Ep212: The World Cup of Golf? Let's Rebuild it. What Annoys Mark about the DP World Tour. And Tiger's Swing (Change) History.

Sheez it's a big episode today, we didn't think it necessarily was going to be, but it's ended up being a long one with plenty of good conversation.

01:00 We start with the BMW international on the DP World Tour, won by a 39-year old rookie no less! Nick knows a bit about him and gives some background. Mark talks about how impressive it is, and how for many pros continuing to play beyond a certain point (if you're not making the big bucks) is a huge risk, he tells us how that drive his retirement. And we decide that this DPWT win is a real plus for golf for Hostplus.

03:00 Nick noticed a very tough name for the commentators to pronounce in the BMW International.

04:30 Mark tells Nick what he finds annoying about the DP World Tour.

06:00 The World Cup of Golf. Nick played it. Both Nick and Mark feel it could be great, however it wasn't. We discuss.

09.30 Nick talks about playing the Dunhill.

11.00 Back to the World Cup. How could it be reworked? What format? Structure? Countries? Frequency?

18.00 We stumble onto Vijay Singh and Nick and Mark share stories about playing with him.

20.00 The Open Championship is less than a fortnight away, and Nick loves the Last Chance feature that they're doing.

21:00 Nick awards our Touch of Class for BMW this week to Pádraig Harrington following how he spoke after winning the US Senior Open at the weekend. Hard to argue. Nick has a very funny story about Pádraig's son, and Mark outlines a drill he picked up from Pádraig that he loves.

26.30 Nick explains his favourite putting drill from when he was on tour, and Mark gives some tips for when you're on the driving range.

29:00 Mark raises some stats from Chris Gotterup from recent performances....impressive however you look at them!

After the turn:

33:00 Mark lists, for Betr, the Top 5 players who 'broke the golf rule textbook' yet were still guns. #1 is wild.

40:00 Nick shoots through the Global Result highlights.

45:00 Onto feedback for Southern Golf Club, plenty to run through

46.00 We discuss the history of Tiger's swing changes in feedback

48:00 More on some additions to players who went down rabbit holes, and the some comments from you on the PGA Tour changes announced last week

56:00 And just as we're about to hook into the Masterclass, we get a text, and it's a voicemail from Mick who spotted something over the weekend and is keen on Mark and Nicks opinion.....as it turns out it is one of their pet topics and they're very happy to engage!

1:00:00 And then onto the masterclass for the Golf Clearance Outlet, Nick spotted something at the BMW International to do with iron play, and he talks us through his thoughts.

A fun show, a big one!

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