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EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST

This short form and informative podcast, with snippets of the latest news and guest comments, helps keep listeners up to date as to what is happening in and around EDGA.

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00:13:15

The ELLEN LARSEN story

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2025/01/17

Ellen Larsen and her husband Per Arne, from near Oslo in Norway, have both overcome hugely challenging health conditions to enjoy life again, using golf as a regular shared activity to inspire them. “Through golf you keep social, physically active and get a good brain workout,” explains Ellen who, after back surgery to help a long-standing neurological condition, has a weakened left leg and mobility problems. “Golfing is my meditation… I do not do yoga, I play golf! I have learned to focus on what

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00:17:03

The THOMAS BLIZZARD story

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2024/12/06

Having tested himself in some big golf tournaments this year, England’s Thomas Blizzard, aged 18, has absorbed a lot. He is a serious player in the making. The challenges he faces are part of his learning curve. What makes him tick as a golfer.He tells us: “Part of my condition of Autism makes social and high pressure scenarios extremely difficult to function in. With golf being a heavily mental game it often leads to my detriment as I can easily get frustrated over things when they don’t go as

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00:13:04

The MARI BERKERS story

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2024/11/22

Mari Berkers loves golf, what the game brings him, and how it gets his mind working. He took up the sport at the age of 32 in 2011. “It’s all about making the right shot, the personal challenge and the nature, are all part of me loving the game of golf so much. Being out there, in beautiful surroundings, hitting the shots that you visualise, and always trying to beat your lowest score,” says Mari, a business developer for a leading food company from Tilburg in the Netherlands. For Mari, the

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00:05:41

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 69

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/11/25

This week we introduce you to the story of Fabrizio Gardiol from Italy. We give you an insight into last weeks EDGA workshops and Annual Assembly and a guide to using the suite of EDGA logos.FABRIZIO GARDIOL Acquired wisdom shows us that we can earn a “bagful of things” to improve life, and for some, golf can play a leading role. You would be forgiven for thinking that the hand condition Fabrizio Gardiol was born with could be a major problem for him growing up in the 1960s, perhaps creating a lack

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00:04:55

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 68

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/11/02

This isepisode 68of the EDGA Golfers’ first podcast. This week we introduce you to the story of Tom Doherty, the new RSM European Stableford Play-Off Champion, we explain why we use the term G4D. STORIES Inclusive golf? “Let’s spread the waves, let’s move those barriers,” says Ireland’s Tom Doherty. Talking with Tom, it is clear he understands that the camaraderie and togetherness that can be found at an inclusive golf event can create a great sense of community for those taking part. This man from

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00:06:30

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 67

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/10/19

We took a short break to take on board some comments about what the listeners would like to hear more of and, just as importantly, what they would like to hear less of. These were the three most significant comments. More stories, more information about what is happening in and around G4D and some tournament results. In this episode, we give you a taste of the stories of Jeron Coumou from Holland and Kipp Poppert from England, we explain the inclusion spectrum, and give you the results of the RSM

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00:06:39

The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 66

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/09/08

Welcome to this edition of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. After a short break, this episode brings you the qualifiers for the RSM European net and Stableford play-offs, mentions EDGAs collaboration with Golf Canada and the PGA of Canada, and rounds up the G4D Tour at the BMW-PGA Championship held at Wentworth. So let's get to episode 66 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. In 2021 the RSM European net and Stableford play-offs were launched at the Stratford on Avon Golf Club, the home of Samual Ryder,

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00:07:19

The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 65

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/08/10

Welcome to this edition of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. This week we look at the recently finished G4D Tour event at the ISPS World Invitational in Northern Ireland. We have a round-up of the players currently in position to qualify for the RSM European Net and Stableford Play-offs and give you the heads up on how we are helping in the development of golf's coaching professionals. More and more people are starting to play golf; for some, it is the opportunity to spend time with friends in the

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00:05:46

The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 64

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/07/25

Welcome to this edition of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. This week fresh off the back of two tournaments, the USGA Adaptive Open in Pinehurst, The RSM Gross series event at Rockliffe Hall and the much-anticipated Golf and Health Congress in Edinburgh, and as always, a sneak preview of this week’s Tough Love and Second Chances Podcast which features Jennifer Sraga from Germany. The United States Golf Association Adaptive Open took place at Pinehurst number 6 in North Carolina. The 54 holes

