Golf

John Rogers has the rare air around him. He speaks quietly, you listen harder. He's seen a thing or two, and he knows a whole lot more. One of Australia's most experienced golf coaches, he's plied his trade with every level of golfer - and he's still going.

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Evan Droop's been in and around golf his entire life. A watcher, a player, a coach and a facilitator. As the Head Professional at Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort he's given joy to thousands - maybe millions - and along the way he's won awards while learning a thing or two about golf and people. He's a ripper, and so is his golf club.

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Club Champo's are coming... As the head pro at The Lakes, Rob Curtis has seen it all. He's got advice on how to approach lessons, and when to get them...

A new segment from capital.com called The Lay Up - think your way forward... It's a big episode.

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Albury Golf Club looks pretty fantastic from the clubhouse - that was as close as I got on this trip - the greens were being cored as I chatted with Henry Brind, the club pro who's done an awful lot in golf for a young man. Something of a younger prodigy, he's making moves in all the right directions.

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Rob Nixon was a bit late to golf, but boy did he make up for lost time. Lessons, a solid goal, a dream of his own course/club/tournament, and then the very best of the world's golf. It's quite a story and he's clearly quite an operator. Yarravale was the dream, and as you'll hear, dreams do come true.

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Between them, Geoff Everett and Colin Kaye have won just about everything there is to win in Australian Amateur golf. At 91 and 82 respectively, they've hoarded titles at The Lakes and beyond since the 60's, represented state and country, even played with Sam Snead. It's a colourful, joyful, memorable chat with two greats. They came armed with photos and scrapbooks - it was a hell of a morning.

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Rob Curtis is the Head Teaching Pro at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney. It's a big role needing a big thinker to take it on. Rob is just that person, and a prime example of how old fashioned personal teaching has it all over youtube and AI lessons.

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Theo Venter is one of the lucky ones - A catastrophic workplace accident - 22000 volts of electrical current through his heart - word from the doctor that his death was imminent - and yet, he's back... and on the golf course. It's an amazing tale of resilience, a cautionary tale certainly, but one of determination as well...

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Michael Infanti is a golf professional who worked out pretty early that if anyone was going to be accountable for the result on the scoreboard, it might as well be him. Golf was perfect, and it's been the epicentre of his life ever since - pretty much... there was one mighty hiccup along the way, one that took true determination and guts to deal with. All his guts. It's a great story...

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There are a stack of reasons to be excited about visiting Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula . for a golf trip - and one you may not know about. Swan Island sits just off the town of Queenscliff - it's where you come and go from the ferry to Sorrento - and is home to Queenscliff Golf Club. It's good, honest, old fashioned fun golf - while you're there, say hi to the GM, Rob Aulich. He's easily as good as the course...

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Bairnsdale Golf Club, which is closer to Paynesville, is down the coast from Lakes Entrance and may well be the start or the end of your golfing road trip between Sydney and Melbourne. It's a classic country course in exceptional condition. Jeff Graham's at the helm in Bairnsdale, avid golfer and fisher, he's right where he wants to be, and where we should definitely visit.

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Darren Adam's a brick laying renovation expert who makes old things look great again. He strikes me as being entirely normal, especially when he talks about golf because he loves it. LOVES IT! One of my favourite chats about golf - and it's all about golf. A game he says is, amongst other things, solving problems.

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James Erskine - the 'Pioneer of Sports Management in Australia' has had a hell of a life. Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, Shane Warne, Michael Parkinson, Tiger Woods - he's been involved with the very very best sport has to offer. And entertainment, think Michale Parkinson. What about V8 Supercars? Golf Tournaments? Tennis? He's been in and around some of the best bits of our lives since the 70's, and he's good enough to share the stories, the lessons and the life.

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James Dean is an A Grade golfer with a vision - not just for good golf, but free golf. For someone at the very least. Build it, and they will come, he says. Is it that simple? It's a great idea, could it work at your club?

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Christian Small is a 20 year PGA Pro who's been involved in golf at just about every level. He sees the game quite simply but understands how complicated it really is. Or is it? Are we overthinking, over-feeling, over-analysing and not really understanding how to get the ball where we want it to go? It's a fun chat, we cover a lot of ground. He's a big, deep thinker with some very good thoughts.

