Ep86: Is Anchoring Cheating? The 'Hottest Golf Coach in the World'. Hannah Green's Gives a Heckler a Lesson.

We'll be at Flinders Golf Club next week, recording the podcast at 10am. If you'd like to come down and say g'day, Nick and Mark would love to see you. And in a couple of weeks we'll be at the Golf Clearance Outlet in Preston, we'll let you know the date and time next week.

Mark has seen a video this week showing a player anchoring. He is over it not being policed. Nick says the putter needs to be the shortest club in your bag for pros, or tournament play, and that the rules should be bifurcated.

Mark reckons Ritchie Smith is the hottest golf coach in the world right now. Two of Ritchie's stable - Hannah Green and Elvis Smylie - both had big wins at the weekend. We discuss the muppet in the crowd trying to distract Hannah, and how she dealt with it perfectly. Watch it here. Nick taks about copping it from crowds over the years, particularly playing Tiger.

A great win by Elvis Smylie in Mandurah, in awful weather. Nick believes he has the secret to Elvis' ongoing success and reveals it on the pod today. Mark talks about Tim O'Neal's first win at the weekend, and the love shown to him.

Nick reveals Ryder Cup ticket prices to Mark. We're all blown away. The prices are off the chart. And by off the chart we mean outrageously expensive. Far too expensive, and it's a shame.

Nick's outlines his Top 5 most interesting people in golf for Southern Golf Club, inspired by Ángel Hidalgo, who both Nick and Mark find fascinating.

Feedback, for Flinders Golf Club. Plenty on our bonus pod with Bob Stanton last week, if you missed it, have a listen, it's a ripper. And plenty of feedback on the 'best short par 4 in the world' conversation, plus a whack from a Talk Birdie Wolfpack member at Nick and Mark about last weeks Tara Iti conversation.

In this weeks PING global results, Nick takes us through some cracking Australasian performances this week - Hannah and Elvis the most notable.

And we discuss some evolution on the watchMynumbers app which has a raft of new features, including a free tier where you can give it a red hot workout without paying a brass razoo, before upgrading for full access. Give it a shot. Todays masterclass from Mark on Tim O'Neal's wedge play, and his use of repetition in his game.

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