David from Mornington left a message for Nick and Mark telling us a great story about meeting the great man, Jack Nicklaus, in 1988 and what surprised him about the conversation they had.

Great experience David...that's a ripper!

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Every friday we do a feedback pod, and from today we'll call them what they are - a Friday Feedback pod!

Today we get off to an average start when Nick and Mark start giving each other feedback on their FootJoy shirts....perhaps they misunderstood the concept of a Friday Feedback podcast. But after we clear up that misunderstanding, onto the good stuff.

Ando is from NSW Golf Club and has messaged us about our comments on how windy the course is, he has a story about a Victorian Golf Course which, at least on the day he was there, was so windy the siren sounded and they couldn't finish the round.

Luke has a comment on 7 Mile Beach in Hobart.

Willow has an observation about Seve Ballestero and his caddy, the legendary Billy Foster. Mark talks about his first ever full-time caddy, and Nick explains how Alana was his 'spotter' when he was looking to hire a caddy. Whilst on caddies - Christopher has a request for us to get Nick's long-time caddy Wilbur on the pod.

Ian has some pretty strong opinions on handicapping. We find out if Nick and Mark agree.

And then...okay this could go pear-shaped....Andrey wants to know that if Nick and Mark today, at their current age and form, played an LPGA Tour Pro would they win? The answer comes with some caveats, but it's a bit of a 'yes and no' answer - the boys explain their thinking and what they believe would happen.

James has a great story about his wife Jo and her performance on a particular hole at Huntingdale a couple of weeks ago. David was attempting to join a club, however they have not allowed him to given he wants to bring his own golf scooter/buggy....and asks about that.

And we finish with a ripping question from Craig for Nick about Rory McIlroy and The Masters.

Have a great weekend, that's our Friday Feedback pod this week!

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• Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partner
• BMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;
• Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;
• FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;
• PING will help you play your best;
• Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;
• Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;
• And Southern Golf Club.

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Well we start today chatting about the incredible Hannah Green, a superstar who just keeps getting better. And at the outset, Mark explains why he is ashamed about something he did at the weekend to do with Hannah's win. Nick and Mark discuss her performance, not only this week, but the year so far, and how good her swing is. Nick reiterates his view that she'll win a major this year which he has been saying for months now.

Then. LIV. Well what a few days it has been. After Ryan French at Monday Q revealed that he had solid information that LIV was in trouble, the internet exploded, the media jumped on it, the golf world chatter went next level. In fairness, Scott O'Neil from LIV has said the rumours are untrue, and has said that he feels that national opens may be the new pathways. Mark picked up on Scott's comments about how he speaks to players about LIV, and felt it was a poor selling approach. Nick suggests that the model has always been unsustainable financially.

There were rumours about Bryson looking at options during Masters Week, and Mark says if Bryson and Rahm were to leave then LIV is definitely all over. Would the PGA welcome back some players, if so who, and where would the others go? Nick and Mark feel the DPWT would be the obvious path.

For Hostplus, Nicks 'That's a Plus for Golf' is the BMW PGA moving to The Lakes. He feels it's a great move.

Speaking of BMW our Touch of Class this week goes to Matt Fitzpatrick for how he handled the crowd support for Scottie Scheffler - it was almost like an away tournament, with the crowd right against him, and he handled it beautifully.

After the Turn, for Betr, it's our Top 5....this is an interesting one. It was to be Nicks turn, however he's passed the baton to Mark who lists the Top 5, in his view, mistakes that LIV made, and in classic Nick style he adds a 6th one one.....this Top 5 has a reprise though, as we touch on some of the things that we feel LIV has done well.

PING globals from Nick, as always plenty of golf around the world to discuss and we take a couple of sidetracks when Mark plays some audio from what we miss (in Australia) through receiving the world feed, Mark has noticed something about Tour Pro Brian Gay's appearance which he finds odd, and Nick has found an updated picture of the 'pool' at Memorial Park Golf Course.

Feedback for Southern Golf Club - we've had a heap on LIV as you'd expect, but rather than read it out we touch on the themes. No doubt over the next few weeks, we'll have plenty of opportunities to chat LIV as the situation progresses. Lots of other feedback though: a Gary Player correction from last week, commentator comments, the World Feed, Marks Australian Masters (possibly illegal) Top 5 performance, and a comment on Tiger vs David Duval and slow play.

And for the Golf Clearance Outlet, a great Masterclass from Mark, inspired by Matt Fitzpatrick, on chipping on Couch (Bermuda) grass.

We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners:

• Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partner
• BMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole;
• Titleist, the #1 ball in golf;
• FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf;
• PING will help you play your best;
• Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices;
• Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia;
• And Southern Golf Club.

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