Talk Birdie To Me
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Ep49: $3b (US) Investment in the PGA, Pebble Beach, Top 5 Wanker Moves in Golf, & Passing of a Golf Legend
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another week in the world of golf, and another show where we barely have enough time to discuss it all! But we'll give it a red hot crack.We're at Aus...
Ep48: 'Torrey Pines is a Joke', Dodgy Behaviour from Tour Pros, & Rahm's LIV Team
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lot of fun this week on Talk Birdie To Me, and if you can, we'd love you to subscribe, rate and review the pod wherever you listen. It really helps wi...
🏌🏿♂️Bonus: OCM's Mike Cocking on the Huntingdale Redevelopment
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A bonus episode of Talk Birdie To Me today, and it's a ripper.OCM are arguably the most sought after golf course designers in the world, and they are ...
Ep47: PGA & LIV Talking, Monahan's Role 'Untenable', Big Win For Nick Dunlap, Lucas Herbert to LIV
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're coming live from the famous Huntingdale Golf Club which is undergoing a huge redevelopment, we're in the lounge looking over piles of dirt...
Ep46: Why Players Dislike the Australian Open. Latest on PGA/LIV. What is Tigers Next Move?
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to 2024, and there is already plenty to discuss. We kick off with great news about 'Nick O'Who' and the evolution from a lefty to a righty.We ...
🏌🏾♀️Best Of: Nick O'Hern Masterclass on Hitting out of the Pinestraw
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen are back live on Tuesday January 16 with the first Talk Birdie To Me podcast for 2024. Until then we're replaying some of t...
🏌🏾♀️Best Of: Mark Allen's Top 5 Worst Rules in Golf History
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen are back live on Tuesday January 16 with the first Talk Birdie To Me podcast for 2024. Until then we're replaying some of t...
🏌🏾♀️Best Of: Nick O'Hern Masterclass on Acceleration Out of the Bunker
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen are back live on Tuesday January 16 with the first Talk Birdie To Me podcast for 2024. Until then we're replaying some of t...
🏌🏾♀️Best Of: Mark Allen's Top 5 US Open Shots of All Time
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen are back live on Tuesday January 16 with the first Talk Birdie To Me podcast for 2024. Until then we're replaying some of t...
🏌🏾♀️Best Of: Nick O'Hern Masterclass on Fades v Draws
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen are back live on Tuesday January 16 with the first Talk Birdie To Me podcast for 2024. Until then we're replaying some of t...
🏌🏾♀️Best Of: Mark Allen's Top 5 Golf Movies of All Time
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen are back live on Tuesday January 16 with the first Talk Birdie To Me podcast for 2024. Until then we're replaying some of t...
🏌🏾♀️Best Of: Nick O'Hern Masterclass on Downhill Chipping
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen are back live on Tuesday January 16 with the first Talk Birdie To Me podcast for 2024. Until then we're replaying some of t...
🏌🏾♀️Best Of: Nick O'Hern's Top 5 Golfers With Ironic Names
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen are back live on Tuesday January 16 with the first Talk Birdie To Me podcast for 2024. Until then we're replaying some of t...
🏌🏾♀️Best Of: Mark Allen Masterclass 'It's All in the Hips'
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen are back live on Tuesday January 16 with the first Talk Birdie To Me podcast for 2024. Until then we're replaying some of t...
🏌🏾♀️Best Of: Nick O'Hern's Top 5 Shots Pros Would Like a Redo on
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen are back live on Tuesday January 16 with the first Talk Birdie To Me podcast for 2024. Until then we're replaying some of t...
Ep45: Tiger Woods, LIV/PGA, Top 5 best things in 2024 & Min Woo Sizzles!
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's the last Talk Birdie To Me pod for 2023, thanks for listening through the year we appreciate it. We will be back in 2024, so look forward to seei...
Ep44: Is the PGA/LIV agreement dead? Rahm, Rory, Aussies PGA Tour Exemptions & 2023's Top 10 Shots
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A huge week in golf, every week seems to be at the moment. Before we get onto the big LIV news, and the new rules, Nick and Mark are pumped about the ...
Ep43: The Open Analysed, The Ball Rollback & Bifurcation, & is Nick Leaving the Pod?!?
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What a week. What a week!The Australian Open has been run and won, some wonderful performances across the weekend. Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen break it...
Ep42: Min Woo Lee is Cooking! Cam Smith's Performance, Does Australia Get a 2nd LIV Event?
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sandwiched between the Australian PGA and the Australian Open, it's a huge week on Talk Birdie To Me.Marko announces that Nick O'Hern has officially '...
Ep41: Micheluzzi, Åberg, Why a Caddy is Crucial, and Golf Clubs in Trees
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a disgraceful effort last week by Nick O'Hern, forgetting to bring any wine to the pod, he has redeemed himself this week with a lovely Pinot No...
