The Bogey Men

Jonny & Michael look back at The 153rd Open Championship, our first Major as accredited media. We talk through our week from the very beginning, the 3:30am start time, meeting great people, learning a lot and figuring out what we want to provide for you at events like this. All of the Bogey Men's coverage from on site at the 153rd Open is brought to you by Opel, and the stunning all-new Op...

Jonny & Michael recap all of the action from round 1 of The Open Championship at Royal Portrush. We'll disect all of the day's action after the opening round. Including stories from on the ground, who has surprised and who has disappointed as well as checking in with our winner picks. All of the Bogey Men's coverage from on site at the 153rd Open is brought to you by Opel, and the...

Jonny & Michael discuss Friday of The Open Championship at Royal Portrush. From Rory Mcilroy's stop-start 69 to whether anyone can hunt down Brian Harman. We'll have all of the day's action including quick player interviews as well as checking in with our winner picks. All of the Bogey Men's coverage from on site at the 153rd Open is brought to you by Opel, and the stunning all...

The 2nd of our daily podcasts live from on site at Royal Portrush for The 153rd Open Championship. Michael and Jonny sit down to recap their day as they saw Shane, Rory and Bryson out on course again, and we got a tour of the Wilson Golf Tour Truck and even had a chat with Padraig Harrington's caddy Ronan Flood. We also outline where we think the best groups to follow are and where to watch th...

The first of our daily podcasts live from on site at Royal Portrush for The 153rd Open Championship. Michael and Jonny sit down to recap their first impressions on the golf course, some holes that immediately stood out to them as well as some spots along the course that will make for some great viewing throughout the tournament. We also got involved in the press conferences and asked questions of...

Jonny is on site at Carton House for the KPMG Women's Irish Open and he has a conversation with LET professionals Hannah Gregg, Tvesa Malik and Stacy Bregman ahead of their opening rounds. They shared stories around how they prepare for events, mistakes they see amateur make and why the KPMG Women's Irish Open has a Major feel to it. Liam McCool, Director of Golf at Carton House also joined Jonny...

Padraig Harrington etches his name deeper into history as he wins his 2nd US Senior Open title. Michael and Jonny react to this victory and discuss how Padraig appears to be a man driven solely by the desire to compete and be the best he possibly can. We also ask the question, what is something amateur golfers do only being we see the pros do it? The Bogey Men will be live broadcasting the Final R...

Michael and Jonny watched Tommy collapse as Keegan Bradley won the Travelers Championship and opened the serious conversation around whether Keegan should now be a playing Captain at this year's upcoming Ryder Cup at Bethpage. We also dive into the ongoing feud between PGA Tour players and the media after the latest outburst by Colin Morikawa. The Bogey Men will be live broadcasting the Final...

Michael and Jonny react to JJ Spaun winning the US Open, whether Oakmont is a good or interesting Major Championship venue, Jonny opens up about some off course stresses and how it's impacting his golf and we discuss what kind of cheating is not really cheating on the golf course. The Bogey Men will be live broadcasting the Final Round of the Flogas Irish Women's Amateur Open Championship at Headf...

Michael and Jonny look back on their trip up to Donegal and filming of their latest travel series 'Tee Time' which will be broadcast on TG4 later this summer. We talk through the courses we played as well as some of our favourite holes from the trip. We also look at the US Open at Oakmont and what we do & don't like about this tournament setup. The Bogey Men will be live broadcasting the Final...

Stuart Grehan has regained his amateur status after 6 years as a professional and he has started the 2025 season with a bang, winning the Flogas Irish Men's Amateur Open Championship. Jonny sat down with Stuart to discuss his time as a professional, the decision to turn back amateur and his ambitions now he is no longer playing golf for a living. Stuart specifically mentions that he has hopes to q...

A good friend of the podcast joins Jonny this week. Kit Alexander is a familiar voice to golf fans, he presents a lot of golf coverage including the OFX Irish Legends Tour Highlights package and does on course coverage for the R&A, Sky Sports and others. Kit was one of the first people to get in touch with Jonny when The Bogey Men was set up and has always offered advice and help throughout th...

Scottie Scheffler wins his 3rd Major at Quail Hollow, firmly asserting himself as the best player in the world, without any doubt. Rory like so many others fell off the pace and just didn't perform. Jonny and Michael both won Long Drive at their respective golf events, and Jonny recaps his experience playing in the OFX Irish Legends Tour Celebrity Pro-Am alongside Jim Gavin and Andrew Marshall...

