Geoff Saunders on his latest book with Ian Baker-Finch and more
Hello and welcome back! It was a pleasure to chat with Geoff Saunders recently to discuss Geoff's fascinating life in golf and his latest book "To Hell And Back" an authorised biography of Ian Baker-Finch. Geoff also chatted about his successful amateur career which included his winning of the Bledisloe Cup for the low amateur at the NZ Open, and also about writing his previous authorised biography of Sir Bob Charles. Enjoy!
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Mike Worsfold talks his career and position at Cypress Point
Hello and Welcome back!It was a privilege to chat recently with Mike Worsfold. Who is a Kiwi, currently working as the Assistant Superintendent at Cypress Point. Mike talks us through his amazing career so far, including his work at The Hills, St Andrews, Pine Valley and Cypress Point. Mike gave great insight on the drive, determination and long hours required to work at some of the most revered courses in the world. Mike spoke about the upcoming Walker Cup, the first at Cypress since the 1981 edition, and what the lead up to the competition has looked like. EnjoyÂ
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Previewing the Open Championship with Luke Toomey
Welcome back! It was thrill to sit down with Luke Toomey to preview the upcoming Open Championship at Royal Portrush. Tooms ran through some of the big storylines for this week, his picks to win and some dark horses that may make a run on the famed fairways in Northern Ireland. We also discussed the Kiwis in the field this week, with Ryan Fox in red-hot form and Daniel Hillier looking to get in the mix.Â
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Steve Williams live at Royal Wellington Golf Club
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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