Matt Wallbank AKA The Kiwi Caddy breaks down his phenomenal year of golf travel
Welcome Back! This week I was fortunate to sit down with Matt Wallbank AKA The Kiwi Caddy for an interview breaking down his amazing year of golf travel in 2024. Matt visited courses such as Cypress Point, Cal Club, Royal Dornoch and Sunningdale to name a few! Matt gave some great insight into how this trip was planned, and also talked about some of the domestic golf travel he is looking to line up in 2025. I want to thank Matt for his time and would encourage everyone to check out all the course write-ups from his trip here: https://www.thekiwicaddy.com/the2024escapeThanks to our support from Angus and Grace Go Golfing https://www.angusandgracegogolfing.com/Code YARDAGEBOOKNZ for free shipping to NZ
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Scott Macpherson unpacks his latest project at Miramar Links and other works in NZ
Welcome Back! Really excited to share our first interview for the year with Scott Macpherson. Who is a Kiwi Golf Course Architect and Author. He has been the man behind many interesting projects in NZ such as the 2013 Royal Wellington Redesign, the Coronet Course at Millbrook Resort, and has recently been working on the transformation at Miramar Links in Wellington. Scott had such great insight on how to grow the game and how golf courses play on maintaining this growth. Enjoy!Scott's website: https://www.scottmacphersongolfdesign.com/Thanks to our support from Angus and Grace Go Golfing https://www.angusandgracegogolfing.com/Code YARDAGEBOOKNZ for free shipping to NZ
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Previewing 2025 with Mitch Powell
Happy New Year! We are back to discuss everything that 2025 hopes to offer on the podcast. Mitch and I chat about the courses and topics we are looking to cover in 2025, reflecting on the pods of 2024 and much more! Thanks as always to the team at Angus and Grace Go Golfing - Use Code YARDAGEBOOKNZ at checkout at https://www.angusandgracegogolfing.com/ for free shipping to NZ!
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Jasper Miners from Top100 Golf Courses recaps his recent trip to New Zealand
Welcome Back! I was fortunate to recently sit down with Jasper Miners, who is the Content Editor and World Rankings Lead at Top100golfcourses.com - Jasper is fresh off a recent trip to NZ. Where he played a wide range of courses across the North Island. It was great to get Jasper's thoughts on our golfing landscape and he gave some insight into what lies beyond the horizon for Top100. Enjoy!
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Mitch Powell debriefs his trip to Ireland + Our golf travel goals for 2025
Welcome Back! Was great to have Mitch back on the pod this week to discuss his solo golfing adventure around Ireland earlier this year. Mitch talks us through the courses he visited, the resources he used to plan the trip, and gives advice to any Kiwi looking to visit Ireland in the future. On the back-end we also talked about our golf travel ambitions for 2025. Enjoy!
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