A bonus feedback pod today with plenty of questions and comments from the Wolfpackers.

We chat to Daniel about his mate Mark claiming a single figure handicap. Is he right or not? What qualifies? We discuss and put Mark's claim under the microscope.

Jake asks about anchoring from pros.

Dave has a view ideas on how make TGL a little more interesting.

Peter is curious as to where Aussie golfer Kurt Barnes is these days.

And in an awkward turn of events, Nick walks out on the pod before it's finished. Why does he walk out? Have a listen to todays bonus pod.

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Scott from Brisbane was watching the Webex in Rosebud at the weekend and had a few comments on what he saw, so he did what any good Wolfpacker would do and left us a voicemail.

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• Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;
• Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.
• Southern Golf Club - now with their brand new Simulator Room including Trackman.
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This week again the pod starts with a discussion about slow play, following the legendary Dottie Peppers comments at the weekend - more on Dottie later in the pod. Nick and Mark discuss slow play and how it is endemic in the game at the moment. Nick describes it as a 'joke' at the moment.

Nick watched Jak Carter play at the weekend and he and Mark chat about his performance - Mark wants to know if Jak is still an exceptional iron player.

Torrey Pines at the weekend copped some weather, but worse a number of withdrawals with illness - including Marks fave Ludvig Åberg. We discuss Torrey Pines, and Nick gives his somewhat unflattering view of the course. He loves the location, but feels the course is not up to scratch. Mark wants to know could a redo be done? Nick would like to see the rough shaved down a bit around the greens, it wouldn't salvage the course but it would make it interesting.

Nick raises the movie Invincible and recommends it a watch for the Talk Birdie 'family'....more on the name shortly.

Hotline rings, and it's Anthony from Melbourne who stopped playing golf for a numbers of years, but is back playing with his son and tells us how he's going.

Mark was reading a Top 100 list this week, the Top 100 Links courses - voted by course architects. We run through the list, discuss the rankings. Like all lists, Nick and Mark are in vigorous agreement on some rankings, and in vigorous disagreement on others.

After the turn, Nick does the Top 5 fastest players he enjoys watching, or playing with. Does Keegan Bradley make the cut? Spoiler alert, he does not.

Lots of feedback and questions this week. Topics include Corey Lamb, slow play, Masterclass feedback, and a decision from you on the name for the Talk Birdie family.

Mark has been playing (again) with his AI app and he's created a new PING Global results opener which he loves. Nick hasn't heard it, and hears it live on the pod for the first time....what is his verdict? We find out.

And Marks masterclass is inspired by Harris English going through his pre-shot routine on the practice range and how it ensures your rhythm is in sync with the golf course.

We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners:

• The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play;
• PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;
• Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;
• Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.
• Southern Golf Club - now with their brand new Simulator Room including Trackman.
• And of course Titleist and Footjoy!

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Nick and Mark were discussing slow play on last weeks podcast and Ken from Murray Downs left us a voicemail with a few thoughts and a couple of solutions that he's in favour of.

We always love getting voicemails and it's easy - click the orange button on the Talk Birdie website here , you can do it from your phone or computer, it takes about a minute or so and you're done!

We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners:

• The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play;
• PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;
• Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;
• Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.
• Southern Golf Club - now with their brand new Simulator Room including Trackman.
• And of course Titleist and Footjoy!

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Regular listeners will know that there has been trouble in paradise. Following a dinner party at Nick O'Hern's where some of his friends felt the name 'wolfpack' to describe Talk Birdie listeners was exclusionary to women - ironic considering there are females wolves. At this link is a one hour video on wolves which apparently explains that 'wolf' is multi gender. We say apparently because we got bored about 20-seconds into it, but you may like to watch it.

Anyway, long story short, we asked for your suggestions on alternative names, and today we run through what you've said and narrow it down to four options, which we will put a poll up on Twitter to vote on. Have a listen to the pod, then make sure to vote on Twitter in our poll here. If you're not following us on Twitter yet...please do.

Oh and by the way, Mark has now purchased an account on this AI music site, and he has made a tribute song for Nick - against our better judgement we close the pod with it.

We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners:

• The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play;
• PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;
• Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;
• Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.
• Southern Golf Club - now with their brand new Simulator Room including Trackman.
• And of course Titleist and Footjoy!

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Massive episode of Talk Birdie To Me today, in fact our longest episode so far. Could be because Mark consistently derailed the pod, but it could be that there was lots of stuff to talk about. Truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

Nick has come in worked up over slow play after watching the Desert Classic in California and the Dubai Desert Classic at the weekend. Mark agrees and is amazed when Nick tells him the durations of some of the rounds. Nick gives his view again that stroke penalties should be introduced. Mark has three things he'd like to see happen that he feels will address slow play instantly. Nick's big beef is that the players are allowed to get away with it and the time limits are not being policed.

