Information might be the most important commodity in the world. How it is produced and consumed has an impact on the way we think and view issues. This is as true in golf as it is in the broader community and former ABC Editorial Director Alan Sunderland joins Ep 164 of the pod to talk journalism, the media and navigating the modern information super highway.
Links mentioned on this episode:
The audio version of Alans' excellent book, The Ten Rules of Reporting: Journallism For The Comunity.
The print verison can be found here
Also, don't forget Angus and Grace Go Golfing for all your apparel needs.
There's been lots of chatter about the closure of nine holes at Moore Park but how is the news being received internally? Club board member and multiple Club Champion Lucy Quilliam joins us in studio to discuss recent happenings at Sydney's busiest public golf course.
Links mentioned on this episode:
The Kids Golf Podcast Patreon page
and on BuyMeACoffee.com or send Rod Morri a DM on Twitter
Golfers know it in their hearts but now a comprehensive report has confirmed what the game contributes to societies - in ways beyond just monetary - thanks to The Australian Golf Industry Council. Council head Karen Lunn joins the pod to talk about the why and how of the Community Benefits of Golf report which was presented at Parliament House in Canberra earlier this week.
Links mentioned on this episode:
The AGIC Community Benefits of Golf report
The Kids Golf Podcast Patreon page
and on BuyMeACoffee.com or send Rod Morri a DM on Twitter
When you want try to get a handle on the big, complex issues in golf you turn to Meghan Maclaren. LET player, blogger and all round thoughtful type, an hour in Meg's company is never anything but educational and entertaining. Enjoy.
Links mentioned on this episode:
Looking for a good cause to support? The AFRIEYA Golf Academy in Uganda does great work with kids including publishing a fortnightly podcast. Check it out and support them if you can on the links below.
The Kids Golf Podcast Patreon page
and on BuyMeACoffee.com or send Rod Morri a DM on Twitter
It's the event that stirs the soul of golf fans like no other and after a two year wait the European Ryder Cup team get their chance this week to erase memories of a thrashing at Whistling Straits in 2021.Golf Plus Media's Paul Prendergast was at last year's Italian Open at the host course for the matches, Marco Simone, and joins the pod to give some insight Into what holes might play a pivotal role in the outcome.
Links mentioned on this episode:
Looking for a good cause to support? The AFRIEYA Golf Academy in Uganda does great work with kids including publishing a fortnightly podcast. Check it out and support them if you can on the links below.
The Kids Golf Podcast Patreon page
and on BuyMeACoffee.com or send Rod Morri a DM on Twitter
There are few better spectator sports than waiting for an international team golf competition to get underway. With the Solheim Cup now just days away we catch up with John Huggan from on site at Finca Cortesin in Spain for all the latest non stories.
Links mentioned ion this episode:
Angus and Grace Go Golfing website and Instagram
Revered course architect Alastair Mackenzie was a GP in another life and wrote in his book Spirit of St Andrews about the health benefits of prescribing golf to his patients. Almost 100 years after those words were penned a study in Scotland shows they are likely true. Dr Frank Sullivan of the University of St Andrews joins episode 158 to discuss the trial which saw more than 50% of those 'prescribed' golf as treatment returning positive reviews.
Links mentioned in this episode:
A Golf Business UK story on the study
When we spoke to Richard Pennell in February last year his Stymied blog was starting to gain traction. 18 months late he is now a published author his book, Grass Routes, a collection of essays taken from the blog combined with some new material. Pennell's writing focuses not on birdies and bogeys but on golf's more cerebral and emotional joys, the way the game touches people beyond being just a recreation.
Links mentioend on this episode:
The Kids Golf Podcast Patreon page
and on BuyMeACoffee.com or send Rod Morri a DM on Twitter
Buy 'Grass Routes' here
Follow Richard's Substack 'Pitchmarks' here
Kevin Moore is one of the more interesting voices in the game and it has taken us far too long to have him on as a guest. We finally rectify that in Ep 156 where we talk maths and golf, the responsibility (or otherwise) of golf companies in growing the game, distance rollback and plenty more.
Links mentioned in this epsidoe:
The excellent Bag Drop episode with Dr Joshua Ralston talking Saudi Arabia
The Squares and circles website where you will find some fascinating reads on both golf and education/maths.
Golf Blueprint, helping average golfers get better
It's back to a favourite topic of the Good Good team this week as we welcome Bunkered magazine's Michael McEwan back to the pod to talk about the R&A's innovative GolfIt facility in Glasgow.
Links mentioned on this episode:
Micheal McEwan's excellent review of the GolfIt facility in Glasgow and accompanying video
A special week in golf demands special treatment and that's what episode 154 delivers. The regular team shifts to the back seat as special guest host Karen Harding and special guest co-host Emma Ballard take the controls to discuss the AIG Women's Open. The Course, the field, purses and the state of the game are all part of the discussion as the golf world gears up for what is shaping as a thrilling week.
Links mentoned on this episode:
Follow Women and Golf on Twitter and Instagram for on the ground coverage all week
Read Karen Harding's award winning 2021 story in Golf Australia magazine on women's golf
There's no shortage of attacks on public golf but how we respond to those, as players and an industry, sets the tone for how successful we will be in protecting the game. Inspired by a column written by co-host Jimmy Emanuel we explore that issue on Ep 153 with the always interesting Sandy Jamieson.
Links menitoned on this episode:
Jimmy's excellent column
Garrett Morrison's insightful The Fried Egg Twitter Thread
Its the fourth of five women's majors of the year and Women and Golf Editor Emma Ballard is along to talk Evian Championship, Aramco Series and some of the bigger issues around golf.
Links mentiond on this episode:
Angus and Grace Go Golfing website and Instagram
It's always a treat when Mike Clayton joins the pod and that was the case again for episode 151. While The Open will be the focus of most this week it will be, for hundreds or perhaps even thousands of golfers from around the world, merely the focal point of a pilgrimage that could change how they see and feel about the game. Golf in the UK gets so much right from courses to culture and everything in between and we touch on much of it in episode 151.
Links mentiond on this episode:
Angus and Grace Go Golfing website and Instagram
Everything this week is about the US Women's Open at Pebble Beach and we go straight to the course with Australian bagman for In Gee Chun, Dean Herden.
Links mentiond on this episode:
Angus and Grace Go Golfing website and Instagram
It's been too long since we had Mike Clayton on the pod so we tracked him down to Fort Worth Texas and got him on the digital line for a chat about all things golf.
Links mentiond on this episode:
Angus and Grace Go Golfing website and Instagram
Busy doesn't begin to describe this time of year for golf with the best women players in the game ready to tackle one of America' finest courses this week at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Baltusrol already has a storied history and it will only be enhanced this week when a champion is crowned in the second women's major of 2023.
It's US Open week on one of the more intriguing golf courses in recent memory. We go straight to California to catch up with TV Commentator Ned Michaels who will be doing featured group coverage for NBC all week.
It's gone way beyond a golf story but there is still plenty of golf stuff to speculate about in the PGA Tour/PIF/DP World Tour deal. So we do.
Links mentioned on this episode:
Kevin Van Valkenburg's excellent piece
Homer Simpson designs a car
Jimmy Emanuel's column on the announcement coming on Womens Golf Day
The week long Women's Golf Day is upon us and ambassador and Women and Golf magazine Editor Emma Ballard joins the pod to discuss that, Walton Heath and the upcoming AIG Women's British Open plus the state of the golf business.
Links mentioned on this episode:
To see local event and for more information about Womenls Golf Day head to their website
Women and Golf magazine
Follow Emma on Twitter
And Instagram