Big show ... and Nick is coming to us from New Zealand today!

01:00Nick explains why he is in Queenstown.

02:00We start with the latest golf news, the DP World Tour decision yesterday has sounded the death knell for LIV. Nick and Mark discuss why and what's next.

03:00The investor's desire is purely for the debt benefits says our insider.

05:00Despite their likely imminent demise, we have LIV Golf to thank for the 2028 World Golf structure

07:00Adelaide deserves a big golf tournament.

10:00The Australian LIV players. What do they do? We discuss each of them.

13:00How should LIV, in hindsight, have launched their concept. Nick and Mark discuss.

18:00Jon Rahm & Bryson

19:00Mark saw something he loved watching the Western Australian PGA at the weekend.

20:00We chat to WA stats guy Matt Green about the kind of statistical analysis that he does. Matt identifies, from a statistical perspective, the one thing any golfer can lower their handicap by doing.

27:00Ocean Dunes to King Links, King Island

28:00Nick lines up the LPGA saying they are doing the Australian womens game no favours

30:00LIV Golf - 3 options for Nick and Mark - what do they believe will happen?

After the turn..

32:00We hear some brilliant audio of Tiger Woods as a tee announcer for juniors at the weekend. That is our Hostplus 'Plus for Golf' this wek.

33:00Mark tells a story about making a shot in front of Jack Nicklaus and how nervous he was.

34:00Marks Top 5 for Betr - the top 5 things he has seen young people in golf do.

38:00Global highlights from Nick

42:00Touch of Class for BMW goes to US golfer Tyler McCumber

44:00Feedback for Southern Golf Club.....

44:00The Tassie Amateur

45:00Seve's National Service

46:00Tom Kim

47:00Blades Brown vs Jackson Koivun

48:00LIV Golf

49:00Yoga

52:00And for the Golf Clearance Outlet, we wrap the show with a Masterclass from Nick featuring a special guest - Canadian golfer Mac Buchar shows us his fairway finder and how he does it.

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;
• 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.

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A bonus feedback pod today, so many messages, comments, emails that we thought we'd smack out another one.

01:00 We start with a number of comments on our YouTube episode a fortnight ago from Nudgee in Brisbane with young Riley Richards and Tour Pro Matty Guyatt.

07:00Aaron has a question about turning pro these days vs when Nick and Mark did.

After the turn...

09:00 A wolfpacker reveals who the Pro was whose bag Jarrod Moseley destroyed after a bad day on the course.

10:00 Andrew on LIV Adelaide

11:00 JJ on LIV

12:00 Steve from California reiterating his invite for the boys to play a round with him in SoCal. Mark acts disgracefully.

13:00 Aim Point

14:00 Royal County Down

15:00 Feedback, and a fun fact, on Mark and Nicks appalling music knowledge from Susannah. Mark proceeds to defame an entire city.

16:00 Craig from the UK has written in with a compliment for Nick and Mark, and a bit of a driveby for Mark. He shares a story of winning some money form a tournament Nick played in.

19:00 Couple of wolfpackers challenge Marks assertion about the 1992 Australian Open field being the strongest field in history. Fighting words.

Back tomorrow with the main show, Nick's in New Zealand with BMW so we'll have him dialing in if we don't screw up the time differences!

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;
• 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.

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On todays Monday Mini we have a question from wolfpacker Ben. Now Ben has been working on getting his handicap down, and he is currently down to 14, and trending in the right direction. However, he feels that if he can flight his wedges more effectively he can go lower, so he's asked Nick and Mark for some tips, and of course they're happy to oblige.

Mark talks about the impact of shortening your backswing, how he was taught to do it, and what it did to his game.

Nick discussed why he is an advocate for matching your backswing and your follow through, and he gives some excellent chipping tips.

A short but sweet Monday Mini today with some excellent tips on flighting your wedge shots.

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;
• 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.