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Golf
by Andrew Daddo
Golf! A podcast about what else? Golf. What is it about this game that manages to weasel into our brains and hearts and steal sleeping time from us? This is a celebration of the game for the lovers of golf. Andrew Daddo is joined by true enthusiasts looking to share the love. It's fun, a love letter to golf by golfers... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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The best time for lessons? The week before the club champs?
Club Champo's are coming... As the head pro at The Lakes, Rob Curtis has seen it all. He's got advice on how to approach lessons, and when to get them... A new segment from capital.com called The Lay Up - think your way forward... It's a big episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…
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A quick bush bash
Albury Golf Club looks pretty fantastic from the clubhouse - that was as close as I got on this trip - the greens were being cored as I chatted with Henry Brind, the club pro who's done an awful lot in golf for a young man. Something of a younger prodigy, he's making moves in all the right...
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Build It And They Will Come
Rob Nixon was a bit late to golf, but boy did he make up for lost time. Lessons, a solid goal, a dream of his own course/club/tournament, and then the very best of the world's golf. It's quite a story and he's clearly quite an operator. Yarravale was the dream, and as you'll hear, dreams do come...
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Living Aussie history - two genuinely good stories of golf
Between them, Geoff Everett and Colin Kaye have won just about everything there is to win in Australian Amateur golf. At 91 and 82 respectively, they've hoarded titles at The Lakes and beyond since the 60's, represented state and country, even played with Sam Snead. It's a colourful, joyful,...
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The Lakes with Head Teaching Pro Rob Curtis
Rob Curtis is the Head Teaching Pro at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney. It's a big role needing a big thinker to take it on. Rob is just that person, and a prime example of how old fashioned personal teaching has it all over youtube and AI lessons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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Lucky to be alive - even luckier to be golfing
Theo Venter is one of the lucky ones - A catastrophic workplace accident - 22000 volts of electrical current through his heart - word from the doctor that his death was imminent - and yet, he's back... and on the golf course. It's an amazing tale of resilience, a cautionary tale certainly, but…
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No Guts All Glory: Michael Infanti
Michael Infanti is a golf professional who worked out pretty early that if anyone was going to be accountable for the result on the scoreboard, it might as well be him. Golf was perfect, and it's been the epicentre of his life ever since - pretty much... there was one mighty hiccup along the way,...
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My Island Home: Swan Island
There are a stack of reasons to be excited about visiting Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula . for a golf trip - and one you may not know about. Swan Island sits just off the town of Queenscliff - it's where you come and go from the ferry to Sorrento - and is home to Queenscliff Golf Club. It's good,...
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Road Trip, anyone?
Bairnsdale Golf Club, which is closer to Paynesville, is down the coast from Lakes Entrance and may well be the start or the end of your golfing road trip between Sydney and Melbourne. It's a classic country course in exceptional condition. Jeff Graham's at the helm in Bairnsdale, avid golfer and...
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The Kindred Spirit
Darren Adam's a brick laying renovation expert who makes old things look great again. He strikes me as being entirely normal, especially when he talks about golf because he loves it. LOVES IT! One of my favourite chats about golf - and it's all about golf. A game he says is, amongst other things,...
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James Erskine
James Erskine - the 'Pioneer of Sports Management in Australia' has had a hell of a life. Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, Shane Warne, Michael Parkinson, Tiger Woods - he's been involved with the very very best sport has to offer. And entertainment, think Michale Parkinson. What about V8 Supercars?...
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Free Golf Subs at your club? What do you think?
James Dean is an A Grade golfer with a vision - not just for good golf, but free golf. For someone at the very least. Build it, and they will come, he says. Is it that simple? It's a great idea, could it work at your club? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Christian Small: Stop the Block
Christian Small is a 20 year PGA Pro who's been involved in golf at just about every level. He sees the game quite simply but understands how complicated it really is. Or is it? Are we overthinking, over-feeling, over-analysing and not really understanding how to get the ball where we want it to...
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Hickory Dickory Most Definitely DO!
