Episode 34 - Greg Allen
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Hey everyone, welcome to episode 34. On today's episode we are joined by legendary irish sports journalist and RTE commentator Greg Allen. Greg has been a sports journalist since the 80's and has covered some of the biggest sporting events in history, including: 70+ Majors, 14 Ryder Cups, 9 Olympic Games (first one in Seoul in 1988) and Countless more athletics events and other sporting events. This was a very special episode for us to get such a big character in the game of sports journalism and someone we have heard growing up back in Ireland. Once again big thanks to Greg for coming on the podcast. enjoy, Please follow our Social Media: Twitter: @FindersFairway - email: [email protected] - IG: @fairwayfinderspod Timestamps: 01:34 - 05:01 Love for the game but a late start 05:02 - 08:15 A natural career choice 08:16 - 10:14 First tournament, first major 10:14 - 18:23 The arrival of Tiger 18:24 - 26:04 The first visit to Augusta in 1999 and 20 times since 26:05 - 34:56 The rise of Seamus Power 34:57 - 38:20 The Irish in US Collegiate golf 38:21 - 46:00 What now for Team Europe? 46:00 - 50:55 Netflix goes golfing 50:56 - 57:55 Looking ahead to 2022 majors 57:55 - 1:16:05 - Quickfire questions
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