web02.fireside.fm Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:32:19 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Firm & Fast Golf Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Medinah” https://firmandfastgolfpodcast.fireside.fm/tags/medinah Mon, 18 Jul 2022 19:15:00 +0100 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! en-ie episodic Unknown unknowns and the golfing road less travelled Shane Derby 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! no Golf, Golf Architecture, Golf History, Agronomy, Sustainability in Golf Shane Derby shanemderby@gmail.com Episode 14: Mike Cocking of OCM Golf http://firmandfastgolfpodcast.fireside.fm/14 be47d6b2-050d-4863-9436-6ac209222bab Mon, 18 Jul 2022 19:15:00 +0100 Shane Derby 14 Mike Cocking of OCM Golf full Shane Derby 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. 1:58:57 no It took a while to track him down, however, Mike Cocking from OCM Golf in Melbourne joins me on this episode to take a magical mystery tour through his design back catalogue including RACV Healesville, St Andrews Beach (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ80d0wRBto), Victoria, Peninsula Kingswood, Sandy Links and Shady Oaks. I also manage to prise some exciting news from him on a number of new Australian and US projects. Links to the excuisite Harris Kalinka course renderings, mentioned in the pod, can be found below Medinah #3 (www.harriskalinka.com/work/medinah) Kingston Heath (www.harriskalinka.com/work/kingston-heath) A very tasty Air Swing Media video of Victoria GC can be found here (www.airswing.com.au/project/victoria-golf-club-australia-2/) The link below highlights the new OCM development in Minnesota, USA Tepetonka Minnesota Development (https://www.ocm.golf/clients/tepetonka-minnesota/) If you're interested in Ben Hogan, I would recommend Connor T. Lewis' podcast on the 'The Wee Ice Mon'. It answers Mike's question as to whether Hogan should have an additional major title added to his resumé. Talkin Golf History podcast - Did Ben Hogan win 4 or 5 US Opens? (https://talkingolf.fireside.fm/69) Special Guest: Mike Cocking. design build, golf renderings, OCM golf, Mike Cocking, Geoff Ogilvy, Ashley MEad It took a while to track him down, however, Mike Cocking from OCM Golf in Melbourne joins me on this episode to take a magical mystery tour through his design back catalogue including RACV Healesville, St Andrews Beach, Victoria, Peninsula Kingswood, Sandy Links and Shady Oaks.

I also manage to prise some exciting news from him on a number of new Australian and US projects.

Links to the excuisite Harris Kalinka course renderings, mentioned in the pod, can be found below

[Medinah #3](www.harriskalinka.com/work/medinah)

[Kingston Heath ](www.harriskalinka.com/work/kingston-heath)

A very tasty Air Swing Media video of Victoria GC can be found [here](www.airswing.com.au/project/victoria-golf-club-australia-2/)

The link below highlights the new OCM development in Minnesota, USA
Tepetonka Minnesota Development

If you're interested in Ben Hogan, I would recommend Connor T. Lewis' podcast on the 'The Wee Ice Mon'. It answers Mike's question as to whether Hogan should have an additional major title added to his resumé.
Talkin Golf History podcast - Did Ben Hogan win 4 or 5 US Opens?

Special Guest: Mike Cocking.

]]> It took a while to track him down, however, Mike Cocking from OCM Golf in Melbourne joins me on this episode to take a magical mystery tour through his design back catalogue including RACV Healesville, St Andrews Beach, Victoria, Peninsula Kingswood, Sandy Links and Shady Oaks.

I also manage to prise some exciting news from him on a number of new Australian and US projects.

Links to the excuisite Harris Kalinka course renderings, mentioned in the pod, can be found below

[Medinah #3](www.harriskalinka.com/work/medinah)

[Kingston Heath ](www.harriskalinka.com/work/kingston-heath)

A very tasty Air Swing Media video of Victoria GC can be found [here](www.airswing.com.au/project/victoria-golf-club-australia-2/)

The link below highlights the new OCM development in Minnesota, USA
Tepetonka Minnesota Development

If you're interested in Ben Hogan, I would recommend Connor T. Lewis' podcast on the 'The Wee Ice Mon'. It answers Mike's question as to whether Hogan should have an additional major title added to his resumé.
Talkin Golf History podcast - Did Ben Hogan win 4 or 5 US Opens?

Special Guest: Mike Cocking.

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