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Tambourine Mountain Golf Club is 30 minutes from the Golden Coast but feels another world away. Up on the Scenic Rim, it's a 9 hole course that rises and falls with the land and is pretty special - in fact, for a while, theirs was the best 2nd hole in the country. Gerry Maloney's the President, a storyteller with a terrific story to tell... one of golf and enlightenment but maybe not the two together. DIVOT YOUTUBE @Divot_au * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Phillip Island is famous for penguins and The MotoGP, and maybe one day for their golf course. A quirky two paddock test for members and guests and most definitely worth a visit... * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pambula Merimbula is a 27 hole golfing paradise fighting back from some pretty tough times... The news for golfers is good - the course is great and it's run by Glenn Warne who's a treasure. Here's the link for DIVOT on youtube... or search Golf Divot The Vintage. https://youtu.be/eTzvVztVwA8?si=5uchkFrJkgsX2GUo * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Andrew Thompson is the captain of Narooma Golf Club - you'd expect him to speak glowingly of his home course. What you might not expect is that he's right. This is paradise on the cliffs above the Pacific Ocean... and it's there for all of us. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Val MacMahon is the former owner of my brand new to me Mexican Leather golf bag. At 96 she's just given the game away... though I'd bet she's got a few good swings left in her, she's saving herself for bowls and cards. This is a life in golf, and you'll love her. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Vince Owen is the Head Professional at Horizons Golf Club in Port Stephens, NSW. He's a gem. A teacher with an old fashioned nod to teaching in a world that's increasingly about numbers and stats. And, he tells a great story - about himself, his life in golf and Horizons Golf Club. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Scott Hend has played and won all over the world. Now 50, armed with a seniors ticket (and win this year) he's as driven as ever. And funny. A really lovely catch up with one of Australia's best. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ken Dukes is a golf pro with a fabulous history - including 19 Pro Am Wins, but he says no tournament wins... Great insight and knowledge and another Australian Golfing treasure. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Wyong Golf Club turns 100 this year. John Elder's been playing there for more than 60 years, he's a treasure, and he knows golf. There's lots to learn and even more to enjoy from a man with almost 80 years in the game. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Leon Sassen from Fenix Xcell Golf Clothing rocks up to a black tie dinner in a flamingo golf shirt and ends up here... but he's been all over the place and almost to becoming a PGA professional from following his Dad around Fiji golf courses. He may not be fixing our swings, but he can make us look good. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Joe Rogers, for Lawn Solutions Australia with a very straight forward attack for making your lawn it's best while the golf courses are doing the same. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tony Baloney and Legrope are mates - in life and most definitely in golf. They're older gents, who play at Crescent Head, surf and live as an inspiration that whilst things were good in the old days, they can be good today, too... * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Adir Shiffman is many things - writer, entrepreneur, start up lover and the Executive Chairman of Catapult sports. Not much of golfer by his own admission, but he's got a great insight into sports and maybe the future of golf. That's a big maybe, but fascinating, nonetheless. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
With a stellar golfing career behind him, Craig Parry has gone full circle. Literally. As a five year old he was drawing golf holes and he's back at, only now with 23 wins around the world under his belt and a lifetime of golfing experience. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Simon Hutton from Tillers Turf in the UK feels like the kid from school who could blag his way into just about anything... and did. Not lucky, crafty and clever and very good at this work - which is turf. And it all started with golf.. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tom Potter is a self made man with self made success in business and a couple of 'lucky' wins in golf too. Good fun... * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Daniel Blackwell coaches golf instructors. He's come a long way from rural Tassie and growing up on a farm with an agricultural swing. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
When you know, you know, right? And these parents knew early. Like, somewhere between walking and potty training that golf was the game. In this brilliant chat, Manda, the mum of an 8 year old golf obsessed little girl tells how it happened. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ross Baker is an enigma - a true believer in the need to hold, preserve and even resurrect the history of golf: Particularly Australian golf. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Peter Daddo has been lots of things - one is my father, another is an integral wheel in the creative mechanism of The National, Moonah Links and most recently Lonsdale Links: all three at home in Australia's top 100 golf course experiences. It was good to talk about those projects - and his cack handed game of golf. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Peter Daddo has been lots of things - one is my father, another is an integral wheel in the creative mechanism of The National, Moonah Links and most recently Lonsdale Links: all three at home in Australia's top 100 golf course experiences. It was good to talk about those projects - and his cack handed game of golf. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
No matter how you cut it, Karrie Webb is one of the greatest golfers of all time. Here she spends a short time talking about a truly incredible life in golf. From Ayr in Queensland to the world of golf - she talks about it all with a dignity and honesty that lurches from hilarious to vulnerable. A terrific insight into a true champion. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tocumwal Golf Club on the border hosts the PGA Victorian and Tasmanian Associate Pro Championships. What a time. What a festival of golf and youth and expectation all set at the beautiful Tocumwal Golf Club. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Long time Manly Head Pro Phil Baird and Course Designer/Pro Golfer Ted Stirling are lovers of golfing history - not to just to read it, but to use it. And the rest of us might want to get on board. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bonville Golf Club - often referred to as Australia's Augusta is destination golf in the heart of the East Coast. Fun, challenging golf, great food and a terrific reason to stop just south of Coffs for something different. Brad Daymond has been the manager or thereabouts since 1992. A great golfing story from a former PGA Pro * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chris Finn is the owner and founder of Par4Success, a company devoted to the golfer and their ability to move the way the golf swing requires, and to do so repeatedly. Not only that, he works on keeping the golfer active for a long period of time - as in, so we can all golf into our twilight years. Great fun, very knowledgeable and with a free assessment for all listeners. https://www.par4success.com/andrew/ * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mick Colliss is the embodiment of having a go! To dream of representing your country is one thing, to achieve it is entirely another. Great bloke, great story and there's even some golf in it. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jason Watts is tradie, a tinkerer, a cabinet maker and a wooden putter maker in the United States. He KNOWS wooden putters, he tested his against a Scotty Cameron and the results were very surprising. Buttery is how they say his putters feel... and I like butter Wattsputters.com Check it out. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ben Doney is a Certified PGA Professional with over 19 years’ experience in the golf industry, he is also a former PGA Tour Rules Official who's gone head to head with Greg Norman amongst others. He has some terrific stories and thoughts on my wooden putter made from decking timber offcuts. * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jason Finley feels like a Callaway lifer - starting somewhere near the bottom over 25 years ago and now one of the global directors of one of the biggest golf companies in the world. Good fun, very interesting and he's got hickories... * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy https://acast.com/privacy for more information.
