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Australian Golf Passport

Scott Warren & Matthew Mollica

This is an Australian golf podcast about Australian golf courses, taking listeners on a dream lap of every golf course worth considering for a Down Under bucket list golf visit. We answer the questions that will help you make your dream Aussie golf trip a reality. No Fedex Cup updates, no equipment reviews, no technology debate, no betting-agency-sponsored tipping segment: Just the how, what, when and where of playing great golf in Australia, with the occasional sacred cow sacrificed in the name of

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01:16:08

Episode Seventy One - Goals Review & General Golf Chat

Australian Golf Passport ·

2025/06/08

A casual chat for this episode – Scott and Matt discuss recent golf, a plan to build excitement in the lead-up to the Australian Open, and more. The goals outlined at the start of the year also come in for a mid-season review. Tons of good stuff covered. We hope you enjoy the chat, and as always with the goals – we hope this topic encourages all of you to set a target and go for it. As discussed in the episode – a few links below to the books we’ve read, and the hosts of the sensational October golf

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01:39:45

Episode Seventy - Listener Questions (Part 2)

Australian Golf Passport ·

2025/05/26

Another longish episode where we wrap up the huge batch of listener questions forwarded to us recently. Membership issues, rankings, golf in Sydney, architecture, course comparisons, and so much more. A really interesting and varied grab bag of subjects to ponder. Thanks again to all those who submitted via the Insta story call-out. To start the episode, we spend a moment talking over the opening of 7 Mile Beach and preliminary rounds there, Rory’s place in the field for the Australian Open this

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02:03:05

Episode Sixty Nine - Listener Qs (Hanse at Barny,...

Australian Golf Passport ·

2025/05/08

This latest edition of Australian Golf Passport podcast is an ever-popular Listener Questions episode. Thanks to all those who submitted via the Insta story call-out. Almost 5 dozen questions will form hours of discussion for this episode and the next! We got to 28 of them in this two-hour session.Lots of great stuff to mull over ranging from turf, rankings, architecture, travel on a budget, new courses and those under renovation, Mornington Peninsula questions, stuff on King Island and Tasmania, as

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01:34:43

Episode Sixty Eight - Yarra Yarra

Australian Golf Passport ·

2025/04/28

We’re back to devote an entire episode to Yarra Yarra – one of those Sandbelt courses that doesn’t quite get the love it deserves on occasions. We start the episode with a fast review of Scott’s recent Canberra visit, including his quick lap around Royal Canbera. For those keen to visit Royal Canberra, click the link below -https://www.royalcanberra.com.au/cms/golf/playing-at-royal-canberra/ During Scott’s October 2024 trip to Melbourne we took a look around Yarra Yarra, and have been keen to

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01:22:43

Episode Sixty Seven - Tom Mackenzie on rebuilding...

Australian Golf Passport ·

2025/04/04

Tom Mackenzie from Mackenzie & Ebert is our guest for this episode, talking all things NSWGC redesign, plus the arm-wrestle between designing in the dirt and having a plan to work to, the tension between form and function, tricks for making tight sections of property feel spacious and why he thinks Melbourne is the best golf city in the world.But before then, because this is who we are now, there's a mea culpa about the love lives of two of Gil Hanse's employees...As always – special

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01:07:36

Episode Sixty Six - Royal Sydney Is (Almost) Ready!

Australian Golf Passport ·

2025/03/29

Fast turn around from last episode to this – with RoyalSydney about to publicly unveil their newly renovated Gil Hanse golf course. After a recent multi-hour walk around the property with super Adam Marchant, Scott shares his views on the design, and the highlights of the reworked layout. Needless to say – expectations were exceeded! Prior to that, we briefly discuss golf shoes and a PhD studyundertaken by a listener of the pod. The link below takes you to a 10 minute survey for a LaTrobe

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01:11:37

Episode Sixty Five - Recent Events

Australian Golf Passport ·

2025/03/22

This episode affords the chance to review loads of little topics on the Australian golf landscape - courses re-opening after works, Karl Vilips breakthrough win, Matt's quick jaunt to Tara Iti, activities of panelists on the AGP Top 50 panel, and more of Scott's ball testing.Metro, The Lakes, NSW, Mt Lawley, Royal Sydney and more are all discussed. It's been a busy little time. As discussed - preview play at 7 Mile Beach is on the horizon. Details as published in Australian Golf Digest

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00:46:36

Episode Sixty Four - New South Wales GC renovation,...

Australian Golf Passport ·

2025/03/03

New South Wales GC is baaaaaack!Matt checks in with Scott after opening weekend at the newly-renovated NSWGC for a quick initial reaction to the changes. Spoiler: he enjoyed himself.Seed Golf has provided an introductory 20% off for listeners to Australian Golf Passport. Head to ⁠⁠seedgolf.com.au⁠ and enter AGP at checkout to get your hands on some premium golf balls at a super low price point. Thanks so much to Dean and all at Seed. Some of you have already tried Seed balls - thanks for

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01:19:16

Episode Sixty Three - Golf Along The Murray River,...

Australian Golf Passport ·

2025/02/28

An episode topic that has been consistently requested since we first started recording Australian Golf Passport – a deep dive into Golf Along The Might River Murray. We’re joined by Brian Walshe – great friend of the pod, and a passionate golfer who has planned & enjoyed dozens of Murray River golf trips over the decades. Courses, accommodation, meals, drinks, and everything you need to know about playing the game along the northern Victorian border. We get into it all as Brian provides an hour

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02:32:21

Episode Sixty Two - Commonwealth deep dive, Aussie...

