A Good Talk Spoiled Golf Podcast

Week 110 - All Off To Play In Jack's Garden

On the show this week, Barry and James have a catch up on our own games and the games of those more talented with golf sticks than us. 

We talk about Royal Troon who are expected to allow female members at an upcoming vote, Donald Trump looking to build a wall to protect Doonbeg and his bitter remarks about losing the WGC from The Blue Monster course.

We look back on two week's worth of events on the main tours - The Kingsmill Championship and The LPGA Volvik Championship on The LPGA Tour, The Dubai Duty Free Irish Open and The BMW PGA Championship on The European Tour and The Byron Nelson Classic and The Dean and Deluca Invitational on The PGA Tour.

And to wrap up we have a look at the event coming this week - The ShopRite LPGA Classic, The Nordea Masters and Jack's event - The Memorial Tournament.

Week 109 - Day Dominates The Players, The Irish Open Comes To Town

On the show this week, Barry and James have a chat about our own games with Barry reaching single figures with some analysis using GAME GOLF. 

We talk about the passing of Christy O'Connor Senior, a man who shaped the game of golf in Ireland and who will be sorely missed.  We also discuss the vote by the members of Muirfield to continue to not accept female members and the subsequent announcement that it will not be on the Open Championship rota until they meet the criteria by changing to accept female members.

We look back on The AfrAsia Bank Championship on The European Tour and of course the main even of the week, The Players Championship won very impressively by the World Number 1 Jason Day.

As it's later than usual in the week for recording, we have a look at the events in running this week - The Kingsmill Championship on The LPGA Tour, The Byron Nelson Classic on The PGA Tour and the main event for us this week, The Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation on The European Tour.

Week 108 - The Players Championship Preview with Steve Bamford of Golf Betting System

On the show this week, we welcome back Steve Bamford of Golf Betting System to preview the strongest field in golf, The Players Championship. Steve brings his encyclopaedic knowledge of form, statistics and trends to help narrow down the field and identify who should contend and possibly win this week at TPC Sawgrass. A must listen!!!

Before we are joined by Steve, Barry and James have a look back on golfing events of the week gone by including a chat about our own games and also the games of those more talented than us with a review of The Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic on The LPGA Tour, The Trophée Hassan II on The European Tour and The Wells Fargo Championship on The PGA Tour.

Also on this week's show we announce the winner of the fantastic GAME GOLF competition to win a GAME GOLF LIVE system and GAME GOLF shirt signed by Graeme McDowell. 

Week 107 - Well Well Well, The Season Has Far II Go

On the show this week, Barry and James talk about Seamus Power's fantastic win on the Web.com Tour, theramping up of drug testing for the Olympics to WADA levels and Adidas putting TaylorMade, Adams and Ashworth on the market.

Also on this week's show are details of a fantastic GAME GOLF competition to win a GAME GOLF LIVE system and GAME GOLF shirt signed by Graeme McDowell. This is the last chance for all current entrants to ensure they have uploaded a round and tweeted it to ensure they are in the draw.

We look back on The Volunteers of America Texas Shootout on The LPGA Tour won by Jenny Shin, The VOLVO China Open on The European Tour won by local hero Li Haotong and The Zurich Classic of New Orleans on The PGA Tour was eventually won by Brian Stuard in a shortened event due to extreme deluges of rain over the course of the event.

To wrap things up we look ahead to the golf events this week - The Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic on The LPGA Tour, The Trophée Hassan II on The European Tour and The Wells Fargo Championship on The PGA Tour where some of the big names are making their return from a post-Masters break.

Week 106 - Tiger Spring Breaks Out For A Few Holes

On the show this week, Barry and James have a two week catch up after some scheduling problems caused us to miss last week's show. We talk about Tiger's recent bursts on social media and news of him playing some holes at the opening of the back 9 of his Bluejack Golf Course. The continued drop out of big names from the Olympics caught our attention along with the enviable antics of Fowler, Spieth, Thomas and Kaufman on their epic Spring Break.

Also on this week's show are details of a fantastic GAME GOLF competition. Listen in to hear how you can get your name into a draw to win a GAME GOLF LIVE system and GAME GOLF shirt signed by Graeme McDowell. The competition is open to all and will run until the 2nd May so there's plenty of time to get a round in to qualify you for the chance to win this outstanding prize.

We look back on The LOTTE Championship and The Swinging Skirts Classic on The LPGA, The Open de Espana and The Shenzen International on The European Tour and The RBC Heritage and Valero Texas Open The PGA Tour, with a couple of absolutely fantastic courses in there for our viewing pleasure.

To wrap things up we look ahead to the golf events this week - The Volunteers of America Texas Shootout on The LPGA Tour, The VOLVO China Open on The European Tour and The Zurich Classic of New Orleans on The PGA Tour.

