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Ep 159: Waiting For The Solheim Cup

There are few better spectator sports than waiting for an international team golf competition to get underway. With the Solheim Cup now just days away we catch up...

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Ep 158: Golf and Health: A way forward for the game

Revered course architect Alastair Mackenzie was a GP in another life and wrote in his book Spirit of St Andrews about the health benefits of prescribing golf to his...

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Episode 109: TGH 109: The Rise & Demise of the Ben Hogan Company Part 2

If you enjoyed part 1 of the Rise and Demise of the Ben Hogan Golf Company, then I highly suggested you find a quiet place to seclude yourself from...

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Ep 157: Essayist Richard Pennell

When we spoke to Richard Pennell in February last year his Stymied blog was starting to gain traction. 18 months later he is now a published author his book,...

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Ep 156: Kevin Moore, An Interesting Thinker

Kevin Moore is one of the more interesting voices in the game and it has taken us far too long to have him on as a guest. we finally...

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Episode 108: The Rise & Demise of the Ben Hogan Golf Company

We are once again joined by John Barba of MyGolfSpy to dive into another historical tale from the golf manufacturing business. Today on our show we dive into Part...

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Ep 155: The R&A’s GolfIt experiment

It's back to a favourite topic of the Good Good team this week as we welcome Bunkered magazine's Michael McEwan back to the pod to talk about the R&A's...

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Episode 107: TGH 107: VaughnCon Rambling On Golf Course Architecture

I have no idea how to describe this episode other than to say that Vaughn Halyard and I started this podcast after playing Landmand for the third time and...

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Ep 154: The Switch

A special week in golf demands special treatment and that's what episode 154 delivers. The regular team shifts to the back seat as special guest host Karen Harding and...

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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...

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Ep 153: Protecting Public Golf – The Right Way

There's no shortage of attacks on public golf but how we respond to those, as players and an industry, sets the tone for how successful we will be in...

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Ep 152: Evian and more With Emma Ballard of Women and Golf

Its the fourth of five women's majors of the year and Women and Golf Editor Emma Ballard is along to talk Evian Championship, Armco Series and some of the...

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Ep 151: Mike Clayton On UK Golf (from Hoylake)

It's always a treat when Mike Clayton joins the pod and that was the case again for episode 151. While The Open will be the focus of most this...

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Episode 106: TGH 106: The Evolution of Royal Liverpool

In this episode we celebrate the 2023 Open Championship and its host club, Royal Liverpool. We are joined by a familiar voice, Joe McDonnell who rejoins us on the...

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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...

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Ep 150: On the Ground at Pebble Beach

Everything this week is about the US Women's Open at Pebble Beach and we go straight to the course with Australian bagman for IN Gee Chun, Dean Herden.

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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...

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Ep 149: Mike Clayton All Things Golf

It's been too long since we had Mike Clayton on the pod so we tracked him down to Fort Worth Texas and got him on the digital line for...

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Episode 105: TGH 105: The Underrated John Ball, Jr.

With the Open Championship returning to Royal Liverpool, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to reshare the amazing history of John Ball, Junior. Ball was the first amateur...

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Ep 148: Women Take Centre Stage

Busy doesn't begin to describe this time of year for golf with the best women players in the game ready to tackle one of America' finest courses this week...

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Ep 147: Ned Michaels from LACC

It's US Open week on one of the more intriguing golf courses in recent memory. We go straight to California to catch up with TV Commentator Ned Michaels who...

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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....

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Ep 146: This Is Bigger Than Golf

It's gone way beyond a golf story but there is still plenty of golf stuff to speculate about in the PGA Tour/PIF/DP World Tour deal. So we do.

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SOG 127: WTF Is Going On?

Despite almost no detail of how it will play out the announcement by the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund that they have ceased legal hostilities...

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Episode 104: TGH 104: The History of LACC

Episode #104 welcomes back the USGA, with USGA Golf Historian, Katie Boyce who joins the show to discuss the History of LACC, the history of golf in Los Angeles...

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Ep 145: Women and Golf with Emma Ballard

Next week marks International Women's Golf Day and ambassador and Women and Golf magazine Editor Emma Ballard joins the pod to discuss that, Walton Heath and the upcoming AIG...

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Ep 144: The Curmudgeon John Huggan

John Huggan joins the pod to discuss Brooks Kopek's PGA win and as is the way in the New World Golf Order, the broader implications for the top end...

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Episode 103: TGH 103: The Restoration of Oak Hill: The Back 9

In episode #103 we kickoff where we left off in episode #102 - we make the turn to discuss Andrew Green's transformational restoration of Oak Hill's back nine and...

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Ep 143: Sarah Kemp from California and Jimmy from PNG

The most interesting tournament his week in world golf will be the Women's International Crown at TPC Harding Park. Australia's Sarah Kemp joins us for a behind the scenes...

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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...

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Episode 102: TGH 102: The Restoration of Oak Hill: The Front 9

We are joined by renowned golf course architect, Andrew Green to discuss the history and restoration of the Donald Ross classic, Oak Hill's East Course which will be the...

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Ep 141: Karrie Webb Talks, We Listen

When Karrie Webb talks about golf, people should listen. The seven time major winner joined us this week to talk The Chevron, Augusta National, LIV, Grace Kim and more.

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Ep 140: Masters Review With Bill Fields

One of the best writers in the game joins the pod this week. Bill Fields was on site all week at Augusta National and has some interesting takes not...

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