Talk Birdie To Me

Nick O'Hern & Mark Allen | Kaizen Media
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Tour Pro's Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen talk golf every week on Talk Birdie To Me. The latest news, issues, and stories from Australia and Worldwide. As two golfers who played at the highest level, they tell it like it is, and take you behind the scenes to get an inside look into the world of golf. Nick O’Hern reached #16 in the world rankings and is the only player ever to beat Tiger Woods twice in matchplay. Mark Allen is a former Touring Pro of 15 years - played a British Open at Carnoustie, and in his career has hit 12 hole in ones.....you can see the video of one of them here. Together, they host Talk Birdie To Me each week from Titleist and FootJoy Headquarters. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube. A huge thanks to our Talk Birdie To Me partners: Hostplus - the official retirement partner of Talk Birdie To Me;BMW - luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist - the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy - the #1 shoe and ball in golf;The Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, ahead of the gameFind My Player - track any player on any tour in seconds.And Southern Golf Club. Follow, subscribe and listen or watch Talk Birdie To Me here: https://linktr.ee/TalkBirdieToMe Executive Producer: Kaizen Media. Sound Design: Loud Zebra. For enquiries click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 16h ago ·  Bonus

    Friday Feedback: Uh Oh...Why was Mark Allen accused of 'Stealing' by a Tour Pro. A Slow Play solution? And more genius from Seve.

    A Friday Feedback show today, and there is plenty to get through ! 01:00 We start with a question from Jeff about centre shaft putters, and their benefits. Nick and Mark talk about how they work, how it adjusts how you putt. 04:00 John with a comment about playing in the wind that he read from Tom Watson. 05:00 Wolfpacker Mark listened to our recent mini on managing mental and physical fatigue, and reminded us of the great Jack Nicklaus' philosophy and his promise to Barbara when he was on tour. 06:00 How do Pros feel internally when they hit an ordinary shot in a tournament and the crowd are applauding them for what they (the crowd) believe is a decent one? 07:00 Womble wants some clarity about whether they have to play the same ball in their club comp, or if it is just a pro rule. 09:30 The Tiger Club Twirl conversation After the turn: 10:30 Wolfpacker Brian has a solution to solve slow play, or if not solve it, make it somewhat fun. 13:00 What Tour Pros would be good hecklers? 14:00 Uh Oh, trouble in paradise - wolfpacker Ron accuses Mark Allen of advocating for cheating. Does this require a Dennis Denuto meeting? 16:00 Chris has a great story about walking with Peter Senior during a tournament. If you've not watched (or listened to) our Peter Senior guest pod it's a great watch - see it here on YouTube or search wherever you get your pods, and it will come up. 17:00 Tony from Oklahoma had a corporate day at Southern Hills and took some pics of some wonderful memorabilia in the clubhouse. For YouTube watchers we'll show it, for audio listeners we'll put them on our socials, Nick recalls the event that the pics refer to and tells a story of how this event led into the Presidents Cup selections, placing him right on the edge of selection! 18:00 We discover an horrific lack of musical knowledge from Nick and Mark over a particular song. Disgraceful. 21:00 Mark saw a post from Gary Player this week about unifying golf which he loved, and reads out part of it. 22:00 Regarding the famous Seve vs Chooky chipping contests, someone who witnessed one (he was on Chooky's bag) explains what he saw and the insane thing Seve did. 23:00 Mark tells a story about caddying for José María Cañizares at Royal Melbourne when he was 16, and a WILD story about what happened after José missed the cut. 26:00 And Nick tells a hilarious story about WA Tour Pro Jarrod Moseley. It's a fun one today, love you to share it around with a golf-loving friend, and have a good weekend ! We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners: Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partnerBMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. 2d ago ·  Bonus

    ☎️ Voicemail: Mark from Concord - Your Recent Top 5 didn't include 'Australia's Best Putter!!'

    Mark from Concord in Sydney had a listen to our recent Monday Mini where Nick and Mark were putting together the best player, using different attributes from various players - mental game, short game, driving etc etc....However Mark reckons that we have neglected to include who he says is Australia's best putter, and this pro should have been in that Top 5. Have a listen to Mark's voicemail, and let us know in the comments if you agree with him or not! We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners: Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partnerBMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. 2d ago

    Ep224: Presidents Cup Wrap, the return pathway for Leish, Cam, Lucas, and Mark: 'I Blame Laura Norman for what happened to The Shark'.

