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The Thing About Golf Podcast #37 - Nick Price
Of all the players who have ascended to World No.1 since the rankings began in 1986, Zimbabwe’s Nick Price is the one who attracts the least attention.
3 Mar 2021
The Thing About Golf Podcast #35 - Dame Laura Davies
For more than 30 years Laura Davies has been a breath of fresh air in the game.
3 Feb 2021
HUGGAN: “Reed is a great player, but he’ll never be a great golfer.”
That it is a game for all ages, shapes and sizes is one of golf’s proudest boasts. It is also a sport that can be played with distinction in so many different ways. And in that respect, there is much to admire about Patrick Reed.
3 Feb 2021
The Huggan Interview: Padraig Harrington
The European Ryder Cup Captain turns 50 in August and has reserved aspirations to play the Champions Tour. Here, he reveals his dream of inspiring Tour pros of his generation by winning a fourth major and what it will take to win the Ryder Cup on US soil later this year.
25 Jan 2021
Huggan: Art vs Science
Picture the scene. In weather that was a wee bit windy and damp (okay, it was blowing a gale and the rain was coming down sideways) Tommy Fleetwood is on the par-3 14th tee at the Renaissance Club during the third round of last year's Scottish Open.
19 Jan 2021
The Huggan Interview: Michael Campbell
It is nearly 16 years since Kiwi Michael Campbell shocked the golfing world by staring down Tiger Woods to win the US Open Championship. Here, the 51-year-old reflects on the highs and lows of a much underrated career.
14 Jan 2021
Inside Golf Australia January 2021
Our biennial ranking of Australia’s Top-100 Public Access Courses means more than ever this year, with international travel restrictions likely to be in place for the foreseeable future.
17 Dec 2020
The Thing About Golf Podcast #33 - Author, Tom Callahan
Tom Callahan is one of the best all-round sports writers in the world.
16 Dec 2020
The Thing About Golf Podcast #32 - Robert MacIntyre
This episode of the The Thing About Golf has a distinct Scottish flavour as we welcome John Huggan in his debut episode as co-host where he chats with Scotland’s most promising young professional in Robert MacIntyre.
2 Dec 2020
Inside Golf Australia December 2020
Have you ever wondered what makes the world’s best golfers so good?
19 Nov 2020
Huggan: Wasted talent
Whenever I bang on about the increasingly one-dimensional nature of the play at (male) golf’s elite level, I have first to make myself clear.
4 Nov 2020
Inside Golf Australia September 2020
The September issue of Golf Australia previews the 120th US Open at Winged Foot Golf Club by speaking exclusively with the affable Marc Leishman.
20 Aug 2020
Inside Golf Australia August 2020
The August issue of Golf Australia celebrates the magnificence of par-3s and previews the first major of the year, where Brooks Koepka will take aim at three consecutive US PGA Championship titles.
16 Jul 2020
Morri: McIlroy’s Australian Open motivation
If we played the Australian Open on the Sandbelt every year, would the world’s best players flock to be a part of it?
18 May 2020
The Huggan Interview: Ian Poulter
One of the last Tour players to emerge from the ranks of pro-shop assistant, Ryder Cup hero and 17-time Tour winner Ian Poulter has exceeded the expectations of many, except his own. Here, he reflects on a career … not quite done yet.
25 Mar 2020
The Huggan Interview: R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers
The R&A chief sits down to talk about the biggest issues facing golf, from grass roots participation numbers to the distance debate, gender equality, slow play and the Home of Golf, St Andrews.
11 Mar 2020
Huggan: “This is a lad who has never forgotten where he came from”
As was clear for all to see in the immediate aftermath of his victory at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa last November, Tommy Fleetwood is an emotional wee soul. Almost two years had passed since his previous win in Abu Dhabi – a near-eternity for one of golf’s top-10 players – and he was, at least briefly, quite overcome by it all.
25 Feb 2020
Inside Golf Australia February 2020
Min Woo Lee is an unquestioned rising star of Australian golf.
28 Jan 2020
The Thing About Golf Podcast #9 - John Huggan
Golf has more than its fair share of cheerleaders but Golf Australia columnist John Huggan is not one of them. And the game is better for it.
7 Jan 2020
The Huggan Interview: Pete Cowen
John Huggan sits down with world-renowned coach Pete Cowen – whose clients have included Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson and Sergio Garcia – to talk everything golf.
10 Dec 2019
Profile: Meet “Bob from Oban”
Robert MacIntyre is not a name you might readily recognise. But this down-to-earth greenkeeper’s son might just be Scotland’s next golfing superstar.
20 Nov 2019
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