The Firm & Fast Golf Podcast Shane Derby

The stars finally aligned recently in providing me with an opportunity to spend some time with Angela Moser - golf course architect, shaper and world traveller!


There was no sign of either a dozer or a digger.... although I am absolutely sure that one of those is undoubtedly in her immediate future.


In this episode we take a deep dive on Renaissance's only current Irish course, St Patricks Links @ The Rosapenna Golf Resort, where Angela, Tom Doak, Eric Iverson, Clyde Johnson, Brian Schneider, Brian Slawnik, Blake Conant, Don Placek & Co. have created what in all likelihood will probably be the last great links to be built in Ireland.


We take a look Angela's back story in golf, which started by chance when her parents enrolled her in a three day golf summer camp for kids in her home town of Augsburg, Germany.


The golf bug bit, ultimately leading her towards a degree in Landscape Architecture at the Munich Univeristy of Applied Sciences, followed by a year long Erasmus scholarship in Sheffield. This UK sojourn, afforded Angela both the encouragement and opportunity to immerse herself in disciphering the myriad puzzles that many of the great UK courses afford golfers.


After graduation, Angela worked in Greenkeeping and Golf Course Design in Germany and Austria.


An internship with Renaissance Golf Design would follow in 2011 and the rest as they say is history.


We take a look at some of this history, while also looking at a few of the upcoming projects that are on the drawing board and one that our interview subject might be inclined to put there, should the opportunity every arise.


Many thanks to Angela for graciously affording me the time to speak with her. We both very much hope you enjoy our chat.


If you want to find out more about The Olde Glen Bar, Glen Village, Co. Donegal, please click on the following link


Additional details on the Rosapenna Golf Resort stay and play packages can be found by clicking on the following link


Angela mentions Norderney Golf Club during the course of the episode, you can visit the Norderney Golf Club website by clicking here, alternatively you can read a little more about it on the Good Sundays Website.


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Special Guest: Angela Moser.

Angela Moser has just completed the #10 Course at Pinehurst for Tom Doak's Renaissance Golf Design - she joined me recently for golf at St Patricks Links (no surprise, she's a baller) and a number of conversations, one of which we recorded for your enjoyment.


Our full conversation takes a look at Angela's career to date, which includes significant involvement at St Patricks @ Rosapenna, The Renaissance Club in Edinburgh, The Loop at Forest Dunes, Pinehurst #10 and much much more...


Editing is still in the works, however, this piece is too good not to share immediately as a wee teaser for what's to come next week.


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Special Guest: Angela Moser.

Royal Portrush hosted it's first Open Championship in 1951, with Max Faulkner triumphing over Harry Colt's Dunluce Course... at the time Bernard Darwin was minded to write that Colt's design of the Dunluce links was 'a monument more enduring than Brass'.


As listeners will know the Open Championship returned to Royal Portrush in 2019. In advance of the 148th staging of the Championship MacKenzie & Ebert undertook improvement and revision works on both the Dunluce & Valley courses at RP. With the club due to host the 153rd Open in 2025, members at Royal Portrush approved a comprehensive improvement plan for the Valley. These works began in November 2023 and are expected to be complete by August 2024. Works focus upon improving and augmenting the spectator, player and member experience throughout the property.


I joined consulting course designer Martin Ebert at Royal Portrush recently for a course walk and podcast recording session as DAR Golf Construction enter the finishing straight on these improvements. Over the course of our hour long chat we explore the works on the Valley Course while also lingering a while on M&E's improvement works at Enniscrone over the past winter. Finally we briefly touch upon M&E's upcoming projects at County Sligo Golf Club, Noordwijk Golf Club in the Netherlands and New South Wales Golf Club in Sydney, Australia.


Thanks to Martin, Graham, Graeme, Ashley, John, Nigel and Jim for their help and assistance in putting this episode together, thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy our chat.


The master plan for the Valley works can be viewed by clicking the following link.


A new book on Chicago Golf Club, The Prairie Raynor, published by Grant Books, was mentioned briefly towards the end of the episode, hit the link for more information.


Episode music used under license from Epidemic Sound
Special Guest: Martin Ebert.

County Sligo Golf Club celebrates 130 years of existence in 2024. Club members recently approved a course development plan, prepared by course designers M&E. In this episode we catch up with Council member David Dunne to hear about the scope of these plans, which will be implemented over the coming years.


David has an interesting back story which we explore in parallel with our chat about the Rosses Point links.


Many thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy the show!


Epiosde imagery courtesy of County Sligo Golf Club


Episode music used under license from Epidemic Sound
Special Guest: David Dunne.

Friend of the pod Mark Millar, the Superintendent at County Sligo Golf Club, joined us for a chat in the Ewing Room in the clubhouse at Rosses Point during a recent visit to the home of the West of Ireland Amateur Championship. The Club has hosted the event since its inaugural hosting of the event in 1923.


We take a look at the site at Rosses, discussing some of the challenges that Mark faces through the seasons and tke a look at his well travelled career. We also look forward to the clubs hosting of the Irish Amateur Championship which the club was awarded as they celebrate their 130th year in 2024.


Be sure to get to Rosses this year, there is still teetime availability and you will not regret it.


We hope you enjoy the episode.


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Special Guest: Mark Millar.

The First in a four part series that cover the F&F Spring Break to Counties Sligo and Mayo. Myself and a good mate set off from Dublin to the Atlantic West Coast of Ireland to explore the delights of links golf at Rosses Point, Strandhill, Enniscrone & Belmullet.


Please take a look at the F&F Instagram page to view a number of reels showing County Sligo, Strandhill, Enniscrone and Carne in all of their early season splendour.


Please find a few links below for accommodation, eating and non golfy stuff that might be of use to you when planning a trip Westwards


Radisson SAS Rosses Point
Glass House Hotel Sligo


Otto Pizza Sligo
Flipside Sligo


Bartragh Restaurant Enniscrone GC (the curry was divine!)
Diamond Coast Hotel Enniscrone


Shraigh Air BnB Belmullet (sleeps 4 comfortably - highly recommended)


Broadhaven Bay Hotel Belmullet
Talbot Hotel Belmullet


Blacksod Lighthouse
Ceide Fields


We hope you enjoy both this episode and the series which will dive a good bit deeper with some of the characters we encountered.


The West is Awake!


Episode image credit to Nick Wall, Air Swing Media


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Special Guest: Niall Higgins.