The Knackered Golfist Podcast

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hi again Fellow Golfists,  I was inspired to play golf after watching the Genesis Scottish Open today from North Berwick Scotland at the Renaissance Club.  Xander Schauffele won today in Scotland and is now a favorite to win The Open at St Andrews next week.  I really enjoyed seeing the Scottish Links on the telly and...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Fellow Golfists,  Well today is an emergency episode for a great score that I shot out at Davis Golf Course in Davis California back on Friday July 8 2022.  I played after work on a Friday afternoon and shot 71 on a course where par is 67.  +4 is my lowest 18 hole round of 2022, but 71 is the lowest round...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Again Fellow Golfists,  Just wanted to share my most recent golf outings to 2 courses in my town.   And to share a new segment called "Is The Game Growing?"    The Knackered Golfist enjoyed an outing to Diamond Oaks Golf Course in Roseville California and Ancil Hoffman Golf Course in Carmichael Califor...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Fellow Golfists,  I had my first golf outing of 2022 and it was glorious.  I got to play Davis Golf Course in Davis California in late June 2022 and I had a ball.  I love this old school style of a golf course and how it plays inbetween tree lined bermudagrass fairways.  It is a simple but elegant golf cou...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists,  Here is a bit of commentary of the final round of the 2022 US Open at The Country Club in Brookline Massachusetts on Father's Day.  This tournament is really one for the ages and it was an amazing tournament to watch!   Congratulations to Matthew Fitzpatrick and Billy Foster!!  Thanks for...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again fellow golfists, I finally found this amazing formative ABC Sports major championship tournament that I watched 29 years ago in 1993.  Lee Janzen won his first major championship at the 1993 US Open at Baltusrol in Springfield New Jersey.  He played the final round with Payne Stewart and it was so great to...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Fellow Golfists,  I was able to do a bit of commentary again for this final round of the 2022 PGA Championship from Southern Hills in Tulsa Oklahoma.  I lost my cool a few times and ended up being "passionate" at the television.      This tournament was a bit unrewarding to watch for the past 2 d...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Fellow Golfists,  Well its May and that means that it is PGA Championship week from Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa Oklahoma.  In this episode, I offer a bit of trivia and how much it would cost me for some Boiling Hot Tulsa Style Southern Hills Ginger Ale.   It is so sad to not see Phil back to defen...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again fellow golfists,  It's Monday after The Masters and I just wanted to drive to work and talk about The Masters and why it was such a great week for major championship golf.  I shared a few stories and shared that I see a bit of resemblance in Scottie Scheffler to a certain Spanish legend.   Thanks for...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Fellow Golfists,  It was really awesome to be able to sit and talk while watching a really great golf tournament.   The Masters is my favorite golf tournament that happens every April.   The Masters makes April bearable every year.  It was brilliant to be able to watch Scottie Scheffler keep his head level...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Fellow Golfists, Well its Masters Week in 2022 and I am really looking forward to watching this tournament on CBS television this weekend.  This has to be the most highly regarded sporting event on the entire earth.  I enjoy watching the press conferences and pre tournament festivities that lead up to the...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists, Today I was watching some of the final day of the Dell Technologies Match Play Championship at Crenshaw National in Austin Texas.  Scottie Scheffler looks quite sharp and very promising to win this week on the PGA Tour against Steve Kinser.  Corey Conners looks like he is in control in his match...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Fellow Golfists,  Here is an episode where the host was able to finally get in some thoughtful watching with commentary in during the 3rd round of the 2022 Players Championship.  This year has shown to be a very erratic weather weekend in northeast Florida.  Round 4 will not conclude on Sunday but they at...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists,  In this episode I reflect on certain happenings that occurred this week in addition to Jack Nicklaus celebrating his 82nd birthday on Friday January 21, 2022.  I had a difficult week and have decided that I need to take a break from golf for a wee bit.   I appreciate you for checking in and giv...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Golfists,  Get ready for a long and painstaking year full of golf stuff from The Knackered Golfist Podcast.  I made this episode because I was inspired and also for me to have material to listen to on the way to work.   In this episode I did a bit of reflecting on stuff from my golfing past and remembered...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists, Excited to share a new addition to my golf club collection.  I just published a new video for The Knackered Golfist on YouTube.  I purchased a Titleist Tour Model forged bladed 1 iron.   And in this episode I rambled on about wanting to have a golf buddy who could possibly be located in the Grea...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Fellow Golfists, In this episode I made a recording while I was coming home from work trying not to get lost.  We finally had a bit of rain to bring us out of the drought.  Not!!   I found a brilliant partial set of forged blades at my local Goodwill store.  These clubs are so good that I bought the other...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Fellow Golfists,  I had a revelation at the Sacramento National driving range this afternoon and I hope that you enjoy it.  I am looking forward to playing golf for the first time in many months tomorrow so I went to the range to practice a little bit.  We are now in October autumn.  It is cooler, the leav...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Again Fellow Golfists, It was a great week to watch golf on NBC tv.  The Ryder Cup was an impeccable display of talent, maturity, youth, and inexperience.  The United States team defeated the European team by a wide margin.  USA 19 Europe 9 was the final score and it was an brilliant display of golf for all to s...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Fellow Golfists,  I schweated many balls tonight at the Sacramento National Driving Range on the Sunday Night of the Labor Day Weekend.  It was hot with no breeze to do any sort of cooling.  86 degrees after 9pm was a bit schweaty tonight.  Thank gracious that I brought my towel to dry off my schweat.   An...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists,  I finally was able to get out to the driving range to try out my new Founders Club Series 200 Forged irons and my new Bridgestone Rextar Persimmon 4 wood.  These clubs are spectacular and have amazing feel.   Special shout out to Jake from Brady Bay Florida for sending me a Founders Club Series...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists, The Knackered Golfist got to go to the putting green again at Sacramento National this week to practice putting with his Taylor Made Manta 48 inch Long Putter.  He offered a few closing thoughts on the recent playing of The Open championship from Royal St. George's in Sandwich England UK.  ...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Golfists,  I tried to get up early for the final round but Nothing But Commercials made it very difficult for me to stay engaged with the early round coverage.  Coupled with the endless mobile phone commercials and blackheaded golf club manufacturers yelling at me so early in the morning, it was really tou...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Fellow Golfists, I did a two-fer today with golf watching and golf chatting.  I chatted with Danny King in my last episode but in this episode I reflected on what I watched and experienced with the 3rd Round coverage of The Open at Royal St. George's.  I'm a bit torn on who to root for now.  Oost...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists,  In this episode I got to catch up with Danny King from Ealing West London UK.  Danny is a part of the greens committee at his home golf course called Brent Valley Golf Club in Hanwell.   I chatted with Danny back in early January of 2021 and we were both excited for The Open Championship to ret...