd Rob Griffiths on a playoff Saunders & Long MVP winner: Mike Harris for buying 4 bottles of champagne to celebrate each of his par's on the way round - truly heroic! https://youtu.be/g4ZXJgPKMJM







