We are back after a brief hiatus to recharge the batteries and I was joined by The New English Women's Amateur Champion Ellise Rymer who joined me from back home after a mental few weeks winning English Women's Amateur, making Final Qulifying for AIG Women's Open, while also making all 3 rounds at English Women's Open before due to go back to University life at University of Cincinatti in September. The pride of Lincolnshire, Ellise like most players would grow up playing most sports primarily Football before giving Golf a try. Ellise would win Scottish Under 16's Championship in Stirling before in 2022 finishing 5th at R&A Girls' Amateur Championship and also playing at World Junior Girls Championship in Canada. Ellise would also represent England at European Girls' Amateur Team Championship in 2023, while in 2025 would see a 3rd at St Rule Trophy in Scotland. 2026 has been a whirlwind for the Lincolnshire star winning Lincolnshire Women's County Championships, making her LPGA Tour debut at Kroger Queen City Championship where she managed to get some advice from none other than Charley Hull and finishing 53rd at English Women's Open in Manchester on LET Access Series. But none of that is in comparison to the week at Moor Park Golf Club where Ellise would run through the field to become the new English Women's Amateur Champion defeating Isabella Kent by 2up to win one of the most prestigious titles for every English player. Some say Ellise might still be in celebration mode for quite some time. If you love drivel also this podcast is for you as at the end we both go on a tangent of British TV iconic quotes, British Memes and of course the legendary Scottish Memes. Iconic! Thanks Ellise for agreeing to come on in your celebration period, had great fun. All the best back in the States pal. Download via Podbean, Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
In this latest episode which was recorded a few weeks back ahead of Czech Ladies Open on Ladies European Tour, I was pleased to be joined by the recently turned talented Czechia pro Natalie Saint Germain who took time to chat. Natalie is from Prague in Czech Republic and would go to University of Houston where she would have some success winning Jim West Challenge in 2025, played in Big 12 Women's Championship and would represent Czechia at both Espirito Santo Trophy last year in Singapore & 3x European Ladies Amateur Team Championship participant for Czechia. Natalie over the years has had good finishes at Czech Challenge (17th in 2023, 13th in 2024 & 14th in 2025) as well as a 9th placed finish at Czech Ladies Open at Royal Beroun on Ladies European Tour It was great to chat with Natalie and nice to meet in person a couple of weeks ago at Czech Ladies Open event. Talented player with a good future ahead! Download via Podbean, Apple & Spotify.
After a tremendous day on the golf course from Peterborough star Thalia Martin who shot a joint course record of (-9) 63 in Round 2 here at Manchester Golf Club, Thalia would join me for a chat after her round as we find out what went right out there today, how much it would mean to potentially win a 2nd LETAS title amongst more. From tour life, to focusing on redoing her nails and food chat, thanks Thalia for the time!
Joining me this afternoon after her round of 68 today on Tournament Day 1 was Italian player Maria Vittoria Corbi as we find out more about her day on the course in her group with Hulda Gestsdottír & Gracie Mayo, about her good form on LETAS, playing with the one and only Paul Scholes in the pro-am this week, Hulencourt experience last week on LET as well as finding out more about Maria as a person as well as the player. We have a good chance about Italy as Maria tries to sell Rome as a travel destination for those who haven't been (like myself), find out about her favourite cuisine (there is no bias there of course) as well as find out if MaVi will be singing the Macarena any time soon? 👀🤔🤣 Thanks Maria for a great chat, really enjoyed talking with you and getting to know you better. Grazie Mille MaVi. Enjoy the episode everyone!
I have to say I have been surprised at just how good Manchester Golf Club is this week for English Women's Open on LET Access. I was pleased to be joined by American pro Katherine Schuster who is 100 percent embracing the challenge of pro life in Europe this season as she is currently 29th on LET Access Series Order of Merit standings after 6 events into her rookie season on tour. Katherine is from Outer Banks area of North Carolina, USA and started the game out at age of 10 after watching Drive, Chip and Putt competition at Augusta National which got her hooked instantly. Katherine has had the pleasure of taking the drive down Magnolia Lane at Augusta 4 times an experience that never gets old. She would go to Clemson University before trying to win tour card at Q School in Morocco. We also find out more about Katherine as a person including that she has attempted to achieve her aviation license! I was also joined be podcast guest and one of the legends in 2016 Olympian, 2x Symetra Tour winner and last year's Santander Golf Tour Avila champion Ale Llaneza in what was a 2nd run after our walk and talk chat yesterday was directly affected with the blowing wind. Ale just comes off of 3 solid rounds on LET last week at Hulencourt Women's Open after playing on an invite and find out her thoughts on this week's course as well as of course Taco chat, Mezcal chat and find out more about her goals for the year mentally and physically. Top tier entertainment as always from Alejandra! Thanks Katherine & Ale for stopping by, was good to chat with you both! Have fun this week!