A Good Talk Spoiled Golf Podcast

Week 80 - Better To Chase Than Be Chased

On the show this week, we catch up on two weeks of tournaments and news after a scheduling nightmare last week.  

And we preview the events of the coming week.  We look forward to the first Ryder Cup points qualification event on The European Tour, The M2M Russian Open and the second event of The FedEx Cup, The Deutsche Bank Championship from TPC Boston.

Week 79 - PGA Championship - Was It Major?

On the show this week, we review the excellent PGA Championships from Whistling Straits and Jason Day's superb victory for his first Major.

Wrapping up we preview the events of the coming week.  On The LPGA Tour, the Canadian Pacific Women's Open takes place in Vancouver, The European Tour heads to Denmark for Made In Denmark and The PGA Tour holds its final regular season event before The FedEx Cup Playoffs in North Carolina at the Wyndham Championship.

Week 78 - PGA Championship Preview with Steve Bamford of Golf Betting System

On the show this week, we are joined again by the excellent Steve Bamford of Golf Betting System to preview the final Major of 2015, The PGA Championship from Whistling Straits.

We have a review the action from last week on the main Tours.  On The European Challenge Tour, The Northern Ireland Open was won by Clement Sordet, and on The PGA Tour JJ Henry won the Barracuda Championship over Kyle Reifers on the 2nd playoff hole after a hot finish by both players, and we spend more than a little time swooning over Shane Lowry's phenomenal win at The WGC Bridgestone Invitational with his almost miraculous back 9. What a week!!!

And onto the main event, our PGA Championship Preview with the walking golf stats encyclopaedia that is Steve Bamford of Golf Betting System, who is with us to break down the course, the field and some trends to look for in picking your bets for the final Major this year, which is shaping up to be an outrageous shootout between an enormous group of in form players.

Week 77 - Podcast Team Assemble!!!

On the show this week, we have an enormous catch up with all three of the team around the mic.

We have a mid-season review of our own games, and discuss the fairness of the Majors so far this year thanks to a great question from listener David Goodman.

We have a review the action from the last two weeks on the main Tours. For the Ladies we look back on The Meijer LPGA Classic and The Ladies British Open, The Seniors had their Open Championship, The European Tour had three events - The Omega European Masters, The Madeira Islands Open and the Paul Lawrie Matchplay Championship and on The PGA Tour they went north to Canada for the Canadian Open and then onto The Quicken Loans National.

To wrap up, we look forward to the events on the main Tours this week. On The LPGA Tour, it's The Cambia Portland Classic, The European Challenge Tour visits our little island for the Northern Ireland Open, The PGA Tour hosts its backing event to the WGC in The Barracuda Championships with its awesome modified Stableford format and we hit the big time with The WGC Bridgestone Invitational from Firestone Country Club with its infamous water tower.

Week 76 - The Open Championship Review

On the show this week, we review the wonderfully entertaining 144th Open Championship from The Home of Golf, St. Andrews in Scotland, which was won by Zach Johnson by one stroke after the four hole playoff, defeating Oosthuizen and Leishman on the historic links.

We talk about a momentous day in the golfing life of James as he had his first hole in one on the 156 yard Par 3 7th in Glen of the Downs Golf Club.

We have a quick review of the action from the Tours. On The LPGA Tour, The Marathon Classic was won by Chella Choi and on The PGA Tour, Scott Piercy won the Barbasol Championship.

To wrap up, we look forward to the events on the main Tours this week. On The LPGA Tour, it's the Meijer LPGA Classic, the golden oldies head to Sunningdale for The Senior Open Championship, The European Tour mixes mountains with golf for the Omega European Masters from Crans Montana in the Swiss Alps and on The PGA Tour, they head up to The Great White North for the RBC Canadian Open.

Week 75 - Open Championship Preview With Steve Bamford (Golf Betting System)

On the show this week, we welcome Steve Bamford of www.GolfBettingSystem.co.uk to the podcast for our preview of The 144th Open Championship. We talk about the course, the weather forecast, the draw, who's in form, who should contend, who might not and arrive at some conclusions and picks for this week's Major at The Home of Golf.

We also have the fourball for Carne Golf Links to give away to one super lucky listener!!!  Listen in and find out if you're the winner.

We review the action from the Tours. On The LPGA Tour, The US Women's Open was won by In Gee Chun, on The European Tour, Rickie Fowler won The Scottish Open with a late charge and a stunning birdie on the 18th hole. And Jordan Spieth continued his stellar year and came back from a lacklustre first round to win his second John Deere Classic title after defeating Tom Gillis on the 2nd Playoff hole.

