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Morri: Argue for Oakleigh without the aggression
The temptation to attack those who favour closing Oakleigh Golf Course in Melbourne is understandable, but it is difficult to imagine how anything could be more counterproductive than to give in to it.
9 Oct 2023
Morri: Proving perceptions wrong for the sake of public golf
‘Golf courses are a tribute to white privilege. Turn it into something the whole community can use.’
2 Oct 2023
Morri: A tied result ticks plenty of boxes
For all the chatter about the tied match at the Solheim Cup it is perhaps a man who has been dead for almost 100 years that has the most insight to offer.
25 Sep 2023
Morri: Health one of golf’s great defences
“A good walk spoiled? I say a good walk improved.” Dr. Frank Sullivan, University of St Andrews Medical School Director of Research, on the Good-Good Golf podcast last week.
18 Sep 2023
Morri: In a perfect world
Like daydreaming about winning the lottery and what one would do with the money, the following is an unrealistic, poorly thought through and shallow view of how a perfect golf world might look.
11 Sep 2023
Morri: A more intimate, and arguably better, experience
It’s true of most things in life that for everything we gain we invariably give up something else. In the world of golf spectating, that thing is intimacy.
4 Sep 2023
The Thing About Golf Podcast #100 – Briony Lyle
It's been just over five years since Australian golf lost one of its most popular players in Jarrod Lyle.
30 Aug 2023
Morri: Carner’s remarkable example of golf’s unique qualities
You don’t have to look far to find evidence of golf’s uniqueness among sports and this past week delivered another shining example.
28 Aug 2023
Morri: Let's give the World No.1 a headstart ... brilliant!
The handicapped Tour Championship is a stupid idea.
21 Aug 2023
Morri: Slumbers is a “voice of reason and wisdom”
What a breath of fresh air R&A CEO Martin Slumbers is.
14 Aug 2023
Morri: Meaningful moments at Mangrove Mountain
What stood out for you over the past week in golf? Bryson’s winning 58? Celine Boutier going back-to-back at the Women’s Scottish Open? Justin Thomas’ run to make the Playoffs?
7 Aug 2023
The Thing About Golf Podcast #98 – Brendan Lawlor
One of golf’s greatest assets, especially when compared to other sports, is the range of people who can enjoy it.
2 Aug 2023
Morri: Rollback decision about saving face
Like a stone dropped in a pond the fallout from Jay Monahan’s rejection of the distance rollback proposal will continue to make waves in golf for a long time to come.
31 Jul 2023
Morri: Four is enough
It’s a circular, endless and ultimately stupid debate but let’s indulge for a moment regardless, shall we?
24 Jul 2023
Morri: The next wave of golf podcasters
It’s not often your two favourite pursuits meet in one project but if you live long enough and you’re a little bit lucky it can happen – as it has for me this past week.
17 Jul 2023
Morri: Park the Pebble comparisons
The context of the original Theodore Roosevelt quote is unclear, but the sentiment is relevant in the wake of an enthralling U.S Women’s Open at Pebble Beach.
10 Jul 2023
The Thing About Golf Podcast #96 – Dr. Hannah Brown
Rare is the person who swings from indifference, or even dislike of the game, to becoming a committed and passionate golfer but that has been the journey for our guest Dr Hannah Brown.
5 Jul 2023
Morri: After 250 starts, Alonso claims inspirational first win
It will get less attention than it deserves but Carmen Alonso’s win at the Ladies European Tour event in Finland at the weekend is the sort of feel good story professional golf could do with more of right now.
3 Jul 2023
Morri: Great Expectations
Fair or not fans (and by extension sponsors and media) latch on to personalities in sport and golf being a solo pursuit is more prone to hype than others.
26 Jun 2023
Morri: Focus on interesting, not hard or easy
Most of the focus today will be on the result of the 123rd U.S Open and Wyndham Clark’s win, and that’s as it should be.
19 Jun 2023
Morri: Golf’s broader image problem
The hand wringing within the game in the wake of last week’s shock PIF, PGA Tour and DP World Tour deal has been understandably intense.
12 Jun 2023
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