The Good-Good Golf Podcast
Good-Good is the golf show for the serious golfer. We celebrate everything great about the game, from course architecture to promoting public golf.
Episodes
November 16, 2023 • 59 mins
Information might be the most important commodity in the world. How it is produced and consumed has an impact on the way we think and view issues. This is as true in golf as it is in the broader community and former ABC Editorial Director Alan Sunderland joins Ep 164 of the pod to talk journalism, the media and navigating the modern information super highway.
Links mentioned on this episode:
The audio version (https://www.amazon.co...
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October 27, 2023 • 48 mins
There's been lots of chatter about the closure of nine holes at Moore Park but how is the news being received internally? Club board member and multiple Club Champion Lucy Quilliam joins us in studio to discuss recent happenings at Sydney's busiest public golf course.
Links mentioned on this episode:
The Kids Golf Podcast Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/KidsGolfPodcast) page
and on BuyMeACoffee.com (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ki...
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October 19, 2023 • 59 mins
Golfers know it in their hearts but now a comprehensive report has confirmed what the game contributes to societies - in ways beyond just monetary - thanks to The Australian Golf Industry Council. Council head Karen Lunn joins the pod to talk about the why and how of the Community Benefits of Golf report which was presented at Parliament House in Canberra earlier this week.
Links mentioned on this episode:
The AGIC Community Benefi...
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October 13, 2023 • 78 mins
When you want try to get a handle on the big, complex issues in golf you turn to Meghan Maclaren. LET player, blogger and all round thoughtful type, an hour in Meg's company is never anything but educational and entertaining. Enjoy.
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Looking for a good cause to support? The AFRIEYA Golf Academy in Uganda does great work with kids including publishing a fortnightly podcast. Check it out and support th...
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September 27, 2023 • 61 mins
It's the event that stirs the soul of golf fans like no other and after a two year wait the European Ryder Cup team get their chance this week to erase memories of a thrashing at Whistling Straits in 2021.Golf Plus Media's Paul Prendergast was at last year's Italian Open at the host course for the matches, Marco Simone, and joins the pod to give some insight Into what holes might play a pivotal role in the outcome.
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September 19, 2023 • 52 mins
There are few better spectator sports than waiting for an international team golf competition to get underway. With the Solheim Cup now just days away we catch up with John Huggan from on site at Finca Cortesin in Spain for all the latest non stories.
Links mentioned ion this episode:
Angus and Grace Go Golfing website (https://www.angusandgracegogolfing.com) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/angusandgracegogolfing/)
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September 13, 2023 • 54 mins
Revered course architect Alastair Mackenzie was a GP in another life and wrote in his book Spirit of St Andrews about the health benefits of prescribing golf to his patients. Almost 100 years after those words were penned a study in Scotland shows they are likely true. Dr Frank Sullivan of the University of St Andrews joins episode 158 to discuss the trial which saw more than 50% of those 'prescribed' golf as treatment returning po...
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September 6, 2023 • 59 mins
When we spoke to Richard Pennell in February last year his Stymied blog was starting to gain traction. 18 months late he is now a published author his book, Grass Routes, a collection of essays taken from the blog combined with some new material. Pennell's writing focuses not on birdies and bogeys but on golf's more cerebral and emotional joys, the way the game touches people beyond being just a recreation.
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August 31, 2023 • 69 mins
Kevin Moore is one of the more interesting voices in the game and it has taken us far too long to have him on as a guest. We finally rectify that in Ep 156 where we talk maths and golf, the responsibility (or otherwise) of golf companies in growing the game, distance rollback and plenty more.
Links mentioned in this epsidoe:
The excellent Bag Drop (https://soundcloud.com/the-bag-drop/saudi-arabia-wont-just-stick-to-golf-dr-joshua-r...
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August 16, 2023 • 75 mins
It's back to a favourite topic of the Good Good team this week as we welcome Bunkered magazine's Michael McEwan back to the pod to talk about the R&A's innovative GolfIt facility in Glasgow.