Ep40: Hong Kong Antics, Camilo Villegas' Win & the Top 5 Most Broken Rules in Golf
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We say it every week, but it's another massive show, starts off a little rough when Nick admits to forgetting to bring the wine. Flog behaviour. But o...
Ep39: Do World Rankings Mean Anything Anymore? PGA/LIV deal update. And Tiger Stories.
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What a week in golf it has been, so much to talk about we barely have time for the show opener. And today's show isn't from the Australian Golf Centre...
Ep38: Asia-Pacific Amateurs, Bunker Play Tips, & Top 5 'Wind Players'
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Another fun Talk Birdie To Me this week...We start with Mark and Nick giving us an update on their preparations for this Fridays pro-am at Box Hill, M...
Ep37: Carpark Issues, Duffs, Lamingtons and Lots of Golf !
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Seems we say it every week, but it really is another big week in the world of golf. We kick off todays show remembering the great Ivor Robson, one of ...
Ep36: LIV World Ranking Points, Min Woo Lee Wins, & Drug Testing on Tour
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What a week in golf, there is so much to discuss, so settle into your walk, drive, or chair and get ready for a big episode of Talk Birdie To Me.We st...
Ep35: Mark Allen: "This Guy Will be a Golf Superstar"
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Another big show this week. Marko wants to discuss his new favourite player, Ludvig Aberg, who he describes as a 'machine'. Nick agrees that he is goi...
Ep34: Ryder Cup post analysis, Matchplay Tips, the PGA/LIV schedule
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A massive show, so much to discuss - in fact so much so that we don't even have time to play the show opener today. Because we must talk about what we...
Ep33: Solheim Cup, Presidents Cup & Who Would Make an Australian Ryder Cup Team?
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's another big show this week and Nick and Mark are up and about after the Solheim Cup at the weekend, so much to unpack, some wonderful performance...
Ep32: Ryan Fox, Golf Dorks & Top 5 'Bad Behaviour' Moments in Golf
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a few shows at various golf clubs, we're back at Australian Golf HQ today, and there's a lot to discuss in the world of golf!We start the show w...
Ep31: Minjee Lee Wins & LIV / PGA in 2024
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're live from the library at Woodlands Golf Club in the famous sandbelt, and Nick has noticed that his book isn't in the library. We thought w...
Ep30: Nick O'Hern Names His Top 3 Golf Courses in the World.
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today the podcast comes from Royal Melbourne overlooking the Royal Melbourne East 18th hole; and it's a big show as usual!Nick and Mark both are excit...
Ep29: Nick & Mark Name Their Best Player of the Year
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The show starts today with a toast to a great man who the golfing world lost this week, Glenn Joyner, who passed far too young from the scourge that i...
Ep28: The Fedex Cup, Viktor Hovland, Fred Astaire & Pizzas
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re live from the Melbourne Golf Park (formerly the Albert Park Driving Range) today overlooking the driving range, it’s a great spot for the po...
Ep27: The Matilda's, The Yips, Butt Sweat, & Shorts on the Golf Course
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ironically for a golf show, we start off today with the Matildas and the Women's World Cup, it's all everyone is talking about and Nick and Mark have ...
Ep26: Anchoring, Bryson Goes Insane, and Tiger Woods Joins the Board
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The show starts on an ironic note with Mark noticing something he finds unusual about Lucas Glover, but as interesting as that is, we have to discuss ...
Ep25: Worst Dressed Golfers & the 'Stupidest Thing' Mark Has Seen on a Golf Course'
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Well we start with the most important thing this week in golf, an update on our quest to have at least one listener in Latvia. Nick is on the case and...
Ep24: Wrap of The Open, and the Top 5 Hardest Players to Watch Over the Ball
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What a weekend of golf it was, and what a win from Brian Harman at Hoylake. Nick and Mark discuss The Open at length and chat about the fantastic perf...
🏌🏿♂️Bonus: British Open 2023
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bonus episode this week with the British Open about to start later today Australian time; Nick and Mark discuss it all. Nick reckons the new 17th...
Ep23: 'Golf is a Stupid Game'
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Excited for the show today because we’re live from the Peter Thomson room at The Australian Golf Centre, it’s a great spot and we love it here. Un...
Ep22: Pebble Beach, Cam Smith wins LIV, and Presidents Cup 2028
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Big episode this week, and we're live from the famous Kingston Heath Golf Club, the recently announced host of the 2028 Presidents Cup - later in the ...
Ep21: When Nick Gave Bernhard Langer a Putting Lesson; and Mark's 'Tiger Woods' Theory
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode, Mark Allen reveals a big theory about Tiger Woods, and he has a reliable source. A theory which, if it comes to fruition, would...
Ep20: How To Get More Distance on Your Drive
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As always plenty going on in the world of golf to talk about, and this week Nick O’Hern is at Cathedral, and Mark Allen at PGA & Golf Australia ...
Ep19: US Open Wrap & the Top 5 US Open Shots Ever
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick O’Hern and Mark Allen are all over the place this week, and we're on a Zoom call. Nick is doing the show from Cathedral in regional Victoria, a...
