Chasing Pars Golf Podcast Craig Thomson

We have arrived at the 2nd Major of the year in the Women’s game this week as the players head to Pennsylvania for the 79th US Women’s Open at the fantastic Lancaster Country Club! It is the 2nd time that the US Women’s Open has been hosted at this William Flynn classic design where it hosted the tournament in 2015 where a 20 year old In Gee Chun would win the first of her 3 Majors and maintains a special affiliation with Lancaster! 

With Nelly Korda winning 6 out of her last 8 events including the first major of the year at Chevron beating Maja Stark it is easy to see how it could take a mammoth effort to stop Nelly winning another major and making it 7 wins in 9 but we are here to guide you through some of the best other players! 

Craig is joined by Scott Mader (@BJays 129) on Twitter to discuss who can mount a serious challenge to Nelly in Pennsylvania this week on a course that demands high Greens in Reg/Par 4 Scoring/Approach/Driving Acc with multiple elevation changes, angles of shots/tiny greens & Conestoga River flowing through the course, this US Open should be an interesting viewing to see who can mastermind a strategy of such a stern test. Who has the patience to win a US Women’s Open title? 

Thanks to Scott for coming on with me to chat who we fancybwith a couple of regular plays in both cards! 




I’d like to say if you are struggling with anything related to Mental Health please reach out to someone it will make the world of good! I hope Grayson Murray had found inner peace, a truly tragic story! R.I.P Grayson Murray!

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In what was a pretty unforgettable PGA Championship at Valhalla for the good & all of the bad reasons it was Xander Schauffele who had ice in his veins to win a first major title at a record setting -21 to defeat a fired up Bryson DeChambeau by a shot to claim The Wanamaker Trophy while on the LPGA Tour Nelly Korda made it 6 wins from last 7 starts by beating Hannah Green by a shot at Liberty National for Mizuho Americas Open an event that seen no more than 10 withdrawals last week.

In this episode I am joined by Nigel (@GolfNutter3) on X (Twitter) to discuss the fall outfrom Kentucky, we talk Scheffler arrest as well as talk the first event of the European Swing on DP World Tour at Rinkven International in Antwerp for Soudal Open where Jordan Smith & Adrian Otaegui Open up as joint favourites while in Texas on the PGA Tour we are at Colonial for Charles Schwab Challenge where Emiliano Grillo won at -8 in a Playoff. Scottie Scheffler is the 3/1 favourite with Collin Morikawa 14/1 2nd favourite. Listen in to see wo we both facy for the week this week!

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Hello & welcome to the 2nd Major Championship of the year for PGA Championship at Valhalla where we have an enthralling Major to look forward to with the 3 Golfing juggernauts of Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy & Brooks Koepka all coming into this year’s PGA Championship with a victory! We also have the generational talent Ludvig Åberg, the ever consistent Xander Schauffele & 2x Major Champion Jon Rahm looking to topple the mighty trio! 

I was joined by a friend of the show this week in Chris Callow (@shallowcalgolf) to give a detailed preview on what to expect at Valhalla this week while we give our thoughts and opinions on some of the best of the rest while in agreement with a couple of picks! Valhalla is a big boy very long golf course which should favour the bigger hitters but take that with a pinch of salt. 

On the LPGA Tour this week in the midst of an epic Rose Zhang/Madelene Sagstrom dual last week at Founders Cup where they were both 13 & 15 shots ahead of 3rd place Gabi Ruffels, the players are back for the 2nd year of Mizuho Americas Open at the epic Liberty National Golf Club. Craig dives over some of the information & has 5 picks this week while feeling fairly confident on an elite South Korean to go mighty close! 

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We are back this week to chat ISPS Handa Championship at Taiheiyo (Gotemba) course with the picturesque Mount Fuji in the backdrop as the DP World Tour returns after a break. We discuss the domination of the 2 World Number 1’s Scottie Scheffler & Nelly Korda who have won 9 of their last 10 events together including 2 Majors in that time with Stephan Jaeger being the only player to win in that sequence in Texas.

Craig also has a bit of a discussion about the direct lack of coverage on the LPGA Tour recently even with a Major Championship last week at the Chevron Champs. 

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In this episode I am joined by former Ladies European Tour pro & current LET co-commentator for Sky Sports Golf Sophie Walker!

We chat about Nelly Korda’s dominance, the disappointing lack of LPGA Coverage, Lottie Woad’s win at Augusta and what to expect from Lottie, Sophie’s journey into the game and find out how she got into the role commentating on the LET alongside veteran broadcaster Richard Kaufman. 

With it being Masters week at Augusta this week & the first major of the year in the Women’s game next week at Chevron Champs we discuss who could go well for them.

Sophie was a great guest & I enjoyed chatting with her! Hopefully have her back on the pod at another point into time! 

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It’s that time of year again it’s the Azaleas, it’s Pimento Cheese Sandwiches, it’s AUGUSTA NATIONAL. Craig is rejoined by Craig Edwards to preview everything about this year’s Masters tournament. Can anyone stop the relentless World number 1 Scottie Scheffler? We give you our picks and views on what is going to be an unpredictable Masters! 

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