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  • The Thing About Golf: #145 Michele Watts
    2025/08/19

    If you’re prone to the occasional temper tantrum after a three-putt and you’re looking for some perspective about golf, this is the episode for you.

    Michele Watts is a surprise world champion in more ways than one. She never expected to lose most of her sight at the age of 56 and she certainly never expected to go on and win the International Blind Golf Association World Championship three years later. Add a couple of Australian Opens and several state titles and the achievement seems more remarkable, even to her.

    Michele’s story is equal parts harrowing and uplifting and while golf is central to it, it’s a story about much more than golf. It’s a compelling conversation and once again bears testimony to the belief that golf is the greatest game of them all.

    If you or someone you know is interested in blind golf, either as player or caddie, head to the Blind Golf Australia website (https://blindgolf.com.au/) for more information.

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    1 時間 18 分
  • The Thing About Golf: #144 Jennifer Lucas
    2025/07/29

    Some golf stories are just part of a much bigger and more important life story and on Episode 144, we meet just such a guest.

    Jennifer Lucas won the first Women’s British Open in 1976, but it is what happened later in life, when she discovered a twin sister she never knew she had at the age of 55, that has dominated the last 20 years.

    In this engrossing chat with John Huggan, Jenny talks not only about being a pioneer of the women’s game and the Ladies European Tour, but the impact such a major life discovery has when it comes so late in life.


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    1 時間 23 分
  • The Thing About Golf: #143 Billy Horschel
    2025/07/03

    Many in the public eye have taken to speaking without saying much in this modern media age, but not Billy Horschel.

    The 38-year-old Floridian has gathered some wisdom and perspective on both life and the game in his 16-year professional career and he’s not afraid to share what he’s learnt.

    Forthright and thoughtful, Horschel gives his take on everything from the LIV Golf/PGA Tour divide, to why he thinks young American golfers should consider starting their careers in Europe.

    It’s a compelling chat with John Huggan, which is as revealing as it is entertaining.

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    1 時間 14 分
  • The Thing About Golf: #142 Bill Fields
    2025/06/18

    How much do those who chronicle golf influence broader thinking about the game? And who are the people who cover the game, anyway?

    On episode 142, we meet one of those people and he’s one of the best in the business.

    Bill Fields is a multi-award-winning golf writer and photographer who has been covering golf at every conceivable level for more than 40 years.

    He shares a wealth of knowledge - and wisdom - in this in depth and fascinating chat with host Rod Morri.

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    1 時間 44 分
  • The Thing About Golf: #141 Andrew Coltart
    2025/06/04

    He’s familiar to many through his work as a commentator for Sky Sports, but Scotland's Andrew Coltart is much more than that.

    A two-time Australian PGA champion alongside two European Tour wins is testament to a well-rounded game and a mind sited to golf’s multitude challenges.

    Coltart reveals a keen intellect and a willingness to share his opinions in this engrossing chat with John Huggan.


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    1 時間 16 分
  • The Thing About Golf: #140 Sir Bob Charles
    2025/05/15

    Every major victory is historic in its own right, but for Sir Bob Charles his 1963 Open win was a first on multiple fronts.

    Charles was the first left-handed player to win one of golf’s big four, but was also the first player from New Zealand to do so and one of the last two players to take part in a 36-hole playoff for the title.

    Sir Bob sat down with Rod Morri to reminisce on a career in which he won more than 70 times as a professional, yet came about having only ever had two golf lessons in his entire life.

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    1 時間 33 分
  • The Thing About Golf: #139 David Leadbetter
    2025/05/05

    Few people in any industry can claim to have altered the direction of that industry, but David Leadbetter is one.

    When a playing career eluded him in the 1980s, he turned his mind and energies to coaching and from humble beginnings, has built one of the most recognisable golf instruction "brands" in the world.

    But along the way, Leadbetter’s profile - and that of his successful clients - helped reshape the way golfers think about taking lessons, a change remaining in effect to this day. John Huggan sits down with Leadbetter to talk everything from his transformation of Nick Faldo’s swing, to the one player he never got to work with but wanted to.

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    1 時間 25 分
  • The Thing About Golf: #138 Andrew Cotter
    2025/04/16

    They're the voices that accompany our enduring memories of the game but TV commentators often have more to their story - and connections with the game - than we hear about. Such is the case for our guest on episode 138, Andrew Cotter. Cotter will be familiar to golfers and also viewers of rugby, tennis, athletics, the Olympics, boat racing and more. In this wide ranging chat with John Huggan Cotter talks about his start in broadcasting, his lifelong love of golf and gives a peek behind the broadcasting curtain and what it means to be a commentator.

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    1 時間 4 分