A busier week than expected in mid-December as a Major Championship was contested in Texas and European Tour drew to a close in Dubai. We look back on the US Women’s Open and how the field shapes up for the final tournament in the LPGA season, as well as reflecting on triumphs for Matt Fitzpatrick and Lee Westwood at the DP World Tour Championship. As it is our final podcast…

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Fresh off a fourth place finish in the Challenge Tour order of merit Richard Mansell joined us on the podcast to talk about all things golf. We talk about travelling to Austria in a van to play in two tournaments in July, competing on the Challenge Tour through the year and contracting Coronavirus in the middle of the final three weeks of the season. Richard is a delightful guest with…

Intriguing week in the world of golf particularly for the European Tour, with the announcement of a Strategic Alliance with the PGA Tour.  Without many details to go on, we speculate on the implications and reasonings behind this, and what it means for the players moving forward. Despite being a ‘quieter’ week in the golfing diary, there were some interesting storylines.  Emily Pedersen won for the third week in a…

Dustin Johnson put on a golf clinic at the 84th Edition of the Masters, winning his second major by five shots.  We review the first (and likely only) Fall Masters, marvelling over DJ’s exploits and what this means for his legacy and how many more he can win. Then we chat about who else impressed us this week, and the key storylines of the week: Sungjae Im and Cam Smith’s…

Masters week is finally here, and Ryan can now crack open his Easter Eggs in celebration.  Big preview podcast talking about all things Augusta, and of course with it being a major the Chipping Forecast is back. Will Bryson tame Augusta National with his 48 inch driver?  Is Tiger in any sort of form to repeat his 2019 win?  Please, will Rory get over the line at Augusta to complete…

We kick off this week’s podcast getting the ‘elephant in the room’ topic out of the way regarding the introduction of the World Handicap System, and our views on it.  Before then moving into our wheelhouse of ramping up for a major and reminiscing about the European Tour greats. With The Masters one week away, we take a stroll down memory lane to look at the success of European Tour…

Inspired by Ryan’s big matchplay tournament victory 10 days ago, the podcast tries to look ahead to the Ryder Cup and what Team Europe might look like.   We analyse the current qualification leaderboard and who we believe will definitely be in the team.  Then we have the fun exercise of working out who we want in the team, and who we think might make it but hope they don’t, and…

We’re back after a little week off to celebrate a couple of exceptional weeks for British and European golf on the European, PGA, and LPGA Tours. We kick off discussing the British dominance of the back-to-back Rolex Series golf, with Aaron Rai holding off Tommy Fleetwood to win the Aberdeen Standard Investment Scottish Open, and Tyrrell Hatton cementing his place amongst the golfing elite by breaking the World’s Top 10…

After a week where the golf highlight was the Payne’s Valley Charity Cup, the European Tour takes centre stage for the next two weeks with back to back Rolex Series events starting with the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at Renaissance. The strongest field since the Saudi International Open in February has gathered in North Berwick to enjoy some classic Scottish Autumnal weather. Many of the best homegrown talent including…