Ep28: The Fedex Cup, Viktor Hovland, Fred Astaire & Pizzas

We’re live from the Melbourne Golf Park (formerly the Albert Park Driving Range) today overlooking the driving range, it’s a great spot for the podcast - we’re in the lounge area near the bar (obviously) looking out over the range. Great spot. And Mark has come in excited as a 5-year old at Christmas, he explains why on the podcast.Nick and Mark talk about Viktor Hovland’s performance at the weekend, and this purple patch of form that he has been in - he hasn’t missed a cut this year! Mark then refers to a video, which you can see here, as one of the most beautiful things that you’ll ever see. The boys saw a fair bit of the Cherry Hills Amateur and loved it. Mark puts Nicks memory to the test asking about two very famous shots made at Cherry Hills. They talk about how Nick has now matched the great Tiger Woods as the only players to win both US amateurs.Onto the Fedex Cup, Mark loves it, but isn’t a fan of the staggered start. Nick and Mark discuss.Nick and Mark look at the prize money on offer in the 2023 Tour Championship - it is mind-blowing! Mark gets slightly sidetracked after the turn, because we’re live from the Melbourne Golf Park and he can smell pizza’s being cooked in the kitchen. He goes to his happy place for a moment. We also have to correct a criminal act from Producer Dan on last weeks show to do with superstar Minjee Lee, and be slightly defamatory towards Minjee. Nick and Mark had some homework from last weeks show. We discover that Mark has done zero. But Nick has done all of his homework, and he might have done Marks as well.Nick then takes us around the world, and Australia, with a heap of notable results.Plenty of feedback again this week, and we read out your messages - some good, and a couple of whacks. All in good fun. As a result of one piece of feedback, Nick decides that he’s bringing in a bottle of wine next week to drink during the show.Top 5 this week is from Nick and is on the best short backswing golfers in the world, followed by a masterclass from Mark on hitting balls at the driving range; a couple of important tips on what to do, and what not to do.Talk Birdie To Me, new episodes weekly wherever you get your podcasts. Don't forget to subscribe and you'll never miss an episode! And if you've got a friend who is into golf, we'd love you to share the podcast with them, and if you can rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts that would be great.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partnerBMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.