Ep 021: The Book Club - The World Atlas Of Golf | The Good-Good Golf Podcast Podcast

Ep 006: What's an Axolotl? And a Protectorate?: Derek Duncan rejoins the show for Episode Six just days after penning an intriguing essay on the golf business which attracted plenty of attention on Twitter during the week. We chat about that plus solve the rollback problem once and for all, wonder what millennial golfers want, the great Ladies Tee debate and who would win a fight between an Axolotl and a lion? And just what is a Protectorate? by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

69 min listen

Ep 016: Golf as Business With Richard Gillis: For most of us golf is a passion but it is also big business with both the professional circuits and the amateur game generating large sums of money. Sports business expert Richard Gillis is one of the leading analysts of sport and its associated marketing and he joins episode 16 to look at some of the issues - both good and bad - confronting golf. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

73 min listen

Ep 026: Covid 19 Now and Beyond: We'd all love to talk about something else but the realities of the ongoing Corona Virus Pandemic are making it hard. This week Matt Day, GM at Perth's 27-hole Collier Park facility, joins the pod to talk about the day to day realities of life in charge of two golf courses and some major projects which have been thrown into uncertainty. Matt is a thoughtful analyst of the golf business - and public golf in particular - and his insights are always worth listening to. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

62 min listen

Ep 020: Mike Clayton. Enough Said: The always popular and insightful Mike Clayton joins Episode 20 of the show to discuss Steph Kyriacou's remarkable victory at Bonville, the Peter Kostis revelations on the No Laying Up podcast, the Golf Premier League and plenty more as well. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

70 min listen

Ep 021: The Book Club - The World Atlas Of Golf: Groundbreaking stuff on the Good Good Golf Podcast this week as we welcome a new guest host but reintroduce an old segment. The Book Club was one of the great success stories of the iSeekGolf podcast and it returns this week with Feed The Ball's Derek Duncan in the host chair joined by Adrian Logue and Monarch Of The Green author Stephen Proctor to break down one of golf’s most influential books - The World Atlas Of Golf. It's riveting stuff and will have you scouring eBay for a copy of your own. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

84 min listen

Ep 012: RM - The Grand Old Girl of Australian Golf: Tiger Woods, Ernie Els and their respective teams will take centre stage at this week's Presidents Cup but for many golfers it is the Royal Melbourne course - and how it plays for 24 of the world's best - that will be of most interest. On Episode 12 we meet two Royal Melbourne Golf Club members to find out what it is like to play host to an event the size of the Presidents Cup as well as some discussion about the place of the course in the game more broadly. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

67 min listen

Ep 008: Mike Clayton "Clubbing For The Duff": "The only point of the fifth hole at Royal Melbourne West," says Mike Clayton of the famed par-3, "is to join up the great fourth hole - the over the hill and down to the right par-5 - with the amazing 6th hole." It's Clayton at his best on Episode Eight of The Good Good Golf Podcast where Sydney v Melbourne golf, the Christina Kim rules fiasco and why Cypress Point's 16th hole needs an alternate par-4 tee are among the topics dissected. Clayton joins regulars Rod Morri, Adrian Logue and Derek Duncan for a fascinating and in depth discussion about golf and the fields upon which it is played. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

65 min listen

Ep 001: Good-Good The Beginning: On this first episode of the Good-Good Golf podcast there's not much golf chat but a bit of an explanation about some pretty big changes at the TalkinGolf network. The show will be hosted by Rod Morri, Adrian Logue and Derek Duncan (of Feed The Ball fame) and we're hoping it will prove as engaging, educational and entertaining as any golf show on the internet. If you'd like to hear a bit about the new direction we're heading this episode explains but we'll be back with more golf specific chat next week. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

18 min listen

Ep 004: The beauty of a flower is available to me: On Episode Four of The Good-Good Golf Podcast Adrian Logue, Derek Duncan and Rod Morri dissect some of the big questions about the media and golf, wonder about the obsession of competition play in Australia and is there beauty in the modern bash and splat game? by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

