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The NCG Golf Podcast

National Club Golfer

The NCG Golf Podcast, by National Club Golfer, brings stories from the world of golf to life. Tom Irwin and Steve Carroll chat about everything from the clubhouse game, to tour, equipment, and courses, and welcome special guests from the world of golf along the way. Available on your preferred podcast platform.

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01:15:15

From the Clubhouse: The good, the bad, and how we’d...

The NCG Golf Podcast ·

2023/04/21

Is a bacon roll a crucial part of your golfing day? Do you still enjoy getting together for a post-round feast? And is the key to a player's heart really through their stomach? On this week's From the Clubhouse podcast, in association with TaylorMade Golf, Tom Irwin and Steve Carroll are discussing the culinary options we have as members and visitors at golf clubs. The pair go through their best experiences of golf club catering, talk about some of the challenges facing clubs - including a look at

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42:40

The Slam: Good and (mostly) bad ideas to fix the PGA...

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2023/04/17

Playoffs are an annoying way to end a golf tournament, aren't they? After 72 holes of stroke play, the stars don't want to go out there and play more. So in this episode of The Slam, a National Club Golfer podcast in association with Callaway, Alex Perry and Matt Chivers have some sensible and some not-so sensible ideas to fix it. We also tackle Patrick Cantlay and slow play, Rory McIlroy's controversial WD from the RBC Heritage, the PGA Tour's most underrated superstar, and the caddie GOAT. That's

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01:05:53

From the Clubhouse: Inside the weird and wonderful...

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2023/04/14

Do you put on a Seve-style game face when you tee it up in the knockout or do you find match play such a fuss you don't even bother to enter? In this week's From the Clubhouse podcast, in association with TaylorMade Golf, Tom Irwin and Steve Carroll go on a deep dive into club match play competitions. Tom gets his medals out from successful forays into person-to-person combat and dissects the delights of this peculiar format - from arranging games to on-course small talk. Steve reveals the

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55:20

The Slam: What’s it like to go to the Masters? We...

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2023/04/10

In the latest episode of The Slam - a National Club Golfer podcast in association with Callaway - Alex Perry joins Matt Chivers from Georgia as he discusses his truly unforgettable week on the ground at the Masters, as well as the drama from the final round. Jon Rahm secured his second major title in an emotional fashion, on what would've been Seve Ballesteros' 66th birthday. Alex and Matt break down the significance of Rahm's victory, as well as the return to major contention of Brooks

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56:48

From the Clubhouse: Augusta Syndrome is real! How...

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2023/04/06

What a time to be alive! The Masters is on TV, Augusta National is looking as superb as ever, and by Monday morning we'll be itching to get the clubs out of the garage and attack the fairways at our own course. And, yet, following the wettest March in the UK for decades, what we're going to experience probably couldn't be further away from those superbly manicured fairways and perfect greens in Georgia. It's been a challenging time for greenkeeping teams trying to get a course ready for the start of

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01:02:23

The Slam: Who will win the Masters? (And will LIV...

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2023/04/03

On this episode of The Slam - a National Club Golfer podcast in association with Callaway - Alex Perry and Matt Chivers are joined by NCG's resident tipster, Oddschecker's Tom Jacobs, to break down the contenders as we head into what we're calling "the most open Masters ever". There will be a number of LIV Golf players teeing up at Augusta. Can one of them get over the line? And what would that mean for LIV - and golf - as a whole? The trio also assess the chances of the Big Three - Rory McIlroy,

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01:04:58

From the Clubhouse: Is golf club membership worth the...

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2023/03/31

Have you paid your golf club membership subscription yet? For lots of us, deadline day is approaching very fast and it might be a last gasp decision whether to dig deep and stump up. In this week's From the Clubhouse podcast, in association with TaylorMade Golf, Tom Irwin and Steve Carroll consider the value of golf club membership. Is it better value for money to be a member of a golf club, pay up front, and get the benefits of exclusive use, or is pay as you play in a green fee model the way to

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53:16

The Slam: Should Team Europe be worried about another...

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2023/03/27

On this episode of The Slam, a National Club Golfer podcasts in association with Callaway, Alex Perry and Matt Chivers discuss the WGC-Match Play and, in particular, its absence from next season's schedule, the nonsense that is the third-place playoff, and the Golf Channel's controversial graphic that had social media alight. They are also joined by Ryder Cup obsessive Rob Giannotti, of Blue on the Board, to discuss everything to do with the European team. So should captain Luke Donald be concerned

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01:08:20

From the Clubhouse: We talk WHS with England Golf’s...

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2023/03/24

We don't want you to think of us as one-trick-ponies but it's another podcast and another week talking about the World Handicap System. That's because Tom Irwin and Steve Carroll took the From the Clubhouse podcast, in association with TaylorMade Golf, on the road and visited Woodhall Spa, the headquarters of England Golf, to speak to James Luke, the governing body's new Head of Handicapping and Course Rating. We get stuck into course rating, PCC, interoperability, and much more besides - including

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50:25

The Slam: Are divisions starting to form between LIV...

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2023/03/20

In this week's episode of The Slam, a National Club Golfer podcast in association with Callaway, Alex Perry and Matt Chivers discuss the ridiculous finish at the Valspar Championship, where Jordan Spieth was clearly just keeping his form for the upcoming Masters and Grand Slam pursuit at the PGA Championship, while golf's nicest man Tommy Fleetwood was also in the mix for a first win on the US circuit. Not so nice, though, was Matt Wallace, who came under fire after being caught in a foul-mouthed

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54:25

From the Clubhouse: Will the golf ball roll back be...

