The Yardage Book Podcast

Charlie Mercer
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Having meaningful conversations in the world of golf - focused primarily on New Zealand 

  1. 4D AGO

    Previewing The UNLIMIT Taranaki Open With Kerry Mountcastle and Josh Geary

    Hello and welcome back! It was a pleasure to chat with both Kerry Mountcastle and Josh Geary this week to preview the Summerset Charles Tour's UNLIMIT Taranaki Open at New Plymouth Golf Club which kicks off this week! Kerry is the inform man this season with a win at The Brian Green Property Group Super 6s in Manawatu and a Runner-up at last week's Autex Muriwai Open. Josh Geary is the defending champion at Ngamotu and it was great to discuss with him about why he has been so successful in Taranaki in recent years.  Find out more about the Summerset Charles Tour here:  https://www.golf.co.nz/summerset-charles-tour We are proud to be presented by Power Turf NZ. Who are New Zealand's leading providers in Turf Care Equipment and Golf Carts.  Check them out here: https://www.powerturf.co.nz/

    37 min

  2. APR 23

    Previewing The Autex Muriwai Open With Harry Middleton and Phil Tataurangi

    Welcome Back! We are really excited to preview the next event on the Summerset Charles Tour schedule with The Autex Muriwai Open taking place next week at Muriwai links. It was great to preview the event with Harry Middleton who is the Superintendent at Muriwai Links and Phil Tataurangi, the Consulting Architect. We chatted to both Harry and Phil about the ongoing changes at the site, the test it will provide the field, and much more. We are proud to be presented by Power Turf NZ. Who are New Zealand's leading providers in Turf Care Equipment and Golf Carts.  Check them out here: https://www.powerturf.co.nz/

    46 min

  3. APR 14

    Unpacking 7 Mile Beach With GM Will Kay

    Welcome back! It was a pleasure to visit 7 mile Beach recently and play the heavily anticipated South Course which opened for 18 hole play in December 2025. To start the episode Mitch and I give our thoughts on this phenomenal course and how it stacked up against our lofty expectations. For the bulk of the episode we talk to Will Kay who is the General Manager at 7 mile and he gave some awesome insight into the property, architecture and much more! We are proud to be presented by Power Turf NZ. Who are New Zealand's leading providers in Turf Care Equipment and Golf Carts.  Check them out here: https://www.powerturf.co.nz/

    1h 12m

  4. APR 6

    Luke Toomey on His Return to Professional Golf in the Cisco Series Ft Mark Jurgeleit

    Hello and welcome back! It was a pleasure to sit down with Luke Toomey recently to discuss his return to professional golf at the Entelar Group Invitational in Taupo as part of the Cisco Series. Tooms will be joining the likes of of Josh Geary, Sam Jones and Kerry Mountcastle in the pro-am event across 2 days at Wairakei International and The Kinloch Club. It was great to hear Tooms' expectation for the event, some of his favourite holes across the 2 courses in addition to chatting through some of his recent visits including TPC Sawgrass and Pinehurst.  On the back-end we will hear from Mark Jurgeleit, who is the founder and organiser of the series. Mark runs through the notables in the field, the structure behind the event in Taupo and more.  We are proud to be presented by Power Turf NZ. Who are New Zealand's leading providers in Turf Care Equipment and Golf Carts.  Check them out here: https://www.powerturf.co.nz/ Note that this episode is also available on our Youtube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@TheYBNZ

    1h 12m

  5. MAR 29

    Kazuma Kobori Talks His Career And The Courses That Shaped Him

    Welcome Back! It was a pleasure to chat with Kazuma Kobori recently to chat about his career so far, including his NZPGA Championship win in 2019 and his 2023 Australian Amateur Victory.  Kazuma gave great details on his early golfing life in North Canterbury and talked about life on the DP World Tour. Note that this interview was recorded a few weeks ago - just Prior to the ISPS Handa event at RAGGC We are proud to be presented by Power Turf NZ. Who are New Zealand's leading providers in Turf Care Equipment and Golf Carts.  Check them out here: https://www.powerturf.co.nz/ Note that this episode is also available on our Youtube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@TheYBNZ

    35 min

  6. MAR 17

    Previewing 2026/27 Summerset Charles Tour Opener with Dave Mangan

    Hello and Welcome Back! We are excited to announce we are working in association with Golf NZ to preview the 2026/27 Summerset Charles Tour season. The first event up is the Brian Green Property Group Super 6s at historic Manawatu GC. To preview the event we were joined by Dave Mangan from Golf NZ who is the GM of Championships and Golf Operations. Dave gave some great insight into unique Super 6s format, his thoughts on Manawatu GC as a tournament test, and we discussed the notable players in the field this week.  Check out more here: https://www.golf.co.nz/summerset-charles-tour We are proud to be presented by Power Turf NZ. Who are New Zealand's leading providers in Turf Care Equipment and Golf Carts.  Check them out here: https://www.powerturf.co.nz/

    32 min

  7. MAR 10

    Mike Cocking Talks The Hills Redevelopment And More

    Hello and Welcome Back!  It was a pleasure to chat with Mike Cocking recently, who is a Director of golf architecture firm - OCM. OCM are behind the redevelopment of The Hills Golf Club near Arrowtown, which promises to be an amazing transformation of the existing layout. Mike spoke in depth on his thoughts of the existing layout, and some of the changes that they will look to make as work gets underway. On the back-end of the pod Mike gave his thoughts on many of his other projects with OCM and his thoughts on the golf courses he has played across NZ.  We have a big announcement to make! We are thrilled to team up with Power Turf NZ who have signed on as our presenting sponsor.  Power Turf are New Zealand's leading supplier of Golf Carts and Turf Care, and we are very excited to elevate our content alongside them.  Check them out here:  https://www.powerturf.co.nz/

    39 min

  8. MAR 3

    Mark Hooker Talks RAGGC, His Phenomenal Career in Turf, Previews ISPS HANDA Event

    Welcome back! It was a pleasure to chat with Mark Hooker recently, who is the Director of Agronomy at Royal Auckland and The Grange GC. Mark gave some fantastic insight into his career, which includes positions all over the globe and how he ended up in his current position at RAGGC. Mark detailed the preparation for this weeks' ISPS Handa Japan Australasian Championship and listed some of his favourite holes across the 27 hole property.

    45 min
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Having meaningful conversations in the world of golf - focused primarily on New Zealand 

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  • Creator
    Charlie Mercer
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Yardage Book Podcast
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