Month: September 2021

Ep 092: Homer Simpson’s CarAnd Whistling Straits

What do ironing a shirt and watching the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits have in common? Why is Homer Simpson’s car in the show notes? Is long drive interesting? All that and more on Episode 92 when Golf Australia Magazine deputy Editor Jimmy Emmanuel joins the pod.

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The Thing About Golf #51: Neil Coles

John Huggan describes Neil Coles as the best golfer Americans have never heard of. An aversion to flying meant one of the United Kingdom’s best players had limited exposure in the US but that takes nothing away from his remarkable resume. Coles played in eight Ryder Cups between 1961 and 1977 and is credited with 50 professional…

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Ep 091: Ryder Cup, Mike Whan, PGL and more with John Huggan

How much Ryder Cup is too much Ryder Cup? Is Mike Whan the right man at the right time for the USGA job? Does the PGL have something to offer golf? And what’s to become of the Australian Open? All this and more when John Huggan joins Ep 91 of the Good-Good Golf Podcast.

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Episode 76: Making Whistling Straits

Is it possible we take Whistling Straits for granted? Of all the spectacular builds in the history of golf, from The Lido to Calusa Pines, very little is spoken about how Pete Dye and Herb Kohler transformed flat farmland and an abandoned Army airfield…

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SOG 115:Ryder Cup Preview With Andrew Coltart

It’s that time in the golf cycle again….the interminable wait for the Ryder Cup to get underway. With a week and a bit to go before the first ball is struck former European Tour player now Sky Sorts commentator Andrew Coltart joins Geoff Shackelford, Mike Clayton and Rod Morri to talk all things Whistling Straits and more.

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The Thing About Golf #50: Christian Hamilton

Like so many in golf Christian Hamilton originally dreamt of being a Tour player, but there are a whole army of golfers with a disability that should be thankful that career path never panned out. Now the Programs and Inclusion Senior Manager at Golf Australia, Hamilton sees his role as ensuring the future of the golf…

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Ep 090: A chat from the archives with Leona Maguire

After a stunning week in Ohio Ireland’s Leona Maguire is the toast of golf so what better time to dig into the archives and replay this 2019 chat with her from the Australian Ladies Classic at Bonville.

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