    At the start of the show we avert a near disaster when we realise that, despite our soundcheck running fine, sometime between that and the start of the show Mark has banged the mic again loosening it!!! Thankfully we realise only a few seconds in.....phew.... So on with the show.... 01:00Presidents Cup chat. Great event, disappointing result on Sunday. 02:00Nick again makes the case for a mixed event 03:00What it is like when you are paired with a megastar player 04:00We look at how the international players performed 06:00Our Hostplus 'Plus for Golf' is the young star from the US Jackson Koivun, what a performance from him. 08:00Nick loved how JT took Jackson under his wing and helped to calm his nerves. 09:00Why does Mark hate the scoring in Presidents Cup? He explains. 10:00And what about the OB fences 11:00Mike Cocking and the OCM team did the redesign of Medinah, it looked great, Mark was texting back and forth with Mike through the tournament and reads out some of what Mike said as he watched it. 12:00We discuss the spectator kicking the ball incident. Mark reckons it was an accident. Nick and Dan reckon it was 100% deliberate. 16:00Our BMW Touch of Class goes to Scottie Scheffler for a very classy act after a moronic act from a member of the crowd. We have a listen to what happened. 18:00We discuss how Geoff Ogilvy might set up Kingston Heath for the Presidents Cup in 2028, how Nick and Mark would set the course up, and the kind of players they'd look for (beyond the automatic qualifiers). 24:00Mark mentions Adam Scott's insane fitness regime. After the turn 27:00More Pros playing in Amateur tournaments...we look at a ridiculous stat from the weekend 28:00For Betr, Marks Top 5 most disappointing moments in golf....#1 is both awfully disappointing, sad, and yet somewhat hilarious. 33:00Global Results from Nick 34:00We get some inside info on Adare Manor as the Ryder Cup gets close, from a wolfpacker who has a friend working there. 37:00We discover one member of the Talk Birdie team was the back to back winner of the Port Hedland Classic Sand Green competition! 38:00Feedback for Southern Golf Club, plenty to look over. 39:00Scottie Scheffler vs Min Woo Lee.....did Scottie behave badly? 40:00The return pathway for a few LIV players 42:00What does Marc Leishman do? 43:00Grok has let Mark down...should he request a refund? 44:00Couple of Matchplay questions 47:00It is a 12-year anniversary of a particular incident involving one member of the Talk Birdie Team.....we have audio to play to commemorate this auspicious occasion. 51:00And for the Golf Clearance Outlet a great masterclass from Nick O'Hern on handling pressure. A fun show, appreciate you listening! Any thoughts or questions, feel free to leave a voicemail here. We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners: Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partnerBMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. 3d ago ·  Bonus

    Presidents Cup Mini: 'It was a Crushing Day', and despite the loss, why Ogilvy out-captained Snedeker

    A quick little 5 or 6 minutes on the Presidents Cup today, what a tournament and whilst the internationals were ahead going into Sunday, it was always going to be tough in the singles. Nick is depressed about the result (and about Fremantle) and Mark is disappointed that the 2028 Presidents Cup at Kingston Heath won't be coming in with the trophy held by the Internationals. Nick and Mark feel that, on paper, this was the weakest international side however Geoff Ogilvy nearly pulled of the unthinkable in a masterful display of captaincy over Brandt Snedeker. Plenty to talk about, we barely scratch the surface in this Mini, tomorrows main pod we'll get right under the hood of the Presidents Cup and analyse all the happenings - good and bad. Happy Tuesday!!! We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners: Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partnerBMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. 3d ago ·  Bonus

    Bonus Feedback: Mark: 'That's the Stupidest, Most Pathetic, Email we have ever received'

    So much feedback, so many questions, so we thought we'd smack out a quick little extra feedback show today. It's a themed feedback show today - every question or comment has to do with courses of some kind, except for two, which we included because they were amusing. 01:00Comment from a UK wolfpacker on Lahinch and Royal County Down 02:00A few comments on The Lakes in Sydney, including one from course architect Mike Clayton 05:00A comment from a self-described 'grumpy' member of The Lakes 06:30Mark gives some inside info on Kingston Heath's preparations for the Capital.com Australian Open 07:30Comment from a wolfpacker in Belgium on Royal Zoute 09:00NSW Golf Club feedback After the turn... 10:00Our first 'non-course' related question today. And it is one for Nick. 13:00Lots of comments on the courses that are closing down - courses in the Ohio, WA, NSW and Victoria. Including one comment that gets Mark well and truly fired up. 16:00Comment about the ranking (or not) of composite courses 18:00Peninsula Kingswood composite course....will it be up there? 19:00And we finish on our second 'non-course' related comment of this show - a Monty comment from a wolfpacker, resulting in Mark making a ridiculous demand for Colin Montgomerie to deliver on if he is to come on the show. If Monty hears this, Nick and Dan do not support Marks demands. We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners: Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partnerBMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. 4d ago ·  Bonus

    Monday Mini: How to Take Spin off, or Put Spin on, the Ball - Nick and Mark explain.