The European dominance on the PGA Tour continues as Sepp Straka wins the Truist Championship, friend of the pod Ryan Fox won for the first time on the PGA Tour at Myrtle Beach and Stuart Grehan wins the Flogas Irish Amateur Open at Seapoint Golf Links. Jonny & Michael make their picks for the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow this week. The Bogey Men podcast is brought to you by Newlands Golf C...

Scottie Scheffler wins the CJ Cup by 8 shots, Erik Van Rooyen shares why he doesn't like the current PGA Tour make up, Bryson wins on LIV but we don't know if that really means anything. The Bogey Men podcast is brought to you by Newlands Golf Club, a great place for a quick game in the afternoon, why not finish work early and hit the fairways of this lovely parkland course. It's easy...

Jonny sits down with Michael to recount every moment of his day at The 2025 Masters. From waking up at 4am and arriving to the course before dawn, to visiting the merchandise tent, sitting behind 15 green and next to 16 tee box and watching players hit into 6 green for a couple of hours and of course trying out every piece of food available on site. There's something special about attending The Ma...

Rory Mcilroy has joined the annals of history after winning the 2025 Masters and became just the 6th person to complete golf's career grand slam! It was a rollercoaster of a tournament and final round in particular but Rory got it done. Michael and Jonny catch up to react to this historic moment, what it means to Rory, to Ireland and to golf in general. We also debate how many more Majors Rory wil...

Neil Manchip, Director of High Performance at Golf Ireland, sat down with Jonny to reflect on the 2024 amateur golf season in Ireland and to look ahead to the 2025 season as well as discuss the launch of the professional players pathway, the recent success from Ireland's top amateurs and recent professional golfers including Liam Nolan and Beth Coulter. We also attended the Golf Ireland Launch...

Min Woo Lee got his maiden win on the PGA Tour, and the guys discuss the Houston Open and Hero Indian Open on the DP World Tour. Michael thinks we're only just starting to see Min Woo Lee's Full potential, particularly with Bo on the bag as his caddy. Jonny is excited as he heads to Augusta for the first time this weekend for The Masters. You can still join our Fantasy DP World Tour League...

The lads react to Viktor Hovland winning on the PGA Tour for the first time since 2023 and discuss what it means for Viktor going forward and for the European Ryder Cup Team. We also look back at Rory winning The Players and if he'll finally get it done in Augusta this year. Jonny attended the OFX Irish Legends Tour Event media day and spoke to Matt Sandercock from Mount Juliet Estate, the hos...

Isaiah Salinda might just be the coolest PGA Tour rookie at the moment, he's definitely the most chill guy we've had on the podcast. Isaiah spoke to us during his week off after making his debut at The Players last week. He's had a solid start to his PGA Tour career with his best finish being a 3rd place in Mexico just a few weeks ago. Isaiah spoke about making golf cool, what he likes...

It's Players week on the PGA Tour and golf season has arrived, the weather has improved and we're excited to get back on the tee. We look at how Shane & Rory got on at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the stories that both of them were testing out a lot of equipment this week and we asked the question should Rory go free agent and leave Taylormade? Would working with all manufacturer...

Ireland Needs a Pro Tour for our young and aspiring professionals to get some competitive reps under their belts and see how they stack up against other & older pros. We've seen the growth of the Rose Ladies Series in the UK, so why haven't the likes of Rory, Shane, Padraig, Paul, Gmac or Darren put their name to something similar in Ireland? We outline how simple we think this could b...

Michael & Jonny got advance viewing of 'Full Swing Season 3' from Netflix and we talk through some of our favourite moments from this series. Jonny also talks to Chad Mumm, the Executive Producer of 'Full Swing' about making the series and some of the key storylines. Jonny had a hectic weekend with emergency surgery on Saturday removing his appendix so he has begun a 4 week roa...

On the podcast today I was joined by Head Product Fitter & Trainer Chris Courtneidge to talk through the entire range of 2025 products from Callaway. For you gear heads, this is the podcast for you! The 2025 range of Callaway Golf products have launched and the tagline is that "THE FUTURE OF PERFORMANCE IS ELYTE" a nice nod to Callaway founder Ely, this year Callaway claims their dri...