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Talk Birdie To Me

Nick O"Hern & Mark Allen

Tour Pro"s Nick O"Hern and Mark Allen talk golf every week on Talk Birdie To Me. The latest news, issues, and stories from Australia and Worldwide. As two guys who played at the highest level, they tell it like it is, and take you behind the scenes to get an inside look into the world of golf.Nick O’Hern reached #16 in the world rankings and is the only player ever to beat Tiger Woods twice in matchplay. Mark Allen is a former Touring Pro of 15 years - played a British Open at Carnoustie, and in his

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🏌🏿‍♂️Bonus: Nick O'Hern on Losing Passion for Golf,...

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2024/10/09

A bonus Q&A pod today, we're all remote, Nick at home, Mark at 3AW about to fly out to play Tara Iti, and Dan in Wollongong.Today we look at some of your questions:Craig from Western Australia asks Nick and Mark about how to get passion for golf back if it has waned. Nick and Mark explains what they did when it happened to them.Antony and Clinton have comments on rakes. Yes seriously. It's getting beyond a joke now.Dave from Merewether in NSW is having issues with his putting and wants Nick and

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Ep84: Why Nick O'Hern said 'No' to playing Augusta,...

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2024/10/08

We're scattered all over the place today. Nick is at home in his daughter's bedroom, Mark is at 3AW in Melbourne, and Dan is in Wollongong. The wonders of technology, but the nature of it is that the pod does sound a touch different.But....Mark has come in all excited, he has a new putter that he bought on eBay, and he is showing it off and tells us the backstory. Leads to a chat about Nick and Marks putting techniques - and Mark reckons you should 'roll' putts, not 'hit' putts. Big news as well,

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Ep83: Nick O'Hern - Champions Tour Calling? Top 5 US...

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2024/10/01

Another big week in golf, if you missed our Presidents Cup Review podcast, check it out in the feed. Nick and Mark give their thoughts on what went wrong for the international team.Today we start with Mark chatting about his love of the game of golf, and why he feels it is so special. He invites Nick to play in the mighty Box Hill Golf Club Pro-Am, will Nick play? Looks like it! Leads to an unplanned interrogation of Nick from Mark on whether he will ever have a crack at the Champions Tour, and what

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27:34

🏌🏿‍♂️Bonus: Nick: 'International Selections were...

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2024/09/30

After a massive weekend of golf with the Presidents Cup terrible, then great, then underwhelming, we're emotionally drained. But, not drained enough that we didn't want to get together to analyse everything that happened.Through this bonus pod we run through each day's scores and what happened.Nick and Mark were both pissed after day one, but excited after day two. Day one was 'a disaster', but day two huge, and as Nick pointed out the crowd showing up clearly made a difference. Nick was annoyed

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32:13

🏌🏿‍♂️Bonus: Presidents Cup Preview; Tips For Who'll...

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2024/09/26

With the Presidents Cup less than 24 hours away, Nick and Mark get together and kick around all things Presidents Cup. Mark is still in Port Douglas, thankfully today wearing a shirt, Nick in his home office in Melbourne.Nick and Mark discuss some of the history of the tournament, and share some stories. Nick was there playing for the Internationals when Woody Austin famously fell in the lake at the same venue at Royal Montreal, one of the great moments. Nicks talk through his own performances, who

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Ep82: Mark 'I Love LIV's Teams Format', Nick's Top 5...

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2024/09/24

All over the place this week. Mark's in Port Douglas without a shirt on, watch out ladies, Nick is at home in Melbourne, as is Dan, and the wonders of technology means we're still yakking golf!Over the weekend Mark watched the highlights of the LIV teams event, and loved it - he describes the format as the perfect teams event structure, the best he has seen, and says LIV have nailed it. Nick watched the last 2 or 3 holes, and said it was fantastic. We discuss it, and Cam Smith's performance in

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Ep81: Nick O'Hern's Ace, Rahm rolling in Cash,...

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2024/09/17

Big news this week with Nick O'Hern snagging an Ace last week in the Wagga Pro-Am, we start the show by finding out what happened. To be fair we probably couldn't have stopped Nick telling us as he basks in his well deserved moment. Very exciting, and capped off a wonderful trip to Wagga for Nick!Tigers new clothing line is out, and the comments online are brutal. Nick and Mark give their thoughts, and they're not positive.Mark talks through the controversy at 13th Beach Golf Club, who we spoke to a

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20:45

🏌🏿‍♂️Bonus: Nick & Mark Q&A: Form Slumps, Presidents...

