Rod Morri
Co-Host of The Good-Good Golf Podcast
Rod is an award-winning golf journalist with more than 20 years experience and has covered everything from major tournaments to junior golf at the local level. Rod began his life in the media as a daily news reporter for News Limited in Sydney.
Rod Morri has hosted 59 Episodes.
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Ep 060: Happy New Year With Meg Maclaren
January 19th, 2021 | 1 hr 11 mins
Thoughtful, articulate, intelligent and talented, Meg Maclaren is everything we are not. She joins the pod to kick off the 2021 season covering a diverse range of topics, from her involvement in an academic study into her blogging to a near miss under lights in the desert. It's entertaining and informative and hopefully sets the bar for an exciting 2021.
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Ep 059: Stakes High In The Battle For Moore Park
December 14th, 2020 | 59 mins 2 secs
If one of Australia's most successful public golf facilities can be cut from 18 to nine holes what hope is there for smaller operations around the country? On Episode 59 of the Good Good podcast we'e joined by Moore Park Golf Club member Lucie Quilliam to get a local perspective on Sydney City Council's move to cut the course to nine holes.
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Ep 058: Lukas Michel
December 7th, 2020 | 59 mins 20 secs
2020 has been quite the journey for Lukas Michel and he joins the pod in studio in Sydney for a recap of a remarkable year. There's lots of chat about Augusta, Winged Foot and course achitecture.
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Ep 57: Less Than Perfect Makes For Ideal Masters
November 18th, 2020 | 1 hr 6 mins
The course wasn't it's usual pristine best but it didn't detract from the 84th edition of the Masters at Augusta National. Carolina Golf Course Superintendent Matthew Wharton joins the pod to discuss 'Augusta Syndrome', golfer expectations and the golf course as a living breathing, entity.
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Ep 56: Ewan Porter On Kids, Socks, The Masters and More
November 10th, 2020 | 1 hr 9 mins
Former Tour player turned TV commentator and junior golf advocate Ewan Porter is on a Sydney golf odyssey tracing his roots in the game back to his childhood so it seemed the perfect opportunity to get him in studio for a chat all things golf. From his now infamous black sock incident at a leading Sydney club to his Junior Series and what to expect at The Masters it's just a good old fashioned chat about golf.
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Ep 55: Meg Maclaren plus Women, War and Sport with Dr Ali Bowes
November 2nd, 2020 | 1 hr 10 mins
Two time LET winner Meghan Maclaren has attracted plenty of attention for her excellent writing, so much so that she recently took part in a collaborative university study looking at her blog and its place in the game. Co-author Dr Ali Bowes joins this week's pod (it's actually last week's pod but things got a bit hectic) to discuss the unique collaborative study plus a range of other fascinating media and women's golf issues.
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Ep 54: Mike Clayton and Harley Kruse
October 21st, 2020 | 1 hr 16 mins
We've swapped one keen golf mind for two on Ep 54. With Adrian Logue off playing golf it was generous of Mike Clayton and Harley Kruse to step in and save the day. A great chat about golf and its place in society and what the game can do to help secure its own future.
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Ep 53: Journos; Who Needs 'em?
October 13th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins
In a world of social media where anyone with an internet connection can broadcast an opinion is there still a role for trained journalists? Michael McEwan, Digital Editor of UK based magazine Bunkered, says yes and joins the pod this week to discuss.
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Ep 52: John Huggan, Brandel Chamblee And The Bubble
October 7th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
Two big events for John Huggan this week: he was on site at a golf tournament for the first time since February and he also got blocked by Brandel Chamblee on Twitter. Hard to imagine a better time to get Simon the pod even though it's only been four weeks since his last appearance. Enjoy!
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Ep 51: Jeff Mingay And The Architect's Burden
October 1st, 2020 | 1 hr 28 mins
Canadian architect Jeff Mingay joins the pod this week to discuss the role of architecture in the game beyond just creating interesting golf plus the responsibility of designers in educating the golf public about what constitutes 'good' golf.
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Ep 50: Whinged Foot - The Fallout
September 21st, 2020 | 1 hr 5 mins
Thee's been no shortage of whining and whinging about the US Open at Winged Foot and you'll find plenty more of it here though hopefully with a somewhat different angle. Enjoy.
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Ep 49: Winged Foot and The Wall
September 16th, 2020 | 1 hr 33 secs
We try not to talk a bout the same stuff as everybody else on Good Good but every now and then there is no getting around it. Hopefully we at least bring some fresh perspectives to the discussion about the wall controversy at the ANA as well as what's ahead at the US Open.
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Ep 048: Logue's Back And So Is Huggy
September 9th, 2020 | 1 hr 20 mins
John Huggan joins Episode 48 to break down everything that is wrong with the Tour Championship (and the rest of the PGA Tour), the parlous state of the European Tour and what the future may hold, Sophia Popov not being in the ANA and plenty more as well.
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Ep 047: Golf And The Environment with Harley Kruse and Kate Torgersen
September 2nd, 2020 | 53 mins 36 secs
No Logue this week and while we miss him there is no shortage of good content as Harley Kruse steps into the co-hosting role and we welcome golf environmental specialist Kate Torgersen to the show. Kate advises clubs on returning as many indigenous species to their property as possible (among a bunch of other stuff).
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Ep 046: On The Tee With Dr P
August 25th, 2020 | 1 hr 7 mins
On episode 46 we get into a bit of good old fashioned network cross promotion when we welcome On the Tee With Dr P host Dr Kelly Price back to the show. Dr P is an academic with a particular interest in women's golf as well as the psychology of consumers in the retail space. If you're looking for a way to cure your slice or stop three putting this won't be the show for you but if you enjoy intelligent conversation about big picture topics then you've come to the right place.
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Ep 45: So You Want To Be In Golf Media?
August 18th, 2020 | 1 hr 9 mins
One of our favourite recurring topics on Good Good is the changing nature of media and its relationship with the game. On Episode 45 we welcome co-founder of one of the new breed of media publications – Will Watt of Caddie magazine – to discuss what it’s like to launch a magazine from scratch, the role of the golf media in promoting the game’s image beyond the word’s fairways and some chat about his newly released book as well.