Talk Birdie To Me

Feedback pod today, and we've got plenty of comments and questions from the Wolfpack. We start with a message from a young bloke who might have a future in this crazy game - Bradley Hughes - with a comment on Royal Melbourne Composite, which is hard to argue with. That feedback from Hugo reminds Nick that he also left a voicemail last week with some clarity on the Tiger Woods missing ball incident...

A bonus episode today which came about after New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox won the Myrtle Beach Classic last week, which gave him a spot in the US PGA Championship in Charlotte this week....huge. Ryan is a fantastic golfer with a slightly unorthodox swing, that Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen discussed on Talk Birdie To Me this week. During that chat, we thought we'd see if we could grab Ryan's coach, fo...

Following the bonus pod this morning when Mark Allen broke the news of Rory McIlroy at Royal Melbourne Composite this year (so good!), for today's pod we park Rory, there's been plenty of chat about him, and there will be plenty of opportunities to discuss - but we have a full podcast today with some great stuff to chat about. We start by talking about the Truist Championship in Philadelphia at th...

Last week on the Talk Birdie To Me podcast Mark Allen broke the news that it appeared that Rory McIlroy would play the 2025 Australian Open and it would be at Royal Melbourne Composite. It is now a 100% lock, and an announcement is imminent: as soon as this week, perhaps even today, which will confirm the news of Rory's appearance, the location, and clearly the date. We do the show from Titleist a...

The US PGA at Quail Hollow is thisclose and you better believe we're excited. Today Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen have a yak about the tournament, and we build our Talk Birdie To Me Betr Multi. But first we start with Nick banning Mark from including Sepp Straka in the multi for two reasons, firstly Sepp has let us down previously, and secondly, Nick doesn't believe he can win at Quail Hollow and he...

Tour Pro Bradley Hughes left a voicemail to clarify a couple of points regarding the Tiger Woods running out of balls story that Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen discussed recently on the Talk Birdie To Me podcast. And what a great story it is with the added details from Hugo! Got a thought, story or question? Yo can leave a voicemail at the Talk Birdie To Me website here , it takes only a moment and yo...

A Talk Birdie To Me feedback pod today, and we start with a voicemail from Rob in Ryde, Sydney, who has a rules question about matchplay and having too many clubs in your bag. Nick and Mark think they know the answer, but we decide to get our rules expert Stu McPhee on the show to confirm....lucky we did, because we were incorrect! Whilst we have Stu, Nick clarifies a comment about changing balls...

This week on Talk Birdie To Me, we have some news on a big, big rumour from a couple of impeccable sources to do with Rory McIlroy and the Australian Open. Mark reveals all on the pod about what it means. Nick and Mark discuss what it would mean for other players being attracted, and ticket sales, with the combination of Rory McIlroy playing and the tournament being played on the Royal Melbourne c...

Following The Masters, and Rory's extraordinary win, Mark Allen made the bold claim to Nick O'Hern that Rory's shot on 15 on Sunday was the greatest shot ever made in golf. Nick agrees it was incredible, but isn't necessarily convinced that it was the greatest ever. Mark doubled down and said that if anyone could mount an argument for another shot, he would take them out for a round on Kingston He...

Former Tour Pro Scotty Laycock left a voicemail for Nick and Mark this weekend after hearing the FootJoy pod on the importance of shoe fittings. He offered a couple of thoughts and a quick story. Got a thought, story or question? Yo can leave a voicemail at the Talk Birdie To Me website here , it takes only a moment and you can do it on your phone or computer. And don't forget to subscribe to us o...

At Talk Birdie To Me, we have all been fans of the Monday Q Twitter page ( here ) for a long time, it's a ripper, if you're not following it then give yourself an uppercut and do it immediately. The guy who created it is Ryan French, and after Nick and Mark have consistently been referring to the page on the pod, we decided to get Ryan on the show for a yak, and it was a lot of fun. We started, we...

We're live from Titleist & FootJoy HQ and we start todays show with a story from Mark about the Australian Open Stonehaven Cup that Peter Lonard won at Moonah Links, and how the Cup was 'lost' for a number of months. Mark is convinced the story is accurate, but Nick and Third Man feel it sounds so unbelievable that we feel that it needs to be checked. So we drop a message to the former Austral...

