Fantastic to chat with Australian golfing star Aaron Baddeley today, and there is plenty to discuss!
03:00\tFrom cricket to golf, and how old was he when he got into golf? And how did he go from playing casually to having such a 'beautiful action'?
04:30\tHis experiences with Dale Lynch and their plan to get him on the US Tour by the time he was 21.
07:00\tMark describes Badds swing as 'simple yet powerful', where did the power come from?
08:00\tNick remembers the 1999 Australian Open when Aaron won the tournament as an amateur, he talks about watching a young Badds killing it.
09:00\tAaron explains his weeks leading up to the AO, and the plan to peak that week, how he did it. He also had a 'motto' for the tournament, he explains.
11:00\tMark says him backing up after the AO win in Sydney, to win again the next year in Melbourne, was even more impressive.
13:00\tBadds explains how he got his tour card.
14:00\tHe talks about being invited to play Augusta during the 'Tiger Slam' era, and being paired with Tiger as an amateur! What was it like, how nervous was he, and he tells us the advice Tiger gave him during the tournament.
15:00\tBadds tells us the advice Butch Harmon gave him about playing with Tiger.
17:00\tWe discuss his period with Leadbetter, and the Stack and Tilt guys. How does he view it in hindsight?
19:00\tNick is curious about how the Stack and Tilt period worked with driver.
20:00\tMark makes a confession to Aaron...eek.
After the turn...
23:00\tHow he developed into one of the best putters in the we world, and what he was doing in practise to get to that level.
24:00\tBadds 'I wasn't a great putter when I was young'.
26:00\tNick asks about his putting routine
30:00\tAnd for Hostplus, what's next? The next phase of his career and life, and down the track into retirement, what is he thinking?
A fantastic chat with Aaron Baddeley today and a huge thanks to wolfpacker Garry Pritchard, who is a mate of Aaron's and helped to arrange the chat!
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