Golf New Zealand Podcast Jason Gulasekharam

Jay Carter, Golf New Zealand’s National Coach, has seen many New Zealand golfers both succeed and fail in the professional game. Currently, there are a plethora of Kiwi professionals all plying their trade on the world stage - the likes of Lydia Ko, Ryan Fox, Danny Lee, and, more recently, Daniel Hillier are a few who have come through the Golf New Zealand High Performance programme, and have had a relationship with New Zealand’s National Coach. We chat to Jay about his coaching jou...

Our next guest is New Zealand Open Tournament Director Michael Glading, a month after the 102nd edition at Millbrook Resort. After a long 3-years, a new champion was crowned after Brendan Jones played some of the golf of his life over the weekend, after making the cut on the number. Michael shares his emotional connection with Brendan, insights into this year's tournament, his role as the Tournament Director, and more.We hope you enjoy the conversation.

Our second podcast of 2023 is a special one. We chat to the New Zealand Maori Golf champion Kyle Maihi a week out from the NZ Open. Kyle earned a start in our national open courtesy of his victory, and we caught up with him to find out how his preparation is going, how excited he is to play in the NZ Open, his journey in the game, and the partnership between Golf New Zealand and New Zealand Maori Golf.We hope you enjoy the conversation.Follow Kyle's NZ Open journey through Golf New Zealand me...

Nga mihi o te tau hou, Happy New Year! Welcome back to the Golf New Zealand Podcast.To tee off 2023, I catch up with Amelia Garvey, a Kiwi professional playing on the Epson Tour. This year will be her second year on the LPGA feeder tour, and she'll need to finish inside the top 10 in the Road to the LPGA Race for the Card standings to earn status on the LPGA Tour without going to Q-School. We catch up and chat about her upcoming year on the Epson Tour, what tour life is like, and her assessme...

Jamie Reid is the world's number #1 speedgolfer who hails from New Plymouth, New Zealand. Jamie has recently returned from the US where he competed in the World Championships, dominating the field and finishing with two gold medals, redeeming himself from an agonising second place in 2018, where he lost by a second. Now, he’s reached the pinnacle of the sport and is pushing Speedgolf to new heights.We chat about his world championship victory just a couple of weeks ago, his speedgolf journey,...

Today's guest is New Zealand's highest-ranked male golfer, Ryan Fox. 2022 is a year that Foxy will remember for a long time. He won twice on the DP World Tour, rose over 200 places in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR), and went head-to-head with the current World Number #1 Rory McIlroy at the DP World Tour Championship, and finished second in the DP World Tour Rankings.We catch up with the big-hitting Kiwi to chat about his year and what his 2023 schedule is looking like.We hope you enj...