The most common question that comes in for Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen at Talk Birdie To Me is along the lines of 'what should I practise', 'how should I structure my practise', 'what tips can you give me to ensure my practise is effective in converting to results on the course'. So this week when we received this email from Wolfpacker Matt, we thought we'd do a short bonus pod discussing it. Here'...

Welcome to another feedback pod, these are the episode where you control the topics and we read out your questions and feedback (good and bad)! We start with a chat about Mark's comments last week that the Rory shot on 5 was the greatest shot ever made. Some wolfpackers have a different view - we won't read them out today, but we'll wait until Nick is back in the studio next week (he's in Cathedra...

Today, Mark is in studio at Titleist and FootJoy HQ, Nick is at Cathedral in Central Victoria. We start the show with Nick mentioning that his wife Alana has just had her best round ever. He is very proud! We talk about the RBC Heritage Tournament on Hilton Head. Nick says that Harbourtown, which he played many times, was his favourite course on the PGA Tour and explains why. He also says that it...

We're getting plenty of feedback and questions coming in, sometimes we take a bit of time to get to them, but we're trying to work through them all as we can. Today on the pod we start by talking about a photo Nick shared on his instagram page - see it here - it's a great pic of Nick's caddy Wilbur at Augusta waiting for Nick. Speaking of caddies, Mark was lined up this week by one of his former c...

Today's podcast is all about The Masters and the extraordinary tournament we watched. And of course, we start with Rory who was clearly already an incredible player, but is now a legend. Mark describes what we saw as 'breathtaking drama', and Nick and Mark just sit and chat about the tournament. We have no runsheet or plan for todays show, aside from to debrief on The Masters and talk about what w...

Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen have worn FootJoy their entire career, and given we do the pod from FootJoy and Titleist HQ we thought we'd grab the FootJoy Product Manager for Australia & New Zealand, Chris Patterson, to have a chinwag about golf shoes generally, trends, and some of what they've got coming. We discussed exactly what Chris does at FootJoy, and what he looks for when decided what to...

Wolfpacker and Tour Pro Scott Laycock left a voicemail after hearing the podcast this week with a great story about Craig Parry. Keep them coming, we always love to receive your voicemails! You can leave one at the link below. We do the show from Titleist and FootJoy HQ, thanks to our great partners: Titleist, the #1 ball in golf; FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf; PING will help you play you...

Fantastic win from Warrnambool's favourite son Marc Leishman in Florida at the weekend, and we begin today's show chatting about the win....Marc becomes the third Aussie to win a tournament in the last couple of weeks, following Min Woo and Steve Allen. Mark loves the 'drive, chip, and putt' competition and thinks there should be more of them prior to tournaments. We discuss the elephant in the ro...

It's Masters week and we kick off our Masters preview show with Nick and Mark sharing memories of some of their favourite moments, and of watching it when they were kids Nick talks about the first time he played Augusta, and what he did on the 12th green before the tournament. And he talks about the course preparation and some of the 'tricks' they use to keep the players on their toes. Mark asks N...

Lots of feedback on the international feed, and Nick and Mark have made their views clear. The overwhelming majority of feedback has been that people want the old feed back, however in fairness it hasn't been one-way traffic. We received a voicemail from Wolfpack member Tim from Perth with a different perspective, and he explains his thinking. We do the show from Titleist and FootJoy HQ, thanks to...

Another feedback pod today with plenty of questions and another Wolfpack members swing for Nick and Mark to review. We start with a pic that you may have seen on socials about a golfer who thought his ticket to an Augusta practice round allowed him to play an actual practice round. A misunderstanding clearly, but quite funny, the twist is that Mark Allen was there and saw it happen live - he expla...

We have to start today's show discussing the fantastic performance of Min Woo Lee at the weekend, it was wonderful to see, albeit a nerve-wracking finish with Scheffler coming hard at him. Nick and Mark have plenty of praise for Min Woo of course, and plenty of props for his caddy Brian 'Bo' Martin who they give credit to for remaining calm under the pressure on that final day in particular. Nick...

We've had plenty of feedback and questions coming in for Nick and Mark, so today a feedback pod. On the show we discuss: Broomstick putters following a question from James; Gibbo has some comments on the potential PGA/LIV merger and asks for thoughts; We spoke to David from Brisbane last week who went to the Barossa on a golf trip with a bunch of mates, how did it go, and did the advice help? We g...