The Good-Good Golf Podcast

Ep 121: The Changing Landscape of Pro Golf

November 5th, 2022  |  1 hr 5 mins

Ep 120: Are We Unfair To Golfers?

October 20th, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins

There's reader mail this week wondering if the Good Good team is too hard on golfers? it's a fair question (and took up more of the discussion than expected) plus professional golf is coming to a town near you and why you should make the effort to go and watch it.

Ep 119: Golf's Most Important Word: Sustainability

October 7th, 2022  |  58 mins 17 secs

Golf faces multiple problems but among its most serious is the perception that it is an environmentally irresponsible use of land. While the game can - and is - improving in this area it is important golfers and non-golfers alike are aware of the message. Sam Thomas of the GEO Foundation for Sustainable Golf joins the pod to talk Sustainable Golf Week and the game's future.

Ep 118: Presidents Cup Plus

September 30th, 2022  |  1 hr 14 mins

It's hard to imagine there's much left to say about the Presidents Cup but we won't let that stop us. There's a bit of LIV and World Rankings talk as well.

Ep 117: Man on a Mission - Ewan Porter

September 22nd, 2022  |  59 mins 18 secs

From touring professional to hating the game to falling in love with it all over again. Ewan Porter's golf journey has run the full gamut including his latest mission to play every golf course in Sydney. Not just the fancy ones, mind, but the public courses, too. It's an intriguing tale and features some good banter with Adrian Logue and Golf Australia magazine deputy editor (and now regular Good Good co-host) Jimmy Emanuel.

Ep 116: Richard Gillis on LIV Golf

August 17th, 2022  |  1 hr 14 mins

Of all the coverage of the ongoing LIV Golf drama some of the best has come from outside the golf world in the form of sports business writer and podcaster Richard Gillis of the Unofficial Partner blog and podcast. Gillis joins the podcast to discuss where the controversy sits in the broader sports world and what might lie ahead.

Ep 115: Emma Ballard at The Women's Open

August 3rd, 2022  |  1 hr 1 min

It's the final major of the year this week and what a fitting end to a fabulous run of Grand Slam events with the world's best women set to take on the Muirfield golf course in Scotland. Women and Golf Editor Emma Ballard is on site for the week and joins the pod to set the scene for what promises to be a great event.

Ep 114: Rory, Cam, Evian and More

July 20th, 2022  |  1 hr 13 mins

Jimmy Emanuel of Golf Australia magazine joins us to discuss Cam Smith's victory at the 150th Open, how The Old Course held up (very well) and how Cam's win feeds the insatiable LIV rumour mill. We also preview the next Women's major - the Evian Championship and discuss the future of Women's majors.

Ep 113: On The ground with Brendan James at The Old Course

July 13th, 2022  |  1 hr 10 mins

There's electricity in the air as the 150th Open approaches and we get a taste of the atmosphere and what's making news on the ground at St Andrews from Golf Australia magazine editor Brendan James.

Ep 112: Hannah Holden from National Club Golfer

July 8th, 2022  |  1 hr 2 mins

Hannah Holden is one of the small number of women who cover golf, her contributions ranging from in depth equipment reviews to opinion pieces on LIV Golf and the reaction to Linn Grant's win in the Scandinavian Mixed event last month.

Ep 111: Linn Grant and LIV Golf

June 14th, 2022  |  1 hr 25 mins

In the big picture, the most important thing to happen in golf last week was Linn Grant winning the Scandinavian Mixed event. We at least talked about that a bit before getting completely derailed - like everybody else - by LIV Golf and the turmoil at the top of the men's professional game.

Ep 110: Minjee and Mickelson with John Huggan

June 7th, 2022  |  1 hr 10 mins

Hardly a dull week in the world of golf so, unusually for us, we've turned our attention to the pay for play ranks with special guest John Huggan joining form London as he prepares to cover the first LIV Golf event at the Centurion Club.

Ep 109: Northcote with Bill Jennings

May 31st, 2022  |  1 hr 53 secs

There was movement at Darebin City Council last week regarding the ongoing use of Northcote golf course and Northcote Community and Golf Hub spokesman Bill Jennings returns to fill in the details of what unfolded.

Ep 108: Dr Hannah Brown

May 8th, 2022  |  1 hr 5 mins

Does golf do enough to be inclusive (and what does that even mean)? And if the answer is no, is that a dumb business decision as much as anything else? What are the up sides of diversity and how do people within the game go about making it happen? Lots and lots of questions and some fascinating and intelligent answers when Dr Hannah Brown joins the Good Good golf podcast.

Ep 107: Nick O'Hern's Play Your Best Golf

April 25th, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins

We almost never do anything instruction related in this pod but for one of Australia's best players and nicest guys we made an exception as we welcome Nick O'Hern to talk about his new book Play Your Best Golf. Worth a listen and re-listen, this interview and the book are both filled with nuggets that are all but guaranteed to help your game.

Ep 106: Pod Spotlight: Shane Derby of Firm and Fast

April 9th, 2022  |  1 hr 10 mins

It's not hard to find a golf podcast in 2022 but it can be hard to find one that is both different and good. In February this year the Firm and Fast podcast launched and has proved to be both of those things. On this week's episode we meet founder and host, Ireland's Shane Derby, to find out what he's up to.