The Firm & Fast Golf Podcast

Unknown unknowns and the golfing road less travelled

About the show

We're on a golfing quest of sorts, looking to increase our golfing I.Q.'s in the process. Our aim is to speak to expert guests at the intersection of golf design and construction, green keeping and history…...to name but a few topics.

This podcast is not about us, it's about the guests, what they know and how that can influence the sustainable future of the game of golf that we all cherish.

Suspend what you know about the game of golf for a moment and join us on this journey, we promise great guests, different takes and a few laughs along the way.

Many thanks for considering us for a listen!

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Episodes

  • Episode 5: St Patrick's Links at Rosapenna Golf Resort with Frank, Clyde & Ally

    March 11th, 2022  |  1 hr 32 mins
    donegal golf, golf, irish golf, love donegal, world class

    This is the story of St. Patrick's Links at Rosapenna Golf Resort. We take a look at its development with two of the lead protagonists and delve deeply into the design and build process that has delivered golfing heaven in spades.

  • Episode 4: Bradley S Klein

    March 5th, 2022  |  2 hrs 16 mins
    golf, golf course architecture, golf history

    In this episode we are joined by Bradley Klein - caddy, writer, rater and golf course consultant for an informative and entertaining conversation on Donald Ross, Bull Shit Detectors, Architect Selection, Master Planning, Template Holes and Old Mac, Course Rating and much more.

  • Episode 3: Mat Goggin - The Story of 7 Mile Beach, Hobart, Tasmania

    February 25th, 2022  |  1 hr 50 mins
    australian golf, cdp golf, hobart, mat goggin, mike clayton, mike devries, visit tasmania, worldclass

    Mat Goggin joins us from Charlotte, NC to discuss how he turned a childhood dream of a golf course on a spit of land 10 minutes from Hobart Airport into a reality. The CDP team are assiduously roughing in golf holes as we speak as the bones of a potential world class golf course emerges from a sandy canvas that appears to be perfect for golf.

  • Episode 2: Mike Clayton

    February 18th, 2022  |  2 hrs 11 mins
    7 mile beach golf, alistair mackenzie, barnbougle dunes, golf course architecture, melbourne sandbelt, mike clayton golf

    Mike Clayton joins us from Hobart where he is hard at work at the construction site that is the 7 Mile Beach Golf project. ln this episode we take a trip down memory lane from Eastern GC by way of the European Tour, playing with Seve and Nick and the timelessness of the Melbourne Sandbelt.

  • Episode 1: Ally McIntosh - Golf Course Architecture 101

    February 8th, 2022  |  1 hr 22 mins
    ally mcintosh, design/build, golf course design

    An introduction to golf design with our friend and recurring contributor Ally McIntosh