Following The Masters, and Rory's extraordinary win, Mark Allen made the bold claim to Nick O'Hern that Rory's shot on 15 on Sunday was the greatest shot ever made in golf. Nick agrees it was incredible, but isn't necessarily convinced that it was the greatest ever. Mark doubled down and said that if anyone could mount an argument for another shot, he would take them out for a round on Kingston Heath in Melbourne's Sandbelt.We had plenty of suggestions.You have suggested a number of shots from players like Seve, Bubba, Phil, Sarazen, Jack, Tiger, Bryson, O'Connor, Oosthuizen. Do any of them convince Mark or does he lean into his 'situational' defence of his Rory claim?One specific shot was raised by multiple people, and Mark struggles to argue against it, until Nick raises a potential defense. It's a technicality, but does it rule out this shot?During the pod, Robert from Atlanta has a suggestion on a better shot - but also asks Nick to clarify a great rumour he has heard about Nick in one of the matchplay tournaments against Tiger.And Ken has a question about 1-irons.We wrap the pod with a question for Nick and Mark about Rory's shot. In the same circumstances, as tour pros, would they have attempted the same shot?We do the show from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.And the watchMynumbers app: download from the App Store or Google Play, and Southern Golf Club: with their brand new Simulator Room, including Trackman.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see us on YouTube here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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☎️ Voicemail: Former Tour Pro Scott Laycock from Hobart
Former Tour Pro Scotty Laycock left a voicemail for Nick and Mark this weekend after hearing the FootJoy pod on the importance of shoe fittings. He offered a couple of thoughts and a quick story. Got a thought, story or question? Yo can leave a voicemail at the Talk Birdie To Me website here, it takes only a moment and you can do it on your phone or computer.And don't forget to subscribe to us on socials at these links: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and see us on YouTube here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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🏌🏿♂️Guest: Monday Q's Ryan French: 'I Relate to Defying the Odds and Chasing Your Dreams'
At Talk Birdie To Me, we have all been fans of the Monday Q Twitter page (here) for a long time, it's a ripper, if you're not following it then give yourself an uppercut and do it immediately. The guy who created it is Ryan French, and after Nick and Mark have consistently been referring to the page on the pod, we decided to get Ryan on the show for a yak, and it was a lot of fun.We started, well at the start. Why did Ryan start the page, and how did it come about. He tells us about his 'wake-up' moment as a college golfer, junior golfer, when he realised how many incredible players there were and that he would't be a pro.Nick and Mark talk about how they often were Monday Qualifiers and how important it was.The chat goes in an unexpected direction when Ryan's Basset Hound decides that he would like to be part of the chat, we have a look and he is adorable.Back to the page. Mark asks Ryan when he realised that he was onto something good, Ryan tells us about the moment in 2018 when he realised this could fly. And it involved an Australian golfer! And he tells us why his kids school day, on one occasion, took a (brief) backseat to the content on the page.Ryan tells us what he loves so much about the Monday Qualifier stories, moreso in many cases than the big names. He calls golf the 'most democratic sport in the world'.Mark asks Ryan about an amazing story to do with Mike Miller, a US golfer who played in last years Australian Open. The story of how this came about is fantastic, and Ryan tells the story.We ask Ryan about ridiculous 4-spot situations he has seen, and he tells a great story about an Australian golfer in Texas called Todd Balkin.And we wrap up with Ryan's 'Mona Lisa' story, the one that he just loves. It was not what we expected, but it was very funny!.A great chat with Ryan French, he's a ripper and we hope you enjoy the chat as much as we did. Don't forget to subscribe to Talk Birdie To Me, and of course to follow Monday Q on Twitter!We do the show from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.And the watchMynumbers app: download from the App Store or Google Play, and Southern Golf Club: with their brand new Simulator Room, including Trackman.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see us on YouTube here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep126🏌🏿♂️Peter Lonard Goes Rogue; the 'Abomination' at The Chevron; and Top 5 Unique World Golf Holes.