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Hickory golf? Kooky? Of course. Fun? Most definitely! Good for your 'real' golf game? Obviously - though I'm not sure why, but it is.  

Consider this an invitation to become a national champion!

Phil Baird is mad for it, he plays the wooden shafts Friday afternoons at Manly Golf Club and he's really very good. Funnily enough, since playing a bit with him, my handicap's come in. Coincidence? Maybe... but maybe not.

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Mike Clayton's got his name in the credits of a stack of great golf courses, not just in Australia but around the world. Barnbougle Dunes, Victoria, Kingston Heath, Metropolitan and now, the new darling of Australian golf, 7 Mile. He's refreshingly honest about anything to do with golf. Here, we go from his beginnings in golf to playing to Greg Norman and architecture and end up with LIV. What an hour.

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Karen Lunn had a terrific life as a pro golfer, winning 16 times around the world in a career spanning over 30 years. Surprisingly, her legacy may not be her playing, but her role as a golfing administrator. She's at the forefront of bringing women's golf to the masses, and it's working. Beautifully. We caught up on ABC Radio.

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Is it me? Is it the clubs? Is it my brain or my back or what? What is it that surprises us ever so rarely with sheer beauty in our golf game, only to depart? And how do we find it again? Change things, obviously. Paul's an amateur golfer and a great guy on the hunt. This may well be a podcast about most of us.

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Rod Tucker is a beautiful golfer. Straight, precise, on target almost all of the time - probably a lot like his umpiring around the world in the great game of cricket. From Dennis Lillee to Daryl Steyn to Warnie and beyond, he's seen a lot and is generous enough to share some of it. A great chat.

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Royal Canberra Golf Club - of the famous Royal Golf Clubs has had a bit of work done - the Championship Nine has had more of a resurfacing than a face lift from the team at OCM and as it emerges from winter into spring, it's not just looking the goods, it's playing beautifully. Russell Ingram is the kind of captain any club would love, deeply passionate about the club, the course and the members.

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Sri Lanka's probably better known for surfing than golf - definitely sapphires - but maybe there's a new jewel in the crown. On the southwest coast you'll find Shangri-la Hambantota: A relatively new hotel with a championship golf course that'll test any holiday player. Through an old sapphire mine, a coconut plantation and along the ocean, it's got beauty and challenge in equal measure. Luke Sahabandu runs the golf and is a great ambassador for Sri Lanka.

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Chunta Wu is a Freshman at Minnesota University - One of two Gophers to compete in all 11 tournaments and twice led the team during an event this season, he has the second best scoring average and he's pretty much self taught, with a lot of love and help from his dad Martin. He's a young man on the move, and after completing his Freshman year as one of the Gopher's best golfers, he's back home for the winter - and golfing every day.

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Mark Dobbo Dobson is an advisor and strategist to wildly successful people - sports folk, business people and teams of various types. He understands what it takes to succeed, and even better, can explain it in ways everyone can understand. We chat about everything from winning to mindset to faith and confidence and even hope. It all adds up to a fun, very informative listen.

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AI is everywhere. For some, it's great news, for others and intellectual struggle. How about AI and your golf game? And not just an app with yardage, but an actual caddie chatting with you about the course you're playing and the conditions you're playing in, in real time. It's a thing. Clive Mayhews' Golf.AI is at the cutting edge of golf tech, and by his own admission, he's an evangelist with some very exciting product to share.

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Put Lightning Ridge Golf Course on your to play list - at the very least, it'll bring you to Lightning Ridge. There's a fantastic sense of humour in this opal town of Northern NSW, it's a field of dreams for many where some even strike it rich. 'Cutty' is a local whose injuries currently hold him off the course, but he knows it, and a fair slice of life in Lightning Ridge. Dave and Phil are mid-game, and Barko's got a memory or two as well.

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David Mc Kerihan is a good, old fashioned sports fan. If there's a ball being belted, he'll watch it. For over 20 years he's worked on a bunch of tipping comps, for us golfers, the best is Major Major. A tipping comp around the Majors and there's definitely something here for anyone wanting to start their own comp. It's about golf, but it's more than that. It's friendship, staying in touch and winning $$$$$ if you're lucky enough.

