Talk Birdie To Me
Tour Pro's Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen talk everything golf every week on the leading Australian Golf podcast. 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 person 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. Everything golf, every week. Wherever you get your podcasts. A huge thanks to our Talk Birdie To Me partners: PING, they'll help you play your best, you can see your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting; the new watchMynumbers app, the most powerful data based golf app in the world, download from the App Store ; and the Golf Clearance Outlet, great prices on the best gear. See them instore in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or Perth, or online here. 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.
Episodes
A bonus pod today where we run through some of your questions.
Pod listener Laird had a question about Rob MacIntyre and the sprinkler incident in Scotland, specifically around the rules and whether they were broken, bent, or fine. So we called our rules guy Stu from the excellent GolfRules Questions pod to clarify. Whilst we had Stu on the phone Nick and Mark had a couple of other questions for him.
Then we spoke to Neil fro...
Gee the time difference to watch The Open Championship is a punish in Australia and New Zealand, specifically later in the day, but we got some in live and plenty of highlights....and what a tournament it was! Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen spend a bit of time unpacking some of the key moments.
The weather played a role, as we expect it will in this tournament, but Mark feels it was perfect to test the players. And Nick and Mark dis...
Another big week in golf and Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen are all over it.
We start by discussing Keegan Bradley's appointment as the captain of the US Ryder Cup team, an appointment which took us all by surprise. But we quickly move on to Steph Kyriacou's performance in the Evian, she did so well and nearly won her first major but just fell a little short to a fast finishing Ayaka Furue.
Mark loves Ludvig Åberg but wasn't over...
Lewy from Melbourne left us a voicemail after listening to our bonus pod with Jonathan Yarwood. He reached out to Jonathan via Skillest (here) and wanted to let us know how it went. If you haven't heard Nick and Mark's chat with Jonathan, you can find it in the feed about 3-weeks ago, it's a ripper.
And if you want to leave a voicemail - it's easy, head to our website here on your mobile or computer, hit the record button, tell ...
After yesterday's big bonus pod with Golf Australia CEO James Sutherland, today is the normal pod - 24 hours later than usual, but hopefully you enjoyed the chat with James. If you haven't heard it, have a listen.
Plenty on today's show. Nick has just come back from playing Long Island in zero degree temperatures, thankfully he has a shiny new clothing sponsor to keep him warm. Cutter and Buck if you must know. Mark raises golf ...
A massive bonus pod today, Nick O'Hern & Mark Allen chat one on one, okay two on one, with Golf Australia CEO James Sutherland.
In a wide-ranging conversation we cover the key issues:
- Why it has taken so long to announce the venue, format and dates of the 2024 Australian Open.
- The rationale behind Kingston Heath and Victoria Golf Club as the venues.
- Is the mixed format - mens, women's and all abilities - the way forward...
Chris from Howlong left us a voicemail talking about Jason Day's training facility at his home, and the video on it. We've seen it before but it was a great reminder to rewatch the video, it's fantastic! Check out Chris' voicemail, then watch the video he's talking about here.
And if you want to leave a voicemail - it's easy, head to our website here on your mobile or computer, hit the record button, tell us who you are, where y...
We kick off today's podcast by listening to some audio that was not on our bingo card this week. We would not have expected what happened to happen.
Once we get through that, we chat Cam Davis. Wow. A wonderful performance in Detroit, Nick and Mark discuss how well he played. We nearly had an all Aussie finish with Min Woo in the hunt for a while. Nick felt sorry for Akshay Bhatia who was very unlucky. Nick tells Mark about...
Paul from Melbourne left us a voicemail this week with a suggestion for Nick and Mark, and offering himself up to assist. What a guy!
If you want to leave a voicemail - it's easy, head to our website here on your mobile or computer, hit the record button, tell us who you are, where you're from, where you play your golf, and leave your message. Couldn't be easier, you'll be done in 60-seconds.
