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Dennise Hutton: - Grew up in Glen Innes in northern NSW - Her parents were caretakers at Glen Innes Golf Club - She moved to Sydney to pursue a career as a school teacher - She was playing off +1 at Bonnie Doon Golf Club - She represented Australia 12 times as an amateur - She won back to back European Tour events - She is a mother  - She is a pioneer in women's professional golf in Australia...

Garry Smith: - Head Superintendent at Bonnie Doon Golf Club for nearly 20 years - Well respected in the turf management area of the Golf industry in Australia - He has worked at 14 major championships - Garry has played most of the worlds best Golf courses - He has some great insights into the behind the scenes of what we see on the course  

Greg Chalmers: - Born in Sydney - Grew up in Perth - Won Aussie and French National Amateurs - Won two Aussie Opens and Aussie PGA's - Been on the USPGA Tour for close to 20 years - Winner on the USPGA Tour - Runs a Autism Charity with his wife Nicole

Brook grew up in Terang near Warnambool in Victoria, two hours South West of Melbourne  He started playing Golf at 5 years of age and honed his skills at Terang, Warnambool and Port Ferry Golf Clubs, all approximately two hours out of Melbourne A good friend of Marc Leishman’s, he did his PGA Traineeship under Craig Bonney at Warnambool GC  As a qualified PGA Member he has held prestigious roles w...

Noel Ratcliffe was born in Sydney in 1945 His father played cricket for Australia and was friends with Sir Don Bradman Noel started playing Golf by sneaking on Bexley Golf Course late on a Saturday afternoon. He then joined New South Wales Golf Club where his first handicap was four After a strong amateur career, He decided to turn pro at the age of 29 Heading straight to Europe he secured his tou...

Stacey Peters (Nee Keating) grew up in country Victoria She started playing Golf with her Grandparents in Lismore 30 minutes from her parents farm. Neither her Mum or Dad are golfers, she built her own little six hole course and driving range on the family property  After finishing school she moved to Melbourne to study and met a PGA Pro who helped her get her handicap down to scratch, he also gav...

John started playing Golf at Keperra GC at the age of 12 with his father After completing his PGA Traineeship in Brisbane, he headed to Europe and secured his European tour card, with two victories and the confidence that he could compete with some of the world's best players it was off to America where he has held his USPGA tour card for over 20 years. His best results have been wins in the...

Brett "Noddy" Kimmorley grew up in Belmont, just north of Sydney From a very young age he aspired to be a professional Rugby League player. Through hard work and perseverance, he went on to become recognised as a household name in NRL circles, at club and representative levels. He played for five NRL teams including the Cronulla Sharks which he is most known for, represented NSW in 10 Or...

Nick O'Hern grew up playing Golf at Mt Lawley Golf Club in Perth, Western Australia The lowest handicap he ever got down to was 4. After completing his PGA Traineeship and shooting 82, 84, 88 to finish dead last in a tournament as a professional, he sat in his car crying which motivated him to create a plan that proved to be the best thing he ever did for his career He went on to win 6 tourna...

Affectionately known as "POM", Peter O'Malley might just be the most down to earth Golf Professional in the history of Australian Golf Born and raised in Bathurst, country NSW. He initially wanted to be a Greenkeeper or Chef, but quickly learned that his Golf game was good enough to take on the worlds best He turned pro in 1987 and played on tours around the world for over 25 years...

Steve Bann started Golf as a 12 year old caddy at Riversdale GC in Melbourne. He completed his traineeship at Huntingdale GC after walking away from the game for three  years  A 16 year old Robert Allenby challenged Steve to a match in a Thursday comp, but soon realised that his "Club Pro" coach was pretty good when Robert shot 64 but that still was not good enough, as Steve shot 63 Stev...

Craig Laundy is nearly 50 years old. He was born in Sydney into the Laundy family  Hotel business started by his Grandfather, and with his brother has helped his Father Arthur Laundy grow it into the empire it is today Craig has played four rounds at Augusta National  He has played Golf with Greg Norman and is great mates with John Sendon and Craig Parry He was in Federal politics for close to six...

Geoff was born in 1961 in Queensland, he had to move to Sydney with his Grandmother at only five weeks old to get better medical attention as he was born with defects to both legs due to his mother taking the morning sickness drug Thalidomide He had to have his right leg amputated at 11, and had to endure bullying at school He started playing Golf at 12 which changed his life in many ways for the...

Sarah Kemp was born in Sydney, started playing Golf at 12.  She got down to a scratch handicap at a young age and won several national titles as an amateur and represented Australia in the 2004 Espirito Santo  World Cup She turned pro in 2008 and played for many years in Europe before embarking on the US LPGA Tour. She has played in all 5 majors and still has plenty of game left and will one day l...

In this final part of the podcast, Brett talks to us about playing Professional Golf at the highest level, and why he was not intimated by anyone he ever played with, in fact he loved it He shares insights into equipment deals on the US Tour like in 1993 he was paid $100,000 a year just for using a driver, he says that could be as high as $600,000 a year now We hope you enjoyed this three part ser...

In this episode, part 2 of the 3 part series, Brett talks about how with already two bonds to his name, standing in Campbelltown Court as a 17 year old after not being picked for the NSW State Team even though he knew he was the best player nearly cost him his career in Golf He also discusses playing with Jack Nicklaus, how helpful Seve was to him in Europe and how John Daly put $500,000 on the bl...

Brett Ogle was adopted at birth, he grew up in Goulburn NSW, and started playing Golf at the age of 11.  He is known around the world as one of the best ball strikers to ever play the game. Moe Norman even went to watch him hit balls on the range twice He won 15 tournaments worldwide including two European tour events and two US Tour events He was ranked in the top 50 in the world in 1993, he has...

Paul got to a scratch handicap using a cut down set of golf clubs, he represented Australia as an amateur. Someone's phone went off while he was trying to hole a putt to shoot 59 in the Canon Challenge. He won three times on the US Nationwide Tour, he earned his USPGA Tour card and still holds the record for the most number of birdies in a single tournament in the history of the PGA Tour. Jef...

Ken Trimble was born in country NSW, backpacked through Europe, met Jack Nicklaus, upset Bernard Langer, moved to Sydney to pursue a career in Golf. He ended up playing around the world, winning tournaments in Australia and Europe and played in two Open Championships. Lost his game, became a Club Professional at Concord Golf Club and earned a reputation as a respected Golf Coach