Talk Birdie To Me

A Friday Feedback show today, and there is plenty to get through !01:00 We start with a question from Jeff about centre shaft putters, and their benefits. Nick and Mark talk about how they work, how it adjusts how you putt.04:00 John with a comment about playing in the wind that he read from Tom Watson.05:00 Wolfpacker Mark listened to our recent mini on managing mental and physical fatigue, and reminded us of the great Jack Nicklaus' philosophy and his promise to Barbara when he was on tour.06:00 How do Pros feel internally when they hit an ordinary shot in a tournament and the crowd are applauding them for what they (the crowd) believe is a decent one?07:00 Womble wants some clarity about whether they have to play the same ball in their club comp, or if it is just a pro rule.09:30 The Tiger Club Twirl conversationAfter the turn:10:30 Wolfpacker Brian has a solution to solve slow play, or if not solve it, make it somewhat fun.13:00 What Tour Pros would be good hecklers?14:00 Uh Oh, trouble in paradise - wolfpacker Ron accuses Mark Allen of advocating for cheating. Does this require a Dennis Denuto meeting?16:00 Chris has a great story about walking with Peter Senior during a tournament. If you've not watched (or listened to) our Peter Senior guest pod it's a great watch - see it here on YouTube or search wherever you get your pods, and it will come up.17:00 Tony from Oklahoma had a corporate day at Southern Hills and took some pics of some wonderful memorabilia in the clubhouse. For YouTube watchers we'll show it, for audio listeners we'll put them on our socials, Nick recalls the event that the pics refer to and tells a story of how this event led into the Presidents Cup selections, placing him right on the edge of selection!18:00 We discover an horrific lack of musical knowledge from Nick and Mark over a particular song. Disgraceful.21:00 Mark saw a post from Gary Player this week about unifying golf which he loved, and reads out part of it.22:00 Regarding the famous Seve vs Chooky chipping contests, someone who witnessed one (he was on Chooky's bag) explains what he saw and the insane thing Seve did.23:00 Mark tells a story about caddying for José María Cañizares at Royal Melbourne when he was 16, and a WILD story about what happened after José missed the cut.26:00 And Nick tells a hilarious story about WA Tour Pro Jarrod Moseley.It's a fun one today, love you to share it around with a golf-loving friend, and have a good weekend !We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partnerBMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark from Concord in Sydney had a listen to our recent Monday Mini where Nick and Mark were putting together the best player, using different attributes from various players - mental game, short game, driving etc etc....However Mark reckons that we have neglected to include who he says is Australia's best putter, and this pro should have been in that Top 5.Have a listen to Mark's voicemail, and let us know in the comments if you agree with him or not!We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partnerBMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the start of the show we avert a near disaster when we realise that, despite our soundcheck running fine, sometime between that and the start of the show Mark has banged the mic again loosening it!!! Thankfully we realise only a few seconds in.....phew....So on with the show....01:00Presidents Cup chat. Great event, disappointing result on Sunday.02:00Nick again makes the case for a mixed event03:00What it is like when you are paired with a megastar player04:00We look at how the international players performed06:00Our Hostplus 'Plus for Golf' is the young star from the US Jackson Koivun, what a performance from him.08:00Nick loved how JT took Jackson under his wing and helped to calm his nerves.09:00Why does Mark hate the scoring in Presidents Cup? He explains.10:00And what about the OB fences11:00Mike Cocking and the OCM team did the redesign of Medinah, it looked great, Mark was texting back and forth with Mike through the tournament and reads out some of what Mike said as he watched it.12:00We discuss the spectator kicking the ball incident. Mark reckons it was an accident. Nick and Dan reckon it was 100% deliberate.16:00Our BMW Touch of Class goes to Scottie Scheffler for a very classy act after a moronic act from a member of the crowd. We have a listen to what happened.18:00We discuss how Geoff Ogilvy might set up Kingston Heath for the Presidents Cup in 2028, how Nick and Mark would set the course up, and the kind of players they'd look for (beyond the automatic qualifiers).24:00Mark mentions Adam Scott's insane fitness regime.After the turn27:00More Pros playing in Amateur tournaments...we look at a ridiculous stat from the weekend28:00For Betr, Marks Top 5 most disappointing moments in golf....#1 is both awfully disappointing, sad, and yet somewhat hilarious.33:00Global Results from Nick34:00We get some inside info on Adare Manor as the Ryder Cup gets close, from a wolfpacker who has a friend working there.37:00We discover one member of the Talk Birdie team was the back to back winner of the Port Hedland Classic Sand Green competition!38:00Feedback for Southern Golf Club, plenty to look over.39:00Scottie Scheffler vs Min Woo Lee.....did Scottie behave badly?40:00The return pathway for a few LIV players42:00What does Marc Leishman do?43:00Grok has let Mark down...should he request a refund?44:00Couple of Matchplay questions47:00It is a 12-year anniversary of a particular incident involving one member of the Talk Birdie Team.....we have audio to play to commemorate this auspicious occasion.51:00And for the Golf Clearance Outlet a great masterclass from Nick O'Hern on handling pressure.A fun show, appreciate you listening! Any thoughts or questions, feel free to leave a voicemail here.We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partnerBMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A quick little 5 or 6 minutes on the Presidents Cup today, what a tournament and whilst the internationals were ahead going into Sunday, it was always going to be tough in the singles. Nick is depressed about the result (and about Fremantle) and Mark is disappointed that the 2028 Presidents Cup at Kingston Heath won't be coming in with the trophy held by the Internationals. Nick and Mark feel that, on paper, this was the weakest international side however Geoff Ogilvy nearly pulled of the unthinkable in a masterful display of captaincy over Brandt Snedeker.Plenty to talk about, we barely scratch the surface in this Mini, tomorrows main pod we'll get right under the hood of the Presidents Cup and analyse all the happenings - good and bad.Happy Tuesday!!!We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partnerBMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So much feedback, so many questions, so we thought we'd smack out a quick little extra feedback show today.It's a themed feedback show today - every question or comment has to do with courses of some kind, except for two, which we included because they were amusing.01:00Comment from a UK wolfpacker on Lahinch and Royal County Down02:00A few comments on The Lakes in Sydney, including one from course architect Mike Clayton05:00A comment from a self-described 'grumpy' member of The Lakes06:30Mark gives some inside info on Kingston Heath's preparations for the Capital.com Australian Open07:30Comment from a wolfpacker in Belgium on Royal Zoute09:00NSW Golf Club feedbackAfter the turn... 10:00Our first 'non-course' related question today. And it is one for Nick.13:00Lots of comments on the courses that are closing down - courses in the Ohio, WA, NSW and Victoria. Including one comment that gets Mark well and truly fired up.16:00Comment about the ranking (or not) of composite courses18:00Peninsula Kingswood composite course....will it be up there?19:00And we finish on our second 'non-course' related comment of this show - a Monty comment from a wolfpacker, resulting in Mark making a ridiculous demand for Colin Montgomerie to deliver on if he is to come on the show. If Monty hears this, Nick and Dan do not support Marks demands.We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partnerBMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.