Hickory golf? Kooky? Of course. Fun? Most definitely! Good for your 'real' golf game? Obviously - though I'm not sure why, but it is. Consider this an invitation to become a national champion! Phil Baird is mad for it, he plays the wooden shafts Friday afternoons at Manly Golf Club and he's…
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Mike Clayton
Mike Clayton's got his name in the credits of a stack of great golf courses, not just in Australia but around the world. Barnbougle Dunes, Victoria, Kingston Heath, Metropolitan and now, the new darling of Australian golf, 7 Mile. He's refreshingly honest about anything to do with golf. Here, we…
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Women's Golf in Australia is Flying
Karen Lunn had a terrific life as a pro golfer, winning 16 times around the world in a career spanning over 30 years. Surprisingly, her legacy may not be her playing, but her role as a golfing administrator. She's at the forefront of bringing women's golf to the masses, and it's working....
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17 years, 61 swings, 11 coaches. ONE EPIPHANY
Is it me? Is it the clubs? Is it my brain or my back or what? What is it that surprises us ever so rarely with sheer beauty in our golf game, only to depart? And how do we find it again? Change things, obviously. Paul's an amateur golfer and a great guy on the hunt. This may well be a podcast…
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Rod Tucker: Australian Cricket Umpire on golf and life and cricket
Rod Tucker is a beautiful golfer. Straight, precise, on target almost all of the time - probably a lot like his umpiring around the world in the great game of cricket. From Dennis Lillee to Daryl Steyn to Warnie and beyond, he's seen a lot and is generous enough to share some of it. A great chat....
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Royal Canberra
Royal Canberra Golf Club - of the famous Royal Golf Clubs has had a bit of work done - the Championship Nine has had more of a resurfacing than a face lift from the team at OCM and as it emerges from winter into spring, it's not just looking the goods, it's playing beautifully. Russell Ingram is...
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Sri Lanka's Shangri-La
Sri Lanka's probably better known for surfing than golf - definitely sapphires - but maybe there's a new jewel in the crown. On the southwest coast you'll find Shangri-la Hambantota: A relatively new hotel with a championship golf course that'll test any holiday player. Through an old sapphire...
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From Sydney's Northern Beaches to US College and then???
Chunta Wu is a Freshman at Minnesota University - One of two Gophers to compete in all 11 tournaments and twice led the team during an event this season, he has the second best scoring average and he's pretty much self taught, with a lot of love and help from his dad Martin. He's a young man on…
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Your Best Chance At Being Better?
Mark Dobbo Dobson is an advisor and strategist to wildly successful people - sports folk, business people and teams of various types. He understands what it takes to succeed, and even better, can explain it in ways everyone can understand. We chat about everything from winning to mindset to faith...
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Golf AI: The Future is here.
AI is everywhere. For some, it's great news, for others and intellectual struggle. How about AI and your golf game? And not just an app with yardage, but an actual caddie chatting with you about the course you're playing and the conditions you're playing in, in real time. It's a thing. Clive...
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Struck by Lightning Ridge
Put Lightning Ridge Golf Course on your to play list - at the very least, it'll bring you to Lightning Ridge. There's a fantastic sense of humour in this opal town of Northern NSW, it's a field of dreams for many where some even strike it rich. 'Cutty' is a local whose injuries currently hold him...
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Major Major Tipping
David Mc Kerihan is a good, old fashioned sports fan. If there's a ball being belted, he'll watch it. For over 20 years he's worked on a bunch of tipping comps, for us golfers, the best is Major Major. A tipping comp around the Majors and there's definitely something here for anyone wanting to...
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Royal Hobart - one of the richest histories in Australian Golf
Royal Hobart has a massive history. New GM Nathan Sharrock is new to the club, whilst PGA professional Tim Cameron has been around a little longer. They both have terrific golfing stories - as does their golfing home. AND, there's a Masters tie in here that goes beyond the only ever Australian…
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Build it and they will come - 7mile Hobart, Tasmania
Exciting news, golfers. 7 Mile Golf Club is almost ready. It's the vision of Tassie golf pro Matt Goggin, and he's taken Anthony Toogood along for the ride from the very beginning. Part of the legendary Tasmanian golfing Toogoods, Anthony has his own story to tell, which now includes 7 Mile,...
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History is a big part of his Story
Les Browne's been a member of his golf club for over 60 years, he's been involved with Golf Australia, Golf NSW and more in numerous facets and is now the Captain of the Australian Golf Historical Society. He knows golf, how it's played and has some interesting insights into the game. Hosted on...
