Tour Pro's Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen talk everything golf every week on the most listened to Australian Golf podcast, Talk Birdie To Me. The latest news, issue...
Ep101: Why Nick Wants to 'Name and Shame' Certain Tour Pros, Shot Clocks, Wet Weather Golf
This week Mark tries to, after 5-finger discounting a pair of FootJoys a couple of weeks ago, to do the same with a Titleist putter that he has found. In fairness it is quite stunning. Then his eyes turn to a new pair of FootJoys. As Al Czervik said, the mans a menace.We discuss Pebble Beach. Mark loved the drone shots, and Nick is a fan of the drone shot tracer. The weather was a bit mixed, leads to a chat as to why some golfers play well in the rain and others don't. Nick has a theory which he talks through. Mark tells a story about playing in driving rain in Scotland.Nick decides to have one final crack at a replacement for Wolfpack. He's had another dinner party with the Mount Lawley Toffee Nose Crowd *. Does he succeed? Spoiler alert, no.Minjee Lee is using a long putter, Nick and Mark discuss and talk about whether you can go back and forth.Mark has been looking at the TGL ratings and talks to them, and about Tiger being pinged by the shot clock. There was a suggestion on Twitter from a Wolfpacker about a shot clock idea which Mark and Nick discuss.Rumours get louder on the Australian Open...we chat about them. And then a voicemail comes in from Pete with a comment/question on slow play. Nick has another idea to solve slow play....could be a bit evil but it could work.And Mark has some audio of the loudest noise ever on a golf course, we play it.After the Turn, Marks Top 5 is on the most amazing up and downs he has seen. We get to PING Global results and we have a structural issue....we have no intro. Nick didn't like the AI one Mark created, and we haven't come up with any other option, so we are in a hole. Unprofessional.Lots of feedback, including a 59 for Mark to rate - dangerous after incurring the wrath of David Micheluzzi a couple of weeks agoAnd Nick's masterclass is simple but powerful. Oh and why does Mark call Mike Cocking from OCM an arsehole ? Awkward.As usual, unfortunately, Mark wants to finish the show with an AI song created on the spot. Does it go well? Does it crash and burn?We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners:The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play;PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.Southern Golf Club - now with their brand new Simulator Room including Trackman.And of course Titleist and Footjoy!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see us on YouTube here.* the crowd may not be actually be from Mount Lawley or toffee nosed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep100🏌🏿♂️Feedback: What Qualifies as a Single Figure Handicap, is the Cost of Golf Too Much, and Nick Walks out of the Pod!
A bonus feedback pod today with plenty of questions and comments from the Wolfpackers.We chat to Daniel about his mate Mark claiming a single figure handicap. Is he right or not? What qualifies? We discuss and put Mark's claim under the microscope.Jake asks about anchoring from pros.Dave has a view ideas on how make TGL a little more interesting.Peter is curious as to where Aussie golfer Kurt Barnes is these days.And in an awkward turn of events, Nick walks out on the pod before it's finished. Why does he walk out? Have a listen to todays bonus pod.We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners:The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play;PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.Southern Golf Club - now with their brand new Simulator Room including Trackman.And of course Titleist and Footjoy!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see us on YouTube here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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☎️ Voicemail: Scott from Brisbane
Scott from Brisbane was watching the Webex in Rosebud at the weekend and had a few comments on what he saw, so he did what any good Wolfpacker would do and left us a voicemail.We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners:The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play;PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.Southern Golf Club - now with their brand new Simulator Room including Trackman.And of course Titleist and Footjoy!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see us on YouTube here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep99: Nick 'It's Now Become a Joke', Top 100 Links Courses, is 'Wolfpack' Dead or Alive?
This week again the pod starts with a discussion about slow play, following the legendary Dottie Peppers comments at the weekend - more on Dottie later in the pod. Nick and Mark discuss slow play and how it is endemic in the game at the moment. Nick describes it as a 'joke' at the moment.Nick watched Jak Carter play at the weekend and he and Mark chat about his performance - Mark wants to know if Jak is still an exceptional iron player.Torrey Pines at the weekend copped some weather, but worse a number of withdrawals with illness - including Marks fave Ludvig Åberg. We discuss Torrey Pines, and Nick gives his somewhat unflattering view of the course. He loves the location, but feels the course is not up to scratch. Mark wants to know could a redo be done? Nick would like to see the rough shaved down a bit around the greens, it wouldn't salvage the course but it would make it interesting.Nick raises the movie Invincible and recommends it a watch for the Talk Birdie 'family'....more on the name shortly.Hotline rings, and it's Anthony from Melbourne who stopped playing golf for a numbers of years, but is back playing with his son and tells us how he's going.Mark was reading a Top 100 list this week, the Top 100 Links courses - voted by course architects. We run through the list, discuss the rankings. Like all lists, Nick and Mark are in vigorous agreement on some rankings, and in vigorous disagreement on others.After the turn, Nick does the Top 5 fastest players he enjoys watching, or playing with. Does Keegan Bradley make the cut? Spoiler alert, he does not.Lots of feedback and questions this week. Topics include Corey Lamb, slow play, Masterclass feedback, and a decision from you on the name for the Talk Birdie family.Mark has been playing (again) with his AI app and he's created a new PING Global results opener which he loves. Nick hasn't heard it, and hears it live on the pod for the first time....what is his verdict? We find out.And Marks masterclass is inspired by Harris English going through his pre-shot routine on the practice range and how it ensures your rhythm is in sync with the golf course.We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners:The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play;PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.Southern Golf Club - now with their brand new Simulator Room including Trackman.And of course Titleist and Footjoy!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see us on YouTube here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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☎️ Voicemail: Ken from Murray Downs
Nick and Mark were discussing slow play on last weeks podcast and Ken from Murray Downs left us a voicemail with a few thoughts and a couple of solutions that he's in favour of.We always love getting voicemails and it's easy - click the orange button on the Talk Birdie website here , you can do it from your phone or computer, it takes about a minute or so and you're done!We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners:The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play;PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.Southern Golf Club - now with their brand new Simulator Room including Trackman.And of course Titleist and Footjoy!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see us on YouTube here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tour Pro's Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen talk everything golf every week on the most listened to Australian Golf podcast, Talk Birdie To Me. The latest news, issues, and stories from Australia, Asia, the USA, Europe and from the PGA, LIV, and everything in between. As two guys who played at the highest level internationally, they tell it like it is, and take you behind the scenes to get an inside look into the world of golf, and we chat to listeners about what they're seeing, thinking about golf and about their own game.Nick O’Hern reached #16 in the world rankings and is the only player ever to beat Tiger Woods twice in matchplay. Mark Allen is a former Touring Pro of 15 years - played a British Open at Carnoustie, and in his career has hit 12 hole in one's.....you can see the video of one of them here!Together, this is their podcast - Talk Birdie To Me - coming to you live each week from Titleist and FootJoy Headquarters. Everything golf, every week. Wherever you get your podcasts.A huge thanks to our Talk Birdie To Me partners:Titleist - the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy - the #1 shoe and ball in golf;The watchMynumbers app, the most powerful data based golf app in the world, download from the App Store;PING, they'll help you play your best, you can see your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;The Golf Clearance Outlet, great prices on the best gear. See them instore in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide or the Sunshine Coast, or online here.And Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia. Now that's Betr.Follow Talk Birdie To Me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or TikTok.Executive Producer: Kaizen Media.Sound Design: Loud Zebra.For enquiries click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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