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Royal Hobart has a massive history. New GM Nathan Sharrock is new to the club, whilst PGA professional Tim Cameron has been around a little longer. They both have terrific golfing stories - as does their golfing home. AND, there's a Masters tie in here that goes beyond the only ever Australian Open Champ who's won and done the job in Tasmania at RH - the great Jack Nicklaus

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Exciting news, golfers. 7 Mile Golf Club is almost ready. It's the vision of Tassie golf pro Matt Goggin, and he's taken Anthony Toogood along for the ride from the very beginning. Part of the legendary Tasmanian golfing Toogoods, Anthony has his own story to tell, which now includes 7 Mile, probably 5 Mile, and a few other golfing miles as well.

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Les Browne's been a member of his golf club for over 60 years, he's been involved with Golf Australia, Golf NSW and more in numerous facets and is now the Captain of the Australian Golf Historical Society. He knows golf, how it's played and has some interesting insights into the game.

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Peter Dickson is a film maker who's turned his hand to writing. His first novel is based in golf and probable truth. Here he talks golf and life and story telling. To get hold of The Embedded Lie go to https://www.dicksonfilms.com.au/

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Byron Bay's Golf Course is beautiful. Beautifully situated, beautifully prepared and beautiful to play. It's Byron, what would you expect? Greg Stewart's the long time pro and the love he has for the place is reciprocated by members and guests. He's spent a lifetime in golf and as such, has a lifetime of stories to tell. And, he's a great bloke.

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Lakes Entrance Golf Club is a rare delight... A tough test of anyone's golf game on something of a sleeper - but it's only a sleeper because not enough people know about it. The greens are great, the wind howls, the water's in play and the test is true. As you'll hopefully experience, you can pretty much have it to yourself. The Captain and the President love the place, and reckon you will, too.

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Bright Golf Club is a beauty. Set in a picturesque valley and running along the Ovens River, it's beautiful. Cam Wicks has had a lot do with that, he's been the course super for a long time, and it's easy to see why he loves the place. John Ruddock's a newcomer, but he moved to Bright for the golf course - has there been a better endorsement? Together, they tell a bit of the Bright story, and some of their own, as well.

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Antonio Gelonisi was part of the gang that started Piranha Golf - an Australian golf club manufacturer with a niche dream to provide golfers with weaponry to take on their golf courses. It's a chance to sneak inside the mind of someone who's done what a few of us might think we'd like to try...

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Seed Golf Balls. Heard of them? You will. The company started in 2017 with the pretty simple idea of providing golf balls directly to the consumer, and ensuring they're comparable with the best golf balls you can buy- at a better price. A big vision from founder Dean Klatt that started in Ireland and is making its way around the world. With a long history in golf and golf equipment, Dean talks about what it takes to start a DTC company and a whole lot more.

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It turns out Paul Gumbleton is 'an ideas man.' With the guiding hand of Craig Parry, the belief of new owner Curt Zuber and the help of longtime assistant at Kingston Heath Bob Simmons, Paul has built the best nine holes in Australia, just west of Ballina. Fun, funky, beautiful, and more. Tevan's is a great story, told well by Paul.

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George Opadchy is new to golf, by his own admission he's not very good - yet. He is good at finding solutions to problems, and squaring the club face was one of his. Enter the X Grip! It's a training aid that could make a difference to your golf game. Hell, it could revolutionise golf! For a 15% discount go to Xgripgolf.com and use the code Daddo1

it's a fun chat with a really lovely new golfer.

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Tocumwal Golf Club is on the Murray River and is part of a golf trip you might think about creating for you and your friends. Two beautifully conditioned courses with sensational greens, and good things are happening. Paul Gemmill is the CEO and he's pretty excited about the future of Tocumwal. For the record, I'm excited about the courses!!!

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Tony Fehon was the CEO of Medallist, living the residential golfing life building courses and community with Greg Norman. It's a hell of a story, and he had a hell of a time turning what was often not much into something quite spectacular, and he did it around the world. Some fabulous insights and even a few name drops, including Mr Packer.

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How do you move to some of the best waves north of Sydney and forsake surfing for golf? Glen Leahy knows. He's a cameraman and cutter who's keen to show golf for what it is - he's my partner in Divot and he's a gem.