66 min listen

Ep 013: The Episode We Weren't Meant To Have: We were supped to call it a day after last week's Presidents Cup preview but really, how could we not rehash the brilliant week at Royal Melbourne? Some of Adrian Logue's finest work on Episode 13 as he introduces us to the 'Buffoon versus Class Act' breakdown of the players and takes aim at everyone from television to the PGA Tour. We hope you enjoy this final episode of 2019 and thanks for all your support over the course of the year and we look forward to coming back to do it all again in 2020. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

60 min listen

Ep 007: Phil Blackmar's Spin On Distance: Self confessed golf tragic Phil Blackmar has spent his entire life around the game. He not only played at the highest level for more than a decade and a half, he won three times and all in an era that crossed over from Jack Nicklaus to Greg Norman to Tiger Woods. Now a commentator at Golf Channel Blackmar, like many of his contemporaries, worries about the direction the game has taken at the top level but believes he has a solution that is as intriguing as it is unique. He chats with Rod Morri on Episode 7 about all things golf (including an extremely entertaining Jack Nicklaus story!) by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

58 min listen

Ep 028: Where Golf And Art Intersect With Lee Wybranski: Sick of Covid 19? Us too. So we're not mentioning it this week. Instead, we're delving into the world of golf and art when we catch up with renowned golf artist Lee Wybranski. Lee has produced the posters for every US Open since 2008 and has painted as well as work for The Open Championship, PGA and Ryder Cup. He has also been commissioned to paint just about every significant club and course in North East America as well as many Scotland, too. Lee's passion for course architecture shines through in this engaging discussion on the world where golf and art meet. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

71 min listen

EP 002: The Derek Duncan Bombshell: On Episode two of The Good Good Golf Podcast Derek Duncan joins the team and it's quite the debut when he drops a bombshell about his thoughts on the distance debate. We also get the good oil from Adrian Logue about golf in Denmark and England plus call local governments to account for their mixed messaging around the elderly and golf. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

72 min listen

Ep 009: It's Hot At Christmas? That's Just Weird: If people like things about golf that are different to you, does that mean they are doing it wrong? Why does golf need to invite communities into their space? What's more important - name tags for the staff or an interesting green complex? These are just some of the talking points on Episode Nine of The Good Good Golf Podcast. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

75 min listen

Ep 010: A Piccolo To Go: Should the Australian Open join forces with the European Tour? Will the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA merge and if they did, would it be a good thing? And when will we see some innovation in the way golf is broadcast on TV? Just some of the eclectic mix of topics on a stream of consciousness episode 10 of The Good Good Golf Podcast. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

77 min listen

Ep 005: Racetrack Around The Golf Course?: Derek Duncan has the week off but Rollback Alliance co-founder Matt Mollica courageously steps into the breach to talk all things golf on Episode 5 of The Good Good Golf Podcast. We chat whether The Masters has as much influence as most believe, why they won't go it alone with a tournament ball, ponder whether adding a racetrack to a suburban golf course could save it and why a video clip from a tournament almost 30 years ago went viral. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

66 min listen

Ep 023: Anyone For a Top 100 Courses Debate?: If you want to start an argument in golf there are a couple of surefire topics that will do it and the ranking of the country's top 100 courses is one of them. On Episode 23 of Good Good, Golf Australia Magazine Editor Brendan James joins us in studio to discuss the where, what, when, how and why of his publication's biennial list. It's a fascinating discussion that wanders in a few different directions including (despite best efforts to avoid it) the impact of the COVID 19. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

75 min listen

Ep 30: Looper Life In A London Lockdown: Adam Drummond was once an aspiring professional but drifted into caddying just before the new millennium. 21 years later he's still at it having collected a host of great stories - not to mention a bunch of golf wisdom - along the way. Adam joins us for Episode 30 of Good Good to chew the fat about all things golf. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

81 min listen

Ep 43: Lockdown, Majors and Lydia Ko with Mike Clayton: With the strangest major championship in living memory getting underway this week and Mike Clayton stuck at home in Victoria thanks to Corona Virus it seemed like a perfect opportunity to get the analyst, architect and commentator on the pod. So we did. Enjoy by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

73 min listen

Ep 019: Golf From The Non Golfer's Perspective: There's always hand wringing in golf about growing the numbers of people who play but do we ever stop to ask why it is non golfers aren't already swinging a club? After a brilliant piece in The Irish Times last week chronicling her journey to 13th Beach to watch fellow Irish woman Leona Maguire we catch up with former Olympic silver medallist Sonia O'Sullivan to find out what golf looks like to the outside world. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

