Jimmy Emanuel of Golf Australia magazine joins us to discuss Cam Smith’s victory at the 150th Open, how The Old Course held up (very well) and how Cam’s win feeds the insatiable LIV rumour mill. We also preview the next Women’s major – the Evian Championship and discuss the future of Women’s majors.

There’s electricity in the air as the 150th Open approaches and we get a taste of the atmosphere and what’s making news on the ground at St Andrews from Golf Australia magazine editor Brendan James.

Hannah Holden is one of the small number of women who cover golf, her contributions ranging from in depth equipment reviews to opinion pieces on LIV Golf and the reaction to Linn Grant’s win in the Scandinavian Mixed event last month.

In the big picture, the most important thing to happen in golf last week was Linn Grant winning the Scandinavian Mixed event. We at least talked about that a bit before getting completely derailed – like everybody else – by LIV Golf and the turmoil at the top of the men’s professional game.

In the big picture, the most important thing to happen in golf last week was Linn Grant winning the Scandinavian Mixed event. We at least talked about that a bit before getting completely derailed – like everybody else – by LIV Golf and the turmoil at the top of the men’s professional game.

Hardly a dull week in the world of golf so, unusually for us, we’ve turned our attention to the pay for play ranks with special guest John Huggan joining form London as he prepares to cover the first LIV Golf event at the Centurion Club.

There was movement at Darebin City Council last week regarding the ongoing use of Northcote golf course and Northcote Community and Golf Hub spokesman Bill Jennings returns to fill in the details of what unfolded.

Does golf do enough to be inclusive (and what does that even mean)? And if the answer is no, is that a dumb business decision as much as anything else? What are the up sides of diversity and how do people within the game go about making it happen? Lots and lots of questions and some fascinating and intelligent answers when Dr Hannah Brown joins the Good Good golf podcast.

We almost never do anything instruction related in this pod but for one of Australia’s best players and nicest guys we made an exception as we welcome Nick O’Hern to talk about his new book Play Your Best Golf. Worth a listen and re-listen, this interview and the book are both filled with nuggets that are all but guaranteed to help your game.

It’s not hard to find a golf podcast in 2022 but it can be hard to find one that is both different and good. In February this year the Firm and Fast podcast launched and has proved to be both of those things. On this week’s episode we meet founder and host, Ireland’s Shane Derby, to find out what he’s up to.