In the Desert Classic, William Mouw shot 13 on a par 5, Nick saw it, Mark didn't - but it was what happened on the next hole that Nick found even more amusing.

Mark mentions a major award Australia's OCM have won in the US for their work on the Medinah course near Chicago. Mark tells a story about him and Mike Clayton playing with a young kid from Queensland called Adam Scott at Cranbourne, and after seeing his first hole thinking he was rubbish.....but Adam then went on to blow them both away. Mark talks about how Adam was 'using the force' with his putting.

We discuss Brandel Chamblee's tweet this week criticising LIV. Nick raises Rory McIlroy's chat with young Tom McKibbin about going to LIV or not.

Top 5 from Mark is on the most disastrous holes ever. Plenty of feedback, including feedback from a tour pro giving one of our illustrious hosts a whack around the choppers. Very funny.

PING Global with Nick is nearly derailed by Mark who has discovered AI this week and has been creating 'songs'. Unfortunately, he plays a few, and decides he wants to finish the pod by playing one in full - feel free to turn off when you get to that part.

Nick's masterclass is inspired by William Mouw, video on socials.

We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners:

• The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play;
• PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;
• Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;
• Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.
• Southern Golf Club - now with their brand new Simulator Room including Trackman.
• And of course Titleist and Footjoy!

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What better way to start 2025 than a bonus pod where we listen to your suggestions for what you would like to hear more or less of on Talk Birdie To Me this year......we couldn't get to them all, but there were heaps! So we run through them, and there are some common themes emerging.

During the chat we find out Nick's and Mark's 'sliding door moment' during their Pro career. And then, as with earlier in the week, Mark decides a joke is called for. It wasn't.

Keep your feedback coming, we love it, and love to read it out and discuss.

We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners:

• The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play;
• PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;
• Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;
• Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.
• Southern Golf Club - now with their brand new Simulator Room including Trackman.
• And of course Titleist and Footjoy!

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Aaaand we're back for 2025. How you doing? Good break? You look relaxed. Have you done something with your hair? Very nice.

But back to the pod. We're live from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, where we'll be pretty much most weeks from now, very exciting. And we welcome Titleist and Footjoy as new major partners of Talk Birdie To Me, along with our long-term partners watchMynumbers, PING and the Golf Clearance Outlet. And another new partner Betr, who will have some special offers for Talk Birdie listeners in coming weeks.

Onto the pod....Mark has had far too much time on his hands to think about the Australian Open and he barely lets Nick or Dan get a 'happy new year' in before he launches off on the Australian Open 2025, the format and the timing. He asks 'what is going on at Golf Australia' and reiterates that the 'experiment' is surely over. If Nick and Mark had their way there would be either no Open in 2025, moving to February 2026, or hold one late this year and a second almost right away in February. We discuss the comments from Cam Smith and Matt Jones last week. Mark suggests March 1 is a good deadline to have clarity from Golf Australia.

We chat about the TGL, Nick loves the venue, and he talks about the best driving range he ever saw in the US.

Last week LIV golfer Eugenio López-Chacarra had a red hot crack at LIV for not delivering to him what they said they would. We discuss. Tissues at the ready, and small violins, it's very sad.

Nick talks about a possible format change for the PGA Tour Championship, he outlines his proposed format, and Mark counter-proposes his. We discuss matchplay vs strokeplay, which leads to a chat about the Australian Amateur event this week.

Nick names the Tour Pro who has 'the worst grip on tour', and talks to rumours that he has been adjusting his swing in the offseason.

We have big news for Talk Birdie To Me....which we chat about just prior to the Turn. Exciting!

Following the TGL chat, we find out what songs Nick and Mark would choose to walk out to. There may be a singalong.

Nick's Top 5 things he'd like to see in 2025 is a cracker. Being the first pod of 2025, not a lot of feedback, but we've got some. Nick's PING Global results leads to Mark calling Hideki Matsuyama's 35-under performance 'B-Grade'. Surely not!

Unfortunately, we end the pod on a disappointing note as Mark tells a joke. Apologies.

We're coming from Titleist and Footjoy HQ, and we're here thanks to our great partners:

• The watchMynumbers app, play smarter and use your data. Download from the App Store or Google Play;
• PING will help you play your best. See your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;
• Golf Clearance Outlet, visit them online here to find your nearest store, they're all over the country;
• Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia.
• Southern Golf Club - now with their brand new Simulator Room including Trackman.
• And of course Titleist and Footjoy!

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see us on YouTube here.

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