65 min listen

Ep 011: Thunderbirds Are Go: Course ranking lists, social media and golf course design, watching the pros up close and Derek's sticky balls. All that and more on Episode 11 of the Good Good Golf Podcast. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

83 min listen

Ep 017: From The Vic Open with Flic Johnson: It might not be Australia's most important championship but as a spectator is it the country's best tournament. The mixed men's and women's Vic Opens are a highlight of the golf calendar each year and with host Rod Morri on site at 13th beach this week it was a great opportunity to sit down with LET player Felicity Johnson to talk all things golf. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

63 min listen

Ep 003: The Derek Duncan Fallout: On last week's episode Derek Duncan caused a storm of controversy with his revelation that his stance on the distance debate was 'evolving'. This week he deals with the fallout plus we discuss the cult following of Sweetens Cove and whether drivers failing conformity tests on the PGA Tour is a serious issue. We also welcome our first sponsor to the TalkinGolf Network with online retailer of high end apparel The Golf Society joining us this week with a special introductory offer for podcast listeners. Simply log on to the website to get a $25 voucher for any purchase over $60. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

64 min listen

Ep 029: Canada's Answer To Mike Clayton: Ian Andrew is a gentler version of our own Mike Clayton, a passionate course architect whose perspective and interest in the game is infinitely broader than his own place in it. Andrew joined Episode 29 to talk about his new book on famed Canadian architect Stanley Thompson plus a myriad of other topics including, but not limited to, the purpose of bunkers, the emerging moral issue of water and golf and why the future might be better for those who think width and angle are the keys to more interesting golf. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

89 min listen

Ep 51: Jeff Mingay And The Architect's Burden: Canadian architect Jeff Mingay joins the pod this week to discuss the role of architecture in the game beyond just creating interesting golf plus the responsibility of designers in educating the golf public about what constitutes 'good' golf. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

89 min listen

Ep 38: Meg MacLaren Makes Her Good-Good Debut: It's hard to believe this is Meg MacLaren's first appearance on the Good-Good podcast but it's a worthy debut. The recent winner on the newly formed Rose Ladies Series talks the LET/LPGA joint venture, her recent foray into TV writing, her addiction to golf and, of course, that victory last week. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

67 min listen

Ep 32: Spirit of St Andrews Revisited: Episode 32…the one that got away. We recorded a fabulous chat with former Touring Professional Ewan Porter this week and covered everything from the demons within that drive golfers to distraction to innovative formats and the future of the professional game in Australia. Sadly, nobody will get to hear that because of what we are referring to as a technical glitch (also known as oops….lost the recording!) We will have Ewan back in the next week or two but in the meantime we’ve delved into the archives to re-post one of our most popular episodes ever, The Book Club breakdown of Spirit of St Andrews with Mike Clayton. If you’ve never heard it you must and if you have you must again. Enjoy. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

154 min listen

Ep 018: John Huggan On All Things Golf: John Huggan is one of the most respected and forthright voices in the game and he joins Rod Morri and Adrian Logue on Episode 18 to talk Vic Open, Min Woo Lee, the Distance Insights Report and more. There's also news about Derek Duncan and a special announcement about the long awaited return of the much loved Book Club. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

71 min listen

Ep 40: Time For Blokes To Listen: There was quite the response last week when Good Good co-host Adrian Logue retweeted a story from Golf Business UK magazine featuring 30 year golfer Kerry Cooper and her horror story of joining an English golf club. In light of the reaction, it seemed the only sensible thing to do was invite her other podcast to tell her story. So we did. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

61 min listen

Ep 39: The Match: The Day Golf Podcasts Changed Forever: Some salty language, some piling on Hogan and a whole lot of terrific and entertaining analysis. Yes the Book Club is back with host Derek Duncan joining Adrian Logue and reigning US Mid Amateur champion Lukas Michel to dissect The Match by Mark Frost - one of golf's most legendary stories. by The Good-Good Golf Podcast

84 min listen

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Ep 021: The Book Club - The World Atlas Of Golf

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