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Debbie O'Connell is an LPGA Professional specialising in the power of the mind and its dramatic effect on the game of golf. 35 years in the business with professionals and amateurs and she's fantastic. This should change your golfing life... just open up and let and one of the leading golf mindset experts in the world in!

LPGA National Professional of the Year

LPGA NE Section Teacher of the Year

Inaugural Nancy Lopez Golf Achievement Award

(1)727 339 0106

Text "yes" for Conquer your golf mind. Promo Code "Conquer50"

Test "Flow" for her ebook on flow.

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The Prime Ministers Cup is probably like a lot of golf trips - an excuse for old friends to re-find each other at least once a year. Since 1998, The Country have taken on The City up and down the east coast. 'It's fun,' I was told. 'Come play for The City.' It was fun, but for much more than the golf... Got a golf trip in mind, this might get you over the line....

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Tambourine Mountain Golf Club is 30 minutes from the Golden Coast but feels another world away. Up on the Scenic Rim, it's a 9 hole course that rises and falls with the land and is pretty special - in fact, for a while, theirs was the best 2nd hole in the country. Gerry Maloney's the President, a storyteller with a terrific story to tell... one of golf and enlightenment but maybe not the two together.

DIVOT YOUTUBE @Divot_au

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Phillip Island is famous for penguins and The MotoGP, and maybe one day for their golf course. A quirky two paddock test for members and guests and most definitely worth a visit...

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Pambula Merimbula is a 27 hole golfing paradise fighting back from some pretty tough times... The news for golfers is good - the course is great and it's run by Glenn Warne who's a treasure.

Here's the link for DIVOT on youtube... or search Golf Divot The Vintage.

https://youtu.be/eTzvVztVwA8?si=5uchkFrJkgsX2GUo

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Andrew Thompson is the captain of Narooma Golf Club - you'd expect him to speak glowingly of his home course. What you might not expect is that he's right. This is paradise on the cliffs above the Pacific Ocean... and it's there for all of us.

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Val MacMahon is the former owner of my brand new to me Mexican Leather golf bag. At 96 she's just given the game away... though I'd bet she's got a few good swings left in her, she's saving herself for bowls and cards. This is a life in golf, and you'll love her.

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Vince Owen is the Head Professional at Horizons Golf Club in Port Stephens, NSW. He's a gem. A teacher with an old fashioned nod to teaching in a world that's increasingly about numbers and stats. And, he tells a great story - about himself, his life in golf and Horizons Golf Club.

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Scott Hend has played and won all over the world. Now 50, armed with a seniors ticket (and win this year) he's as driven as ever. And funny. A really lovely catch up with one of Australia's best.

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Ken Dukes is a golf pro with a fabulous history - including 19 Pro Am Wins, but he says no tournament wins... Great insight and knowledge and another Australian Golfing treasure.

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Wyong Golf Club turns 100 this year. John Elder's been playing there for more than 60 years, he's a treasure, and he knows golf. There's lots to learn and even more to enjoy from a man with almost 80 years in the game.

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Leon Sassen from Fenix Xcell Golf Clothing rocks up to a black tie dinner in a flamingo golf shirt and ends up here... but he's been all over the place and almost to becoming a PGA professional from following his Dad around Fiji golf courses. He may not be fixing our swings, but he can make us look good.

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Joe Rogers, for Lawn Solutions Australia with a very straight forward attack for making your lawn it's best while the golf courses are doing the same.

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Tony Baloney and Legrope are mates - in life and most definitely in golf. They're older gents, who play at Crescent Head, surf and live as an inspiration that whilst things were good in the old days, they can be good today, too...

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Adir Shiffman is many things - writer, entrepreneur, start up lover and the Executive Chairman of Catapult sports. Not much of golfer by his own admission, but he's got a great insight into sports and maybe the future of golf. That's a big maybe, but fascinating, nonetheless. 

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With a stellar golfing career behind him, Craig Parry has gone full circle. Literally. As a five year old he was drawing golf holes and he's back at, only now with 23 wins around the world under his belt and a lifetime of golfing experience. And a correction - Pazz did win the Australian Open in 2007. Apologies...

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Simon Hutton from Tillers Turf in the UK feels like the kid from school who could blag his way into just about anything... and did. Not lucky, crafty and clever and very good at this work - which is turf. And it all started with golf..

