We start today by talking about The Players, a wonderful tournament, and Nick and Mark discuss Rory's win. Mark believes it is time The Players became classed as a major, he loves the event. Nick agrees it is fantastic. Whilst Rory won, Nick has identified two things that he needs to do in order to win a (current) major this year, and he explains what they are and why they would make a huge difference. Mark has an observation on Rory's putting which we discuss. An interesting week for Rory, he w...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 115
Balwyn calling. David from Balwyn left us a voicemail with some views on the Paul McGinley and Brandel Chamblee conversation about a possible merger of LIV and the PGA. Got a comment? Leave a voicemail at our website here , it's easy and takes only a moment or two. We do the show from Titleist and FootJoy HQ, thanks to our great partners: Titleist, the #1 ball in golf; FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf; The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or G...
Mar 17, 2025•58 sec
Today a bonus pod where we open up the Talk Birdie To Me 'book club'. We originally considered discussing Red Dog, or Little Women, or Pride and Prejudice, but then we thought we'd discuss golf books instead. Seems to make sense. So today, Nick and Mark discuss some of their favourite books (listed below) and then we chat to film-maker and author Peter Dickson about his new golf book 'The Embedded Lie', which he describes as his 'love letter to golf'. So sit in your favourite chair, whack your f...
Mar 16, 2025•21 min
Plenty of feedback and questions for Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen on Talk Birdie To Me this week. Daniel was Nicks' caddy in San Francisco when he wore golf gear to the baseball and messaged us. Andrew has an idea about tournaments and getting more pros in them. Laurie has a thought about the Australian Open venues. George is after advice on golf swings and 'high hands'. Great message form Tony who won a huge prize with the Golf Clearance Outlet. Andrew reckons we missed a solid candidate for weir...
Mar 13, 2025•20 min•Season 3Ep. 114
A huge pod today, we start with Karl Vilips' fantastic win in Puerto Rico - amazing. Nick and Mark chat about his path to this point, from an Australian prodigy at 6-years old to PGA winner, how he did it and why he moved to the US so young. Nick chats about what impressed him about Karl's performance, and Mark raises his swing and suggests it may be the new modern swing. Nick would prefer to see Karl waggling, but at the same time he's doing pretty well without it! We discuss Jason Day's suble ...
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 113
Today we're doing a bonus pod previewing The Players Championship this weekend at TPC Sawgrass, a wonderful event and one that Nick has played multiple times. Nick and Mark discuss the course, particularly the famous 17th hole and how it feels when you know it's getting close. Nick gives his view on the best way to play the course, what he did. Mark describes it as a 'hitters' course, Nick agrees and says you can't 'short game' you way around Sawgrass. Mark is bullish on a particular player. He ...
Mar 11, 2025•23 min
We love receiving voicemails of all kinds. Fehan messaged us about the LPGA tournament at Blue Bay over the weekend. Talk Birdie To Me comes from Titleist and FootJoy HQ, thanks to our great partners: Titleist, the #1 ball in golf; FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf; The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play; PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting; Golf Clearance Outlet, visi...
Mar 09, 2025•1 min
Well the pod gets off to a bad start when Mark decides to wear a Joe Highsmith style hat for the duration. Highly recommend you avoid watching this episode on YouTube when it is available. Some comments and questions to run through. Christopher has a comment on the suitability of wearing golf attire, and Nick tells a very funny story about going to the baseball in the US looking decidedly 'golfy'. Rochey has a comment and question on Marks patented 59 ranking system. Tom went to LIV, and loved i...
Mar 06, 2025•17 min•Season 3Ep. 112
Another fun pod today. We start with the huge win of Ryan Peake in the New Zealand Open, without being dismissive of the past, it is a wonderful redemption story and Mark says a great example of what second chances can do. Mark and Nick both want to get Ryan on the pod when he is back in Australia. However, Mark is not a fan of the NZ Open being a Pro-Am calling it 'garbage'. Nick understands why it is and proposes a compromise approach, Mark then offers an alternate compromise. Jake Knapp's 59 ...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 111
Lots of discussion about slow play recently, and Scott from Aspendale left us a voicemail with his thoughts on a potential solution. What do you reckon, is he onto something ? We do the show from Titleist and FootJoy HQ, thanks to our great partners: Titleist, the #1 ball in golf; FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf; The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play; PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional fo...
