The Thing About Golf Podcast #25 - Greg Chalmers

The Thing About Golf Podcast #25 - Greg Chalmers

It’s almost impossible to find anybody in Australian golf with a bad word to say about veteran touring professional Greg Chalmers. 26 Aug 2020
Morri: Nuggets of wisdom

Morri: Nuggets of wisdom

There are countless nuggets of wisdom to be found in the words of the game’s best players and an observation of Peter Senior’s some years ago seems relevant today. 24 Aug 2020
Morri: Spieth’s career obituary a little premature

Morri: Spieth’s career obituary a little premature

For all sorts of reasons I haven’t been following the week to week professional game as closely as I once did (as anyone who follows my weekly tips should already have worked out). 17 Aug 2020
The Thing About Golf Podcast #24 - Dale Hayes

The Thing About Golf Podcast #24 - Dale Hayes

He might not have the profile or resume of Ernie Els or Gary Player but Dale Hayes’ contribution to golf in South Africa is not diminished because of that. 12 Aug 2020
Morri: The futile search for consistency

Morri: The futile search for consistency

Few games expose the fickleness of sport and humanity the way golf does. 10 Aug 2020
Morri: Looking beyond perfect lies

Morri: Looking beyond perfect lies

I envy people who judge the quality of a golf course only by its conditioning. It is such a simple and binary way to measure one’s enjoyment of the game. 3 Aug 2020
The Thing About Golf Podcast #23 - Marc Leishman

The Thing About Golf Podcast #23 - Marc Leishman

It’s a long way from Warrnambool to the dizzying heights of the PGA Tour and for Marc Leishman, the son of a bricklayer, the two worlds could barely be further apart. 29 Jul 2020
Morri: Likely reality of the Premier Golf League

Morri: Likely reality of the Premier Golf League

It’s no surprise news of the Premier Golf League has taken a back seat to the pandemic in recent months but just because the Saudi backed Tour hasn’t been in the news doesn’t mean they haven’t been active. 27 Jul 2020
Morri: Hard doesn’t equal good

Morri: Hard doesn’t equal good

Hard. Easy. Good. Bad. More than just words these are concepts in golf and they come loaded with pre-conceived notions about their relative individual merits. 20 Jul 2020
The Thing About Golf Podcast #22 - Peter Fowler

The Thing About Golf Podcast #22 - Peter Fowler

He’s an Australian Open champion, a World Cup winner and a dominant force on the European Senior Tour but to talk to him you wouldn’t know any of that because at his core, Peter Fowler is simply a good bloke who happens to be good at golf. 15 Jul 2020
Morri: A game of evolution

Morri: A game of evolution

They say the best golf courses reveal themselves over time rather than on the first or second playing and the same could be said of the game itself. 13 Jul 2020
Morri: Time to talk like Karrie

Morri: Time to talk like Karrie

Several years ago during a discussion about a now long forgotten issue, the head of what was then the NSW Golf Association, David Allen, told me something which I have never forgotten. 6 Jul 2020
The Thing About Golf Podcast #21 - Karrie Webb

The Thing About Golf Podcast #21 - Karrie Webb

Karrie Webb is a self-confessed golf nerd but unlike the rest of us she also happens to be one of the best golfers in the history of the game. 1 Jul 2020
Morri: Golf without the extras

Morri: Golf without the extras

Have you ever had that experience where someone close to you is losing weight but because you see them every day you don’t notice until they’ve lost a substantial amount? 29 Jun 2020
Morri: Is Bryson's 'bash-for-cash' pro golf's future?

Morri: Is Bryson's 'bash-for-cash' pro golf's future?

Do we want golf to become another ‘bash’ game? The appeal of golf, to me at least, has always been that it isn’t a ‘bash’ game. 22 Jun 2020
The Thing About Golf Podcast #20 - Scott Hend

The Thing About Golf Podcast #20 - Scott Hend

Too much Trackman, not enough working the ball, Tiger to maybe get to 18 majors before the end of the year … Scott Hend has opinions and he’s not afraid to share them! 17 Jun 2020
Morri: Move on from microphones

Morri: Move on from microphones

For the life of me I can’t understand the ongoing push to have players or caddies wear microphones during tournaments. 15 Jun 2020
Morri: Outspoken Koepka good for golf

Morri: Outspoken Koepka good for golf

There are few things in life more humbling – or more important – than being wrong. 9 Jun 2020
The Thing About Golf Podcast #19 - Bryden Macpherson

The Thing About Golf Podcast #19 - Bryden Macpherson

Bryden Macpherson will be a name familiar to a few of you though it would be fair to say that even in golf circles he’s far from a high profile figure. 3 Jun 2020
Morri: Golf is the game’s greatest strength

Morri: Golf is the game’s greatest strength

The problem with almost all the solutions put forward to ’grow the game’ is that, quite simply, they’re NOT golf. 1 Jun 2020
Morri: Moore vs. Moore Park

Morri: Moore vs. Moore Park

It’s difficult to know how best to respond to Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s latest salvo in her ongoing campaign to halve the size of one of the country’s busiest golf courses. 25 May 2020