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Episode 16: SOG Ep 16 “They’re only selling hope…”

Bifurcation, slow play an the Vijay Singh banned substance debacle…all that and more on 2013’s first episode of State of the Game with Geoff Shackelford and Mike Clayton….

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Episode 15: SOG Ep-15: “What they’re doing is unforgiveable…”

Two monumental announcements were made this week: The Old Course at St Andrews is under the surgeon’s knife and anchored putting will be outlawed in 2016. Host Rod Morri is joined by Geoff Shackelford, John Huggan and Mike Clayton to dicsuss two of…

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Episode 14: SOG Ep 14: “My mum could captain the Ryder Cup…”

Golf’s most compelling event somehow seems to just keep getting better. Geoff Shackelford, John Huggan and Mike Clayton join host Rod Morri to break down events at Medinah, with Clayton even claiming his mum could captain the Ryder Cup….

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Episode 13: SOG-Ep-13: “It’s all too friendly at the moment..”””

Join Rod Morri, Geoff Shackelford and John Huggan as they break down the most exciting week in golf, the Ryder Cup. The team also give their final verdict on the just concluded FedEx Cup and why the format still isn’t quite right.

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Episode 12: SOG-Ep-12-“The first clear Number one since Tiger…”

The year’s final major is run and won so now it’s time to rank them. Hear from the State of the Game team Mike Clayton, John Huggan and Geoff Shackelford as they break down the Grand Slam events of season 2012, from Bubba’s hooked wedge at Augusta to…

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Episode 11: SOG EP 11 – “Pro golf just doesn’t engage me any more…”

Lorne Rubenstein has been one of the game’s great chroniclers for more than 30 years but after this week’s Canadian Open will file his final weekly column for Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper. Rod Morri caught up with Lorne to get his thoughts on…

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Episode 10: SOG-EP-10 “The Open won’t be going to Portrush…”

Geoff Shackelford and John Huggan join host Rod Morri to look back at the US Open, analyse the US Tour’s new secondary tour sponsor, the new event in Turkey giving Tim Finchem and George O’Grady a headache and the chances of The Open returning to…

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Episode 9: SOG Ep 9 “One of sport’s great upsets…”

While the US Open unfolds at Olympic this week there will be plenty of talk about the 1955 event at this venue and the incredible upset victory of Iowa club profesional Jack Fleck over Ben Hogan. Neil Sagabiel of the Armchair Golf Blog has written a…

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Episode 8: SOG Ep 8 – “What have they done to Merion?”

In this special combined episode of TalkinGolf and State of the Game Geoff Shackelford, Mike Clayton and John Huggan join host Rod Morri to talk US Masters, Augusta National politics and Mike Clayton’s amazing golf odyssey taking in some of America’s…

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Episode 7: SOG Ep 7 – “We’ll forgive Augusta National anything if the golf’s good”

The most anticipated US Masters in years gets underway this week and, like everyone else with an interest in the game, we at State of the Game are keen to talk about it. Join Rod Morri, Geoff Shackelford and John Huggan as they break down the field,…

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