114 episodes

Estimates say there are as many as 60 million golfers in the world and we all know at least some of them who are completely addicted. The question is why? Join us as we try to discover the answer to that burning question, interviewing golfers both famous - and not - on a monthly quest to solve the riddle of this maddening game.

The Thing About Golf Podcast Golf Australia

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    • 4.8 • 49 Ratings

Estimates say there are as many as 60 million golfers in the world and we all know at least some of them who are completely addicted. The question is why? Join us as we try to discover the answer to that burning question, interviewing golfers both famous - and not - on a monthly quest to solve the riddle of this maddening game.

    The Thing About Golf #113: Wayne 'Radar' Riley

    The Thing About Golf #113: Wayne 'Radar' Riley

    From the humble courses of southern Sydney to the top levels of the game, Wayne ‘Radar’ Riley has been in and around the game of golf for more than 50 years.
    Having started at the age of seven, he became a six-time winner at the professional level including one of the most iconic Australian Open victories of the modern era.
    Riley now spends his time analysing and critiquing the world’s best on television as an on-course reporter for Sky Sports in the UK. 
    In this wide-ranging chat with John Huggan, Riley looks back on a career and life that has been full of adventure and always plenty of golf.

    • 1 hr
    The Thing About Golf #112: Evan Droop

    The Thing About Golf #112: Evan Droop

    Anyone who spends a lifetime in golf will have gathered plenty of knowledge and insight which simply can’t be learned from a book. 
    Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort’s Head Professional, Evan Droop, is one such golfer. Evan’s father was the head professional at Yarrawonga before him and he has two sons, both PGA of Australia members, who may well take the job after him. 
    In between, he managed five years on the Australasian Tour including a life and career-changing near miss at the 1992 Malaysian Masters. Droop recalls all that and more in this insightful and wide-ranging conversation with host Rod Morri.

    • 56 min
    The Thing About Golf #111: Ronan Rafferty

    The Thing About Golf #111: Ronan Rafferty

    From child prodigy to multiple European Tour winner, Ronan Rafferty has seen just about everything in golf. 
    Popular wherever he went, Rafferty has a particular fondness for Australia — where he won five times between 1987 and 1992 — and credits his years spent Down Under as a crucial element in his international success. 
    In this delightful chat with John Huggan, Rafferty reflects on his amateur career, what it was like on the European Tour in the halcyon days and how the game has changed over his lifetime.

    • 1 hr 24 min
    The Thing About Golf #110: Vinny Giles

    The Thing About Golf #110: Vinny Giles

    Not every great amateur turns professional but that doesn’t mean they can’t make a living out of the game. 
    Vinny Giles is one of the game’s great amateurs having won the U.S and British Amateur titles as well as the U.S Senior Amateur. He also represented the United States four times at the Walker Cup, winning three times. 
    What is less well known is his long-time business role as a player manager, having at various stages guided the careers of Tom Kite, Davis Love III, Lanny Wadkins, Beth Daniel and Meg Mallon.
    In this fascinating interview with John Huggan, Giles talks about how the game has changed over his many decades as both a player, businessman and devotee of the game.'

    • 1 hr 2 min
    The Thing About Golf #109: Henry Cussell

    The Thing About Golf #109: Henry Cussell

    Some people have never known a life that didn't include golf and while they may not have a high profile those people are almost invariably among the most interesting and thoughtful in the game. Henry Cussell is just such a person. 
    Head professional at Yarra Yarra Golf Club at the age of 20 and one of the earliest employees at The National Golf Club on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, Cussell has likely forgotten more about the game than most people could ever hope to learn. 
    In this wide ranging chat with Rod Morri, Cussell covers everything from 'foxing' balls as a youngster to the unique business he recently set up in Melbourne's Sandbelt with one of the great custodians of Australian golf history, Ross Baker.

    • 1 hr 21 min
    The Thing About Golf #108: Nadene Gole

    The Thing About Golf #108: Nadene Gole

    Nine wins from 15 starts including all six Australian state titles and the national championship as well … If somebody told you a golfer had achieved all this in a single year you wouldn't believe them, but a golfer has and, ironically, that golfer struggles to believe it themselves. 
    Nadene Gole has, not surprisingly, risen to the top of the Senior Women’s Amateur world ranking and the former touring professional says she still has improvements to make. 
    But the journey hasn’t all been about golf for Nadene, who went almost two decades barely touching a club before accidentally falling back into the competitive game. 
    It's a decision that’s paid dividends as a new and improved Nadene Gole, at the age of 55, is finally living up to her potential.

    • 1 hr 7 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
49 Ratings

49 Ratings

WaddlerCP ,

Great Show

Great show with some really interesting insight into golf from not only major winners but those you seldom hear from.

Patrick @ Cooks River ,

Guests!

Great show gents
Guests:-
Geoff Ogilvy
Wayne Grady

Cheers

Patrick

Revesbyreg ,

I’m loving hearing from the names I grew up wary

So many great guests, it’s been a treat listening to these podcasts & hearing from all the people I grew up watching and listening to. I’m happy with any guests you have on but just some ideas for future guests:
- Jane Crafter
- Judy Rankin
- Rodger Davis
- Jack Newton
- Craig Parry
- Maureen Madill
- Ken Brown
- Sam Torrence
- Mark James
- Warren Humphreys

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