HUGE show today. So much to discuss, and we start with some more inside info from Mark's LIV insider in the US, he reads the texts.
01:00 Info from inside LIV Golf from Marks LIV insider. He names four players who are definitely (according to his intel) leaving LIV, three players who are likely to be out, and one (not Bryson) who is all in.
02:30 The players who are bullish on LIV 2.0, are bullish pending access to the majors, in other words whether they get meaningful ranking points on LIV or not.
04:00 The insider says LIV will file for bankruptcy in the next 3-weeks, however there is a 'whale' in the background ready to invest in 2.0
05:00 Staff will be exited mid-September, with some rehired following the restructure
07:00 Mark says that LIV has proved that golf starved areas will respond with big crowds and the PGAT will have noticed this.
10.30 We discuss Brysons comments after the weekends LIV tournament.
12.30 Nick says Bryson is a content dream and great for golf
15:00\tMark has an update to his watchlist, with a player making a move following the weekend.
17:00\tWe watch the video of Wyndham from the weekend....should he be penalised?
20:00\tNick - we need a shot clock in golf.
21:30\tMark has found himself on Golf Australia's watchlist after last weeks Top 5 where he listed 5 things he reckons GA have gotten wrong.
22:00\tWe chat to Heath McLeod, Tournament Director of the PGA tour of Australasia who addresses Marks comments about playing in pairs at weekend in the AO. He explains why the AO had 3-balls at the weekend last year.
26:00\tFor Hostplus, our plus for golf this week from Mark goes to Rory McIlroy....Mark explains.
28:30\tAnd for BMW, Nick awards his touch of class to Scottie Scheffler, when compared to Rory McIlroy.
After the turn:
31:00\tWe put our 6th person in the draw to play The Cliffs at Kangaroo Island with Mark and course architect Darius Oliver....two more people to go! Link to enter on our socials.
32:00\tFor Betr, Nick's Top 5 good, bad, and whacky things that LIV has given us.
38:00\tOnto feedback....we start with a question about LIV players and the Presidents Cup
40:00\tA comment on last weeks chat about some players being 'scared off the leaderboard'. Nick and Mark talk about playing in Canada and how much they loved it.
42:00\tComment on our 'weird and wonderful' putting strokes conversation from last week.
43:00\tComments on Aaron Baddely, and Mark talks about his irons and how unusual they were.
45:30\tLast week Mark said most members of clubs wouldn't mind giving their course over to a major tournament, one listener disagreed and explains why.
46:00\tMark talks about the calibre of courses juniors used to play on in qualifiers years ago.
48:00\tAn interesting message on our hypothetical 'fast 3-ball vs slow 3-ball' concept from last week.
49:30\tPlenty for Nick to discuss in the Global highlights.
51:30\tAnd the boys got a message from Tour Pro Zach Murray who enjoyed the chat with Claude Harmon 3rd last week....if you haven't seen Zach's YouTube channel, do yourself a favour it's a ripper. Check it out here.
59:00\tMark saw a video from Jason Day last week with him trying something - Mark gave it a crack at the weekend and it worked well. He explains it for us for the Golf Clearance Outlet in todays masterclass.
Big show, touch longer than usual, too much golf to discuss !!!!
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