Six, Over Par

As the season proper ramps up, Gav, MTC, Arron and Jon get together to chat about their April golf, post-MacK. There’s plenty to discuss, including a day out in Norfolk, an upcoming national championship and some uncharacteristic on course behaviour from the Gateshead Giant.  The boys also run through the results of the opening month of the RACDG’s Order of Merit and make the first transfers for t...

What better way to cure your ‘Post Mack Blues’ than to indulge the 6OP boys as they recount a week of Beer, Bogeys and Blister Plasters. Join Gav, Jon, MTC and Arron as they recount their magical week in the home of golf, look at the wider landscape of the OOM and resent the absence of 36 hole days from their normal day to day lives. Send us Fan Mail Ways to follow Six, Over Par   - Tweet us @ six...

As we travel to the Home of Golf, Jon, Gav, MTC & Arron discuss a round at Crail, and a visit to the epicentre of the St Andrews visit, The Dunvegan. We run through the Order of Merit Draft as the first months picks are chosen and the Captains are set. We also discuss the upcoming competition rounds for this season MacKenzie. Send us Fan Mail Ways to follow Six, Over Par   - Tweet us @ sixover...

Six, Over Par is back for year three. As the golf season proper edges ever nearer, Gav, Jon and MTC are joined by new recruit, Arron, to discuss the impending return of the Order of Merit.  There’s also the small matter of an upcoming trip to St Andrews for the opening major of the RACDG season, the MacKenzie Cup, where 64 Flockers will do battle over three rounds at the Home of Golf.  Who fancies...

The 2022 Order of Merit season is complete. Gav, Jon and MTC come together for one last time this year to chew over Finals Weekend at Belton Woods.  Josh Humbler also joins the pod - his 40 points was more than enough to comfortably hold off the competition and secure the second annual OoM title.  We also run through all of the weekend prize-winners and key talking points – the banana surplus, lin...

It’s the penultimate 6OP episode of the year! After six months of fierce competition, there is now less than a week to go until the 2022 Order of Merit concludes at Belton Woods.  Gav, Jon and MTC have a natter about the upcoming weekend, where there’s a small field, but a swelling prize haul.  We also hear about Jon’s defence of the final major of the RACDG season at The Shut, where MTC was also...

Another regular season of the Order of Merit has been and gone. Gav, Jon and MTC are joined by the incredibly consistent and deserving winner as they look ahead to the 35-man Finals Weekend at Belton Woods in November. Away from the OoM, there’s the usual discussion around our respective golfing months, including a precis of the RACDG Cock of the North at Moortown and Alwoodley towards the end of...

As we enter the final month of the Order of Merit regular season, Gav, Jon and a history-making MTC discuss August results, along with their chances of making Finals Day and their wider performance this golfing season, with the usual stats and birdies updates sprinkled in. In addition, there’s a brief look back to last month’s Southport Coast Links Championship, where the RACDG was represented by...

This episode is sponsored by Lanacane anti-chafing gel, Nurofen and Bud Light. As quickly as it arrived, the week has come to its conclusion. Tomorrow, the men will embark upon their sixth consecutive day of golf as we diverge towards Formby Ladies and Royal Birkdale. With a bellyfull of bread and an earful of obscure 70s music, we take apart Hillside and create our definitive rankings as well as...

Day 3 in the books and only one day left of the Championship as we experience our very own moving day. See how the boys got on at West Lancs GC and how the competition standings are with only one round left to play before we head to either Royal Birkdale or Formby Ladies for the final day of the week. We also discuss the performance in the local pub quiz, meeting RACDG flocker Jimmy Law and our pl...

Round 2 is in the bag ! Join our 4 competitors as the break down....an eventful day at Hesketh GC. We take a quick glance at the leaderboard, the swear jar and the Dominoes website to check for calorie information. We also take a look ahead for the day 3 round at West Lancs as the competition gets to the halfway point. Follow us here at  https://www.southportcoastchampionship.co.uk/competition.php...

Day one is done and the men recap their visit to Southport and Ainsdale golf club. A mixed bag in terms of results but we review the course, what we thought of the holes and our own performance. We also look ahead to Hesketh, and answer the question how much chicken is too much chicken? You can follow live scoring on this link (https://www.southportcoastchampionship.co.uk/competition.php?compid=36...