Week 105 - The Masters Review - Willett Goes Major, Spieth Goes South

On the show this week, Barry and James look back on the first Major of the year, The Masters from Augusta.  We talk about the winner Danny Willett and his sensational final round and week, Spieth's epic meltdown, and the other contenders and the storylines from the week and the final day.

Also on this week's show are details of a fantastic GAME GOLF competition. Listen in to hear how you can get your name into a draw to win a GAME GOLF LIVE system and GAME GOLF shirt signed by Graeme McDowell. The competition is open to all and will run until the 2nd May so there's plenty of time to get a round in to qualify you for the chance to win this outstanding prize.

To wrap things up we look ahead to the golf events this week - The LOTTE Championship on The LPGA, The Open de Espana from Valderrama one of the best courses in Spain on The European Tour and The RBC Heritage from the magnificent piece of art that is Harbour Town Golf Links on The PGA Tour.

Week 104 - The Masters Preview with Steve Bamford of Golf Betting System

On the show this week, Barry and James leave the usual format behind because we are joined by special guest Steve Bamford of Golf Betting System to share with us and our listeners his thoughts and knowledge about this year's Masters and the contenders for the green jacket, of which there seem dozens!

Also on this week's show are details of a fantastic GAME GOLF competition which we dropped hints about on last week's show. Tune in to hear how you can get your name into a draw to win a GAME GOLF LIVE system and GAME GOLF shirt signed by Graeme McDowell. The competition is open to all and will run until the 2nd May so there's plenty of time to get a round in to qualify you for the chance to win this outstanding prize.

We'll be back to our regular format show next week where we'll catch up on all other golf action and of course review The Masters and dicuss how the green jacket landed on the shoulders of its new owner and why others drove back out Magnolia Lane in only their shirt sleeves.

Week 103 - @GAMEGOLF - Stat Magicians, Game Improvers

On the show this week, Barry and James were thrilled to have John McGuire, CEO of GAME GOLF on the show to talk about their revolutionary GPS and Shot Tracking, Stat Collecting, Game Improving and Interactive products, designed to give the best information to golfers to help them improve their games, as well as interact with and compete with their golfing friends. We love this product and what it can bring to everyone's game and having the chance to hear about it from the man that started it all was very special - an entrepreneur and visionary in every sense of the words.

We talk about our own games - James on the range working out an issue and locking in the swing and Barry playing in his first Club Singles Matchplay of the year.

We look back on the events of last week - The Kia Classic on The LPGA Tour won by Lydia Ko, The Puerto Rico Open on The PGA Tour won by Tony Finau and The WGC Dell Match Play won emphatically by Jason Day.

And to bring things to a close, we look forward to the first Major of the year on The LPGA Tour, The ANA Inspiration, and the last chance to earn an invite to The Masters takes place on The PGA Tour with The Shell Houston Open.

Week 102 - Tiger Day Wins The King's Prize

On the show this week, our own games included Scotch Foursomes and a new course with an unusual membership angle. 

We have the announcement of the winners of the fantastic prizes generously sponsored by Titleist from the competition on the 100th episode of the show, so listen in to see if you've won a dozen ProV1, a pair of Footjoy Hydrolite Shoes or a full bag Custom Fitting Session with Titleist Pro Mark O'Mahony at the Titleist Fitting Centre in Carton House, Ireland.

We look back on the events of last week - The JTBC Founders Cup on The LPGA Tour won with a spectacularly low -27 by Sei Young Kim, The Hero Indian Open on The European Tour was finally claimed by SSP Chawrasia after four 2nd places in the event and The Arnold Palmer Invitational on The PGA Tour was a very impressive wire to wire Tiger-like win by Jason Day.

And to bring things to a close, we look forward to The Kia Classic on The LPGA Tour, The Puerto Rico Open on The PGA Tour and one of the most exciting events of the year, The WGC Dell Match Play takes place in Austin, Texas.

Week 101 - Put Your Hand Up If You've Won The Masters

On the show this week, we review our own games and where we're at with the full season only a couple of weeks away. We talk about the heckling of Ian Poulter and whether he should have reacted or not.

We have fantastic prizes generously sponsored by Titleist to give away on the podcast with the competition still open from its launch in last week's 100th episode of the show, so listen in to find out how you can win a dozen ProV1, a pair of Footjoy Hydrolite Shoes and a full bag Custom Fitting Session with Titleist Pro Mark O'Mahony at the Titleist Fitting Centre in Carton House, Ireland to see what custom fit Titleist clubs could do for your game.

We look back on the events of last week - The True Thailand Classic on The European Tour won by Scott Hend and The Valspar Championship on The PGA Tour won in a playoff by Charl Schwartzel after he defeated Bill Hass on the first playoff hole.

And to bring things to a close, we look forward to The JTBC Founders Cup on The LPGA Tour, The Hero Indian Open on The European Tour and The Arnold Palmer Invitational on The PGA Tour.