Talk Birdie To Me

Brett from Brisbane (like most of us) watched day one of the US Open and had a couple of thoughts on Nick O'Hern and Mark Allens predictions following the first day, so he left a voicemail.

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Some cracking questions from Talk Birdie To Me wolfpackers this week, and Nick and Mark love chatting through them in our feedback pods.

Craig is having issue off the tee, he is shanking it, and asks for a few thoughts from the boys....they have some solid advice.

David sometimes gets distracted when he's over the ball if he sees some movement in his vision, and this is throwing him off....asks how Nick and Mark would deal wi...

It's US Open week and you'd think we'd start the show talking about that, or maybe about Ryan Fox's win in the Canadian Open, but no. Mark has found a new emoji that he likes and that's what he brings to the table to open the show with. Seriously Talk Birdie To Me used to be a serious golf show, we have jumped the shark. Even worse, the emoji doesn't mean what Mark thinks it does....awkward.

But onto the US Open! Mark loves the ...

Today we preview the US Open this weekend, how exciting is it! Mark has come specifically dressed in green or, as he puts it, the colour of money. That's because he is convinced that Straka is still getting no respect, with Hummer and the Betr team putting him at 67 bucks. Mark says they clearly don't know what they're doing.

Mark's also watched a video on YouTube of Bryson at Oakmont, and says it is worth the watch. See it here...

After Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen asked Tour Pro Scott Laycock to get in touch with his memories of the 2001 Australian Open, Scotty shot us a message on socials which we read out on Fridays pod, and he then left a voicemail talking about it which fleshed out what happened in that tournament a little more. Scotty also commented on the story Nick and Mark discussed regarding José Luis Ballester having an unscheduled bathroom break on...

Feedback pod today, bunch of your comments and questions to run through. Mark is curious to know how our request for mean tweets is going, short answer is 'underwhelming', we've only had a couple, so Mark decides Nick needs to offend more people on the pod.

And we started our investigation a couple of days ago into the heinous crime that is the list of the Top 100 World Golf Courses list from an unnamed group of judges, probabl...

Gordon from Woodlands in Melbourne watched the US Women's Open from Erin Hills at the weekend and found some of the pace of play frustrating, even though he enjoyed the event overall. He has an idea on how to deal with slow play and left Nick and Mark a voicemail.

Got a thought, story or question? Yo can leave a voicemail at the Talk Birdie To Me website here, it takes only a moment and you can do it on your phone or computer.

After a massive weekend in the US Women's Open at Erin Hills, and a big tournament at 'Jacks Place', Ala Memorial, we're back with a busy Talk Birdie To Me podcast last today. Nick and Mark were very impressed with Maja Stark in her win in the US Open, Nick says she is 'an outstanding player', and Mark agrees, bit admits to not paying a huge amount of attention to her prior to the weekend. Nick has followed her for a while and fill...

A short bonus episode of Talk Birdie To Me today, with a guest in studio - Gene Saunders, who is the Titleist Golf Club Business Manager, Australia and New Zealand. He's dropped in to talk about the latest Scotty Cameron putters, and particularly the chain link face milling technology. They look great, but clearly they're not made just for appearance, so we wanted to find out what that technology does and more importantly will they...

Another feedback pod today, we love these as you basically do all the work and we just respond to your comments and questions.

We start with wolfpacker Pete who has sent a pic in of the rakes that are apparently being trialled at Royal Queensland and is keen on Nick and Marks thoughts, Peter also had a suggestion for the best golf club in Queensland, as did many others, we read through a bunch of them.

During this the Troppo ...

Darren from Perth and his mate worked out how many rounds they've played together over 35-years, and Darren gave his mate a cheeky drive-by at the end of the voicemail message. Can you beat their number?

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Massive show, we start by discussing the US Women's Open this week at Erin Hills, Nick and Mark talk through the Aussies and Kiwis, and the international stars. Nick's tip - on this course is to keep an eye on the 'power players', and Mark says watch out for Steph Kyriacou who is in great form. Mark loves the fact that the prize money is $12 million. Predictably, Mark finds a way to pump up his man-crush on Sepp Straka.

And then...

Today we're reading out some of your questions and comments, Nick is still in Cathedral this week, Mark in the studio. We start the feedback pod with some constructive (or is it) criticism for Mark from wolfpacker Ross. Does Mark take it in the spirit it was intended? Predictably not really.

Craig has a question about tour pros and divots, why don't they repair them? He feels it is disrespectful and asks Nick and Mark their view...

After listening to this weeks pod where there was a question about the rakes at Kingston Heath, Shaun from Melbourne left us a message with some thoughts on the rakes at both Kingston Heath and Metro.

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We start today's pod talking about Scottie Scheffler's thumping win in Charlotte, Nick describes Scottie as 'Tiger-esque' at the moment, and Nick and Mark discuss his impressive performance, and some key moments. Mark loves how the year is shaping up with Rory, Scottie notching big wins, and Nick adds Bryson to the conversation as well.

Nick brings up the multi that we had on with Betr. It didn't go well. Rory let us down, and i...

Feedback pod today, and we've got plenty of comments and questions from the Wolfpack.

We start with a message from a young bloke who might have a future in this crazy game - Bradley Hughes - with a comment on Royal Melbourne Composite, which is hard to argue with. That feedback from Hugo reminds Nick that he also left a voicemail last week with some clarity on the Tiger Woods missing ball incident, providing some info that neith...

A bonus episode today which came about after New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox won the Myrtle Beach Classic last week, which gave him a spot in the US PGA Championship in Charlotte this week....huge. Ryan is a fantastic golfer with a slightly unorthodox swing, that Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen discussed on Talk Birdie To Me this week. During that chat, we thought we'd see if we could grab Ryan's coach, former tour pro Marcus Wheelhouse, fo...

Following the bonus pod this morning when Mark Allen broke the news of Rory McIlroy at Royal Melbourne Composite this year (so good!), for today's pod we park Rory, there's been plenty of chat about him, and there will be plenty of opportunities to discuss - but we have a full podcast today with some great stuff to chat about.

We start by talking about the Truist Championship in Philadelphia at the weekend and Sepp Straka gettin...

Last week on the Talk Birdie To Me podcast Mark Allen broke the news that it appeared that Rory McIlroy would play the 2025 Australian Open and it would be at Royal Melbourne Composite. It is now a 100% lock, and an announcement is imminent: as soon as this week, perhaps even today, which will confirm the news of Rory's appearance, the location, and clearly the date.

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