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Tom Potter is a self made man with self made success in business and a couple of 'lucky' wins in golf too. Good fun...

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Daniel Blackwell coaches golf instructors. He's come a long way from rural Tassie and growing up on a farm with an agricultural swing.

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When you know, you know, right? And these parents knew early. Like, somewhere between walking and potty training that golf was the game. In this brilliant chat, Manda, the mum of an 8 year old golf obsessed little girl tells how it happened.

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Ross Baker is an enigma - a true believer in the need to hold, preserve and even resurrect the history of golf: Particularly Australian golf.

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Peter Daddo has been lots of things - one is my father, another is an integral wheel in the creative mechanism of The National, Moonah Links and most recently Lonsdale Links: all three at home in Australia's top 100 golf course experiences. It was good to talk about those projects - and his cack handed game of golf.

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Peter Daddo has been lots of things - one is my father, another is an integral wheel in the creative mechanism of The National, Moonah Links and most recently Lonsdale Links: all three at home in Australia's top 100 golf course experiences. It was good to talk about those projects - and his cack handed game of golf.

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No matter how you cut it, Karrie Webb is one of the greatest golfers of all time. Here she spends a short time talking about a truly incredible life in golf. From Ayr in Queensland to the world of golf - she talks about it all with a dignity and honesty that lurches from hilarious to vulnerable. A terrific insight into a true champion.

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Tocumwal Golf Club on the border hosts the PGA Victorian and Tasmanian Associate Pro Championships. What a time. What a festival of golf and youth and expectation all set at the beautiful Tocumwal Golf Club.

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Long time Manly Head Pro Phil Baird and Course Designer/Pro Golfer Ted Stirling are lovers of golfing history - not to just to read it, but to use it. And the rest of us might want to get on board.

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Bonville Golf Club - often referred to as Australia's Augusta is destination golf in the heart of the East Coast. Fun, challenging golf, great food and a terrific reason to stop just south of Coffs for something different. Brad Daymond has been the manager or thereabouts since 1992. A great golfing story from a former PGA Pro

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Chris Finn is the owner and founder of Par4Success, a company devoted to the golfer and their ability to move the way the golf swing requires, and to do so repeatedly. Not only that, he works on keeping the golfer active for a long period of time - as in, so we can all golf into our twilight years. Great fun, very knowledgeable and with a free assessment for all listeners. https://www.par4success.com/andrew/

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Mick Colliss is the embodiment of having a go! To dream of representing your country is one thing, to achieve it is entirely another. Great bloke, great story and there's even some golf in it.

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Jason Watts is tradie, a tinkerer, a cabinet maker and a wooden putter maker in the United States. He KNOWS wooden putters, he tested his against a Scotty Cameron and the results were very surprising. Buttery is how they say his putters feel... and I like butter

Wattsputters.com Check it out.

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Ben Doney is a Certified PGA Professional with over 19 years’ experience in the golf industry, he is also a former PGA Tour Rules Official who's gone head to head with Greg Norman amongst others. He has some terrific stories and thoughts on my wooden putter made from decking timber offcuts.

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Jason Finley feels like a Callaway lifer - starting somewhere near the bottom over 25 years ago and now one of the global directors of one of the biggest golf companies in the world. Good fun, very interesting and he's got hickories...

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Luke Williams knows putters - he should... he's Sr. Director, Product and Brand Management Putters at Callaway Golf. He's also a terrific chat...

If you've got something you want to share from your own shed @andrewdaddo

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Dave Neville is one of the main players at Callaway Golf in America... he's also an ex-caddy. Here, he talks about the game, his place in it and of course the new Paradym range. A good, fun chat.

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Yamba is a special kind of paradise on the NSW coast just east of Grafton - The Yamba Golf Club is changing from an idyllic and relatively sleepy seaside hamlet to something quite special... in the middle of it all is head professional Jamie Corkill.

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Charlie Earp is one of the all time legends of Australian golf: Probably most famous for coaching Greg Norman, there is so much more to his story. Here, Charlie talks about his life in golf... it's a brilliant story, brilliantly remembered.

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Hickory Golf is something all golfers should at least try... If only once - but there's no once in hickory, trust me. The Australian Champs were on recently. What a time!!!!