Mar 03, 2025•1 min
Lots to discuss on the pod today. As you know we're filming the pod for YouTube, and this is week two. We're still ironing out the bugs, and we had a big bug this week, so no YouTube show this week - but we'll sort it for next week. Onto the pod - Mark bumped into Marc Leishman a day or so ago, after Marc played in Warrnambool at the weekend with his Dad and Son. Nick and Mark discuss Marc's near win at St Andrews, and other Aussie performances at the venue. Nick and Mark reveal why pros never a...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 110
Mark Allen particularly is a bit excited today as we have one of his heroes on the pod, the legendary Bradley Hughes has joined us at the Talk Birdie To Me desk. Hugo tells us how he got into golf, and Mark asks him why he chose golf over football - he was a very good footy player. He also talks about his experiences with Greg Norman as a young player. Nick asks Hugo about his acceleration and ball striking. We find out about the process of turning pro, and how his first tournament went. Hugo ha...
Feb 23, 2025•33 min•Season 3Ep. 109
Our Guest today on Talk Birdie To Me is James Watson, Senior Vice President of Production at LIV Golf, so a big gig! James tells us some of the figures from LIV Adelaide, they are impressive. He talks about how they had a very short timeframe to get the first London event up, and it was only in Adelaide that he felt 'LIV had arrived'. We find out about James career, and how it led him to his current role with LIV, via Cricket Australia, Asian Tour Golf, and Tennis Australia. James talks about th...
Feb 20, 2025•25 min•Season 3Ep. 108
A disclaimer: today we're using the Talk Birdie video gear for the first time. Audio goes up first, and video at 7pm the same day. Please bear with us, we're still learning how it works, what buttons do what, and the various camera angles. So the first few shows will be a bit rocky here and there - we will 100% screw some stuff up. If you see a camera shot pointing at the floor for 20 seconds you'll know why.! Onto the pod. We start with Nick's report on Mount Lawley following the recent OCM mak...
Feb 19, 2025•53 min•Season 3Ep. 107
Damien was at LIV at the weekend and was following the group with Richard Bland, Charl Schwartzel, and Tyrell Hatton and had some comments after hearing our feedback pod on Monday where Wolfpack member Jenko asked about how players would deal with 'antics' from other pros. We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners: The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play; PING will help you play your best. See...
Feb 18, 2025•2 min
We've been getting lots of fantastic questions from listeners to the Talk Birdie To Me pod, and it's great fun running through them - so today, another feedback episode of the pod. We start with a question from new listener Jenko, welcome to the Wolfpack Jenko! The comment is on an idea for the LIV/PGA compromise structure. Jenko also has a question about Tyrell Hatton's behaviour. Lamb asks about the US pension for pro golfers, and how it works. Nick talks about his pension status from his time...
Feb 16, 2025•18 min•Season 3Ep. 106
A slightly different voicemail today from Mark at The National. Mark has asked Nick and Mark a question, which we will answer on the pod - but we'd love your input on ideas to address the specific issue Mark is asking about on the course when he is playing. Have a listen to the voicemail from Mark, and let us know on socials if you have a suggestion for Mark. We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners: The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your ...
Feb 14, 2025•50 sec
A Valentines Day feedback pod today where we run through a bunch of comments and questions from the Wolfpack. We start with Pete on the phone asking about what he can do to increase his clubhead speed. Then some feedback from Luke who has a whack for Dan and a correction for Nick. Glenn asks whether Cheltenham Golf Club is in trouble with Victoria Golf Club sniffing around. After the turn, we get our first product review - Mike reviews a FootJoy product....is it a positive review? Of course it i...
Feb 13, 2025•18 min•Season 3Ep. 105
Dave from Sydney heard us discussing the Royal Sydney renovation, and left us a voicemail with some news and info on another reno in Sydney that he reckons will be a cracker when it's done. We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners: The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play; PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting; Golf Clearance Outlet...
