The Bogey Men

Something a little different today. Kenny Pallas, one of 4 co-founders of Scottish golf publication The Links Diary, sat down with Jonny to talk about why TLD is so much more than just a golf magazine. Their ambition is to go deeper, and more thoughtful than your regular swing tips "read it once, then dump it" magazine. Everything about it is carefully crafted from the words on the page,...

The lads enjoy Rory's win in Dubai, Michael more so than Jonny because Michael backed Rory to win, but this has to be the perfect start to the season for Rory Mcilroy. Is this the start we hope will lead to Rory finally putting on that green jacket? Michael thinks this year is Rory's best chance with the golf world still somewhat fractured between the PGA Tour, LIV and the DP World Tour. W...

Did Rory lose the Dubai Invitational or did Tommy win it? We discuss whether Rory can handle the pressure of being in a close battle, if he's ever going to win another Major does he need to go into Sunday with a 5 shot lead to get it done? Tiger has left Nike, what's next? Jonny shares a story about his love/hate relationship with golf and lots more! We have a number of big announcements c...

The first episode of 2024 and Jonny & Michael catch up to talk about Christmas, Jonny going over to Abu Dhabi and playing some warm weather golf. We also have a number of big announcements coming over the next few weeks, first of which is the launch of our brand new webstie Thebogeymen.ie We have also started a new segment on the podcast called Bet Of The Week where Michael & Jonny put €5 on a bet...

Simon Thornton sits down with Jonny on the podcast this week to discuss his career, finding golf as a career, winning on the European Tour, the importance of the PGA qualification as well as how important the PGA Region is to developing future professional talent. Let us know what you'd like us to cover more of this year and we'll do our absolute best to look after that for you! Your suppo...

Jonny & Michael announce the winners of the 2023 Bogey Men Awards, below are the winners! 1. Men's Golfer of the year - Jon Rahm 2. Women's Golfer of the year - Lilia Vu 3. Rookie of the year - Ludvig Aberg 4. Moment of the year - Adam Hadwin at the Canadian Open 5. Tournament of the year - The Ryder Cup 6. Villain of the year - Joe LaCava 7. Comeback of the year - Jason Day 8. Men&#39...

Jon Rahm has defected and joined LIV golf, we talk about what we think this means for golf both for the players and the fans, but overall we don't feel good about it. We have started our winter training programmes with Moss Landman from Capital Performance, we'll be training with Moss over the next 12 weeks to become fitter, stronger, faster golfers. Jonny & Mick played a match at Old...

The lads react to Tiger Woods playing competitive golf again, why Scottie Scheffler is so vanilla, rolling back the golf ball isn't a bad thing and Luke Donald staying on as Ryder Cup captain for Bethpage in 2025. Jonny & Mick played a match at Old Conna Golf Club, the videos from that match will be on our youtube channel soon! Let us know what you'd like us to cover more of this year...

Tiger Woods has committed to play in the Hero World Challenge at the end of December and it couldn't have come at a better time for golf with the completion of the DP World Tour season. Jonny played Carton House with a bunch of PGA professionals and Jonny learned first hand that he is nowhere near their level. Jonny doesn't hit the ball far enough, isn't accurate enough and short game...

Kevin Markham joins the podcast to discuss the term 'Hidden Gems' in Irish golf, is it appropriate? Is it accurate? What makes a course a 'Hidden Gem'? And we list out 13 courses which we think fit this category and are well worth a visit. The courses we discuss are: Strandhill Scrabo Rathcore Fermoy Portarlington Mulranny North west Rosslare Portumna Spa golf club Cruit Island Rat...

Mark Power chats to Jonny about turning pro, his final year at Wake Forest, the mixed emotions of The Walker Cup, his professional debut at the Horizon Irish Open and how preparations are going ahead of the DP World Tour Q-School Final stage this week. Jonny & Michael and catch up to talk about Jonny's fitting for the new Apex Pro series irons from Callaway at Mount Juliet Estate. Jonny ta...

Jonny sat down with Ronan Mullarney following Ronan won the Order of Merit on the Alps Tour for this season, securing his Challenge Tour card for 2024. We spoke about Ronan's two wins on Tour, keeping in touch with Bryson, the upcoming DP World Tour Q School, stage 2 as well as Ronan's love of County music and Luke Combs. Ronan will now turn his attentions to the Second Stage of DP World T...

