Hello and Welcome Back! It was a pleasure to chat with both 1991 Open Champion Ian Baker-Finch and our homegrown broadcasting extraordinaire, George Harper Junior to reflect on Ryan Fox's amazing win at Royal Birkdale. Ian gave great insight on Birkdale as a tournament test, his pride on how Australasia punches far above its weight on the world stage, and what advice he would give Ryan after his maiden major win. George has unique insight having been a broadcaster with The Open since 20...

Hello and welcome back! It was a pleasure to chat with Michael Donaldson again recently. This time chatting about the world of beer and how it in intersects with golf in New Zealand. Michael is the author of the beer magazine The Pursuit of Hoppiness and the host of the Third Pint Theory Podcast. It was fascinating to get Michael's insights on how the beer industry has embraced the golf boom here in NZ, and he gave his insights on some of the must-see breweries in the various golfing re...

Hello and welcome back! It was a pleasure to chat with Corey Finn recently, who is the Director of Agronomy of Yas Links, Yas Acres and Saadiyat Beach Golf Club in Abu Dhahbi. Originally from Southland, Corey has had a fascinating career at courses such as The Hills and Doha Golf Club before his time in Abu Dhabi. Corey gave great insight into prepping Yas Links each year for the Abu Dhabi Championship on the DP World Tour, working with Kyle Phillips and much more! We are proud to be pr...

Welcome Back! It was great to discuss the latest NZ Golf Course Rankings that have recently been released with Ranking Co-ordinator Andrew Whiley. Andrew last joined us back in 2024 for the previous edition. Andrew gave some insight into how this list was formulated, the main differences between last edition's ranking, and some on the notable panellists. Please see the full list and Andrew's new website here: https://www.golfrankings.co.nz/ We are proud to be presented by Power Tu...

Hello and welcome back! It was a thrill to be joined by Michael Goldstein and Leo Barber as we discussed the best Par 3s in New Zealand. This is my no means an exhaustive list, but we explored the great one-shotters that NZ has to offer from the deep south to far north. The Youtube Podcast with accompanying photos can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz5hDU-bwbk We are proud to be presented by Power Turf NZ. Who are New Zealand's leading providers in Turf Care Equipment an...

Hello and Welcome Back It was great to catch up with Sean and Stephen from Yes Life Golf, who have recently released their new app 'Golfed' which allows golfers from all over NZ to track which courses they have played, leave reviews, add friends and much more. Stephen and Sean gave great insight into the backstory behind the app and future plans. Download the app here: https://apps.apple.com/nz/app/golfed-nz/id6756529504 We are proud to be presented by Power Turf NZ. Who are New Zealand...

Hello and welcome back! It was a pleasure to chat with Black Cap Mitchell Santner recently on his passion for golf which he manages to squeeze in around his cricketing career. Mitch currently plays off a +2.7 handicap, and has played many amazing courses on his travels around the world. It was great to hear Mitch's thoughts on why cricketers are gravitating towards golf, some of his early golfing memories and his favourite holes in NZ. After our chat with Mitch Santner, Mitch Powell joi...

Hello and Welcome Back! It was great to chat with Sam Jones recently to debrief his win in the latest Cisco Series event up in Taupo at the Entelar Group Invitational. Sam gave great insight into life playing on the Hotel Planner Tour over in Europe, and talked about some of the great golf in his home Province in Taranaki. We are proud to be presented by Power Turf NZ. Who are New Zealand's leading providers in Turf Care Equipment and Golf Carts. Check them out here: https://www.p...

Hello and welcome back! It was a pleasure to chat with both Kerry Mountcastle and Josh Geary this week to preview the Summerset Charles Tour's UNLIMIT Taranaki Open at New Plymouth Golf Club which kicks off this week! Kerry is the inform man this season with a win at The Brian Green Property Group Super 6s in Manawatu and a Runner-up at last week's Autex Muriwai Open. Josh Geary is the defending champion at Ngamotu and it was great to discuss with him about why he has been so successful in Ta...

Welcome Back! We are really excited to preview the next event on the Summerset Charles Tour schedule with The Autex Muriwai Open taking place next week at Muriwai links. It was great to preview the event with Harry Middleton who is the Superintendent at Muriwai Links and Phil Tataurangi, the Consulting Architect. We chatted to both Harry and Phil about the ongoing changes at the site, the test it will provide the field, and much more. We are proud to be presented by Power Turf NZ. Who are New...