Hello and welcome back! It was a real pleasure to interview Steve Williams at a live event hosted by Royal Wellington Golf Club to chat mainly about his recent book - Together We Roared. Steve gave so much great insight into his 12 years caddying for Tiger Woods, some of his early memories of caddying at Royal Wellington and much more!This event was filmed in full by a Wellington media company called Create Now, and the full video is now available on The Yardage Book Youtube Channel. Link to Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheYBNZCheck out the book: https://www.whitcoulls.co.nz/together-we-roared-6962770?srsltid=AfmBOoq8JG52duPW4yh61ifHryiwQ6jasukACxeF93ZmzuCXmkHozC6kCheck out Create Now: https://www.createnow.co.nz/
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Mike O'Keeffe talks developing kiwi Green-Keepers on the world stage
Welcome Back! Really excited to share this week's episode with Mike O'Keeffe. Mike runs The Ohio Programme, which is a programme that assists in the professional development of young green-keepers from all over the world, by placing them at some of the world's best courses. Mike talked at great length about many of the kiwis that he has had through the programme, and what he thinks makes New Zealanders such great recruits. I would like to thank Mike for his time and a link to the programme can be found below. https://www.nzgcsa.org.nz/new-page-2
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Discussing NZ's courses under construction, Top100 Rankings, and more with Mitch Powell
Welcome back! After a week off Mitch and I fired up the mics to discuss the major courses in New Zealand under construction at present. We gave our thoughts on the recent world rankings from Top100 Golf Courses, which saw 5 NZ courses in the Top 100 for the first time. Mitch and I talked a bit on the back end about our recent golfing trips around the country. Enjoy!Top100 Rankings:Â https://www.top100golfcourses.com/top-100-golf-courses-of-the-world
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Tron Carter unpacks his recent trip to Tara Iti and Te Arai Links
Welcome back! It was a real thrill to chat with Tron Carter from No Laying Up recently to discuss his recent trip to New Zealand. TC gave such amazing insight into his favourite holes, what makes those courses so special, and his plans to come back and play more courses in the future. No Laying Up continue to set the bar for golf content and podcasting in the global golfing landscape and it was a real privilege to record. Enjoy!
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Ron Chopper debriefs his recent trip to Queenstown
Hello and welcome back! I was fortunate to sit down recently with YouTube golf personality Ron Chopper. Ron is fresh off a trip to Queenstown where he visited some of the regions best courses including Arrowtown Golf Club, Queenstown Golf Club, Millbrook Resort and Jack's Point. Ron gave some great insight into what it was like to film content and each of these courses, and discussed some future plans to get back to NZ soon. Enjoy!Ron's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ronchopper
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