The Good-Good Golf Podcast TalkinGolf Productions

It's the final major of the year this week and what a fitting end to a fabulous run of Grand Slam events with the world's best women set to take on the Muirfield golf course in Scotland. Women and Golf Editor Emma Ballard is on site for the week and joins the pod to set the scene for what promises to be a great event.


Links mentioned on this episode:
Women & Girls Golf Week: My career in golf
https://womenandgolf.com/news/women-and-golf-features/women-and-girls-golf-week-my-career-in-golf


Women & Girls Golf Week: Volunteering at The Open
https://womenandgolf.com/news/women-and-golf-features/women-and-girls-golf-week-volunteering-at-the-open


John Huggan: Muirfield’s long, bumpy and often tense road to hosting its first Women’s British Open
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/aig-womens-british-open-2022-preview-muirfield-long-bump-embarrassing-road


Emma Ballard on Twitter / Twitr
https://twitter.com/EmmaOffTwitr


Women and Golf on Twitter
https://twitter.com/Women_and_Golf

Jimmy Emanuel of Golf Australia magazine joins us to discuss Cam Smith's victory at the 150th Open, how The Old Course held up (very well) and how Cam's win feeds the insatiable LIV rumour mill. We also preview the next Women's major - the Evian Championship and discuss the future of Women's majors.


Links mentioned in this episode:
Cam Smith wins the 150th Open Championship
https://www.golfaustralia.com.au/news/cam-smith-wins-the-150th-open-championship-582760


Huggan: Can we have our Old Course back please?
https://www.golfaustralia.com.au/feature/huggan-can-we-have-our-old-course-back-please-582749


Monica Marchesani’s Instagram
https://instagram.com/oneobservation?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

There's electricity in the air as the 150th Open approaches and we get a taste of the atmosphere and what's making news on the ground at St Andrews from Golf Australia magazine editor Brendan James.


Links mentioned on this episode:
John Huggan: My Open Journey
https://www.golfaustralia.com.au/feature/huggan-my-open-journey-582481

Hannah Holden is one of the small number of women who cover golf, her contributions ranging from in depth equipment reviews to opinion pieces on LIV Golf and the reaction to Linn Grant's win in the Scandinavian Mixed event last month. Hannah is young, thoughful, good at golf and a terrific guest on this week's show.


Links mentioned on this episode (courtesy of Adrian logue):


Hannah’s article about Linn Grant’s win in National Club Golfer
https://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/news/linn-grant-historic-golf-victory/


Sandy Jameson on Twitter
https://twitter.com/jamogolf


Hannah Holden on Twitter
https://twitter.com/HannahHoldenNCG

In the big picture, the most important thing to happen in golf last week was Linn Grant winning the Scandinavian Mixed event. We at least talked about that a bit before getting completely derailed - like everybody else - by LIV Golf and the turmoil at the top of the men's professional game.


Links mentioned on this episode:


Linn Grant’s win in the Scandinavian Mixed
https://www.golfaustralia.com.au/news/grant-claims-historic-scandinavian-mixed-win-581253


Ben Coley for Sporting Life on LIV event:
https://www.sportinglife.com/golf/news/liv-golf-invitational-at-centurion-ben-coley-reflections-on-saudi-arabia-backed-golf-tournament/201425


Brian Wacker in New York Post writing about the 9/11 survivors criticism of the LIV players
https://nypost.com/2022/06/11/phil-mickelson-other-liv-golf-players-ripped-by-9-11-group/


Barney Ronay in The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2022/jun/11/in-their-naked-self-interest-liv-golfers-are-being-refreshingly-true-to-the-sports-roots?CMP=share_btn_tw


John Huggan’s game report
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/charl-scwhartzel-wins-4-million-dollars-in-inaugural-liv-golf-invititational


Beth Ann Nichols for Golf Week views the LIV Golf news through the lens of Women’s golf
https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/06/10/liv-golf-series-threatens-mens-game-is-lpga-vulnerable/


John Huggan’s piece on reaction to the first LIV event
https://www.golfdigest.com/story/liv-golf-official-ron-cross-speaks-about-first-week-of-tour-in-london


Alan Shipnuck’s report from the first LIV event
https://firepitcollective.com/for-the-love-of-money/


Interesting perspective from Lying Four (Will Bardwell)
https://www.lyingfour.com/conversations-blog/2022/6/11/liv-golf-is-the-nwo


Derek Duncan’s “Every hole at The Country Club”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9e_CnoWUYg


Fried Egg’s guide to The Country Club
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhL63C86ylw&t=460s

Hardly a dull week in the world of golf so, unusually for us, we've turned our attention to the pay for play ranks with special guest John Huggan joining form London as he prepares to cover the first LIV Golf event at the Centurion Club.


Links mentioned on this episode:
Horrendously formatted player LIV Golf Player announcements
https://twitter.com/JasonSobelTAN/status/1531795936619503616?s=20&t=NS40r0g-HchJ-fbZxWDC6A


Over-designed LIV Golf talking points with inscrutable background images
https://twitter.com/the_fried_egg/status/1533489995025195008?s=20&t=NS40r0g-HchJ-fbZxWDC6A


Greg Norman Washington Post piece
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/06/05/last-attack-greg-norman/


Richard Gillis Unofficial Partner Podcast episode with Sean Bratches formerly of LIV Golf
https://www.unofficialpartner.com/podcast/episode/77b946ef/up243-sean-bratches-on-the-golf-super-league


Unofficial Partner episode with Andy Gardiner currently of PGL
https://www.unofficialpartner.com/podcast/episode/7a7d208f/up248-golfs-dollar10billion-question