The Bogey Men

Golf courses re-opened across the Republic of Ireland this Monday 26th April, and golfers who have been staring out windows and scrolling through twitter seeing checkered tee boxes and striped fairways have finally got their opportunity to take out the clubs and swing away!  It's great to have golf back, despite the inevitable shacks, chunks, tops and hooks. Dave and Jonny both got out on Mon...

The Bogey Men have come on as official Media Partners for the Social Media Open, hosted by Experience Ireland Golf and Travel which will take place between 28th June and 1st July this year. Participants will play some of the finest golf courses in Ireland, Ballybunion Old & Cashen, Dooks GC & Tralee GC. To promote this unique event, we were joined by golf course designer AllyMcIntosh and Tom Kenne...

Peter O'Keeffe is on a mission to help golfers of all levels to understand the golf swing and best train the body for golf. Peter has done it all, from turning Professional and grinding away on the Challenge Tour, to regaining his Amateur status, to now coaching golfers of all ages and abilities to get the most of their game. Peter shared some stories with us about the real grind that professional...

Erik Van Rooyen joined us on the podcast to talk through his journey to the PGA Tour. Erik shared with us what it meant to him missing out on The Masters, knowing he's good enough to play there and using that as motivation. Erik is now living in Florida and a member of The Bears Club, but still is getting blue ticked by Rory McIlroy. This chat was a lot of laughs and gave a great insight into what...

Jonny and Dave sat down to review the 2021 Masters at Augusta National and the latest Major Champion Hideki Matsuyama's. We cover it all, from the truly horrible golf clothing that Tommy Fleetwood and others were wearing, to Xander dunking one on the 16th to Hideki winning being a win for the good guys. Our friend Bob MacIntyre has earned himself an automatic invitation to 2022 with a T12 finish a...

The Masters is upon us once again, Dave & Jonny are joined by Malachy Clerkin of the Irish Times and Colm Moriarty PGA Professional, to preview the 2021 Masters. Each of us ran through some of our favourites and some players who we really do not fancy! We had a lot of laughs recording this episode with the guys, and we hope you enjoy listening to it! Let us know who you're backing to take home...

European Tour player Cormac Sharvin joined Jonny on the golf podcast to talk through his first few events of 2021 on tour, from Saudi Arabia to Kenya, as well as what he has been working on, some of the advice he has received from Shane Lowry and what it is that Cormac needs to do to get the results he feels are very close. We're really excited for the year ahead, we have lot's planned from specia...

Dave and Jonny react to the government announcement that golf in Ireland won't return until the 26th of April. We like everyone else across the country are incredibly frustrated, but our frustrations are nothing compared to the fears people in the golf industry face as their livelihood is put on hold once again. We also unpack Billy Horschel's win at the WGC Matchday in Texas, with big results for...

Neil Manchip, High Performance Director at Golf Ireland, joined Dave and Jonny on the podcast this week to talk through the Player Pathway and how Golf Ireland and he helps players at all ages and levels to pursue their dream of a career in professional golf. Neil was just back from America where he had spent some time with Shane Lowry in Florida, he even managed to get a round in with Shane and L...

Tony Judge from FlexyGolf.com joined us on the podcast this week to talk about how a whole new market of golfers can get involved in playing the game even if you don't want to join a traditional golf club. There are a number of reasons why golfers have left clubs over the years, but hopefully FlexyGolf.com will encourage more people to get back into the game. FlexyGolf seems like a pretty exciting...

Kevin Markham joined Dave and Jonny as they came up with 3 separate Irish golf staycation itineraries for you! All three of the guys had different criteria for their golf staycations, whether it was revisiting some old favourites, enjoying all the facilities on site (from the course to the bar) or whether it was the ideal day trip, there is definitely some inspiration you can take from this episod...

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Dave and Jonny catch up to discuss Tiger's car crash, the public reaction to it and whether he'll ever be left alone. They also recap on the WGC Workday Championship at The Concession, and the emergence of Collin Morikawa as the next dominant force in professional golf. How did the Irish players do? Is there a quality gap between PGA Tour players and European Tour players? If so, does winning the...