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The Embedded Lie
Peter Dickson is a film maker who's turned his hand to writing. His first novel is based in golf and probable truth. Here he talks golf and life and story telling. To get hold of The Embedded Lie go to https://www.dicksonfilms.com.au/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Everybody Loves Byron
Byron Bay's Golf Course is beautiful. Beautifully situated, beautifully prepared and beautiful to play. It's Byron, what would you expect? Greg Stewart's the long time pro and the love he has for the place is reciprocated by members and guests. He's spent a lifetime in golf and as such, has a...
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Proud as Punch about Lakes Entrance
Lakes Entrance Golf Club is a rare delight... A tough test of anyone's golf game on something of a sleeper - but it's only a sleeper because not enough people know about it. The greens are great, the wind howls, the water's in play and the test is true. As you'll hopefully experience, you can...
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Bright by name, Beaut by nature
Bright Golf Club is a beauty. Set in a picturesque valley and running along the Ovens River, it's beautiful. Cam Wicks has had a lot do with that, he's been the course super for a long time, and it's easy to see why he loves the place. John Ruddock's a newcomer, but he moved to Bright for the…
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The Golf Course is the ENEMY
Antonio Gelonisi was part of the gang that started Piranha Golf - an Australian golf club manufacturer with a niche dream to provide golfers with weaponry to take on their golf courses. It's a chance to sneak inside the mind of someone who's done what a few of us might think we'd like to try......
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Everything grows from a seed - and now golf balls do, too.
Seed Golf Balls. Heard of them? You will. The company started in 2017 with the pretty simple idea of providing golf balls directly to the consumer, and ensuring they're comparable with the best golf balls you can buy- at a better price. A big vision from founder Dean Klatt that started in Ireland...
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The best 9 holes in Australia
It turns out Paul Gumbleton is 'an ideas man.' With the guiding hand of Craig Parry, the belief of new owner Curt Zuber and the help of longtime assistant at Kingston Heath Bob Simmons, Paul has built the best nine holes in Australia, just west of Ballina. Fun, funky, beautiful, and more. Tevan's...
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From little things...
George Opadchy is new to golf, by his own admission he's not very good - yet. He is good at finding solutions to problems, and squaring the club face was one of his. Enter the X Grip! It's a training aid that could make a difference to your golf game. Hell, it could revolutionise golf! For a 15%...
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Tocumwal Golf Club: How Good is Golf on the Murray River
Tocumwal Golf Club is on the Murray River and is part of a golf trip you might think about creating for you and your friends. Two beautifully conditioned courses with sensational greens, and good things are happening. Paul Gemmill is the CEO and he's pretty excited about the future of Tocumwal.…
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Making Golf Communities with Medallist and Greg Norman
Tony Fehon was the CEO of Medallist, living the residential golfing life building courses and community with Greg Norman. It's a hell of a story, and he had a hell of a time turning what was often not much into something quite spectacular, and he did it around the world. Some fabulous insights…
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Making Golf (Look) Great Again
How do you move to some of the best waves north of Sydney and forsake surfing for golf? Glen Leahy knows. He's a cameraman and cutter who's keen to show golf for what it is - he's my partner in Divot and he's a gem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Golf Positive Live Positive...
Debbie O'Connell is an LPGA Professional specialising in the power of the mind and its dramatic effect on the game of golf. 35 years in the business with professionals and amateurs and she's fantastic. This should change your golfing life... just open up and let and one of the leading golf…
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The Prime Ministers Cup
The Prime Ministers Cup is probably like a lot of golf trips - an excuse for old friends to re-find each other at least once a year. Since 1998, The Country have taken on The City up and down the east coast. 'It's fun,' I was told. 'Come play for The City.' It was fun, but for much more than the...
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Tambourine Mountain: The 9 holer that can!!!
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...
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Phillip Island: a fabulously quirky course
@Divot_au 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 for more information.
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The Golfing Warne - Glenn.
@Divot_au 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....
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Narooma Golf Club: "Better than Pebble"
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 for more...
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A life in golf - 96 and just out of golfing puff
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...
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New Horizons
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…
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Scott Hend
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 for more information.
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Winning - not winning
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 for more information.
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Nothing beats experience...
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 for more information.
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Golf! A podcast about what else? Golf. What is it about this game that manages to weasel into our brains and hearts and steal sleeping time from us?
This is a celebration of the game for the lovers of golf. Andrew Daddo is joined by true enthusiasts looking to share the love. It's fun, a love letter to golf by golfers...
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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