It's a special! 6OP's Jon and Gav are joined by RACDG captain Matt Wabe and Luxembourg Arron for a week long championship. In this preview, the men review their practice round at Formby, talk about their aspirations for the week and Gav found a quid. We will have nightly reviews each evening this week as we report from Southport & Ainsdale, Hesketh, West Lancs and Hillside, on the qu...

In this month’s episode, Gav, Jon and a cheery MTC are joined by the Del Boy of The North East, Jeff Wilson who incredibly manages to go the whole pod without trying to sell us something. Kingy’s middleman takes us back to the second annual King of the Castle tournament, held last month at Goswick and Dunstanburgh Castle, and also walks us through his recent OoM success. On top of that, we’ve the...

After a busy few weeks for the 6OP boys, there’s a full debrief of the Battle of the Bastards at Kilmarnock Barassie where Scotland duelled with Team England, led by captain Matt. Also, Joe’s back! The boy wonder returns from his travels and joins Gav, MTC and Jon to talk us through his golfing year so far, i.e. boatloads of birdies (and the odd hosel rocket). As usual, we’ll detail the latest goi...

Join Gav, MTC and Jon as they pick apart the opening month of the proper golf season in S2E2 of Six, Over Par. April’s review includes a MacKenzie Cup debrief, Order of Merit results and an update on our internal matchplay competition and stat-tracking. There’s also a hard-hitting interview with Chris Rodgerson, conducted by the 6OP Paxman, Ben Murray, along with full details of the OoM Finals Wee...

It’s March, the sun is out, spring is here and Six, Over Par returns for a second year. In this season-opening episode, we bring you up to speed on the revised Order of Merit ahead of its launch on April Fool’s Day. Can anyone stop Connor Rake from defending his crown in 2022? In a Matt-heavy show, Gav and Jon are joined by gentle giant MTC who is stepping in for (former) Commissioner Tasker over...

And with that it was completed. We speak to the winner of the inaugural RACDG Order of Merit competition after a thrilling finals day at Stoke Rochford GC, that went down to the very last hole. We also discuss the responses to the Order of Merit survey and attempt to answer some of the questions that arose regarding decisions made and what we want to focus on going forward for the 2022 season. Fin...

It’s a busy one! The inaugural RACDG Order of Merit regular season is over. Join Six, Over Par as we dissect September’s results and what it means for the overall competition ahead of Finals Day at Stoke Rochford on Saturday 16th October. We also evaluate how our individual seasons went, specifically how we each fared against our pre-set targets and in the 6OP challenges, along with a brief discus...

As we enter the final month, Gav is joined by Jon and Phil to consider the current leaderboard and the final push for the crown of Six, Over Par champion.  We also examine the overall Order of Merit competition as the decisive few rounds begin to form the top 20 with finals places on offer for the overall group.  We also discuss the most recent RACDG major – the Cock of the North, from The Alwoodl...

We’re back with episode ten of the Six, Over Par podcast. In this instalment, Gav is joined by Russ and Jon to discuss next weekend’s RACDG major – the Cock Of The North, taking place on the Leeds sand belt.  As well as this, we chat about our golf in August to date and provide all the usual updates around the ongoing Order of Merit competition and the 6OP challenges. This episode is dedicated to...

With the summer holiday season upon us and the 6OP collective spread far and wide either enjoying time with their loved ones, organising weddings or playing the links of Northern Ireland, Phil & Gav review the month of July.  Hear the thoughts on our most recent rounds, our positions in the 6OP table, the wider Order of Merit table, the end of season finale, our updated stats and monthly chall...

It’s the one you’ve all been waiting for – World Handicap System chat, starring Gemma Hunter, Head of Handicapping and Course Rating at England Golf. Gemma answers some of the questions that have popped up during the season and explains the course/slope rating process. She was at a complete loss to explain why South Herts is so easy though.  Ep8 also contains June’s Order of Merit results and an u...

6OP returns after a glorious few days in the North East competing for the first major of the year. Join Gav, Joe, Russ and Ben (eventually) for a full recap of the MacKenzie Cup at Goswick and Bamburgh Castle, where there were lifetime best rounds, birdies aplenty and some silverware for the silver fox. In our most vulpine episode to date, we’re also joined by Sam Lowes Raby, the man behind Green...

With most of 6OP spread across the country achieving golfing greatness, Phil & Gav review the recent PLAYERS championship from Woodhall Spa, the month of May’s Order of Merit rounds, and find out what happened with the stick or twist dilemma from May. There is also a preview of the next major just around the corner as we hear from chief organiser of this year’s Mackenzie, Jeff Wilson, as he ta...