The Good-Good Golf Podcast
Golf talk for the serious golfer
About the show
Good-Good is the golf show for the serious golfer. We celebrate everything great about the game, from course architecture to promoting public golf.
Episodes
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Ep 063: John Huggan, Saudi Arabia and the Distance Debate
February 9th, 2021 | 1 hr 15 mins
We welcome John Huggan back to he pod this week to talk all things professional golf from the lure of Jordan Spieth to the ethics of golf in Saudi Arabia. As always, it's a can't miss discussion with one of the keenest minds in the game.
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Ep 062: Mat Goggin and Mike Clayton
February 2nd, 2021 | 1 hr 8 mins
There was much excitement around the golf world last week with the formal announcement that the firm of Clayton, DeVries and Pont had been selected to design and build the highly anticipated Seven Mile Beach course near Hobart in Tasmania. On Episode 62 CDP partner Mike Clayton and the development's main driver, Mat Goggin, join hosts Rod Morri and Adrian Logue to discuss the project.
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Ep 061: Harley Kruse And The Ethics Of New Courses
January 27th, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
Sydney based architect Harley Kruse joins hosts Rod Morri and Adrian Logue in studio for our first recording session of 2021. We cover the ethics of new course builds, sharing golf course space, the 'hard equals good' mindset and even a bit of Raymond Chandler. Enjoy.
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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.