Episode 30: Dutch Golf Docupod Ep #1 – An Introduction
And now for something completely different! A podcast series inspired by a golf trip to the Netherlands in June 2023.
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Episode 29: New Docupod Series… Releases tomorrow… Advance Bonus Content
And now for something completely different…. new docupod series releases tomorrow
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Episode 28: ODG Series #4 – A.V. Macan with Jeff Mingay
Arthur Vernon (A.V.) Macan was an accomplished amateur golfer who emigrated from Ireland to British Columbia, Canada in 1912. Macan is best known for his original designs at Royal Colwood, Inglewood, The California Club, Overlake and Shaughnessy. Jeff Mingay joins us to shed light on a pioneer of golf course design in the Pacific Northwest of Canada and the USA.
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Episode 27: The Evolution of Golf at Hoylake host of the 151st Open Championship
Royal Liverpool Golf Club hosts the 151st iteration of the Open Championship in July 2023 – we take a look at the evolution of the golf course since the clubs foundation in 1869, with long time member Joe McDonnell
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Episode 26: Grass Routes with Richard Pennell
Friend of the pod Richard Pennell is also known by the @pitchmarks moniker on the socials. A life long procrastinator, Richard finally grasped the writing nettle during lockdown to assist members of Woking GC to deal with covid induced isolation, he would go on to write an as yet unpublished book (it’s a masterpiece) and subsequently launch his stymied substack bog in November 2021. 90 plus missives have been published so far – he has some news, which he wants to share with us… it’s great to have him back!
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Episode 25: The Return of Evalu18’s Jasper Miners
Jasper Miners of Evalu18 makes a return visit to discuss exciting news on a master planning project for one of Harry S Colt’s very best courses, St Georges Hill. We also touch on Jaspers’ trips to Ireland, the USA, Australia and New Zealand . It was great to have him back!
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Episode 24: ODG Series #3 – Eddie Hackett with Ally McIntosh
The ODG Series returns with an episode focussed on the Irish golf course architect Eddie Hackett. Hackett was involved in creating or revising over 100 Irish golf courses for 30 years from the mid 1960’s until his death in 1995. Hackett is best known for his designs of links courses such as Waterville, Carne Golf Links, Donegal, Ballyliffin Old, Enniscrone and Connemara. Our regular architecture contributor Ally McIntosh joins us to explore Hackett’s legacy.
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Episode 23: Frank Pont – CDP’s Bunker Restoration at The Royal Dublin Golf Club
The Royal Dublin Golf Club is the second oldest course on the island of Ireland. In this episode we take explore the bunker restoration project that Clayton, De Vries & Pont have been implementing at Dollymount with the help of DAR Golf Construction, Whitemoss Eco and the in-house links team led by Course Manager Alan Hammond. Frank Pont from CDP joins us in this episode to take a look at the now completed project.
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Episode 22: Rod Morri – The Godfather of Golf Podcasts
Was Rod Morri born with a microphone in his hand and a pen in his pocket? He’s generally the man asking the questions and opining on golf in his weekly column in the Australian Golf Magazine. We are very pleased to welcome Rod to the Firm and Fast Golf Podcast for a chat.
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Episode 21: Graeme Beatt – Course Manager at Royal Portrush Golf Club
In this episode we take a look at the staging of the 148th Open Championships at Royal Portrush Golf Club with Course Manager Graeme Beatt
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