Golf Podcasts

timd77 said:
The latest sky podcast is decent, Paul mcginley and David Howell talking about the 2004 Ryder cup. Some decent insights and stories.

I’ve been listening to the pepper pod and although I like Eddie and Andrew, I struggle with it for some reason, normally asleep before it’s finished!

I’ve not heard of the McKellar one so will give that a go.
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The recent mckellar ones have been excellent (obviously depends on what you find interesting about golf!)
My favourite current golf news one is still the shotgun start. Takes a while to get into, but well worth it imho.
The Rory interview shows the way that media coverage of golf has changed. Years ago this would gave been an SI (or similar) long form piece. Now it's on a non-aligned not for profit podcast stream put together by two hacks in their bedrooms. All the better for us, as it's not been edited, or littered with plugs for his sponsors.
 
pendodave said:
The recent mckellar ones have been excellent (obviously depends on what you find interesting about golf!)
My favourite current golf news one is still the shotgun start. Takes a while to get into, but well worth it imho.
The Rory interview shows the way that media coverage of golf has changed. Years ago this would gave been an SI (or similar) long form piece. Now it's on a non-aligned not for profit podcast stream put together by two hacks in their bedrooms. All the better for us, as it's not been edited, or littered with plugs for his sponsors.
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Do you not get bored of hearing Huggan moan about golf non-stop? Same as on Twitter, in fact almost all those old school golf journalists
 
MendieGK said:
Do you not get bored of hearing Huggan moan about golf non-stop? Same as on Twitter, in fact almost all those old school golf journalists
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Haha. I listen to plenty of non golf pods to leaven the negativity.
Also, while not as downbeat as him, I think that his views on the appropriation of golf by commercial interests (equipment companies in particular) and the general dickiness of the PGA tour media machine chime somewhat with my own.
The lack of critical analysis of the golf industry over the last few years hasn't helped it imho.
 
Kaz said:
Surprisingly I found both Huggan and Donegan much less annoying on the pod than they are on twitter. (I still follow Huggan but have long since stopped following Donegan)

The Mckellar pod has been consistently great listening during the lockdown.
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I think it's mostly because they've let their guests talk a lot, while not offering too much of themselves beyond gently guiding the course of the chat.
I've never followed anyone on Twitter, but I think it's really hard to not appear a bit of a t*t if you write enough stuff in short form on social media. After all, look at all the stuff on here...
 
Kaz said:
Surprisingly I found both Huggan and Donegan much less annoying on the pod than they are on twitter. (I still follow Huggan but have long since stopped following Donegan)

The Mckellar pod has been consistently great listening during the lockdown.
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I really like Donegan, but can’t stand how negative Huggan is. Same with James Corigan. All they do is moan about the sport that allows them to get paid.
 
Hacker Khan said:
McKeller is OK and I really like Lawrence Donegan. It's just that he doesn't seem to be able to ask one simple question to a guest when he can ask 3 questions at once whilst answering his own first question. Also with Huggy they do tend to revert back to the same old stuff again and again (ball goes to far, it's all bomb and gouge, modern courses are crap etc etc) , especially as there is no current golf to talk about. They used to do much the same podcast a few years ago called bytheminute golf which covered the same topics.

I'm also getting increasingly bored of what sounds like bad phone connections to guests on all podcasts. Surely in 2020 you can get decent quality audio and not record someone using a mobile with poor quality reception.
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Agree with most of this. One of the guys on McKeller seems to have a really high opinion of himself, and it gets irritating. They do get some good guests though.

I am a semi-fan of the Pepperpod. I think Cotter is a good presenter, but Pepperell is slowly just becoming a caricature of himself.

I gave up on Barstool Sports. I wasn't interested in one of them visiting the White House and licking Mike Pence's behind, whilst others talked about much porn they were watching at the moment. All a bit weird.

Not golf, but anyone over the age of 30 who likes football should give Quickly Kevin a try. It's just a massive nostalgic trip through nineties football, and very enjoyable.
 
howbow88 said:
Agree with most of this. One of the guys on McKeller seems to have a really high opinion of himself, and it gets irritating. They do get some good guests though.

I am a semi-fan of the Pepperpod. I think Cotter is a good presenter, but Pepperell is slowly just becoming a caricature of himself.

I gave up on Barstool Sports. I wasn't interested in one of them visiting the White House and licking Mike Pence's behind, whilst others talked about much porn they were watching at the moment. All a bit weird.

Not golf, but anyone over the age of 30 who likes football should give Quickly Kevin a try. It's just a massive nostalgic trip through nineties football, and very enjoyable.
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Quickly Kevin is great the Steve Bruce book reviews are highlights
 
Depreston said:
Quickly Kevin is great the Steve Bruce book reviews are highlights
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Will try and check that out, seen a few snippets from it and it seems like a decent conversation.

My bread and butter golf podcasts are still:

Chasing Scratch - highly recommended, brutally funny at times and very relatable.
Karl Morris - Brain Booster - some absolute gold in pretty much every episode.
The Sweet Spot with Adam Young and Jon Sherman - can get very technical at times, but lots of wisdom in there.
Hack it Out - Mark Crossfield, Lou Stagner and Greg Chalmers - again, some great wisdom and insight, I can just about stand Crossfield enough to listen to it.
 
DeanoMK said:
Will try and check that out, seen a few snippets from it and it seems like a decent conversation.

My bread and butter golf podcasts are still:

Chasing Scratch - highly recommended, brutally funny at times and very relatable.
Karl Morris - Brain Booster - some absolute gold in pretty much every episode.
The Sweet Spot with Adam Young and Jon Sherman - can get very technical at times, but lots of wisdom in there.
Hack it Out - Mark Crossfield, Lou Stagner and Greg Chalmers - again, some great wisdom and insight, I can just about stand Crossfield enough to listen to it.
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Not tried the Chasing Scratch but the Karl Morris and Adam Young/Jon Sherman are brilliant. I have it on in the office (better than the radio) and even though I'm working it is interesting to see how much is actually permeating into my sub-conscious in practice and playing (although precious little of that recently due to the weather) and I've found myself doing/thinking things I wouldn't normally have done and then a light bulb goes on and I think "that's right I heard it on the xxx podcast"

Also re-reading the The Practice Manual by Adam Young and The Four Foundations Of Golf by Jon Sherman which are making a difference
 
Hack it out has pretty much been ruined by Crossfield.
 
BiMGuy said:
Hack it out has pretty much been ruined by Crossfield.
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The bloke can't help himself. Perfectly normal for a few weeks, which allows the other 2 presenters to make knowledgeable and interesting points, and then (like this week when he quibbles childishly and endlessly about the wording of a question), becomes completely insufferable.
It's a shame. The bloke needs an editor to just cut stuff out. And maybe take a look at himself and wonder why, despite his obvious talents, he runs out of sidekicks faster than I run out of pinnacles...
 
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