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2023/03/17

'Golf is doing well and we don't want to undermine this'. So said the R&A and USGA as they unveiled a proposal to unleash a new competition golf ball on elite events - but steered well clear of anything that could affect the recreational game. Should club golfers feel left out as governing bodies seek comment on their plans to reduce hitting distances at the highest level? On this week's From the Clubhouse podcast, in association with TaylorMade Golf, Tom Irwin and Steve Carroll break down what they

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48:17

All the Gear: Golf ball roll back – what does it all...

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2023/03/15

The USGA and R&A are proposing a significant roll back in golf ball distance for elite competition. This change would mean bifurcation in golf, with different rules for professionals compared to club golfers. Tom Irwin, Hannah Holden and Jack Backhouse discuss the proposed rule changes, why changes are being made and if the governing bodies are doing the right thing.

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51:01

The Slam: How does The Players compare to The Open?

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2023/03/15

In a special Players Championship edition of The Slam - a National Club Golfer podcast in association with Callaway - Alex Perry and Hannah Holden sit by the 17th green at TPC Sawgrass watching players take on the famous island green while discussing their week in Florida. Then, later, usual co-host Matt Chivers joins to discuss Scottie Scheffler's incredible win, his Grand Slam hopes, the PGA Tour's newest star, and the player who blew almost $1,000,000 in an hour. Enjoy!

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48:17

From the Clubhouse: Are we too stuck in our ways to...

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2023/03/10

Medal, Stableford, fourball. It's a holy trinity for golfers and makes up the vast majority of what we play at our clubs. But Tom Irwin and Steve Carroll like to spread their wings a bit wider and, in this episode of the From the Clubhouse podcast, in association with TaylorMade Golf, they get stuck into their favourite golf formats. Tom expounds on his love of foursomes, while Steve asks if some golfers are too inflexible about what they'll play on a weekend. He also tries to bamboozle Tom once

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43:19

The Slam: We’re at The Players Championship! (And...

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2023/03/08

It's Players week and the NCG team are in place at TPC Sawgrass. But the biggest talking point ahead of the PGA Tour's flagship event? LIV Golf, of course. In this episode of The Slam, a National Club Golfer podcast in association with Callaway, Alex Perry and Matt Chivers break down the big debate about last year's champion Cameron Smith, and how Rory McIlroy is concerned about more than just Greg Norman's breakaway league. Don't worry, we'll talk about The Players too, and we've even picked out

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57:23

From the Clubhouse: Are we seeing the death of roll ups?

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2023/03/03

Does club golf for you revolve around turning up and chucking balls in the air, or are we now hooked on the concept of booked tee times? Covid considerably changed the landscape of how some of us play our golf and in this week's From the Clubhouse podcast, in association with TaylorMade Golf, Tom Irwin and Steve Carroll consider what's on offer at clubs and whether the humble roll up has passed its sell-by date. Tom and Steve explain how mixing with lots of different players was pivotal in their

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01:12:01

All the Gear: Are white golf balls a thing of the past?

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2023/03/01

50% of TaylorMade golf balls sold are no longer plain white, so is visual technology the biggest change in golf ball design in recent years? NCG's Hannah Holden, Tom Irwin and Jack Backhouse discuss the evolution of the golf ball and how TaylorMade are changing the game with their eye-catching golf ball designs. They also catch up with TaylorMade golf ball designer Mike Fox to take a deep dive into all things golf balls, including understanding compression, the role of dimples, and how golf ball

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55:33

The Slam: Breaking down LIV Golf’s embarrassing week...

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2023/02/27

If you blinked, you missed it, but it's one down, 14 to go as LIV Golf's season opener in Mayakoba flashed by without incident. In this episode of The Slam, a National Club Golfer podcast in association with Callaway Golf, Alex Perry and Matt Chivers discuss the reasons why LIV Golf - whether it lasts five years or 50, will never replace what we have with the existing PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA and LET. Speaking of which, there were some seriously good storylines to get stuck into this week, so

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58:48

From the Clubhouse: Have clubs got to grips with...

The NCG Golf Podcast ·

2023/02/24

Just mentioning the words "independent golfer" is enough to send some of your clubs into a sweat. But England Golf's iGolf scheme now boasts some 30,000 subscribers and the initial fury that greeted the plan to give players who were not members of a golf club an official handicap has all but subsided. Have golf clubs, though, really got to grips with nomadic players and the benefits they can bring? In this week's From the Clubhouse podcast, in association with TaylorMade Golf, Steve Carroll and

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56:50

The Slam: Which player will be the first to quit LIV...

The NCG Golf Podcast ·

2023/02/20

The Slam - a National Club Golfer podcast in association with Callaway Golf - is back for 2023! Alex Perry is joined by a brand new co-host, Matt Chivers, and the pair discuss Jon Rahm's remarkable form, Lydia Ko's return to the top, and have their say on that "prank" by Tiger Woods at the Genesis Invitational. Elsewhere, LIV Golf is back and one of its stars is already thinking about coming back to the PGA Tour, while others are upset that their Ryder Cup dreams are being crushed. Alex and Matt

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