The Yardage Book Podcast

Hello and welcome back! It was a pleasure to have Cooper Moore back on the podcast this week as he prepares for one of the biggest events of the year with the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Te Arai Links which kicks off on Thursday. It was great to get Cooper's insight in what has been a pretty spectacular year so far with a runner up at the NZ PGA, Semi-Final at the US Junior Amateur and a spot on the Junior President's Cup Team. On the back half of the Episode we had a great cha...

Hello and Welcome Back! It was great to chat in person with Mitch Northin recently, who is the Superintendent of the South Course at Te Arai Links. We chatted all about how he started in Green-Keeping, and what it has been like preparing the South Course for the AAC which starts next week. We are proud to be presented by Power Turf NZ. Who are New Zealand's leading providers in Turf Care Equipment and Club Car Golf Carts. Check them out here: https://www.powerturf.co.nz/ If you'd ...

Hello and welcome back! It was great to chat with Mark Jurgeleit recently about the upcoming Spark Wholesale invitational at Te Arai links which kicks off this coming Monday as part of The Cisco Series. Josh Geary, Tim Wilkinson and Tyler Wood headline a very competitive professional field in the 36-hole Pro-Am format which takes place across both the North Course and the South Course. We will be on the ground this week covering the event in a very similar style to last year. Chec...

Hello and welcome back! We are excited to be working in association with Golf NZ to preview The Carrus Tauranga Open that kicks off this week on the Summerset Charles Tour. Firstly we chatted with Mount Open Champion: Jayden Ford who recapped a special week with his first win as a Professional. Then we looked ahead with Mitch Kale, who is the current NZ Amateur Champion and knows Tauranga GC well, having been part of the Agronomy Team there. Lastly we chatted with Golf New Zeala...

Hello and welcome back! We are excited to be working in association with Golf NZ to preview The Christies Floorings Mount Open that kicks off this week. In the first part of this podcast I chatted with Mike Williams who is the General Manager at The Mount GC. He gave some great insight in how the club embraces this tournament. In the second part of the episode I chatted with Will Toogood from Golf NZ, who gave his thoughts on some of the tournament favourites and the many storyl...