LIV's team championships in Miami was a lot more entertaining that we thought, we'll definitely be going to an event in 2024. Adrian Meronk has notched his 3rd win this season at the Andalucia Masters. We look back at our day playing Shannon Golf Club as part of our travel series, Tee Time! Our episode from Shannon goes live on our youtube channel on Wednesday so be sure to tune in! Michae...

We look back at our day playing Trump Doonbeg as part of our travel series Tee Time and what an amazing experience it was! Our episode from Doonbeg goes live on our youtube channel on Wednesday so be sure to tune in! Michael & Jonny talk to Dan Brown about his maiden win on the DP World Tour at the ISPS Handa World Invitational and how Dan has been finding his rookie year on tour. We also cove...

Jonny & Michael recap Europe's winning of the Ryder Cup in Rome, we break down how good a captain Luke Donald was, how bad Zach Johnson was comparatively and discuss whether this European team will be able to win in Bethpage in 2 years. We also sit down to chat about whether golf is cool, and if not why not? We have a lot more video and podcast content coming your way very soon, so stay tu...

Jonny & Michael recap Europe's retention of the Solheim Cup last week in Spain. We give player ratings for both sides and discuss the pivotal moments and players for both teams. We will be doing live Ryder Cup shows on both Friday and Saturday of the Ryder Cup on our Youtube & Twitter accounts, so please tune in as we'll be joined by a few guests live from on site at Marco Simone....

Jonny & Michael recap Ryan Fox's win on the DP World Tour, claiming the BMW PGA Championship title. We also discuss and analyse the upcoming Ryder Cup & Solheim Cup, we're confident Europe can do the double! We have a lot more video and podcast content coming your way very soon, so stay tuned. Let us know what you'd like us to cover more of this year and we'll do our absolu...

Winner on the DP World Tour & PGA Tour, Dylan Frittelli joins us on the podcast to talk all things golf, the new PGA Tour structure, his own professional journey, his love of surfing as well as how he has been dealing with some injuries this season and whether he thinks South Africa will win the Rugby World Cup this summer. It was great to talk to Dylan and have him on the pod, thanks to him f...

Michael and Jonny respond to some of the criticism online of the Horizon Irish Open being hosted at The K Club, specifically from Matt Ginella and Tron Carter of No Laying Up. We spoke to some General Managers from some of Ireland's top links courses about why they have no ambition to host the Irish Open on a links course, aside from Royal County Down who will be hosting the event next year. W...

Jonny & Michael look back on an amazing week at Dromoland Castle for the KPMG Women's Irish Open. We had 2 live shows from the range with Sports Direct which thousands of people watched. We had player interviews and challenge videos as well as on course filming. Anne Van Dam just missed out in the playoff to Smilla Soenderby who eagled the first playoff hole to win the tournament after sho...

Ireland's newest female professional golfer, Lauren Walsh joins us on the podcast this week to talk through finishing up her time at Wake Forest and turning her attention to the professional game! Lauren Walsh is looking forward to joining Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow on the LPGA Tour after clinching the winning point to help Wake Forest claim their first NCAA Division 1 Women's titl...

Jonny was on site at the ISPS Handa World Invitational at Galgorm on Monday to talk to players and get a sense of how the course is playing. He spoke with Daniel Gavins, Olivia Cowan, Lily May Humphries and others to get their thoughts on the course. We'll be on site at Galgorm on Friday filming some video pieces and giving away Callaway Golf goodies to you guys, so make sure to come up and sa...

LET Star Annabel Dimmock joined Jonny on the podcast this week to discuss the pst two seasons for Annabel, both on and off the golf course. From battling anxiety to finding form on the golf course, Annabel opened up about what is important to her going forward. We caught up at the Jabra Ladies Open, the venue for Annabel's maiden LET win. We also talk through her close call at the KPMG Women&#...

Jonny and Michael catch up after Jonny has spent 3 days working on his golf game at Mount Juliet and we discuss the current state of Jonny's golf and what he worked on. We look back on JT, Shane Lowry, Adam Scott and others missing out on the PGA Tour Playoffs. We also recap the Scottish Open on the LPGA & LET, Celine Boutier won back-to-back and we pick our squad for Europe in the upcomin...

Jonny sat down with Irish LET Professional Olivia Mehaffey and LET Rookie Ana Dawson from the Isle of Man whilst on site at the Jabra Ladies Open at Evian Les Bains. Olivia had taken a break from golf following the death of her father, she spoke very openly with Jonny about how tough that period was as well as how she is now working on herself as well as her golf game. Olivia will be returning to...