Ep70: Mark: "PIF, PGA, DPWT & SSG Soon to Join", and Nick is Annoyed Over a Listener Comment

We kick off today's podcast by listening to some audio that was not on our bingo card this week. We would not have expected what happened to happen.

Once we get through that, we chat Cam Davis. Wow. A wonderful performance in Detroit, Nick and Mark discuss how well he played. We nearly had an all Aussie finish with Min Woo in the hunt for a while. Nick felt sorry for Akshay Bhatia who was very unlucky. Nick tells Mark about how Cameron Young broke his driver on the back nine. Funny.

Mark brings up Andrew Tschudin, who is Cam Davis' caddie, and Mark says that he was an exceptional player himself, and he compares one aspect of his game to Stuart Appleby. We have a suggestion from a listener Pete who wants to see Cam Davis vs Nick O'Hern in matchplay, but with a twist.

Nick and Mark discuss Frank Bensel Jr making back to back Aces at the weekend, leading to a fun chat about Hole in Ones, and a particularly funny story from Mark about one of his. Nick tells a story about one of his hole in one's in Singapore.

We discuss Rory's caddie, Harry Diamond, and a video that Mark has seen highlighting the moments where Harry may have given Rory the wrong club and cost him. Nick and Mark discuss who they'd love to see on the bag for Rory.

Australian Open update. It's a bit 'boy who cried wolf' but Mark is convinced an announcement will come this week about the venue, and the structure. He also says that a coming together of the PIF, PGA, the DPWT, and Strategic Sports Group is well underway and will be done by the end of 2024.

Nick counts down his Top 5 best conditioned golf courses in the world, of those that he has seen.

As usual lots of feedback, plenty of comments - including one from Talk Birdie listener Jim that gets Nick quite riled up.

Lots of great results for the Aussies this week in the PING global results, obviously Cam Davis leading the way with a fantastic performance. Then we get a voicemail with a ripping question for Nick and Mark.

And we wrap the show with a Mark Allen masterclass on hip turns.

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