The Chipping Forecast

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Ep 81: Der Flightmissanxietypodden Sep 09, 2024

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An early morning recording as Iain has to get to Farnborough airport where his PJ is on stand-by to take him to Washington DC for the Solheim Cup.

All three look ahead to that match and look back at another tournament of highs and lows cancelling each other out for Eddie in Switzerland.

They also discuss whether they care about a match between PGA Tour and LIV players, or The Presidents Cup. Spoiler alert - they don’t. Backstage passes and naked snails also feature.

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EP 80: Death By Pro-Am Sep 03, 2024

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This week, three-quarters of one of the least successful pro-am teams in the history of golf gather to reflect on where it all went wrong at the Belfry - an episode from which only Iain has emerged with any credit. The British Masters itself also earns plenty of praise, despite the non-attendance of most of the big British names. Best event of the week award goes to the Curtis Cup where the excitement was in stark contrast to what one of our listeners describes as the 'money-orientated crapness’ of the Tour Championship and Scottie Scheffler lifting his on course earnings to somewhere approaching the GDP of Liechtenstein.

The same correspondent then asks the question ‘Do Eddie and Andrew even like golf?’ the answer to which is contained within this pod...

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EP 79: Double-bogeys are not your Friend Aug 27, 2024

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This week Eddie rejoins to tell us about the highs and lows of his time in Denmark, where he made more birdies than anybody else in the field and managed to get his nice new clothing on TV but still returned home frustrated and without part of his luggage.

Andrew and Iain try to get into his mind and then decide it’s probably best not to go there, so chat instead about the finish to the Women’s Open where Lydia Ko got back to major winning ways in the battle of the world number ones.

They also preview the Curtis Cup, debate whether Keegan Bradley should be a playing captain in the Ryder Cup, wonder if Scottie Scheffler has any spare money to sponsor the pod and - most importantly of all - prepare themselves psychologically for the horrors of the pro-am at the British Masters.

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EP78: Women's Open Preview Special Aug 21, 2024

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Andrew and Iain are at the Old Course in St Andrews for the 48th Women's Open. We hear from last year's winner Lilia Vu and the runner-up Charley Hull, as well as local hero Gemma Dryburgh and the current Solheim Cup captain for the USA and 2013 Women's Open winner Stacey Lewis.

You can watch the world feed of the Women's Open at R&A TV Thursday to Sunday. Tickets are still available through the website and Tom Grennan is playing a concert on the Saturday.

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EP77: The Blåndtastic Eddie P Aug 20, 2024

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Quite a long episode as all three come together again - although ninety-three percent of this episode is taken up by Iain telling us how he made a bogey on a par-5. Squeezed into the remaining few minutes are chats about Eddie’s return to the tour, commentary puns, possible new LIV targets, rules of Danish spelling and a brief mention of various people who must really, really like wedding cake.

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EP76: Bobby’s Weekend Dad Aug 13, 2024

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With the rudder of the pod, Iain, having a week of recharging, it’s left to Eddie and Andrew to float aimlessly through the week in golf and plenty of other things. Eddie is back on Tour, in Prague, and his enthusiasm for the task ahead is obvious.

Eddie then tries his hand at being Joseph to interpret a dream which Andrew has had and they both then reflect on the golf in Paris and the Olympics in general.

There is a discussion of Aaron Rai and his first PGA Tour win amidst the shenanigans of Matt Kuchar and famous people called Rusty. And, with sensationalist click-bait in mind, the two also get into a DRUG BAN, a LAWSUIT and their LATE NIGHT BATHING HABITS.

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EP75: 112-over par at The Olympics Aug 05, 2024

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Eddie has decided to finally go on honeymoon after his second wedding, so Iain and Andrew convene in very Olympic-weary fashion to try and dissect what was a superb men’s golf tournament at Le Golf National and then reminisce about a time when both of them would have had a chance of winning Olympic gold themselves. Or at least not coming last. They consider again the essence of competition without prize-money, discuss whether caddies should get medals and Iain reveals that he recently played golf with a legendary figure from the world of entertainment

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EP74: The Kazakh Queue Jumper Jul 30, 2024

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The three amigos (colleagues, really) reunite in a pod which takes rambling to new levels, ranging from an 1830s Prime Minister to Celine Dion and so many points between. Yet there is still time for plenty of serious golfing questions - does the sport belong in the Olympics? should buggies be allowed? Can Eddie offer a mild opinion without making a headline? Is LIV golf really better than Alton Towers?

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EP73: The Open is Closed Jul 22, 2024

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Andrew and Iain welcome the return of Eddie to chew over the remains of the 2024 Open Championship and Xander Schauffele’s second major win of the year. It might not be the greatest golfing performance of the week when compared to Eddie’s 29-under for three rounds at Loch Lomond, but they still manage to rate it highly in the pantheon of Open Championship displays.

At some point in proceedings Andrew effectively NR’s from the pod recording as his mind and body shut down following three weeks of tennis and golf talking. Which doesn’t augur well for his immediate trip to the Olympics but the remaining two manage to hold it together. TCF will return properly next week, we promise.

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CHIPOLATA: Open Championship R3 review Jul 20, 2024

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Iain and Andrew review a very wet Round 3 of the 152nd Open Championship at Troon.

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