Golfing legend and Ryder Cup hero Eamonn Darcy is our guest on the podcast, he shared stories about how he turned professional with a handicap of 12, finding early success on the European Tour, winning 16 times Worldwide and why Sam Snead was a tough man. The 6ft1" golfer who wanted to be a jockey when he was young has lived a life most of us could only dream of, from playing golf with the game's...

Scott, Nick & Will from duck hook, a new Irish golf clothing company joined us on the podcast this week to share their journey. The lads were a lot of laughs as they shared stories from coming up with the business idea, to the financial realities involved in starting a clothing company, to Ben's "Flamboyant fashion sense".  What could have been a fake tan brand, they opted instead to dive...

Dave and Jonny sit down to react to Jordan temporarily catching fire, asking what is it about Spieth that makes him so likeable and relatable. Brooks is a winner again after claiming victory at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. DJ makes an even bigger payday as he storms home to victory in Saudi Arabia. After Tony Finau fails to get it done we ask is winning a habit? How is it formed and what doe...

Brian Wacker of Golf Digest & Mark O'Mahony of Concept Golf, formerly of Titleist came on the podcast to break down the recent findings from the R&A and the USGA around the Distance Insights Project Report along with their conclusions “Implications of Hitting Distance in Golf”. We all came to this with varying opinions on the report and had a great discussion around whether bifurcation is...

It's been a wild week in the world of golf. Our latest recap pod breaks down the incredible Patrick Reed drama, did he cheat? How did his situation differ to Rory's, how did the tour handle it, and everything else from the Farmers Insurance Open. We also catch up on the European Tour from Abu Dhabi from Tyrrell Hatton dominating the field to Rory not being able to put four rounds together. Paul Ca...

We caught up with the world amateur number 17 to talk about the challenges of 2020, from overcoming an injury to an unexpected fifth year at ASU that might prove her most important ahead of turning pro. Olivia took a break in her morning putting practice to sit down with Jonny and discuss her meteoric rise through the amateur ranks. The four-time All American and earning every record imaginable at...

In this episode we are joined by Irish Times journalist Ruaidhri Croke who recently wrote a few articles on the risks facing Irish golf clubs in 2021, which golf clubs are doing deals for new members and what happens to a club if you don't renew, We also examine whether we will renew our golf club memberships for 2021, and ask is it worth it? What happens to the trophy tourist courses who will see...

2nd longest for Driving Distance on the European Tour & 3rd in Strokes Gained Putting, Dean Burmester is our guest on this episode of The Bogey Men. Dean joined Jonny and Dave on the pod this week to talk about a car accident at the start of 202 that changed his outlook on golf, his upbringing in a sporting family, struggling with some anxiety when it came to putting, meeting his targets for t...

Billy Foster is one of the great caddie characters in the game’s history. The longtime European Tour caddie – currently with Matthew Fitzpatrick – has walked the fairways with, among others, Lee Westwood, Darren Clarke, Sergio Garcia and the legendary Seve Ballesteros. Billy joined Jonny and Dave on the pod this week to recount of incredible stories from his 38 year career from winning the DP Worl...

Dave and Jonny recap a busy week in the world of golf. Harris English ended a seven year drought to claim victory at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. We react to Justin Thomas' homophobic slur during round 3 of the tournament and what he needs to redeem himself. The 2022 PGA Championship has been stripped from Trump Bedminster and the R&A has released a statement to say that The O...

It's a New Year and a New Lockdown for golf in Ireland, but the Bogeymen are back! In the first episode of 2021 Dave and Jonny sit down to catch up on the end of 2020 and make their predictions for what will come in the game of golf for 2021. Who will win the Majors? Who will win the Ryder Cup & Solheim Cup? Who will become World Number 1? Who will win during the year and who won't? We have th...

Dave & Jonny sit down to announce the winner of their Mega Christmas Giveaway and to thank all of you for listening to us, 2021 will be bigger and better! We also discussed the new 2021 European Tour season, the €3 Million prize fund for the Irish Open at Mount Juliet in July and whether we'll see the likes of Tiger, DJ, Jordan Speith and Justin Thomas make an appearance at the Kilkenny venue,...