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 144 Episodes.
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Ep 145: Women and Golf with Emma Ballard
June 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 33 secs
Next week marks International Women's Golf Day and ambassador and Women and Golf magazine Editor Emma Ballard joins the pod to discuss that, Walton Heath and the upcoming AIG Women's British Open plus the state of the golf business.
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Ep 144: The Curmudgeon John Huggan
May 25th, 2023 | 51 mins 46 secs
John Huggan joins the pod to discuss Brooks Kopek's PGA win and as is the way in the New World Golf Order, the broader implications for the top end of the men's game. From the Ryder Cup to an outburst from Koepka's coach, nothing happens in isolation in men's golf any more.
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Ep 143: Sarah Kemp from California and Jimmy from PNG
May 5th, 2023 | 29 mins 42 secs
The most interesting tournament his week in world golf will be the Women's International Crown at TPC Harding Park. Australia's Sarah Kemp joins us for a behind the scenes look then Jimmy Emmanuel dials in from PNG.
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Ep 142: LIV, Women and Watches...
April 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 21 mins
What do LIV Golf, the first women's major of the year and watches have in common? Tune in to find out..
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Ep 141: Karrie Webb Talks, We Listen
April 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 10 mins
When Karrie Webb talks about golf, people should listen. The seven time major winner joined us this week to talk The Chevron, Augusta National, LIV, Grace Kim and more.
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Ep 140: Masters Review With Bill Fields
April 14th, 2023 | 54 mins 4 secs
One of the best writers in the game joins the pod this week. Bill Fields was on site all week at Augusta National and has some interesting takes not only on what unfolded but the outlook for the PGA Tour, LIV and professional golf in general.
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Ep 139: The Masters
April 5th, 2023 | 1 hr 30 mins
The clue's in the title really. It's Masters week so it's all about The Masters. Sydney Morning Herald golf writer Adam Pengilly is on the ground at Augusta National and joins the pod to bring us up to speed with everything that has happened so far this week.
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Ep 138: Angus and Grace Go Golfing
March 29th, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
Is this a puff piece or a wandering exploration of the changing nature of golf and golfers? You be the judge when Matt Burns, owner of show sponsor Angus and Grace Go Golfing, joins the pod in studio to talk all things golf, golf fashion and more.
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Ep 137: Matt Mollica from the Rollback Alliance
March 22nd, 2023 | 1 hr 9 mins
There is still so much to digest from the Modified Local Rule announcement last week and this is as messy a discussion on the topic as you're likely to find. Lots covered here though not in a particularly ordered fashion when Matt Mollica of the Rollback Alliance and Australian Golf Passport podcast joins the show to discuss all things distance.
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Ep 136: At The Players With John Huggan
March 8th, 2023 | 49 mins 58 secs
John Huggan is on the ground at Sawgrass where there is very little talk about the golf and almost endless chatter about the split at the top levels of the game. He joins the pod to discuss all things PGA Tour, LIV, DP World Tour and why he likes Francesco Molinari this week.
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Ep 135: Course Design with Harley Kruse
March 1st, 2023 | 57 mins 59 secs
It's been too long since we had Harley Kruse in the studio talking all things architecture so on episode 135 we welcome him back. It starts with some chat about last week's episode devoted to Full Swing then moves to golf in Asia and what's happening at Royal Sydney and why it's important.
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Ep 134: Full Swing Spoiled for Choice
February 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
Everybody in golf is talking about the Netflix series Full Swing so we thought we should too. The bigger question, though, is whether anybody outside the game is taking notice.
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Ep 133: The Man, The Myth, The Legend: Christian Hamilton on All Abilities Golf
February 8th, 2023 | 59 mins 34 secs
Golf's road to the Paralympics was dealt another setback last week when the IPC announced it was one of the sports not admitted into the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. Golf Australia's Christian Hamilton has been one of the driving forces in global All Abilities Golf and joins the pod to talk about that decision plus the continuing growth of golf for people with disability.
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Ep 132: Regional Golf - Off The Meaten Track
February 1st, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
It's not the sexiest topic in golf but it is one that has far reaching impacts and Golf NSW's recent announcement about a programme of regional golf events supported by the state government over the next three years is a huge positive. Mark Hayes joins the pod to break down the announcement plus the broader impact of golf on regional Australia and, conversely, the impact of regional Australia on golf. There's also a bit about Patrick Reed.
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Ep 131: Golf and Indigenous Australia
January 27th, 2023 | 54 mins 4 secs
Some listener feedback sparked this week's episode when Glenn Chisolm, an aboriginal man from South Australia, got in touch to enquire if we had recorded any episodes specifically on the relationship between golf and indigenous Australia. The answer was no so we invited Glenn on to correct that state of affairs and it was a fascinating chat.
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Ep 130: Golf Course Reviews By Women For Women
January 18th, 2023 | 1 hr 7 mins
Rating and reviewing golf courses is nothing new but UK based online publication Women and Golf has given the old idea a twist with a new section devoted to reviews of courses by women for women. Editor Emma Ballard joins the pod to explain why the idea was needed and what she hopes it will achieve.