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Ep 56: Ewan Porter On Kids, Socks, The Masters and More

November 9, 2020 Rod Golf Business 0 Comments

Former Tour player turned TV commentator and junior golf advocate Ewan Porter is on a Sydney golf odyssey tracing his roots in the game back to his childhood so it seemed the perfect opportunity to get him in studio for a chat all things golf. From his now infamous black sock incident at a leading Sydney club to his Junior Series and what to expect at The Masters it’s just a good old fashioned chat about golf.

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Episode 54: TGH 54: The Masters: The Making of a Major

November 8, 2020 Rod Golf History 0 Comments

We welcome back to the podcast Jeff Martin, golf researcher and founder of Thinking About Golf. After to listening to Episode #3, Jeff decided to do some research – little did he know that his research would encompass hundreds of hours to get to the very root of the questions;
When did the The Augusta National Invitational become the Masters?
When did the Masters become a Major Championship?
And the search for the lost apostrophe…

Listen in and learn more about what is usually the first major of the year and in 2020 will be the last major of the year.

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Episode 53: TGH 53: The Evolution of Augusta Part 2: Holes 10-18

November 4, 2020 Rod Golf History 0 Comments

On this episode of TalkinGolf History, the gentlemen from Evalu18 dive into the second nine of Augusta National and how it has evolved since its inception. We end this show discussing what if anything we might recommend in terms of restoring ANGC.

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The Thing About Golf #30: Jane Lock

November 4, 2020 Rod Discussion 0 Comments

The name Jane Lock will be familiar to anybody with an interest in the history of the game in Australia. After all, she won the Australian Women’s Amateur three times and was a member of the first Aussie team to win what’s now known as the Espirito Santo trophy, the world cup of amateur golf. But beyond that, most of us know almost nothing of Jane Lock. An LPGA Tour player from 1980 to 1986 her professional record never really reached the heights of her amateur achievements. But her contribution to the game in Australia should not be overlooked.

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Episode 52: TGH 52: The Evolution of Augusta National Part 1

November 2, 2020 Rod Golf History 0 Comments

On this episode of TalkinGolf History we are joined by Jasper Miner and Joe McDonnell of Evalu18 to discuss the evolution of Dr. Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones’ masterpiece, Augusta National Golf Club. In part one we dive into the first 9 holes and how they have evolved over the past 87 years.

In Episode 53 we will discuss the final 9 holes at Augusta National.

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Ep 55: Meg Maclaren plus Women, War and Sport with Dr Ali Bowes

November 1, 2020 Rod Golf Business 0 Comments

Two time LET winner Meghan Maclaren has attracted plenty of attention for her excellent writing, so much so that she recently took part in a collaborative university study looking at her blog and its place in the game. Co-author Dr Ali Bowes joins this week’s pod (it’s actually last week’s pod but things got a bit hectic) to discuss the unique collaborative study plus a range of other fascinating media and women’s golf issues.

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Episode 12: Episode 12: The Gifts of Golf

October 31, 2020 Rod Women's Golf 0 Comments

Those golf socks you bought as a gift may mean more than you think.

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SOG 107: Brandel And The Claytonites

October 29, 2020 Rod Distance Debate 0 Comments

On Episode 107 we welcome author Daniel Wexler to discuss his latest book A Timeless Game but quickly run off topic into the future of golf in urban centres, equipment technology and the distance debate and there is some pontificating early on about Brandel Chamblee’s personal attack on co-host Mike Clayton and those who agree with his views on the game.

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Episode 72: Donald Steel

October 26, 2020 Rod Golf Architecture 0 Comments

Few people in golf have had as rich or wide-ranging life in golf as Donald Steel. He began his career as the golf reporter for London’s Sunday Telegraph in 1961, memorably covering, as a rookie writer, Arnold Palmer’s back-to-back Open Championship win…

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Episode 51: TGH 51: A Haunting on the Links

October 24, 2020 Rod Golf History 0 Comments

What was that noise? Did you know that this place is haunted?
Whether its floating apparitions, a voice out of no where or things moving seemingly by themselves – this podcast recounts the stories of real golfers telling their paranormal experiences on the links. Stories of murder, peg legged ghost and singing spectres will follow.

It is our pleasure to welcome back to the podcast golf historian & author, Anthony Pioppi to discuss the book he co-authored with Chris Gonsalves, “Haunted Golf: Spirted Tales from the Rough.”

Music produced by David Fesliyan at FesliyanStudios.com

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