Ep213: The Evian, The Open Championship. Why does Mark say 'Tommy Fleetwood is Talking Crap' and 'Augusta should be Ashamed of Themselves'? Sheez.

Massive show today, what a week, it is Open Championship week and whilst we previewed the tournament yesterday, we chat more about it today.

We start with Mark talking about the new FootJoy Legends Series, Harris Tweed Collaboration - with Mark deciding at some point to do a masterclass on how to keep your FootJoys' clean....don't worry, he'll forget about it and we won't remind him. We love FootJoy, but a masterclass on keeping them clean doesn't seem riveting....

Onto the show:

04:00 Haeran Ryu: a great win at The Evian, Nick watched plenty and tells us what happened - particularly the final day. Nick says that whilst it is not a great course, it consistently produces exciting finishes. The Aussie women had an ordinary tournament, the majority missing the cut.

08:00 Royal Birkdale. We discuss some of the great finishes and performances over the years, Nick describes 2008 as the toughest course for an open he ever played. Mark talks more about Greg Norman that year, considering he was retired, it was extraordinary. And we trace back some of the notable moments, including being introduced (and how!) to Justin Rose in 98.

13:00 Mark has an idea for The Open Championship which would pay respect to history, and reckons it needs to happen.

15.30 Similarly, Nick suggests an idea for The Australian Open at Kingston Heath later this year.

17.00 Nicks plus for golf for Hostplus is the Open's last chance spot, which was won by Joe Dean with his fiancee on the bag, a great story!

19.00 Some changes to Royal Birkdale this year, Mark chats about some of the changes they've made to the course.

20.00 Our BMW Touch of Class come from Mark this week, and he awards it to Tommy Fleetwood, we hear the audio

23:30 We run the ruler over the Australians in The Open Championship.

24.30 Cam Smiths' swing changes, the new Claude Harmon swing. It looks good, Nick and Mark are impressed

27.30 Nick explains when, as a pro, he adjusted his swing under a new coach

28.30 We chat about Min Woo Lees chances, Jason Day's lack of form, Adam Scott could be a chance, Cam John, Lucas Herbert's stinger capability, Travis Smythe.

30.00 Three kiwis playing: Ryan Fox, Daniel Hillier,and Kazuma Kobori - Nick likes Kazuma this week and explains why.

30.30 Nick and Mark give their tips for who will win, and their dark horses.

After the turn

33.00 Reminder of our Talk Birdie Betr multi which you can see here. 13 bucks for Matt Fitzpatrick Top 10, Bryson to miss the cut, and a non-US winner.

34.00 A fun Top 5 from Nick - his Top 5 golf plaques around the world, in honour of the Grace Kim plaque at The Evian.

36.00 Mark tells the story about nearly being killed by Tiger Woods driving the green in Thailand.

37.00 Back to the top 5 - Mark is seemingly unimpressed by Nicks number 1

40.00 Mark has seen a trailer on Netflix for a new golf movie that he reckons looks good, he's forgotten the name, he'll get back to us later in the show

40.30 feedback on our unusual swings Top 5, our chat around Michael Hollick's DPWT win as a 39 year old amateur from an unexpected source, and a question from Matt about the Scottish Open

43:00 Nick and Mark discuss moving the Scottish Open to different courses.

44.00 Feedback on Paddy Harrington from last week, Anton has a great story about Grace Kim from The Evian

45:00 Craig asked about Minjee's form.

46:00 Malcolm enjoyed the pod with wolfpacker Nigel earlier this week, Nigel has the yips, we'll check in with him in a month or two.

47.00 Nick runs through the results from, around the world in the global highlights.

49.00 Hold the phone.....Nick says something positive about the world feed!

50.30 We offer a reward for anyone who can provide video of Boo Weekley fighting an orangutan. If you've got any...we want it!

51.30 And we want to hunt down the footage from Channel 7 of Jack Newton's cross after the Scottish Open in the 90s

53.00 For the Golf Clearance Outlet, Marks masterclass is on keeping your putter low - inspired by Jordan Speith.

A fun pod today!!

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