Ep218: LIV Cutting Prizemoney this weekend? An Insider says yes. We read the message. Scheffler tears up the field. And more on Slow Play.

Big show today, and a massive story out of a LIV insider that we reveal for the first time. We'll get to that in about 15 minutes or so.

01:00Mark is 'heartbroken' over the US Amateur Championship from the weekend at Merion. He explains why.

02:00Nick and Mark discuss the player in that tournament whose putting technique breaks all the rules.

04:00Why Merion was rivetting.

05:00We discuss the Australian amateur tournament, from back in its hey day when it was huge.

09:00If the US Amateur can plot their courses for the next ten years, why can't we, Mark speculates about the kind of courses it would be great at. Mark says that what the US has done is a plus for golf, thanks to Hostplus.

14:00Nick talks about how good the Master of the Amateurs at Southern Golf Club

15:00Massive LIV rumour from someone in the know. To do with this weekends tournament in Indianapolis. This is news that even the LIV players have not been informed of yet.

17:00Have LIV players been paid following Bedminster?

19:00Is the investment that has been talked about with LIV from an investor, or from someone providing a loan. Two quite different scenarios.

20:30The two biggest LIV names are obviously Rahm and Bryson. Nick and Mark discuss where Rahm, should he leave, might end up.

25:00Nick and Mark call it, saying Rahm will play the DPWT next year, and that will be the end of LIV.

27:00Scottie Schefflers performance at the weekend. Nick wants to get Jonathan Yarwood on to discuss Schefflers' swing.

31:00Our BMW Touch of Class goes to Whitney Hillier for her words about Jessica Bang who passed away suddenly last week.

After the turn

33:00The Top 5 things that Golf Australia has gotten wrong over the years, according to Mark. Which ones does Nick agree with?

41:00Nick runs through the Global Results highlights

46:00Feedback starting with a possible serious copyright infringement from Kmart. We consider calling Denis Denuto to advise.

47:30Rakepod update following a scathing critique of the rakes at a club particularly close to Mark's heart. Awkward.

48:30Does AI have a role in golf coaching? And can it work?

51:00Slow play and officials. Nick and Mark name a couple of the slowest players that they played with. Mark reiterates his view that officials should targeting slow players.

54:00We discuss a slow play hypothetical sent in by a wolfpacker in NZ.

55:00A couple of messages regarding the recent passing of Nick McCormack.

57:00And a great masterclass from Nick on the 'fairway finder'.

A massive show today, we had fun, hope you enjoy it as well !

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