Talk Birdie To Me
Tour Pro's Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen talk golf every week on Talk Birdie To Me. The latest news, issues, and stories from Australia and Worldwide. As two guys who played at the highest level, they tell it like it is, and take you behind the scenes to get an inside look into the world of golf. 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. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube. A huge thanks to our Talk Birdie To Me partners: Titleist - the #1 ball in golf; FootJoy - the #1 shoe and ball in golf; BMW - luxury and comfort for the 19th hole; PING, they'll help you play your best; The Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices; Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia. Plus the watchMynumbers app and Southern Golf Club. Follow Talk Birdie To Me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or TikTok. And see us on YouTube here. 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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This past week we received a message from wolfpacker Martin on a subject that Nick and Mark have strong views on - the introduction of a 5th major. Mark has held the view for some time that The Players Championship should be given major status, Nick loves the event but disagrees. Martin believes Mark is wrong and it would be a bad move to give The Players major status, and he has a number of points to make to support his view.
I...
Michael from Stawell in Victoria was listening to our chat about Club Championships a couple of weeks ago and left a voicemail with his experience....it went right down to the wire!!
We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:
- BMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;
- Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;
- FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;
- PING will help you play your best;
- Golf Clearance Outlet, ...
A big feedback pod today prefaced with a warning. A wolfpacker wants to give one of the two a massive whack. Is it deserved? We'll find out when we get to that after the turn.
Firstly - Greg has messaged in about our recent question on people who inspired your golf, and he has a family of people to mention....four tour pros in the one family! John has written in about a song at his club The National in Victoria, and that reminds...
Back for another week, and even on weeks when it feels golf might have been a little quiet, there always seems to be plenty to discuss. We start this week with a reminder about our Talk Birdie survey....we want to know your opinion on the show: good, bad, or indifferent - and one respondent will win $300 to spend at FootJoy, and $300 to spend at Golf Clearance Outlet. The survey takes 8-minutes tops, probably less, and you can find...
Paul watched the WA Open at the weekend and enjoyed it, however has a question about how the commentary team referred to Marc Leishman. Have a listen to his message.....fair point from Paul, or is he over-analysing it a bit?
We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:
- BMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;
- Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;
- FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;
- PING will help you ...
Feedback pod today with a number of questions and comments for Nick and Mark to discuss.
Jeff makes the observation that he feels golfers need to 'lower their expectations' in order to achieve better results. His message explains his thinking, and Nick and Mark discuss. 'Tramspotters' has a mate who he says plays practice rounds like comp, and comps like practice rounds and it causes issues. Nick and Mark talk about where you sh...
Cameron from Brisbane left a voicemail after hearing Nick and Mark discussing Club Championship horror stories....his story is indeed a horror one!!
We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:
- BMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;
- Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;
- FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;
- PING will help you play your best;
- Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;
- Betr, ...
Big show today, we're back from the Gold Coast after a great time at Links Hope Island with 80 or so wolfpackers, although Nick has headed back for a BMW event at - would you believe it - Links Hope Island! So Nick is on WhatsApp from Queensland living the good life whilst Mark and Dan slave away at Talk Birdie headquarters keeping the engine running.
We start with a couple of stories from the Talk Birdie golf day, and if you ha...
Feedback pod today and we start with a comment from wolfpacker Dave on pace of play in the womens game. Which provides a sweet opportunity for Mark to do one of his favourite things - have a crack at Keegan Bradley, which he accordingly does.
Martin from WA has a dodgy knee and wants to know if there is anything he can change in his swing technique to be less intense on his knee. Greg has just got back from Vietnam, flying on th...
On Wednesday Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen were at the beautiful Links Golf & Wellbeing at Hope Island for an 18-hole Talk Birdie To Me golf tournament with around 80 Wolfpack members. We loved it! So much fun. A chipping and putting clinic in the morning, lunch, then the tournament, along with dinner and presentations to the winners. And then we did a 30-minute live Q&A with everyone.
As you would appreciate not everythin...
We're enjoying doing our Talk Birdie 'Minis' lately, a short episode focused on one theme or question which runs 10 minutes or so (we went a bit long today....).
Todays mini is a question from wolfpacker Fred in Queensland who is a scratch marker having a very specific challenge with his game, and he would like Nick and Mark to give him some thoughts on he might address it.
It's a great question and one that all golfers deal...
Voicemail today from John who plays at the mighty Box Hill Golf Club in Melbourne, with a story of what he says is the most amazing round of golf he's seen in over 50 years. When you hear the story, you may well agree!
We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:
- BMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;
- Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;
- FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;
- PING will help you pl...
Plenty of golf to discuss, as this episode goes to air Nick, Mark and Dan are on the Gold Coast at Links Golf and Wellbeing playing our first Talk Birdie Tournament with 80 or so wolfpackers.
We were particularly excited with Wade Ormsby's performance at the weekend...what a win in Jakarta! But in Australia, it is club championship season, which is always exciting, and we discuss what it means to clubs and how they structure it.
...After dropping into the Talk Birdie studio last week, Golf Australia CEO James Sutherland has briefly come back with a couple of players who have just signed on for the Australian Open, and he reveals them to Nick and Mark and hints at some DP World Tour names to be revealed shortly.
He gives an update on ticket sales saying that this is not a normal golf event, and that is what they're seeing in ticket sales with under 1,000 GA...
Today on Talk Birdie we have a guest in studio, the boss of Golf Australia James Sutherland, who is in to talk about a few things - not the least of which is how he got Rory to sign on for the Australian Open, and the new handicap system, website, app, which has launched in the last day or so.
We start with the Australian Open, and James talks about how the Rory appearance has changed the ticket sales profile, rather than ticket...
Well....there's a bit to unpack today. The Ryder Cup had everything. Incredible golf, clutch shots, comebacks, drama, and appalling behaviour from fans....where to start...
We start with Shane Lowry's incredible cup retaining putt. Followed by an equally incredible celebration, and after what he had to put up with from the crowd, he deserved that moment. Nick and Mark watched plenty of it over the weekend and loved it. Mark said...
Feedback pod today and we've got some cracking questions from wolfpackers to run through.
Mick has a question about slow play at his club, particularly as they have some older members.
Jack is looking forward to the Australian Open and, aside from Rory, wants to know has there been any other big names revealed as coming.
Wayne asks for Nick and Marks thoughts on the best Australian Open finish they ever saw.
Mike once saw New Zeala...
After last weeks Talk Birdie Mini where Nick and Mark selected their 'dream teams' consisting of one player from each of Australia, the US, Europe, and an International to face off at Royal Melbourne Composite, en-route to the tournament, there has been an incident rendering all 8 players unable to play, and the venue now out of action.
So, excluding the original selections of Shark, Karrie, Tiger, Jack, Seve, Faldo, Player and ...
What a week....big week in golf, plenty to discuss. We start with a chat about one of our favourite young players, Elvis Smylie who nearly won the French Open at the weekend! Absolute gun.
And Mark tells us about giving some advice to a couple of golfers at his club last night, he explains the tips he gave them with their putting and runs them by Nick - does Nick rate the tips? Mark certainly does, suggesting that, were it to ex...
Well it's here, the week before one of the great golf weekends - the Ryder Cup. But before we get to our preview, a reminder about our Talk Birdie To Me Golf Day at Links Golf and Wellbeing at Hope Island on the Gold Coast, it's now two weeks away (Wednesday October 8th), Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen will be playing the tournament along with 80 or 90 wolfpackers. A few tickets left here. The prizes are brilliant:
FootJoy vouchers;
...
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