The Firm & Fast Golf Podcast

Episode 21: Graeme Beatt - Course Manager at Royal Portrush Golf Club

March 5th, 2023  |  1 hr 7 mins

In this episode we take a look at the staging of the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club with Course Manager Graeme Beatt

Episode 20: ODG Series #2 - Dr. Alister MacKenzie with Neil Crafter

February 4th, 2023  |  1 hr 48 mins

An exploration of some of the life and times of Dr. Alister MacKenzie - Scotsman, Camoufluer, Golf Architect and twinkle toes devil. Neil Crafter is a successful golf architect in his own right in addition to being one of the leading MacKenzie experts who has been central to the development of the MacKenzie Chronology.

Episode 19: 5 Times - Peter Thomson AO, CBE

December 2nd, 2022  |  1 hr 43 mins

5 times, british open championships, peter thomson, the melbourne tiger

Peter Thomson won 98 times around the world, including 5 Open Championships. Peter's son Andrew joins us today to talk about his fathers life both inside and outside golf.

Episode 18: Professor Paul Rouse - tracing the origin of golf in Ireland

November 9th, 2022  |  1 hr 8 mins

Paul Rouse joins us for an introduction to the development of the game of golf in Ireland - despite rumours to the contrary golf was not invented in Ireland - we explore some major influences including empire, the industrial revolution, the great war, the irish civil war, irish independence and partition, the changing nature of golf club memberships, the celtic tiger and what the future of Irish golf might look like.

Episode 17: Matt Mollica on Golf in Oz, Equipment Rollback and a L1V Soliloquoy

October 20th, 2022  |  1 hr 48 mins

Matt Mollica from the Australian Golf Passport Podcast joins us to chat about inbound golf travel to Australia, we explore technology rollback and its’ importance for golfs future, a smidgeon on L1V and why Metropolitan Golf Club reminds Scott Warren of Liam Hemsworth.

Episode 16: Adrian Logue from the Good Good Golf Podcast

September 29th, 2022  |  1 hr 50 mins

eyes up golf, golf club marketing, golf podcasts

Adrian Logue, co-host of the Good Good Golf Podcast joins us for a great chat covering golfing IQ, considering a wider perspective to enjoy the game of golf, conspicuous consumption, marketing and golf and how building a golf course is like shooting and producing a movie.

Episode 15: ODG Series #1 - Harry Shapland Colt

September 9th, 2022  |  1 hr 41 mins

old dead guys, the father of golf course architecture

Focus on the father of golf architecture Harry S Colt with journalist and historian Adam Lawrence who is currently writing a book on Colt entitled More Enduring than Brass.

Episode 14: Mike Cocking of OCM Golf

July 18th, 2022  |  1 hr 58 mins

medinah, mike cocking, ocm golf, peninsula kingswood

Mike Cocking and his partners Geoff Ogilvy and Ashley Mead are the directors and design partners in OCM Golf. Their company has touched many of Australia's classic courses such as Kingston Heath, Victoria, Royal Queensland, Lake Karrinyup and Royal Canberra. OCM has been in the process of expanding their reach into North America, where an initial commission in Shady Oaks in Texas has led to additional projects at Medinah #3 and greenfield projects in Minnesota and an as yet secret sand based development somewhere in the South-East of the United States.

Episode 13: Nick Edmund of Global Golf 4 Cancer - Following Fairways and Flying Flags

June 23rd, 2022  |  2 hrs 5 mins

cancer awareness, global golf, wild atlantic way

Nick Edmund joins us on this episode to discuss his story in golf - PG Woodhouse, 1976 Open Championships, Following the Fairways and 27 other golf publications, Faldo Golf Design, 4 time cancer survivor and founder of the Global Golf 4 Cancer campaign.

Episode 12: Stephen Proctor - The Long Golden Afternoon - Golf’s Age of Glory - 1864 - 1914

June 2nd, 2022  |  1 hr 46 mins

golf history, home of golf, royal & ancient

Today we explore the days immediately after the death of young Tommy Morris - what and who were the main drivers and influencers that facilitated the transposition of the game of golf around the world during Golf's Age of Glory.

Episode 11: George Waters - USGA Green Section Education Manager

May 10th, 2022  |  2 hrs 17 mins

golf course design, golf course maintenance, sand and golf, sustainability

George Waters has worn many caps throughout his career - green keeper, contractor, design/builder, course architect, course photographer, writer and educator. He joins us today to take a look at the intersection between golf course design and greenkeeping and what are some of the challenges that golfers would be wise to be more conscious about.

Episode 10: Michael Goldstein - PureGolf2010 in Retrospective

April 26th, 2022  |  1 hr 23 mins

cape kidnappers, golfing around the world, jamie patton, michael goldstein, puregolf2010

Throughout 2010 Michael Goldstein and Jamie Patton travelled around the world playing golf every day for 365 days. Their adventure started and finished at Cape Kidnappers in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand - along the way they circumnavigated New Zealand, travelled across Australia and the USA, around Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England - dipped into France, Belgium, the Netherlands and UAE before a triumphant return to their homeland.

Episode 9: Sandy Jamieson - founder of 1Club - on simplifying the entry pathway for new golfers

April 12th, 2022  |  1 hr 19 mins

1club.golf, oakleigh golf, sandbelt golf, sandy jamieson

Sandy Jamieson from 1club.golf joins us to give us the lowdown on a simple and compelling approach to creating new pathways in golf. The 1Club approach is easy, fun, affordable, inclusive and after 15 minutes of an introduction....course based.

Episode 8: Jasper Miners from Evalu18.com

March 31st, 2022  |  2 hrs 7 mins

golden age, golf architecture, golf history

Jasper Miners from Evalu18.com joins us today to conduct a whistle stop tour through the first golden age of golf course architecture - how this period and its' protagonists transformed the penal Victorian school of architecture that characterised the first inland courses. We look at the importance of Low, Patton, Colt and Simpson and how they built a profession on the shoulders of the giants - Robertson, Morris, Taylor and Braid.

Episode 7: Roger McStravick - From Feathery to Forge - the evolution of golf in Scotland and beyond

March 25th, 2022  |  1 hr 43 mins

golf, golf history, the home of golf

In this episode we explore some of the history of the modern game of golf, how through a modicum of good fortune, leadership and a supporting cast of extraordinary golfers, St Andrews became the home of golf. Its' influence then spread far and wide in developing the game of golf around the world.

Episode 6: Richard Pennell - Greenkeeping 101

March 18th, 2022  |  2 hrs 9 mins

educatipn, golf expert, golf irrigation, great golf, pitchmark repair

Better known for his recent alter ego @pitchmarks on twitter, Mr. Richard Pennell has many strings to his bow. A writer, golfer, green keeper, managing secretary and golf weirdo (my words to be clear)..... Richard is a font of knowledge on all things golfing.... tune in if you are a golfer that wantsto learn some more about green keeping, agronomy and more