Links mentioned on this episode:
Micheal McEwan's excellent review (https://www.bunkered.co.uk/golf-news/golfit-the-first-review-of-glasgows-latest-golf-facility/) of the GolfIt facility in Glasgow and accompanying video (https://www.youtube.co...
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August 9, 2023 • 84 mins
A special week in golf demands special treatment and that's what episode 154 delivers. The regular team shifts to the back seat as special guest host Karen Harding and special guest co-host Emma Ballard take the controls to discuss the AIG Women's Open. The Course, the field, purses and the state of the game are all part of the discussion as the golf world gears up for what is shaping as a thrilling week.
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August 2, 2023 • 60 mins
There's no shortage of attacks on public golf but how we respond to those, as players and an industry, sets the tone for how successful we will be in protecting the game. Inspired by a column written by co-host Jimmy Emanuel we explore that issue on Ep 153 with the always interesting Sandy Jamieson.
Links menitoned on this episode:
Jimmy's excellent column (https://www.golfaustralia.com.au/feature/opinion-engage-rather-than-rage-59...
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July 26, 2023 • 69 mins
Its the fourth of five women's majors of the year and Women and Golf Editor Emma Ballard is along to talk Evian Championship, Aramco Series and some of the bigger issues around golf.
Links mentiond on this episode:
Angus and Grace Go Golfing website (https://www.angusandgracegogolfing.com) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/angusandgracegogolfing/)
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July 19, 2023 • 73 mins
It's always a treat when Mike Clayton joins the pod and that was the case again for episode 151. While The Open will be the focus of most this week it will be, for hundreds or perhaps even thousands of golfers from around the world, merely the focal point of a pilgrimage that could change how they see and feel about the game. Golf in the UK gets so much right from courses to culture and everything in between and we touch on much of...
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July 5, 2023 • 73 mins
Everything this week is about the US Women's Open at Pebble Beach and we go straight to the course with Australian bagman for In Gee Chun, Dean Herden.
Links mentiond on this episode:
Angus and Grace Go Golfing website (https://www.angusandgracegogolfing.com) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/angusandgracegogolfing/)
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June 28, 2023 • 76 mins
It's been too long since we had Mike Clayton on the pod so we tracked him down to Fort Worth Texas and got him on the digital line for a chat about all things golf.
Links mentiond on this episode:
Angus and Grace Go Golfing website (https://www.angusandgracegogolfing.com) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/angusandgracegogolfing/)
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June 22, 2023 • 56 mins
Busy doesn't begin to describe this time of year for golf with the best women players in the game ready to tackle one of America' finest courses this week at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Baltusrol already has a storied history and it will only be enhanced this week when a champion is crowned in the second women's major of 2023.
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June 14, 2023 • 42 mins
It's US Open week on one of the more intriguing golf courses in recent memory. We go straight to California to catch up with TV Commentator Ned Michaels who will be doing featured group coverage for NBC all week.
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June 8, 2023 • 60 mins
It's gone way beyond a golf story but there is still plenty of golf stuff to speculate about in the PGA Tour/PIF/DP World Tour deal. So we do.
Links mentioned on this episode:
Kevin Van Valkenburg's excellent piece (https://nolayingup.com/blog/the-disease-of-more)
Homer Simpson designs a car (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPc-VEqBPHI)
Jimmy Emanuel's column on the announcement coming on Womens Golf Day (https://www.golfaustralia....
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June 1, 2023 • 60 mins
The week long Women's Golf Day is upon us and ambassador and Women and Golf magazine Editor Emma Ballard joins the pod to discuss that, Walton Heath and the upcoming AIG Women's British Open plus the state of the golf business.
Links mentioned on this episode:
To see local event and for more information about Womenls Golf Day head to their website (https://womensgolfday.com)
Women and Golf (https://womenandgolf.com) magazine
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