iSeekGolf Podcast

Ep 63: John Huggan from Shinnecock Hills

June 18th, 2018  |  50 mins 34 secs

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"Never a dull moment" should become the USGA tagline for the US Open Championship after another eventful, and controversial, staging of the year's second major. John Huggan joins Bruce Young and Rod Morri with some thoughts on what unfolded at Shinnecock Hills in New York.

Ep 62: Lawrence Donegan McKellar Magazine

June 11th, 2018  |  1 hr 12 mins

Many media pundits believe print is dead but former Guardian golf correspondent Lawrence Donegan is not among them. Donegan has co-founded a new publication, McKellar Magazine, which aims to offer some of the best golf writing and stories you won't find elsewhere. Issue One is already proving a hit with some of the game's most esteemed writers making contributions, among them Geoff Shackelford, Lorne Rubenstein and Australia's own Mike Clayton. Lawrence joins the pod to chat about the new venture in a wide ranging chat that wanders off on several fascinating tangents.

Ep 61: Tom Doak from the TalkinGolf Archives

June 4th, 2018  |  1 hr 26 mins

Tom Doak is one of the modern era's best known and most respected golf course architects whose work is highly regarded among peers and golfers alike. In 2010 ISG Podcast co-host Rod Morri sat down for a lengthy chat with the American about all things golf design, from the Golden Age of Architecture to the future of golf development.

Ep 60: Bill Coore from the TalkinGolf archives

May 28th, 2018  |  1 hr 7 mins

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Needing a break after last week's epic Book Club episode host Rod Morri has delved into the archives of the TalkinGolf podcast and uncovered a fascinating 2010 chat with one of the game's premiere course architects, Bill Coore.

Ep 59: ISG Book Club Spirit of St Andrews

May 22nd, 2018  |  2 hrs 32 mins

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Behemoth. That's the only way to describe the fifth instalment of the ISG Book Club but the subject is worthy of at least double the length of our longest episode yet. Mike Clayton joins Rod Morri and Adrian Logue for a deep dive on one of the most important golf books ever written, The Spirit of St Andrews by Dr Alister Mackenzie.

Ep 58: Brad Klein on golf and the media

May 14th, 2018  |  1 hr 6 mins

Does golf need, or even deserve, a serious media? What role has the slew of new digital media platforms had on coverage of the game and has it been good, bad or indifferent? All this and more the we chat with one of the games sharpest minds, Brad Klein from Golf Advisor.

Ep 57: John Huggan at The Players

May 8th, 2018  |  58 mins 10 secs

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John Huggan is one of the best and most respected golf writers in the game and joins Bruce Young and Rod Morri on this week's episode to talk The Players, the new Tiger, Jason Day, Adam Scott not being in the US Open and a surprising take on Golf Sixes.

Ep 56: Brandel Chamblee

May 1st, 2018  |  1 hr 10 mins

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It started with warring columns and ended with one of the more entertaining iSeekGolf podcasts since we started last year. Brandel Chamblee joins Rod Morri and Adrian Logue to talk Alister Mackenzie, US Open course set up, Peter Thomson's hair and much more on Episode 56.

Ep 55: Harvey Penick's Little Red Book

April 23rd, 2018  |  1 hr 39 mins

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Without doubt one of the five most influential and best known instruction books of all time, Harvey Penick's Little Red book is the subject of this month's #ISGPod Book Club with PGA Professional John Parry Evans, Adrian Logue and Rod Morri.

Ep 54: Peter Kessler

April 16th, 2018  |  1 hr 37 mins

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Peter Kessler was known for almost a decade as the 'Voice of Golf' and his Golf Talk Live and Golf Academy Live segments on Golf Channel are the stuff of legend. He's also a special guest on Episode 54 of the iSeekGolf podcast.

Ep 53: Masters Wrap (and not a word about Tiger!)

April 9th, 2018  |  1 hr 15 mins

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Patrick Reed's Masters win has been one of the most talked about in recent memory because of his estrangement from his family. We discuss that, the backlash to that story as well as put into a broader context the performances of McIlroy, Spieth, Rahm, Leishman and Smith. We also chat about the course plus the Augusta National Golf Club's pre tournament announcement of a new women's amateur event to be launched next year.

Ep 52: Masters preview - three great finishes with Gil Capps

April 2nd, 2018  |  2 hrs 8 mins

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Everyone is having their say on the upcoming Masters but a recently released Youtube Channel featuring each of the final round broadcasts from the last 50 years is the inspiration for this week's ISG Podcast preview of the year's first major. We are joined by Golf Channel's Gil Capps to break down three of the tournaments great finishes.

Ep 51: ISG Book Club - The Eternal Summer (Pt2)

March 29th, 2018  |  1 hr 6 mins

Ep 50: ISG Book Club - The Eternal Summer (Pt1)

March 27th, 2018  |  1 hr 3 mins

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Curt Sampson's The Eternal Summer is the subject of Episode Three of the iSeekGolf Podcast Book Club. Hosts Rod Morri and Adrian Logue are joined by former Touring professional turned course architect Mike Clayton for a deep dive into the extraordinary golf season that was 1960.

Ep 49: Australia's least known golf star Brendan Jones

March 19th, 2018  |  1 hr 51 secs

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14 time Japan Tour winner Brendan Jones joins Episode 49 of the podcast to chat all things golf (including Tiger's comeback and his own match against the 14-time major winner almost a decade ago).

Ep 48: The other side of the ball debate

March 12th, 2018  |  1 hr 17 mins

Not for the first time in history the golf ball distance debate is in full swing and we're proud to welcome Canadian golf writer Rick Young to the podcast to put the case for 'no rollback'.