Ep73: Xanders' Big Win, Should Pros Play More Links Golf,, & Mark tells a Former Pro to 'Get His Head Out of His Arse'

Gee the time difference to watch The Open Championship is a punish in Australia and New Zealand, specifically later in the day, but we got some in live and plenty of highlights....and what a tournament it was! Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen spend a bit of time unpacking some of the key moments.

The weather played a role, as we expect it will in this tournament, but Mark feels it was perfect to test the players. And Nick and Mark discuss whether the pros should play more Links golf than they do, given the uniqueness of these courses. Mark loves the 18th hole at Royal Troon, not everyone does.

Jason Day's outfit. Again, he stood out. Nick runs through all the Aussie & Kiwi results - Adam Scott the strongest at T10, with Daniel Hillier from New Zealand having a strong tournament as well at T19.

Nick and Mark discuss the role that the wind plays at Royal Troon, and how the locals have a distinct advantage, and what the visiting players can do about it. Nick and Mark both talk about the Open Championships that they played in respectively.

Xander. A fantastic performance, a well deserved win. How many majors can he win? How about his back 9 on the final day? How will Mark go pronouncing his name correctly?

Mark's best mate*, Colin Montgomery, had a crack at Tiger Woods playing in the tournament. We listen to Tiger's response.

Disappointingly, just prior to the Turn, Mark decides that he wants to tell another joke. Honestly we blame some of you for encouraging him. It is as appalling as you'd expect. After the Turn, he (nearly) makes up for it with a ripping Top 5 on the best 18th holes in The Open rotation courses. During that we get a voicemail from David from Melbourne who has a comment and question about the Metropolitan / Huntingdale proposed merger.

The PING global results this week are huge, so much golf on over the last few days, and Nick takes us through it all. Lots of feedback as usual, in fact we'll do a bonus feedback pod later in the week with some more of the feedback from you.

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