Australian golf podcast covering all areas of the game across Australia and around the world. This golf show will deliver compelling interviews with a variety of guests that golf fans will love.
#188: Ben Everill and Lyndsay Stephen
Nov 06, 2020
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This week on Inside The Ropes, Andy Maher and Mike Clayton have taken the reins and one of them has been well and truly global and trending in the world of social media this week! They discuss the online discussion between Clayts, Brandel Chamblee and many others as we approach next week's Masters at Augusta National. We also welcome friend of the show Ben Everill of the PGA Tour back, before a well overdue catch up with Australian golf legend Lyndsay Stephen.
#187: Scott Michaux and Hayden Hopewell
Oct 28, 2020
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With the final men’s major rapidly approaching, we go direct to Augusta to chat with the man who has his finger on the Masters pulse, Scott Michaux. We chat with rising Perth star Hayden Hopewell about his recent WA Open triumph and his aspirations, which may or may not include bulk protein shakes at Scarborough. Hosts Andy Maher and Mark Hayes chat through the Northern Territory PGA, plus bring a range of other extraordinary golf achievements to light.
#186: Elvis Smylie, Nick Dastey and Owen Wells
Oct 21, 2020
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This Week, the PGA of Australia’s Nick Dastey takes us inside the decision to cancel three of our biggest tournaments of the summer because of Covid-19. We talk to Owen Wells about his remarkable feat of acing all four holes at Gunnedah Golf Club in NSW. And Elvis… Smylie that is, is in the building after his unbelievable week at the Keperra Bowl in Queensland. Andy Maher and Martin Blake are in charge this week.
#185: Ricky Ponting, Jed Morgan and Gary Thomas
Oct 14, 2020
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It’s a special moment for an ITR regular as Jed Morgan becomes the first golfer to ever win a full Sport Australia Hall of Fame scholarship. (18:30) But it’s even better that we’re on the spot when Jed meets his mentor as part of his prize, the legendary Ricky Ponting, who’s almost as adept at golf as he is cricket. We then cross to Perth to chat with GolfWA boss Gary Thomas in the middle of the WA swing on the PGA Tour of Australasia, plus regular hosts Andy Maher and Mark Hayes return to normal service about the game’s other big issues.
#184: Geoff Ogilvy, Hannah Green, Minjee Lee and Steve Prior
Oct 07, 2020
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We’ve had many great weeks for Aussie golf this year and this week featured a whole raft of great stories from tours around the world. But it’s primarily a local focus for ITR this week with Geoff Ogilvy, Karen Lunn and Nick Dastey joining us to chat details about the Players Series events going ahead on the PGA and ALPG Tours. We hear from Hannah Green and Minjee Lee before this week’s Women’s PGA Championship in Philadelphia, plus an extraordinary achievement among many in the golfing life of Steve Prior, who joins us before the NSW Amputee Championship this week. All this and a whole lot more from hosts Mark Hayes and Martin Blake.
#183: Matt Griffin and Liz Broderick
Sep 30, 2020
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It’s been a tumultuous week in golf politics and one of Australia’s most respected playing voices, Matt Griffin, joins us to talk through the minefield. We’re joined by Liz Broderick, the power behind the Male Champions of Change program that’s not only modernising golf, but having a huge impact on sport and society in general. And we learn from GA interim boss Rob Armour exactly the roll that Male Champions of Change is playing in the golf industry. Plus all the other news and views with hosts Mark Hayes and Martin Blake.
#182: US Open, Rhy Waddington and Brett Robinson
Sep 23, 2020
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It was a potentially game-changing week as Bryson DeChambeau saluted at the US Open, so hosts Andy Maher and Mark Hayes assess what it means to golf at both the elite and amateur levels. Plus we chat to Aussie Rhy Waddington, the head chef at Winged Foot, for an insider’s view on the tournament and all that goes on behind the scenes. And, in #ThankASuper week, we chat to Brett Robinson about all the great work out superintendents and their staffs are doing to keep golf afloat in this most challenging of years. All that and the usual news and views from around the world!
#181: Lukas Michel, Scott Hend & Mikey Paterson
Sep 16, 2020
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Another massive week on the golf calendar, so we make three trips across the Pacific to keep you up to speed. Direct from Winged Foot, we chat with Lukas Michel on the eve of his major championship debut and then to the ever-entertaining Scott Hend, who’s no stranger to the US Open, even though he hasn’t been in a while. Then it’s time to reflect on a great ANA Inspiration for the Aussie women, with Karrie Webb’s long-time caddie Mikey Paterson joining us from Portland to chat through his first time on the bag of the rapidly emerging Gabi Ruffels last week. All that and a heap more, including a couple of customary bakes from host Andy Maher and his cohorts Mark Hayes and Stacey Peters.
#180: Brett Drewitt, Katherine Kirk & Andrea Lamont-Mills
Sep 09, 2020
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Another week, another Australian champion! We are joined by our latest international winner Brett Drewitt today, who has a great tale of the adversities he has conquered to win in the USA. Martin Blake has a chat with Katherine Kirk before this week’s ANA Inspiration, plus we chat with Professor Andrea Lamont-Mills about the Australian golf industry’s new mindfulness campaign, Tee Your Mind. Hosts Andy Maher and Mark Hayes also chat #DoingItForJarrod and how you can work with us at Golf Australia.
#179: Mike Clayton and Steph Kyriacou
Sep 02, 2020
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Plenty transpired in global and local golf this week, but there’s no better perspective to put on the big issues than that of Mike Clayton, our resident guru. From miracle putts to Sophia Popov and the burning issue of Royal Sydney’s redevelopment, Clayts has it all covered. We’re also joined by Steph Kyriacou from Prague after her stellar result on the LET, sharing her thoughts with Stacey Peters about the lessons she’s learnt in an incredible season. And closer to home, we catch up with new Royal Fremantle course-record holder Maddison Hinson-Tolchard to discuss her epic achievement. Hosts Andy Maher and Mark Hayes have that and much more.
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