Australian Golf Passport ·

2025/02/14

We could have taken the easy way out and made this two episodes to chip away at our goal of 26 for the year, but instead here's two and a half hours of listening spanning four topics.We open with a chat about sanity prevailing at Sandringham with the men's and women's Aussie Opens to be contested separately again from 2025 after a failed three-year experiment co-sanctioning the two. Where to for both tournaments after so much damage was done to their standing?The main event is an hour-long deep dive

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00:50:34

Episode Sixty One - A big announcement

Australian Golf Passport ·

2025/01/25

We've been working on something exciting, and we're pumped to share it with you.First cab off the rank for 2025 allows us the chance to formulate some new goals for the coming 12 months and reflect on the previous year. This is an enjoyable and rewarding process - shamelessly based on the famous NoLayingUp annual Goals Pod. Not without its challenges, the job of identifying some targets and working towards them through the year is definitely something we suggest you all undertake. We'd

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00:53:09

Episode Sixty - 2024 Australian Golf Passport Awards

Australian Golf Passport ·

2024/12/30

Our final episode for 2024 takes a look back at the year that was - with awards for a range of fantastic courses, great performances and favorite moments of the year. Superintendents, pro shops, renovated courses and playing partners all come in for a little love and affection. We'd love to hear who you think deserves some praise for a great year too! 2025 looks like being an awesome twelve months for Australian golf, with a series of course renovations completing, and the imminent opening of 7

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02:01:41

Episode Fifty Nine - Ross Flannigan, inc. Sandbelt...

Australian Golf Passport ·

2024/12/20

A massive Christmas holiday edition for you to take in over a long festive season car trip, or during a relaxing lie down in the sun over the Christmas break.This episode starts with a little rundown on the recently completed Sandbelt Invitational to kick things off before sinking our teeth into the discussion with Ross Flannigan. Ross will be well known to many through his photography and his long-running podcast – My Love of Golf. He joins us from Scotland to talk about his beloved Peninsula

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01:42:50

Episode Fifty Eight - A Ton of Listener Questions

Australian Golf Passport ·

2024/12/05

We thought we'd get on our bikes and up the rate at which we publish, as the finish line for 2024 nears. After having recorded a long episode in which we quickly review the goals for the year, this episode features heaps of responses to a great range of listener questions.During the edit process - Matt spilt a coffee over his laptop, and was offline for a fortnight. The episode was saved, but late to air. So the stuff about Black Friday & the Australian Open? - Expired (obv). Thanks to those

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01:08:39

Episode Fifty Seven - Save Moore Park GC's Jared...

Australian Golf Passport ·

2024/11/15

Hot on the heels of the release of a plan by the Save Moore Park Golf Course alliance to keep the course at 18 holes, we chat with the driving force behind that alliance, Jared Kendler.Jared talks us through the issues and the plan that the golf community is hoping will be embraced by the NSW Government, which owns the site. His group has proposed a sophisticated, thorough, sensible and economically sustainable proposal to manage the issue of recreational space and the existing golf course in

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01:48:50

Episode Fifty Six - Peninsula Kingswood (North) full...

Australian Golf Passport ·

2024/11/01

The longest episode we've ever done! There was a lot to discuss...The keenly anticipated chat on one of the most dramatic, and visually striking courses in the land. Following on from Scott's whirlwind trip to Melbourne a fortnight back, we do a deep dive on PK North. More than a good looker, this course is a gem in every way. Playable and strategically engaging with artful hazards, and intricate greens. No wonder this is a crowd favourite - we're happy to finally discuss PK North with you. It's a

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00:51:09

Episode Fifty Five - Sandbelt trip wrap-up: PK &...

Australian Golf Passport ·

2024/10/20

Three days, five rounds, two course walks, 65,000 steps each. We're cooked. But before Scott gets on a plane home, we've got a quick recap of our rounds at Peninsula-Kingswood North and South, and a hotly-anticipated lap of the newly-renovated Commonwealth.

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00:45:04

Episode Fifty Four - Sandbelt golf trip day one: PK,...

Australian Golf Passport ·

2024/10/18

A quick debrief on the first day of our Melbourne Sandbelt golf trip. Not the day we had planned thanks to a 50mm drop of rain, but we still saw plenty and had a lot to discuss.

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01:13:27

Episode Fifty Three - Chris Solomon

Australian Golf Passport ·

2024/10/10

A super special guest for the long overdue next episode of the podcast. Chris Solomon from No Laying Up joins us to share his views on all things golf Down Under. Soly has travelled here several times over the years, with his visits bookended by Tourist Sauce Seasons #1 and #9. Between those visits he got to play the Composite course at Royal Melbourne at the time of the most recent Asia Pacific Amateur Championship. Links to all these on YouTube are below.Soly shares his views on what he loves

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01:07:26

Episode Fifty Two - Aussie golf media doyen Brendan...

Australian Golf Passport ·

2024/08/30

Brendan James, long-time editor of Golf Australia magazine is our special guest for this episode. Brendan is a doyen of the Australian Golf Media landscape, spending more than quarter of a century at the helm of Golf Australia magazine. He’s now concluded his time there, doing his own thing under the banner of Snap Hook Media – https://snaphookmedia.com/We chat with Brendan about his start in journalism, and the changing landscape of publishing throughout his working life. We talk all things golf

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