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00:05:55

The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 63

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/07/12

Welcome to this edition of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. This week we are at the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews. Although we know that golf for the disabled is relatively new, compared to the 150 years of the Open, the first association explicitly formed for golfers with a disability was set up in 1932 just down the road from here in Glasgow. We also know that golfers with a disability have played the game for much longer, with players such as Dunblane golfer Robert Martin, a high leg

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00:06:13

The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 62

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/06/30

With the season in full swing in the Northern hemisphere, apologies for the slightly late publication of this week’s episode of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. This week is a five shorter with news of further updates to the ranking, a short recap of this week's G4D Tour event at the Horizon Irish Open, a mention of the upcoming RSM event at the fabulous Rockliffe Hall and an update on the players currently in the position to contest the RSM European Play-off series for net and Stableford players. We

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00:04:42

The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 61

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/06/16

Welcome to this week’s episode of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. This week’s episode comes from Thonock Park in Gainsborough, the site of the inaugural EDGA PING Open, an RSM Gross Series event. We start with a short recap of the event at Thonock before looking back at the 2022 EGA European Team Championship for golfers with a disability and a sneak preview of this week’s EDGA Profile which features Hayato Yoshida from Japan. So let’s get to episode 61 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. The Karsten

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00:06:30

The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 60

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/06/01

Welcome to this week’s episode of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. This week’s episode comes from the Green Eagle Golf Course in Hamburg, the site of the G4D Tour@the Porsche European Open. We start with a short conversation with the Tour Director, José Maria Zamora, who talks about getting the course ready for our ten EDGA players. We have a sneak preview of this week’s EDGA Profile which features Steven Crocker from England. The penultimate shot is on the recent announcement made by the

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00:05:19

The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 57

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/05/19

Welcome to this week’s episode of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. Our opening shot on this 5-shotter is the results of the Johnny Reay Classic held at Stoneleigh Deer Park in Coventry. Then we are off to talk a little about the support given by Golf Car UK, get an update on the RSM European Play-off series, a mention of the upcoming PING OPEN at Thonock Park, and finally, a snippet of this week’s EDGA Profile, that of Fredrik Fjaeraa. So let’s get to episode 59 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. Our

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00:05:04

The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST episode 58

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/05/04

Welcome to this week's episode of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. This four-shot episode will come from the West Midlands of England. First we head off the iconic Belfry, home of four Ryder Cups, and then on the the EDGA Tours Johnny Reay Classic, which is the first of the RSM Gross series. So let's get to episode 58 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast.

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00:04:03

The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 57

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/04/20

Welcome to this week's episode of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast has a new format, which is in line with the growing wish to have shorter forms of golf. So this four-shot episode will become our new par. That is not to say that we won't occasionally make a bogey with a slightly longer episode, or for that matter, score a birdie with a super concise edition. So let's get to episode 56 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. Drive: The opening shot this week lets you know that the Johnny Reay Classic part

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00:07:42

The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 56

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/04/06

Welcome to this week’s episode of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. This episode is brought to you by the Director of Tournaments for EDGA, Manon Eggermont. As always, we have a short excerpt from the latest Tough Love and Second Chances Podcast, which features Johnny Reay from England. We also have an update about the newly announced change to the ranking calculation which affects only the gross ranking. So let's get to episode 56 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast.

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00:10:16

The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 55

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/03/08

As promised this episode is brought to you by the eligibility team, who I caught up with at Europe’s first event of the year in Portugal. We also hear a short clip from Manon Eggermont the EDGA Director of Tournaments, in this weeks tough love and second chances podcast. So let’s get to Episode 55 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast.

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00:09:47

The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 54

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/02/23

There is a change to Episode 54 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast. Originally planned as an Eligibility team podcast, after an unprecedented number of enquiries around the news of the G4D Tour, we decided to give some more detail on the newly announced Tour, in which EDGA has collaborated with the DP World Tour and European Tour group to make a reality. As always, we have a short excerpt from the latest Tough Love and Second Chances Podcast, which features Ian Jones from England. So let's get to

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00:07:52

The EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST Episode 53

EDGA GOLFERS FIRST PODCAST ·

2022/02/09

Episode 53 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast is a short preview of the up coming Portugal swing, which has two events taking place, the first in Vilamoura and the second in Palmela just south of Lisbon. As always, we have a short excerpt from the latest Tough Love and Second Chances Podcast which features former Nael Ogden-Smith from Bonn in Germany. So let's get to episode 53 of the EDGA Golfers First Podcast.

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