Golf

Episode 72: TGH 72: The Legacy of Willie Park Senior

TalkinGolf History welcomes the Great Grandson of our first major championship winner to the show to discuss his Great Grandfather’s Legacy – the first Open Championship winner, 4 time Open Champion, brother to an Open Champion and son to a two-time Open Champion.

The Park Legacy is not spoken with the same reverance we give to his counterpart who lived in St Andrews. On our show, Mungo Park and I discuss why the voices of the Park’s have been muted by time along with the golfing history of the Honourable Town known as Musselburgh.

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SOG 112: Richard Gillis and Golf’s New World Order

For just the second time in its 12-year history, State of the Game bears an ‘Explicit’ badge this week. Why, you ask? You’ll need to listen to find out but among the topics covered are: Is ‘Strategic Alliance’ really just code for a PGA Tour takeover of the European Tour? And if so, is that a bad thing? One of sports business’ best analysts Richard Gillis joins Geoff Shackelford, Mike Clayton and Rod Morri on Episode 113 to dissect what’s happening at the top end of professional golf.

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Ep 087: Ali Whitaker and Mike Clayton

Does it matter if men and women score differently when playing a tournament at the same venue? Is that a problem for Olympic golf? Was Aditi Ashok’s fourth place finish the biggest and most important story for golf in Tokyo? Will the obsession with 9 and 18 hole courses eventually kill urban golf? All this plus some architecture talk when TV commentator Ali Whitaker joins Mike Clayton and regular hosts Rod Morri and Adrian Logue for Episode 87.

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Ep 086: An Olympics rant and Golf’s New World Order

If a child draws a dog-shaped dog is the Kasumigaseki Country Club a good golf course? Has the PGL found an ally in Adrian Logue? When are you too old to ride a skateboard? All intriguing questions and none of them answered when Golf Australia magazine Deputy Editor Jimmy Emanuel joins Episode 86.

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The Thing About Golf #47: Renton Laidlaw

Peter Alliss might have had golf’s most recognisable voice but it’s almost a dead heat with Scotland’s Renton Laidlaw. In a career spanning more than 50 years there is barely a medium he hasn’t contributed to, from books and newspapers to magazines and TV. Renton, as he is simply known to so many, sat down with The Thing About Golf’s John Huggan to reflect on a lifetime in the game unlike few have ever experienced.

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Ep 085: Inclusive Design with Christine Fraser

Can the way golf courses are designed really have an impact on how diverse the game’s base is? Canadian course architect Christine Fraser thinks so and explains why on Episode 85.

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Ep 084: Arguing About Water with Pat Jones

Pat Jones has spent his life lobbying on behalf of and telling the stories of turf specialists at every level. Last month he took exception to a column written by Good Good co-host Rod Morri about water use at the US Open at Torrey Pines. So, in the interests of entertainment and education, we did the only decent thing and invited him on the pod to thrash it out.

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The Thing About Golf #46: Phil Scott

Who would have thought that a summer spent in the UK visiting family would prove the start of a journey that ended in Australia’s first Masters green jacket? Phil Scott, father of former World No.1 Adam, chats with The Thing About Golf host Rod Morri about his accidental start in the game to Adam’s surreal 2013 Masters victory and almost every facet of the golf industry in between. From club building and design to course construction and management, there isn’t much Phil Scott hasn’t touched in golf and he reflects on it all in Episode 46.

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Episode 71: TGH 71: The Legacy of Tom Morris Part 2

In Part 2 of the Legacy of Tom Morris we start with the phenom of Young Tom Morris. We then weave through the lives of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris with our historians Roger McStravick and Stephen Proctor as we help tell this wonderful tale of two of the greatest golfers that ever lived.

Not to be missed:
Old Tom Morris’ golf design work
His gift to Green Keepers
The Greatness of Young Tom Morris
and…
Perhaps two stories about these legends that you might not have known.

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