Talk Birdie To Me

Fun show today, and we start with the latest from the world of LIV. There is a lot going on as we get closer to the deadline for players to decide. 01:00 On LIV, the players who have left and those who have confirmed that they are remaining. There are a number of verbal commitments which are yet to be confirmed in contract form.03:00 LIV have messaged us overnight with a statement about their negotiations with players, we read it out on the show.03:30 Mark outlines what he believes a 'verbal commitment' to LIV is designed to achieve for the players.05:00 The payouts to LIV execs and former execs. Reasonable or unfair?07:00 With the exodus, where will LIV 2.0 players come from? Mark feels they'll struggle for players, Nick says they won't.10:00 Is Bryson in for LIV or not?12:00 The bubble time of the year is here, and we love it.13:30 Sean Crocker, on the bubble, and snuck in at 100. We discuss how he did it.14:30 For Hostplus, our Plus for Golf is the DP World Tour showing the bubble action (and Sean for making it).15:30 We discuss what Scottie Scheffler calls 'the greatest chip shot of my career'16:00 Nick talks abut the most important bunker shot he ever played.17:00 Of course for every Sean Crocker, there is someone who misses, and on the Champions Tour Shane Bertsch was that player. We hear what he said afterwards.20:00 The controversy over Q School being dropped as part of the Champions Tour.22:00 DPWT and PGAT - when their current agreement is up, do they remain connected?25:00 Mark asks Nick when he does a coaching day, what it entails? Nick talks through his day long lessons.28:00 What AFL players could learn from golfAfter the turn...36:00 For Betr, Mark's Top 5 things to make your scores better.42:00 Nick runs through the Global Result Highlights, including the BMW Touch of Class....it is a ripper!51:00 Feedback for Southern Golf Club: 1992 vs 1977...the final verdict on which was better, a slow play suggestion, Adam Scott and Aaron Baddeley using 'the force', Nick using the force,55:00 And following last weeks adhoc Top 5 on 'triggers', where we could only come up with 4 and asked for your help, we've got a heap of suggestions....we fill the 5th spot with one of them.1:00:00 And for the Golf Clearance Outlet, Nick's masterclass is on 'feel vs real'.

A message today from wolfpacker Grant who recently spoke to Nick about putting right handed, while swinging left handed, and Nick had shared some great tips with him. Grant asked if we could elaborate further on the show. Nick explains why he believes it is an excellent way to solve the (apologies for the language) yips, and he talks about grips. Nick is a huge proponent of this, so it's great to delve into some detail.It reminds Mark of when he was playing in a US tournament on the Korn Ferry tour and he saw an excellent golfer experience the putting yips during the tournament calling it 'the most horrible thing I ever saw'. He tells us the story on this mini ep today.

A Monday Mini today, unfortunately beginning with more 'fashion chat' from our resident Miranda Priestley (aka Mark Allen). Feel free to fast forward through the 30 seconds of fashion chat....this show is on the verge of jumping the shark...But....there is an excellent golf question today from a Canadian Wolfpacker Gary who is heading to South Australia for Christmas and wants to play some golf while he's there, and is after some tips on courses to look at. Nick and Mark kick around a couple of courses in Adelaide that Gary should try to get on, and he's fortunate because there are some crackers around the Victor Harbor area where he will be staying. Mark also makes a recommendation for Gary to hire a helicopter to get to one specific course.....yes it is slightly ridiculous....unless Gary is loaded with cash in which case it is a great idea.We also talk about how wonderful the South Australian golf, and sporting, heritage is...it is an amazing state and under-rated by far too many people.Nick finds a way, after a lunch at a winery in South Australia, to claim credit for Elvis Smylie's win in the 2024 Western Australian Open...seems a long bow, but we'll let him have it.And given our wolfpacker is from Canada, it leads to a chat about great Canadian courses, which are the best, and what is the absolute best...we don't know, and we would love you (if you have any thoughts) to tell us the best Canadian course and why!Thanks for the message Gary, have a great trip to Australia in December and hit 'em well!

Mark has been banging on over the last couple of weeks about his new stretching routine and says that his body feels better than it has in years. He also made the dubious claim that his stretching routine has caused his hair to become thicker and more voluminous. The first claim may well be right, the second is clearly ludicrous. Nevertheless, Dan from the Sunshine Coast has had some similar issues and has found a solution to help him with stretching, and he wanted to share it. The key question for Dan though is whether his solution has contributed to his hairline? Helpfully Dan clarifies in this voicemail.

This is awkward. The show gets off to a poor start when Mark is insensitive to a team member, nearly derailing the entire pod for today. Trouble in paradise.But fortunately, we get back on track.....and on with the Friday Feedback show!01:00 A message from Paul with a great story about a 12-year old Adam Scott monstering a tournament in Brisbane!02:00 Mark talks about watching a young Adam, marvelling at his short game, saying that Scotty was 'using the force' when he putted.05:00 Couple of comments on the Adam Scott video from last week....the 'toe' vid.06:00 We do a Top 5 on the fly of players who had a pre-shot trigger, we can only come up with 4, if you have a 5th let us know in the comments.07:00 A wolfpacker who disagrees with Nick and Mark on the value of caddys and believes they should be banned. Sheez....08:00 Rohan with a question about lessons and a fitting, which should come first?After the turn:12:00 Comment from a wolfpacker on the class of Tyler McCumber to self report last week.14:00 Bunch of comments on Dan Grieve, all pumping his tyres up.14:30 We discuss the clip of Nick's bunker shot at Coolum that was shared last week - what does the world's self-described greatest bunker player ever (ahem Mark) think of the shot?16:00 Richard wants to know if carts should be allowed in club championships.17:00 Andrew challenges Marks claim that the 92 Australian Open was the strongest field ever, offering another year as his strongest. We compare the fields and, given Mark is biased, ask Nick to make the call....is Mark happy with the outcome of does the week end on a difficult note?That's our Friday Feedback show - have a great weekend , hit 'em well!

On the main show this week Nick and Mark were discussing how great Secret Harbour looked for the WA Open, a course designed by Australian legend Graham Marsh, who also designed Kalgoorlie, where the tour was last week. Nick found out in conversation last week that Marshy is redesigning Kennedy Bay in Western Australia - one of Marks favourite courses, and so we thought let's get the man himself on for a quick chat about what he's doing with Kennedy Bay.02:00 Marshy talks about Kalgoorlie, and what they're doing to the course to ensure it is world standard.04:00 Is it true that at the launch of Secret Harbour many years ago, Marshy played an exhibition match with Gary Player and Lee Trevino? We find out what happened.05:00 He talks about the Kennedy Bay land and how special it was (and is)07:00 What are the Kennedy Bay changes? Marshy talks about the bunkers being in a pretty ordinary way, that has been fixed, and how some of the new holes are on completely different land and why that is.08:30 He has built the bunkers to suit the longer game, given how far players hit the ball these days.11:00 What grass has been used?Always good to catch up with Marshy, he's a legendary player of course, and also an incredible designer.