This is a cracking bonus podcast, Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen chat with one of the worlds leading golf coaches, Jonathan Yarwood from New York. And the pod gets off to an unexpected start when Jonathan reveals that when he was younger he wanted to be Mark Allen, he explains why. We originally thought he was ripping the piss, but no it turns out to be true!
Jonathan has coached some of the worlds great players - Michael Campbell, ...
A bonus pod this week, we've been getting so many questions from you that we can't fit them all in the weekly podcast, so from time to time we'll do a bonus pod ripping through a few questions.
Some great questions on this bonus Q&A pod.
- Steve asks about what are the essential aids for a practice session.
- Ry, Greg and Joe each have a comment, and in Joe's case a question regarding Tigers lifetime exemption...
Another fun show today, we start with a chat about the LPGA tournament at Sahalee in Washington at the weekend, fantastic win for Amy Yang - she has waited a long time for this and it was wonderful to see. Tough final couple of holes, but she got there! And Nick O'Hern claims Amy as an honorary Aussie, find out why on the pod.
Mark loved the tournament, but hated one thing about it. And it had to with nature. Speaking of nature,...
Following the US Open, and Nick and Mark's discussion on Tuesdays podcast, Glenn from Echuca had some thoughts on Rory's putting and left us a voicemail.
If you want to leave a voicemail - it's easy, head to our website here on your mobile or computer, hit the record button, tell us who you are, where you're from, where you play your golf, and leave your message. Couldn't be easier, you'll be done in 60-seconds.
What a US Open, absolutely riveting. There were celebrations, heartbreak, twists and turns, and Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen run the ruler across it all today on the Talk Birdie To Me podcast.
In fact the first half of the pod is pretty much all US Open. Nick and Mark start by discussing Rory's use of the 7 iron on the 15th hole, and that this was where it started going wrong. They make the comment, which they've said many times b...
A bonus pod this week, we've been getting so many questions from you that we can't fit them all in the weekly podcast, so from time to time we'll do a bonus pod ripping through a few questions.
Seven questions on this bonus Q&A pod.
- Peter asks for an update on the development of 7 Mile Beach Golf Club in Hobart.
- Paul wants to find out what reasonable green fees are on public courses, he reckons he's paying...
Mens US Open week and Nick and Mark are excited. Plenty to discuss. We start by sharing some stories about the legendary, late Payne Stewart and some memories of him. Nick and Mark agree that the Payne Stewart statue has to be the best statue of all time.
Nick tells the story of when he decided to stop playing conservatively after two rounds at Pinehurst, and to play aggressively. Did it work? Nick says that was the day he learn...
Plenty of feedback on socials on the Coffs Harbour situation, and another voicemail about it from fomer tour pro Scotty Laycock from Royal Hobart.
If you want to leave a voicemail - it's easy, head to our website here on your mobile or computer, hit the record button, tell us who you are, where you're from, where you play your golf, and leave your message. Couldn't be easier, you'll be done in 60-seconds.
We love it when we can do the pod from a golf club, and today we're in Melbourne's sandbelt at the stunning Southern Golf Club to celebrate the unveiling of a statue of the legendary Bob Shearer. It looks incredible, we've put some pics on our socials.
Nick and Mark have a couple of cracking stories about Bob, including one where Victoria Golf Course was famously deemed 'unplayable' in Round 1 of the 2002 Australian Open with B...
We always love getting voicemails, some we play on the show, some we pop in the feed here.
Lots of comments on the Coffs Harbour Golf Club decision regarding young Eden and the rules around her playing. Ed from Adelaide, who is a member at The Grange had an opinion he wanted to share.
If you want to leave a message for us - it's easy, head to our website here on your mobile or computer, hit the record button, tell us who you ...
A fun bonus pod today with Aussie tennis superstar Todd Woodbridge, who is also a veeeery handy golfer.
Nick O'Hern & Mark Allen speak Todd about his commentary and how he navigates the personalities of guys like John McEnroe and Jim Courier. He tells us why he loved doubles so much.
How did Todd go from tennis commentator to game show host? And why does he feel that commentating has helped him prepare for hosting a game ...
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