Feb 12, 2025•1 min
Massive week in golf as always, so much to talk about. We kick off the show, unfortunately, by Mark singing happy birthday to the Shark. Just what Greg would have wanted....an out of tune birthday song. However after that Mark plays some audio of Brandel Chamblee talking about the discussions between the PGA and Trump this week. Leads to a chat about what it might mean for a unified game, and with Golf Australia CEO James Sutherland just having returned from Saudi Arabia, and a media conference ...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 104
Paul from Melbourne had a listen to the bonus episode of Talk Birdie To Me yesterday with Michael Medway from Golf NSW, and left us a voicemail after hearing it with his thoughts. We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners: The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play; PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting; Golf Clearance Outlet, visit th...
Feb 10, 2025•50 sec
Today we have a chat with the Chairman of Golf NSW Michael Medway about their support program for younger golfers on their journey into the big league. He talks about the players they are supporting, and talks about Corey Lamb in particular and why they are investing in him. he tells us how the arrangements are structured, how the funding is released, the non-financial support they provide. Michael also talks about what they have done with their prize money and payments for players in tournament...
Feb 09, 2025•27 min•Season 3Ep. 103
A feedback pod this week where we run through more of your questions, comments, and feedback. Lots of comments from you on the Links 100 list that Mark brought up last week on the pod, including a pretty blunt assessment of Pebble from one Wolfpacker. Nick and Mark run through Pebble hole by hole and give their thoughts. Mark recommends a wonderful series of archive vision that he loves - Shell's Wonderful World of Golf. Some of the videos are here . We have a voicemail from Grant in Melbourne w...
Feb 06, 2025•32 min•Season 3Ep. 102
Voicemail today from Brett in Brisbane with a great story about a set of clubs being discarded when they absolutely should not have been - how it happened, and what happened next to resolve this heinous situation. We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners: The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play; PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fittin...
Feb 06, 2025•2 min
This week Mark tries to, after 5-finger discounting a pair of FootJoys a couple of weeks ago, to do the same with a Titleist putter that he has found. In fairness it is quite stunning. Then his eyes turn to a new pair of FootJoys. As Al Czervik said, the mans a menace. We discuss Pebble Beach. Mark loved the drone shots, and Nick is a fan of the drone shot tracer. The weather was a bit mixed, leads to a chat as to why some golfers play well in the rain and others don't. Nick has a theory which h...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 98
A bonus feedback pod today with plenty of questions and comments from the Wolfpackers. We chat to Daniel about his mate Mark claiming a single figure handicap. Is he right or not? What qualifies? We discuss and put Mark's claim under the microscope. Jake asks about anchoring from pros. Dave has a view ideas on how make TGL a little more interesting. Peter is curious as to where Aussie golfer Kurt Barnes is these days. And in an awkward turn of events, Nick walks out on the pod before it's finish...
Jan 30, 2025•23 min
Scott from Brisbane was watching the Webex in Rosebud at the weekend and had a few comments on what he saw, so he did what any good Wolfpacker would do and left us a voicemail. We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners: The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play; PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting; Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them ...
Jan 29, 2025•2 min
This week again the pod starts with a discussion about slow play, following the legendary Dottie Peppers comments at the weekend - more on Dottie later in the pod. Nick and Mark discuss slow play and how it is endemic in the game at the moment. Nick describes it as a 'joke' at the moment. Nick watched Jak Carter play at the weekend and he and Mark chat about his performance - Mark wants to know if Jak is still an exceptional iron player. Torrey Pines at the weekend copped some weather, but worse...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 97
Nick and Mark were discussing slow play on last weeks podcast and Ken from Murray Downs left us a voicemail with a few thoughts and a couple of solutions that he's in favour of. We always love getting voicemails and it's easy - click the orange button on the Talk Birdie website here , you can do it from your phone or computer, it takes about a minute or so and you're done! We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners: The watchMynumbers app, play smarter...
Jan 27, 2025•1 min
Regular listeners will know that there has been trouble in paradise. Following a dinner party at Nick O'Hern's where some of his friends felt the name 'wolfpack' to describe Talk Birdie listeners was exclusionary to women - ironic considering there are females wolves. At this link is a one hour video on wolves which apparently explains that 'wolf' is multi gender. We say apparently because we got bored about 20-seconds into it, but you may like to watch it. Anyway, long story short, we asked for...
Jan 23, 2025•14 min