🏌🏿♂️Bonus: US Open 2023
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the great tournaments in golf is about to start - the US Open, from the Los Angeles - and Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen put it up on the blocks an...
Ep18: Merger Update, US Open, & Mark Names a 'Mongrel Golfer'
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're live from the awesome Peter Thomson Room at Australian Golf HQ, surrounded by memorabilia and history. One thing we're not surrounded by, ...
🏌🏿♂️Bonus: PGA and LIV Merge. What Does It Mean?
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It was the golfing news that nobody, well almost nobody, saw coming and it has shocked the golfing world. The merger of the two bitter rivals, the PGA...
Ep17: Nick: How Rory McIlroy Can Improve His (already great) Swing
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Week 23 of the golfing calendar and Nick and Mark are back for another big show.The show opens with Marko putting an accusation to Nick about left han...
Ep16: Best (Or Worst!) Ever Caddy Nicknames
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Looking forward to this weeks show. Starts off with Mark asking Nick if he'd go into golf course architecture, given there are a number of them in Aus...
Ep15: The PGA is Playing Hardball
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Big episode this week, Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen are both still pumped over the PGA, what a tournament! They discuss some of the great moments from t...
🏌🏿♂️Bonus: Nick O'Hern & Mark Allen's PGA Preview
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bonus episode with the US PGA in New York this weekend. Nick O’Hern is put on the spot by Mark Allen to name the 5 Australians who have won the US P...
Ep14: Importance of Your Pre-Shot Routine
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark played golf with a new partner at the weekend, and was surprised to see this bloke using a hybrid, he had three in fact, and was hitting well. Ma...
Ep13: What Adam Scott Has In Common With Darth Vader
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Allen joins the podcast fresh from the chipping green where he's been helping out show listener Matt who has been using a chipper, which unimpres...
Ep12: Nick O'Hern is 'Turning Japanese I Really Think So'
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the podcast so much to talk about!Mark Allen watched Hannah Green have a great win at the LPGA in California at the weekend and was extremely...
Ep11: LIV Adelaide - One Massive Party
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What a weekend, all the excitement of the LIV Adelaide event, Mark Hensby won in Texas, and in Japan Lucas Herbert quietly wins his third DP World Tou...
Ep10: Nick O'Hern: Golf Needs a Shot Clock
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast Mark Allen is away, and tour pro Craig Spence covers for him again in a big show.Plenty of discussion points, particularly wi...
Ep9: Masters Wrap: Rahm's Win, Plus Koepka, Tiger, Mickelson & the Trees !!
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Mark Allen is away and Nick O'Hern brings in his good mate Craig Spence off the bench to cover the void. Craig has his own solid pedigree of...
🏌🏿♂️Bonus: Masters Preview - Nick O'Hern & Mark Allen Predict Their Winner
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The US Masters are here!This is a bonus episode of Talk Birdie To Me with Nick O'Hern & Mark Allen talking everything Masters. The Chairman of The...
🏌🏿♂️Bonus: David Micheluzzi's Breakout Year
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David Micheluzzi is in a purple patch of form, and after numerous phone calls, emails, texts, faxes, our people talking to his people, finally Nick co...
Ep8: The National, The Masters, and the Commentators Curse
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What a massive week in golf, The Masters is around the corner, and The National has just finished. Mark can’t believe how Tom Power Horan marke...
Ep7: Can Jason Day Win The Masters?
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen are back with another episode of Talk Birdie To Me, and it starts with a disagreement. Mark loves the matchplay when there ...
Ep6: The PGA Drama Has Been Fantastic!
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After Nick murdered a bottle of chardonnay on the show last week, the show opens with a discussion about a drink or two during the pod.But after that,...
Ep5: The Five Worst Ever Rules in Golf
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Talk Birdie To Me, Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen are apart, much like Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in Sleepless in Seattle, the boys are in differ...
Ep4: Mark Allen 'The Worst Person I Ever Played With'
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Talk Birdie To Me, Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen talk about their love of Royal Melbourne, and take us through the new renovations - specifi...
🏌🏿♂️Bonus: Wade Ormsby Talks LIV - Exemptions, Playing Rights, Fees, Contracts
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From time to time on the Talk Birdie To Me podcast, we'll put out a different kind of chat, separate to the usual show structure. And this week Nick O...
Ep3: Nick O'Hern 'We Mortgaged Our House to Play in the US'
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Week 9 of the season, and there's so much going on in golf that the podcast could probably run for 3-hours - and whilst it's tempting, we'll keep it t...
Ep2: It's Scary How Good Jon Rahm Is
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's week 8 of the season, and this is the second episode of the new 'Talk Birdie To Me' podcast where Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen discuss what's been ...
Ep1: No Way That LIV Golf Players Should Return to the PGA
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode of 'Talk Birdie To Me', a new podcast looking at what's been going on this week in golf around the world. Hosted by tour pro's Nick ...