Hacker to Hero

The annual Marple Golf Club Ryder Cup is back... Captains Paul Thorley (Stockport) and Simon McBride (ROW) go toe-to-toe in this episode with our resident golf pro Luke Elwers carrying out presenting duties as an ahem not so neutral bystander... 

On a blustery, rainy summer's day on the Ayrshire Coast, Day One of the Open had it all... Rory's woes, Lowry's ole oles, and errant balls fly at your host's head, while amid all the chaos, Dan Brown 272nd in the world leads the field 

We chat to Danny Newton about playing 72 holes for Prostrate Cancer, the Silver Medal, and his tips for the Open at Royal Troon and much, much more...

Jon Vaisey joins us in the Hacker to Hero Studio - he tells us of his mishaps in some pot bunkers, his aims for Captains Day and gold paint and that he also has a few monthly medals in the bank and that the Silver Medal is a target this year.

We chat to Manchester City's Emily McNulty and the legend that is Joe Corrigan. 

We have Rob Vaisey in the studio, a serial gold paint winner.  We chat about more gold paint in 2024, his week at Canoustie, Rob's aims for the season ahead and yes the elephant in the room – the monthly medal is mentioned.

We chat to two stalwarts of Marple Golf Club, Gordon Mutch and Michael (Mick) McPhee. We chat about the recent PGA Championship at Valhalla, favourite courses and how the pair have won gold paint and did you know they have three holes-in-one between them?

John Tennant guests in the studio. He tells us about his Carnoustie Championship experience, we talk about the first day of the USPGA from Valhalla and we touch on Mental Health Awareness Week and why we all need to keep an eye on each other.  Thanks to support From McCarthy And Stone and if you're in the Bramhall area this weekend make sure to drop in and view their Penthouse Open Weekend at Quee...

We recap on a cracking Captain's Weekend, look forward to the PGA Championship at Valhalla, the success of the Marple Juniors squad and much, much more...

We speak to the Captain and President at The Forest of Arden on Captain's Weekend. 

We recap day 2 at the 2024 Masters with Marple Golf Club pro Luke Elwers. We chat about the American trio at the top of the leaderboard which includes Scheffler, DeChambeau and Homa leading the way… Luke analyses Hojgaard’s swing and tips Tommy Fleetwood to go low today And how is the Marple Golf Club sweepstake going - who are the members looking good for the win….

We are back in the studio and joined by Marple Golf Club's resident Professional, Luke Elwers. We look back at Day at the 2024 Masters, and chat about Bryson DeChambeau, Scottie Scheffler, Rory and of course Tiger amongst other not forgetting Garcia's banana coloured pants. We have a look at how the members are faring in the sweepsake and who is looking good to take the winnings at this stage....

Who will win the 2024 Masters at Augusta? We run through the main contenders such as Rory, Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Fleetwood, Tiger Woods, Xander Schauffele and more... We also asked members from Marple Golf Club to give us their predictions... will any of them get it right?

We chat about Bob McIntyre and his Caddy's bib, the Captain's drive-in at Chislehurst, what the role of a President at a golf club entails and much much more...

In this week’s Hacker to Hero  podcast we welcome Marple Golf Club Head Greens Keeper, Chris Porter back to the Studio. We chat about the 2024 Players Championship, the weather and how much rainfall we have had since 2022, improvements to the 7th and 17th greens, questions from our listeners and much more  

We chat to Andy's Man Club on how golf is good for your mental health and why it's ok to talk...

We chat to Henry Beischer, MGC Assistant Pro. He tells us what it's like to play on the PGA Pro Tour in the UK, we reveal an exclusive event coming to Marple Golf Club with the PGA, what happens when your caddy gives you duff information, Henry gives us his Major Predictions and there's also his tips for gold paint in 2024.

We chat Rahm and Hatton to LIV golf, listen to our male and female major predictions, MGC board comps incoming, can Rob Vaisey win a medal? and the Juniors will represent MGC in the Cheshire Sixes!

We chat to Shauna and Stephanie about AWGO Golf and how their brand is about to disrupt the golf marketplace, it's centred around women, made by women and is cool yet practical.