Talk Birdie To Me

Big show ... and Nick is coming to us from New Zealand today!

01:00Nick explains why he is in Queenstown.
02:00We start with the latest golf news, the DP World Tour decision yesterday has sounded the death knell for LIV. Nick and Mark discuss why and what's next.
03:00The investor's desire is purely for the debt benefits says our insider.
05:00Despite their likely imminent demise, we have LIV Golf to thank for the 2028 World Golf structure
07:00Adelaide deserves a big golf tournament.
10:00The Australian LIV players. What do they do? We discuss each of them.
13:00How should LIV, in hindsight, have launched their concept. Nick and Mark discuss.
18:00Jon Rahm & Bryson
19:00Mark saw something he loved watching the Western Australian PGA at the weekend.
20:00We chat to WA stats guy Matt Green about the kind of statistical analysis that he does. Matt identifies, from a statistical perspective, the one thing any golfer can lower their handicap by doing.
27:00Ocean Dunes to King Links, King Island
28:00Nick lines up the LPGA saying they are doing the Australian womens game no favours
30:00LIV Golf - 3 options for Nick and Mark - what do they believe will happen?

After the turn..

32:00We hear some brilliant audio of Tiger Woods as a tee announcer for juniors at the weekend. That is our Hostplus 'Plus for Golf' this wek.
33:00Mark tells a story about making a shot in front of Jack Nicklaus and how nervous he was.
34:00Marks Top 5 for Betr - the top 5 things he has seen young people in golf do.
38:00Global highlights from Nick
42:00Touch of Class for BMW goes to US golfer Tyler McCumber
44:00Feedback for Southern Golf Club.....
44:00The Tassie Amateur
45:00Seve's National Service
46:00Tom Kim
47:00Blades Brown vs Jackson Koivun
48:00LIV Golf
49:00Yoga
52:00And for the Golf Clearance Outlet, we wrap the show with a Masterclass from Nick featuring a special guest - Canadian golfer Mac Buchar shows us his fairway finder and how he does it.
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A bonus feedback pod today, so many messages, comments, emails that we thought we'd smack out another one.

01:00 We start with a number of comments on our YouTube episode a fortnight ago from Nudgee in Brisbane with young Riley Richards and Tour Pro Matty Guyatt.
07:00Aaron has a question about turning pro these days vs when Nick and Mark did.

After the turn...

09:00 A wolfpacker reveals who the Pro was whose bag Jarrod Moseley destroyed after a bad day on the course.
10:00 Andrew on LIV Adelaide
11:00 JJ on LIV
12:00 Steve from California reiterating his invite for the boys to play a round with him in SoCal. Mark acts disgracefully.
13:00 Aim Point
14:00 Royal County Down
15:00 Feedback, and a fun fact, on Mark and Nicks appalling music knowledge from Susannah. Mark proceeds to defame an entire city.
16:00 Craig from the UK has written in with a compliment for Nick and Mark, and a bit of a driveby for Mark. He shares a story of winning some money form a tournament Nick played in.
19:00 Couple of wolfpackers challenge Marks assertion about the 1992 Australian Open field being the strongest field in history. Fighting words.

Back tomorrow with the main show, Nick's in New Zealand with BMW so we'll have him dialing in if we don't screw up the time differences!
We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:

Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partner
BMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;
Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;
FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;
Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;
Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;
The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;
And Southern Golf Club.
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On todays Monday Mini we have a question from wolfpacker Ben. Now Ben has been working on getting his handicap down, and he is currently down to 14, and trending in the right direction. However, he feels that if he can flight his wedges more effectively he can go lower, so he's asked Nick and Mark for some tips, and of course they're happy to oblige.

Mark talks about the impact of shortening your backswing, how he was taught to do it, and what it did to his game.

Nick discussed why he is an advocate for matching your backswing and your follow through, and he gives some excellent chipping tips.

A short but sweet Monday Mini today with some excellent tips on flighting your wedge shots.
We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:

Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partner
BMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;
Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;
FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;
Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;
Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;
The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;
And Southern Golf Club.
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A Friday Feedback show today and Mark, not for the first time, gets lined up.

On todays show we have a message from one person calling Mark 'uneducated', and we have a myriad of wolfpackers criticising Mark over some recent behaviour....we'll get to that through the show.

01:00 Mark is back on the fashion advice path...seriously...
01:30Wolfpacker Alex heard the No Laying Up guys having a crack at Australian Mens golf on a recent episode, he gives his view and asks Nick and Mark for theirs.
02:00 Nick and Mark discuss what solutions might help to grow the performance of the Australian men.
06:00 Dan follows up Marks promise to get Andrew Langford-Jones on the show...Mark needs to do some work on it.
07:00 Wolfpacker Dean on club championship structures and the challenge for him as a FIFO
08:20 Ralphy has written about some of Mike Clayton's design work, which Mark has at times been slightly critical of, Ralphy likes Mike's work and wrote in to say so.
09:00 A message calling Mark uneducated when it comes to the place of Tea Trees on Melbourne golf courses. Mark responds with a surprising level of restraint at being called uneducated....No of course he doesn't !!! He lines up this particularly commenter! Did you seriously think Mark would restrain himself after that?
11:00 Wolfpacker comments on a cracking idea from a golf course in Alabama, that more clubs should adopt.

After the turn.

14:00 Firstly we deal with some appalling behaviour of Mark at Nudgee Golf Club. The reaction from the Wolfpack was (largely) brutal and deservedly so. Details in this ep.
15:00 Anthony with a comment on Nick's idea of the Presidents Cup becoming a mixed event.
16:00 Mark tells a great story about the charity component of the Presidents Cup in years past, specifically how one Tour Pro took advantage of the lack of oversight of what the charities were.
17:00 Discuss Bruce Devlin
19:00 Wolfpacker Mark has a crack at Mark Allen over a classic 59 that he has not put up in lights, and our wolfpacker believes it should be.
20:00 Robert from Melbourne has a wet weather day question for Nick and Mark

After that we need a pickle and a pitcher of beer and a lie down!
We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:

Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partner
BMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;
Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;
FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;
Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;
Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;
The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;
And Southern Golf Club.
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Bonus ep today as we catch up with wolfpacker, friend of the show, passionate golfer, and occasionally in his spare time Hollywood superstar Michael Peña, who played in the Dunhill Links Championship last weekend in Scotland....we wanted to find out about the experience, so we gave him a buzz.

02:00 Michael tells us how it felt playing there, and his feeling of 'wow this is where golf started'
04:00 How did he actually get to play? How did the invite come about?
05:00 The perils of those pesky Scottish pot bunkers....
06:00 Michael talks about the etiquette of the amateurs, the rules, around letting the Pros do what they need to do
09:00 Did he learn anything from watching the Pros close up in their 'natural environment'?
10:00 Why he plans to visit Australia and New Zealand annually to play golf
11.00 What courses he played in Melbourne last year when he was there filming 'All Her Fault' with Aussie star Sarah Snook
12.00 And he explains why (spoiler alert) his fantastic character in Landman was killed off after one episode, much to Mark's disappointment!

Great to have Michael on the show again!
We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:

Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partner
BMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;
Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;
FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;
Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;
Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;
The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;
And Southern Golf Club.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.