The Knackered Golfist Podcast

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists, Well it's British Open week from Sandwich England at Royal St. George's.  I call it the British Open Championship.  I enjoyed remembering the 1993 British Open Championship when Greg Norman shot 64 to win his second major championship.  This was his best performance in a major champion...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Again Fellow Golfists, I wanted to share a closure podcast on the 2021 US Open from Torrey Pines.  This major golf championship was riveting to watch on tv on Father's Day and I am becoming more accepting of John Rahm being the winner of this years championship.  I was rooting for Louis Oosthuizen to win. ...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Welcome Fellow Golfists,  In this episode I was able to do a bit of commentary of the back 9 at the US Open from Torrey Pines in San Diego California.  It was fun to do this and I hope that it is the culmination of every thing that this venue was hoping for.  I wanted Louis Oosthuizen to win but John Rahm won instead....

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists,  In this episode I was fighting a cough, sneezes, gurgles, and other bodily functions to help guide me through my 2021 US Open Preview episode.  I chose some Erik Anders Lang inspired music to set the mood.  Unfortunately after a bit of editing I couldn't have messed it up more than I did h...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfist, Yesterday and today I was able to watch the best golf coverage by any network of 2021.   At the time of this recording the 2021 US Women's Open was being held at The Lake Course at The Olympic Club in San Francisco California.  I love The Olympic Club.  I have been there 4 total times in my...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists, PHIL MICKELSON WON THE PGA!!!!! Hope you had a great day watching Phil Mickelson win his 6th Major Championship at TPC Kiawah Island outside of Charleston South Carolina.  I've been watching golf for a long time and I have reached a point where I am at a crossroads of either doing my own go...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists,  Well it has been awhile since putting together a golf related episode but I wanted to let you know that I am in a golf holding period.   My interest in golf has come down significantly since Hideki Matsuyama won the 2021 Masters Tournament back in April.  It was such a spectacular win and I am...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists, I received an amazing care package from a good friend that was highlighted on episode 34 of The Knackered Golfist Podcast.  Jesse Parra sent me an amazing gift for Masters Week 2021.  I called him and we chatted about what was in the parcel that he sent to me.  I sincerely want to thank Jesse fo...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists, I got to chat with world renowned putter manufacturer Bobby Grace from Highlands North Carolina.  For years I have been a fan of his putters ever since Nick Price won the 1994 PGA Championship at Southern Hills in Tulsa Oklahoma using one of the first "Fat Lady" prototype putters that...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists, I wanted to practice my play by play golf commentary of shots as they happen at the 2021 Players Championship at TPC at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach Florida.  I had fun watching and working on precision of thought, smoothness of delivery, and volume of presentation.  I did become a bit excited...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello fellow Golfists,  Welcome to The Knackered Golfist Podcast.  I had a distinct honor and privilege to have a chat with Mr Tad Moore.  Tad Moore is located in Selma Alabama and his career has allowed him to travel all around the world, working with world renowned golf brands, and world renowned professional golfer...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists, Max Homa won at Riviera today and it was great to see him win his 2nd tournament on the PGA Tour.  I was again sad to see that Tony Finau could not seal his 2nd win on tour.  But Max Homa is from Burbank California.  I used to work at DeBell Golf Course in Burbank which means that Max Homa very...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists,  I had an amazing conversation with Jesse Parra from Phoenix Arizona.  He lives in the golf capital of the South West United States.  The AZ is known for being the home of PING and is the home of many many golf courses in addition to many many used golf club stores with very large inventories of...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists,  I am a bit knackered on a Friday night.  The PGA Tour is visiting Southern California to be at Riviera CC for the 2021 Genesis Invitational.  I had a bit of trouble remembering a few details regarding my experience there.  So I am off to bed to rest up for this weekend.   Thank you so much for...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Fellow Knackered Golfists, I hit 370 balls today at the range and I wanted to share with y'all that I have achieved the mythical golf ball hitting euphoric high.  Not really.  I will however need to visit with Mr. Ibu Profen.  I was excited to watch the magnificent presentation of Pebble Beach Golf Li...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists, In this episode I try to watch golf and talk golf at the same time.  I try to be couch commentator to add validity to whatever Justin Leonard isn't talking about.  I am really missing Gary Koch from this NBC broadcast.  Anyway, I talk briefly about Dustin Johnson's win in Saudi Arabia...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Welcome Fellow Golfists, Tonight on The Knackered Golfist Podcast:    Jack Nicklaus turns 81.   Is Spalding making golf balls again?   Do you play with two drivers?   Will golf equipment companies encourage you to buy 2 drivers?   Are all Ping Anser putters the same?   And, does the Stroker Super Grip make a putter fe...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists,  In this episode of The Knackered Golfist Podcast, I got to chat with my Uncle Mike about Golf.  He is a resident of the Portland Oregon metropolitan area of the Pacific Northwest.  He is retired and has loved sharing his golfing time with a certain group of friends that he has golfed with for m...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists, On this episode of The Knackered Golfist Podcast,  I had an amazing opportunity to speak with a gentleman who encapsulates golf in its purest form.  Bob Friend is a veteran of the PGA Tour and competed in 5 Major Golf Championships back in the 1980's and 1990's.  US Opens at Winged Foo...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Fellow Golfists,   For this episode of The Knackered Golfist Podcast I was fortunate to speak with Mark Hanson from Clear Lake Minnesota.  He is an avid golf club collecting enthusiast and golf club restoration enthusiast.   He has purchased golf clubs for his collection and has since worked to restore man...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Golfists, I reached out to my Forged Golf Club Appreciation Facebook page and asked if anyone wanted to talk about golf and I this kind chap said that he was interested.  I was lucky enough to chat with him about the current state of affairs in the UK as far as COVID golf lockdown goes.  He is in his mid 4...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists,  I reached out and spoke with Jim Higginbottom from Fenton Missouri.  He reached out to me when I posted that I wanted to speak to someone about golf.  He shared that he had a hole in one at the 11th hole at Aberdeen Golf Club in Eureka Missouri.   He shared stories about his TItleist T100s Iron...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello again Golfists,  In this episode I remember my experience playing Kapalua's Plantation course, the site of this weeks 2021 Sentry Tournament of Champions on the PGA Tour.  I was married back in 2001 and I got to play golf on my honeymoon at The Plantation Course.  The course was immaculate, challenging, and...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Hello Fellow Golfists,  Happy New Year 2021!   This episode is a bit of a brainstorming episode.  I spoke about Sir Nick Faldo at the 13th hole on sunday at the 1996 Masters, Peter Kostis, Greg Norman, CBS Golf, Ken Venturi, Frank Chirkinian, Erik Anders Lang and his Adventures in Golf YouTube videos, The Open VS The...

Send Me A Text Message I would love to know where you are listening to me from!! Welcome to The Knackered Golfist Podcast,  Tim Hovancsek PGA Master Professional is someone who has been an integral part of Sacramento California area golf for over 30 years.  Originally from Cleveland Ohio, Tim Hovancsek started teaching and instructing golf in the Phoenix Arizona area and then later in the Sacramen...