We're live from Titleist & FootJoy HQ and we start todays show with a story from Mark about the Australian Open Stonehaven Cup that Peter Lonard won at Moonah Links, and how the Cup was 'lost' for a number of months. Mark is convinced the story is accurate, but Nick and Third Man feel it sounds so unbelievable that we feel that it needs to be checked. So we drop a message to the former Australian golf boss Andrew Langford-Jones to give us a call and confirm or deny. Hopefully he calls before the end of the show.The Chevron. Nick and Mark describe it as 'mayhem', with the grandstand on the final hole an 'abomination' according to Nick. It resulted in a disaster for Ariya Jutanugarn with her shot ricochetting off the grandstand. Nick watched the whole thing, although the 5-way playoff went for a veeeeeery long time, with slow play an offender again.Nick raises the TIO ruling not only in the Chevron, but for the Hoygard twins in the PGA teams event in New Orleans. We discuss poor grandstand placement, which happens around the world, and Mark says it has to be better.Mark raises the LIV ratings from Florida which have been released and were soft. He is keen to have a look at how Mexico's LIV ratings go, given it was up against one of the great Womens PGA events, and what he describes as a pretty ordinary Mens team event in New Orleans, that he found difficult to watch. The world feed comes up (again) and, again, Nick and Mark unimpressed and they play some audio from Trevor Immelman analysing Justin Thomas' swing, illustrating what we are missing out on due to receiving the world feed.Mark says the Korn Ferry tour cut this was crazy - a 9 under cut and 30 under won the event. Nick discusses the difference between playing the Korn Ferry and the PGA tour when he was playing.After the turn we get Andrew Langford-Jones on the phone to either confirm or deny the Australian Open Peter Lonard story.Great Top 5 from Mark, listing the most unique golf holes in the world. Has he missed any?PING global results from Nick, as always plenty to run through, and lots of feedback from wolfpackers again - including a request from Jarrod which Nick and Mark love, and workshop live on the pod.And we wrap the show with a masterclass from Nick, inspired by Ariya Jutanugarn in the Chevron, on how to avoid chunking shots around the green.We do the show from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.And the watchMynumbers app: download from the App Store or Google Play, and Southern Golf Club: with their brand new Simulator Room, including Trackman.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see us on YouTube here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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🏌🏿♂️Bonus: Three Things to do on the Range to Improve Your Golf Game Immediately !
The most common question that comes in for Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen at Talk Birdie To Me is along the lines of 'what should I practise', 'how should I structure my practise', 'what tips can you give me to ensure my practise is effective in converting to results on the course'.So this week when we received this email from Wolfpacker Matt, we thought we'd do a short bonus pod discussing it. Here's Matt's question:"Hi Nick and Mark! Huge fan of the show, looking to improve my game and my practising on the range. Just seeing what you would recommend with structuring my session, how would you suggest I train, what would you suggest I practise.Thanks guys,Matt'A question that, in various forms, we get a lot. So today Nick and Mark discuss the three things to do on the range that will improve your game immediately.We do the show from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.And the watchMynumbers app: download from the App Store or Google Play, and Southern Golf Club: with their brand new Simulator Room, including Trackman.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see us on YouTube here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tour Pro's Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen talk everything golf every week on the most popular Golf podcast in Australia, Talk Birdie To Me. The latest news, issues, and stories from Australia, Asia, the USA, Europe and from the PGA, LIV, DPWT, and everything in between. As two guys who played at the highest level internationally, they tell it like it is, and take you behind the scenes to get an inside look into the world of golf, and we chat to listeners about what they're seeing, thinking about golf and about their own game.Nick O’Hern reached #16 in the world rankings and is the only player ever to beat Tiger Woods twice in matchplay. Mark Allen is a former Touring Pro of 15 years - played a British Open at Carnoustie, and in his career has hit 12 hole in one's.....you can see the video of one of them here!Together, this is their podcast - Talk Birdie To Me - coming to you live each week from Titleist and FootJoy Headquarters. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.A huge thanks to our Talk Birdie To Me partners:Titleist - the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy - the #1 shoe and ball in golf;PING, they'll help you play your best, you can see your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;The Golf Clearance Outlet, great prices on the best gear. See them instore in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide or the Sunshine Coast, or online here.And Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia. Now that's Betr.And the watchMynumbers app, and Southern Golf Club.Follow Talk Birdie To Me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or TikTok. And see us on YouTube here. Executive Producer: Kaizen Media.Sound Design: Loud Zebra.For enquiries click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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