    Monday Mini today and it's a great question from wolfpacker Glenn who heard Nick and Mark discussing playing in the wind last week, and in particular Shane Lowry's masterclass at the Irish Open. Glenn is an excellent golfer, he's off around 6 or 7, however he doesn't know who to take spin off the ball or how to adding spin to the ball. He hears it a lot during commentary, and on Talk Birdie To Me....and would love to know how to do it. Nick and Mark explain some tips and tricks to do exactly that. If you've ever wanted to know how to control spin....this episode is a great listen! We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners: Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partnerBMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. 5d ago

    ☎️ Voicemail: Tour Pro Scotty Laycock on Daniel Chopra's 'Iron Man' reputation

    Tour Pro Scotty Laycock had a listen to our recent mini where Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen spoke about managing fatigue (mental and physical) as a golfer, and left a voicemail recounting a conversation that he had with Swedish Tour Pro Daniel Chopra on this exact issue. Have a listen to Scotty's voicemail, and if you've got any comments or questions for Nick and Mark you can leave us a voicemail here. We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners: Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partnerBMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. Sep 24 ·  Bonus

    Friday Feedback: BREAKING: Has Patrick Reed been bumped off the Talk Birdie watchlist for being 'flexible' with the rules? And Mark asks 'What are these People talking about'!

    A Friday Feedback Show...and could we be seeing Patrick Reed bumped off the Talk Birdie To Me watchlist????!!!?!??? 01:00Wolfpacker Richard has sent in a video of Shingo Katayama which looks veeeeery suss. We watch it, listen to it, and discuss it. 04:00Nick gave out some putting stats a week or two ago, plenty of feedback, some thought they were accurate, others though they ignored some key contributing factors 07:00Mark gets fired up....''what are these people talking about?' 08:00A wolfpacker has a question about their head being in the right position over the ball. Nick and Mark give some tips, and Mark talks about what he sees Adam Scott doing 11:00Mark and Dan muse over whether Nick is diverting revenue from the pod to his website.....could there be trouble in paradise? 12:00 Brysons Bay Hill shot over the water 13:00A Talk Birdie To Me team member has an apology to make. Do they? After the turn 14:00Nick has done some research on the outcome of the Shingo infraction....was he penalised or not? 17:00A wolfpacker has a different view to Mark on kids using kids sized grips 18:00Feedback on the comments about why the US are so dominant in world golf. 19:00A bouquet for Nick from a New Zealand wolfpacker 21:00And in Australia it is Grand Final weekend in the AFL, and Prelim weekend in the NRL, we give our tips for the weekend footy. Have a great weekend !! We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners: Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partnerBMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour;And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Tour Pro's Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen talk golf every week on Talk Birdie To Me. The latest news, issues, and stories from Australia and Worldwide. As two golfers who played at the highest level, they tell it like it is, and take you behind the scenes to get an inside look into the world of golf. Nick O’Hern reached #16 in the world rankings and is the only player ever to beat Tiger Woods twice in matchplay. Mark Allen is a former Touring Pro of 15 years - played a British Open at Carnoustie, and in his career has hit 12 hole in ones.....you can see the video of one of them here. Together, they host Talk Birdie To Me each week from Titleist and FootJoy Headquarters. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube. A huge thanks to our Talk Birdie To Me partners: Hostplus - the official retirement partner of Talk Birdie To Me;BMW - luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;Titleist - the #1 ball in golf;FootJoy - the #1 shoe and ball in golf;The Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;Betr, ahead of the gameFind My Player - track any player on any tour in seconds.And Southern Golf Club. Follow, subscribe and listen or watch Talk Birdie To Me here: https://linktr.ee/TalkBirdieToMe Executive Producer: Kaizen Media. Sound Design: Loud Zebra. For enquiries click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Nick O'Hern & Mark Allen | Kaizen Media
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    559
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Kaizen Media
  • Show Website
    Talk Birdie To Me

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