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Billy Dunk - holds a legendary reputation for setting course records. Estimated to be more than 80 in pro-ams and professional events, Billy won 5 x Australian PGAs, 4 x Queensland Opens, 5 x NSW PGAs and 2 x NZ Opens among 40 regular tour titles. In a span of 30 months between 1967–1969, he won 25 tournaments and set 25 course records. 

Here he talks golf, Peter Thompson, Arnold Palmer and more.

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Ian Robinson is an All Australian, Hall of Fame AFL Umpire with 9 Grand Finals and over 350 games to his credit. He blew the whistle over an exciting period of Australian Rules Football and managed to contain some of the games toughest and best ever footballers. A must listen for sports fans!!!

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Mulligans is a new golf shop in Melbourne - it's dreamy, a place where the old world comes rushing at you... Adam Jefferson is the man with the vision and he's inspirational.

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A really fun, yet insightful episode from the golfing heart of Mollymook Golf Club. Barry and Mario are brilliant - have seen more than most.

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Should you buy your clubs off eBay or Gumtree and hope they fit, or pay a little (lot) more and get them fit. For club fitter Nic Hutchison, that's a bit of a dumb question... I kind of like dumb questions.

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Roland is the golfer we're all destined to become - maybe. Probably definitely. A love of the game, a buyer of clubs, a teller of stories and a listener from Canada. Best of all, an exceptionally lovely man.

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Matthew Cross is the best kind of nostalgic - a collector of staff bags and irons, he's got a lot. @era_golf is his instagram handle, he's on the hunt and quite possibly hunted by folks with golf gear.

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Charlie and Dan are oldsaltygolf.com - a look back at the fabulous years of golfing paraphernalia from the late 70's to the late 90's - they find it, they treasure it and sometimes they even sell it. A couple of good blokes not quite stuck in the past, but certainly open to the joy of it.

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The Fly must be one of the most connected people going around. Names like Packer, Nicklaus, Newton, Shearer, Stanley - his stories are full of them. .. most, he won't retell, but the passing of Jack Newton this week loosened his tongue just enough to sit down for a brief chat about some special moments in golf, and in life.

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Toby McGeachie is Australia's foremost online golf coach - with a start on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, he's now plying his trade around the world, literally. It's head and heart and all the feels with Toby - a renaissance man who may well be the world's next swing guru. www.tmgolf.com.au

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Matt Burns is a fashion designer with a golfing bent - handy on course and off, he's hoping to change the way we look, and feel, on and off the course with some very tidy golf gear. www.angusandgracegogolfing.com is where you'll find him.

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Dalby is in Western Downs of Queensland - west of Toowoomba, but East of Chinchilla... and they've got a lovely golf course that's fighting back from the recent floods.

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Chinchilla Golf Club in Western Downs is deep in melon country and is a nine hole revelation - where community and history and golf collide in a joyous celebration of life.

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Anthony Warburton is the club pro, former club captain and two times club champ... he knows Port Fairy because he's a local - a local with a story.

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Despite the resurgence of golf through Covid, golf clubs are still finding ways to set up their futures and future funds. And, what does it take to win the club champs 17 times???

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Strahan Golf Club in Western Tasmania may be small in stature, but it's a hell of a golf course - just ask members Vin Green and Club Champ Mick Stacy...

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Darron Watt somehow managed to lose his love for the game, despite a successful amateur start - it was hickory that lured him back through the darkness and into the light...

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Ryan O'Flaherty is a teaching pro who switched sides - going from right to left handed... he's also a bomber, and trains others to get the most out of their golf swing. @flatsgolfnfitness is where you'll find him - and his training app.

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Glen Haynes has played tour golf in Europe, he now brings his unique slant on the game to golfers around the world. He talks golf, perspective and some very funny stories...

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Delly Carr is an award winning Australian Sports Photographer who's covered all sports - including 10 years with Golf Australia - from film to digital. An amazing chat across an array of sports. What a way to kick off 2022.

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Virginia has a classic if not extraordinary golfing story... having picked up the clubs for the first time less than 3 years ago, she's on the cusp of greatness. Seriously... One of my favourite stories of the year. Merry Christmas!!!

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