We also look forward to the events on the main Tours this week. On The LPGA Tour, it's the Marathon Classic, on The PGA Tour, The Barbasol Championship offers a chance for the second string Tour players to grab a Tour card.  And we preview The 144th Open Championship from St. Andrews with betting expert Steve Bamford of www.GolfBettingSystem.co.uk.

Week 74 - The Week Before The Return Home

WIN THIS WEEK: We have a fourball for Carne Golf Links to give away to one super lucky listener!!!  Listen in and check our Twitter for details (@PodcastGTS)

On the show this week, we go through the news of the week with the biggest headline being Rory McIlroy totally rupturing his left ankle ligament, is he actually a leprechaun (according to one Fox Sports host), and Donald Trump suffers for his racist comments and loses the Grand Slam of Golf from his Trump National course in Los Angeles.

We review the action from the Tours. On The European Tour, Bernd Wiesberger won with an exceptional weekend performance and Danny Lee emerged victorious from a 4 man Playoff to win The Greenbrier Classic.

We also look forward to the events on the main Tours this week. On The LPGA Tour, it's Major time as the US Women's Open takes place in Philadelphia, on The European Tour it's links season proper as they move to Scotland for the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open from Gullane Golf Club and The PGA Tour hosts its Open Championship warm-up with The John Deere Classic, so expect to see plenty of large green and yellow machinery on your TV screens.

Week 73 - US Open and The Euro Links Swing

WIN THIS WEEK: We have a fourball for Carne Golf Links to give away to one super lucky listener!!!  Listen in and check our Twitter for details (@PodcastGTS)

On the show this week, we make up for our sound issues last week and review The 115th U.S. Open Championships which took place at the controversial Chambers Bay.  Despite the grumblings, complaints and moaning the best players of the week were battling it out on an extremely exciting Sunday and it all came down to the final group on the 18th green to decide the winner.

We have a chat with Jerry Foley, Business Development Manager of one of our favourite courses, Carne, about the Pro-Am two weeks ago, the course and big events coming to the course soon.  And we have a Fourball for Carne for one lucky listener - tune in to find out how.

We review the action from the Tours. On the LPGA Tour, the The Walmart NW Arkansas Championship was won by Na Yeon Choi, The US Senior Open was won by Jeff Maggert, Pablo Larrazabal won The BMW International Open and on The PGA Tour, Bubba Watson defeated Paul Casey on the 2nd Playoff hole to win The Travelers Championship.

We also look forward to the events on the main Tours. On The European Tour, we preview The Alstom Open de France and The PGA Tour heads to West Virginia for some high altitude golf at The Greenbrier Classic.

Week 71 - US Open Preview with Steve Bamford (Golf Betting System)

On the show this week, we are joined again by golf betting expert Steve Bamford of www.GolfBettingSystem.co.uk. Steve gives us his thoughts on the Chambers Bay course, which hosts The 115th US Open and seems to be hogging all the headlines, what attributes are required to win, who has them and who doesn't, and between us all we'll surely identify the winner and some profitable picks.

We review the events from last week on the main Tours. On The LPGA Tour, it was Major time and The KPMG Women's PGA Championship was won by Inbee Park for her third in a row, Bernhard Langer comfortably won The Seniors Tour Major - The Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship. Chris Wood was very impressive in his final round on The European Tour's Lyoness Open in breezy conditions to earn his 2nd win. And Fabian Gomez played like a prolific PGA Tour winner in calmly taking his first title at The FedEx St. Jude Classic.

Week 70 - Tiger's Unusual US Open Prep Featuring Lots of Reps

On the show this week, James is back. He and Barry talk about the continuing trials and tribulations of Tiger Woods.  The saga hit new levels last week at Muirfield Village with a 3rd round 85, with all parts of his game seemingly in big trouble.

We review the events from last week on the main Tours. On The LPGA Tour the ManuLife LPGA Classic was won by Suzanne Pettersen, Alex Noren won his second Nordea Masters comfortably with a superbly controlled final round. And another Swede got into the winner's circle at The Memorial Tournament with David Lingmerth defeating Justin Rose on the 3rd hole of a dramatic playoff.

To wrap things up, we look ahead to next week with events with The LPGA Tour hosting a Major, The KPMG Women's PGA Championship, The Seniors Tour also hosts a Major with The Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, The European Tour moves back to mainland Europe to Austria for the Lyoness Open Powered by Greenfinity and The PGA Tour hosts the FedEx St. Jude Classic from the picturesque TPC Southwind, the final event before the second Major of the year, The US Open.