Ep228: Mark: 'To be brutally honest (this) is what LIV didn't have', The 'Bubble' - agony and ecstasy, and what Scheffler calls 'the most important chip shot of my career' from Talk Birdie To Me

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Ep228: Mark: 'To be brutally honest (this) is what LIV didn't have', The 'Bubble' - agony and ecstasy, and what Scheffler calls 'the most important chip shot of my career'

1 hour 5 minutes Posted Oct 27, 2026 at 5:31 pm.

On LIV, the players who have left and those who have confirmed that they are remaining. There are a number of verbal commitments which are yet to be confirmed in contract form.03:00LIV have messaged us overnight with a statement about their negotiations with players, we read it out on the show.03:30Mark outlines what he believes a 'verbal commitment' to LIV is designed to achieve for the players.05:00The payouts to LIV execs and former execs. Reasonable or unfair?07:00With the exodus, where will LIV 2.0 players come from? Mark feels they'll struggle for players, Nick says they won't.10:00Is Bryson in for LIV or not?12:00The bubble time of the year is here, and we love it.13:30Sean Crocker, on the bubble, and snuck in at 100. We discuss how he did it.14:30For Hostplus, our Plus for Golf is the DP World Tour showing the bubble action (and Sean for making it).15:30We discuss what Scottie Scheffler calls 'the greatest chip shot of my career'16:00Nick talks abut the most important bunker shot he ever played.17:00Of course for every Sean Crocker, there is someone who misses, and on the Champions Tour Shane Bertsch was that player. We hear what he said afterwards.20:00The controversy over Q School being dropped as part of the Champions Tour.22:00DPWT and PGAT when their current agreement is up, do they remain connected?25:00Mark asks Nick when he does a coaching day, what it entails? Nick talks through his day long lessons.28:00What AFL players could learn from golfAfter the turn...36:00For Betr, Mark's Top 5 things to make your scores better.42:00Nick runs through the Global Result Highlights, including the BMW Touch of Class....it is a ripper!51:00Feedback for Southern Golf Club: 1992 vs 1977...the final verdict on which was better, a slow play suggestion, Adam Scott and Aaron Baddeley using 'the force', Nick using the force,55:00And following last weeks adhoc Top 5 on 'triggers', where we could only come up with 4 and asked for your help, we've got a heap of suggestions....we fill the 5th spot with one of them.1:00:00And for the Golf Clearance Outlet, Nick's masterclass is on 'feel vs real'.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.

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Fun show today, and we start with the latest from the world of LIV. There is a lot going on as we get closer to the deadline for players to decide. 01:00On LIV, the players who have left and those who have confirmed that they are remaining. There are a number of verbal commitments which are yet to be confirmed in contract form.03:00LIV have messaged us overnight with a statement about their negotiations with players, we read it out on the show.03:30Mark outlines what he believes a 'verbal commitment' to LIV is designed to achieve for the players.05:00The payouts to LIV execs and former execs. Reasonable or unfair?07:00With the exodus, where will LIV 2.0 players come from? Mark feels they'll struggle for players, Nick says they won't.10:00Is Bryson in for LIV or not?12:00The bubble time of the year is here, and we love it.13:30Sean Crocker, on the bubble, and snuck in at 100. We discuss how he did it.14:30For Hostplus, our Plus for Golf is the DP World Tour showing the bubble action (and Sean for making it).15:30We discuss what Scottie Scheffler calls 'the greatest chip shot of my career'16:00Nick talks abut the most important bunker shot he ever played.17:00Of course for every Sean Crocker, there is someone who misses, and on the Champions Tour Shane Bertsch was that player. We hear what he said afterwards.20:00The controversy over Q School being dropped as part of the Champions Tour.22:00DPWT and PGAT - when their current agreement is up, do they remain connected?25:00Mark asks Nick when he does a coaching day, what it entails? Nick talks through his day long lessons.28:00What AFL players could learn from golfAfter the turn...36:00For Betr, Mark's Top 5 things to make your scores better.42:00Nick runs through the Global Result Highlights, including the BMW Touch of Class....it is a ripper!51:00Feedback for Southern Golf Club: 1992 vs 1977...the final verdict on which was better, a slow play suggestion, Adam Scott and Aaron Baddeley using 'the force', Nick using the force,55:00And following last weeks adhoc Top 5 on 'triggers', where we could only come up with 4 and asked for your help, we've got a heap of suggestions....we fill the 5th spot with one of them.1:00:00And for the Golf Clearance Outlet, Nick's masterclass is on 'feel vs real'.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.

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