Talk Birdie To Me
Talk Birdie To Me
Nick O'Hern & Mark Allen | Kaizen Media
Ep229: How scary is Q School? Why are Nick and Mark ropable over the APAC tournament. And Sergio Garcia...tone-deaf?
56 minutes Posted Nov 3, 2026 at 5:30 pm.
Mark saw a tweet from Ryan French at Monday Q which alerted him to something fantastic from DP World Tour Stage 2 Q School at the weekend, and we hook into it right away and award it the BMW Touch of Class. Nick and Mark run through the scores hole by hole...it is wild.09:00How scary is Q School? Nick and Mark talk us through it.10:00When David Feherty taught Mark a lesson in not getting ahead of himself.11:00The iconic National Golf Club in Victoria has some political issues. What is happening?14:00Mark puts up fees for some Texan courses to compare with Australia's top end course fees.20:00The APAC tournament was held at the weekend in New Zealand, and Nick and Mark are very unhappy about one particular aspect.26:00We look at the confirmed departures and confirmed remaining players from LIV 2.0.29:00Nick reads a message re: LIV from a player currently on the Asian tour who looks like being offered a spot on LIV 2.0.After the turn:32:00The Hostplus 'plus for golf' is something very close to home for Mark.34:00Top 5 for Betr, the Top 5 short areas that Nick has seen.35:00Something Mark has heard about Augusta's chipping green, can any wolfpacker confirm?38:00Sergio Garcia's bizarre announcement about leaving LIV.41:00Nick runs us through the Global Results Highlights.44:00A very funny story about a 'privileged' Tour Pro.47:00Onto Feedback for Southern Golf Club:Ryder cup ownership clarificationSean Crocker The drama of the PGA Tour ecosystemAn eagle eyed wolfpacker has spotted something interesting in Byrons latests videoSergio, and Eddie Pepperell's hilarious Sergio tweet.53:00And we wrap, for the Golf Clearance Outlet, with a masterclass on chipping equipment (sort of).A big show!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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As always plenty to discuss on the show. Strap in for a fun hour of golf chat and bad gags...01:00Mark saw a tweet from Ryan French at Monday Q which alerted him to something fantastic from DP World Tour Stage 2 Q School at the weekend, and we hook into it right away and award it the BMW Touch of Class. Nick and Mark run through the scores hole by hole...it is wild.09:00How scary is Q School? Nick and Mark talk us through it.10:00When David Feherty taught Mark a lesson in not getting ahead of himself.11:00The iconic National Golf Club in Victoria has some political issues. What is happening?14:00Mark puts up fees for some Texan courses to compare with Australia's top end course fees.20:00The APAC tournament was held at the weekend in New Zealand, and Nick and Mark are very unhappy about one particular aspect.26:00We look at the confirmed departures and confirmed remaining players from LIV 2.0.29:00Nick reads a message re: LIV from a player currently on the Asian tour who looks like being offered a spot on LIV 2.0.After the turn:32:00The Hostplus 'plus for golf' is something very close to home for Mark.34:00Top 5 for Betr, the Top 5 short areas that Nick has seen.35:00Something Mark has heard about Augusta's chipping green, can any wolfpacker confirm?38:00Sergio Garcia's bizarre announcement about leaving LIV.41:00Nick runs us through the Global Results Highlights.44:00A very funny story about a 'privileged' Tour Pro.47:00Onto Feedback for Southern Golf Club:Ryder cup ownership clarificationSean Crocker The drama of the PGA Tour ecosystemAn eagle eyed wolfpacker has spotted something interesting in Byrons latests videoSergio, and Eddie Pepperell's hilarious Sergio tweet.53:00And we wrap, for the Golf Clearance Outlet, with a masterclass on chipping equipment (sort of).A big show!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.