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2024/09/12

We always enjoy a bonus pod answering some of the questions that you send in. If you have a question or comment, leave it on our socials, email us, or leave a voicemail at our website at the link below.Today on our bonus Q&A pod, firstly we hear from Joe the Greenkeeper from Aotearoa who asks a question about the Solheim Cup, and the Presidents Cup. Right in the boys wheelhouse Joe. Mark then raises an idea, an old one, about how to reset the Presidents Cup.Next we hear from Marshall who

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☎️ Voicemail: Rick from Moruya

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2024/09/11

Cracking voicemail from Rick in Moruya this week with some awesome news about one of his playing partners Ralph.If you want to leave a voicemail - it's easy, head to our website here on your mobile or computer, hit the record button, tell us who you are, where you're from, where you play your golf, and leave your message. Couldn't be easier, takes 60-seconds.We're here each week with the great support of PING, see your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting. Just like they have with

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25:41

🏌🏿‍♂️Bonus: Jordan Bovalina - Australia's Leading...

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2024/09/11

A fascinating bonus pod today. Earlier this week we were recording the normal pod and we spotted Jordan Bovalina in the cafe at Golf Australia HQ, never let it be said that we miss an opportunity to talk to Australia's leading long driver at the last World Long Driving Championships, so we hit him for a chat and sure enough he came back to sit down with Nick and Mark.Jordan chats to us about where the power in his drive comes from, the kind of gym work he does to get in shape for that style of

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Ep80: Can the Presidents Cup Survive? PGA Tour vs LIV...

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2024/09/10

This week we kick off with Nick and Mark discussing the Scheffler/Rory McIlroy vs Koepka/DeChambeau, Mark is excited about the prospect, Nick will watch the highlights.We chat about the first couple of LIV tournaments next year, Adelaide is second and Riyadh is first....unhelpfully none of us know where Riyadh is or how to spell it...so we muddle through and figure it out together.Nick and Mark discuss the Presidents Cup teams, and Nick believes there are some players harshly done by - Cam Davis the

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☎️ Voicemail: Former Tour Pro Scott Laycock on...

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2024/09/08

Former Tour Pro Scotty Laycock, now the Tour Pro at Royal Hobart, heard Nick and Mark taking about Sahith Theegala's 2-stroke penalty on this weeks pod (Ep79), and left us a voicemail about a time he copped a 12-stroke penalty (!!!!) when playing a tournament in China. If you want to leave a voicemail - it's easy, head to our website here on your mobile or computer, hit the record button, tell us who you are, where you're from, where you play your golf, and leave your message. Couldn't be easier,

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☎️ Voicemail: Marek from Melbourne

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2024/09/06

Another voicemail, this time from Marek from Seaford in Melbourne who has crunched the numbers on the Fedex Cup Final Round and come up with some interesting notional results.If you want to leave a voicemail - it's easy, head to our website here on your mobile or computer, hit the record button, tell us who you are, where you're from, where you play your golf, and leave your message. Couldn't be easier, takes 60-seconds.We're here each week with the great support of PING, see your local golf shop or

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21:43

🏌🏿‍♂️Bonus: Nick & Mark Q&A: Australian Open, Planes...

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2024/09/05

We love the bonus pods, and the ones where we run through a bunch of questions from the Talk Birdie Wolfpack are fantastic, and another one today.First cab of the rank, Craig has a question about whether the Australian Open should have a permanent home, Nick and Mark discuss the venue, and the format.Mick has a question about travelling on planes with golf equipment and how best to protect it.Steve from Byron Bay left a message asking about the prize money in golf and is it now out of control.Rossco

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Ep79: Cam Smith - How Golf NSW Got Him, How Craig...

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2024/09/03

Nick and Mark are amped over last weeks Cam Smith news that he will be playing the NSW Open at Murray Downs in November, so much so that we start the show by calling Golf NSW COO Graeme Phillipson to ask him how it happened, and how Golf NSW pulled off such a fantastic get. Great chat, and some fantastic insights into the process, and what it now means for the NSW Open.We discuss the Fedex Cup final round, and the win (sort of) by Scottie Scheffler. Mark is annoyed that one of the commentators

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☎️ Voicemail: Former Tour Pro David Diaz

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2024/09/01

Nick and Mark love receiving voicemails, this week former tour pro David Diaz left us a message after hearing the boys chatting about the great Southern Golf Club in Melbourne.If you want to leave a voicemail - it's easy, head to our website here on your mobile or computer, hit the record button, tell us who you are, where you're from, where you play your golf, and leave your message. Couldn't be easier, takes 60-seconds.We're here each week with the great support of PING, see your local golf shop

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☎️ Voicemail: Chris on Cam Smith at the NSW Open

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2024/08/29

Big news yesterday with Cam Smith confirming that he'll be playing the NSW Open at Murray Downs Golf Club in November. Huge news. And Chris from Howlong was just as excited and left us a voicemail about it. Chris also quite likes Mark Allens Golf Clearance Outlet videos, you can see some of Marks gear in a vid here.If you want to leave a voicemail - it's easy, head to our website here on your mobile or computer, hit the record button, tell us who you are, where you're from, where you play your golf,

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23:55

🏌🏿‍♂️Bonus: Nick & Mark Q&A: Par 3's, Minjee, Slow...

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2024/08/29

We love a bonus pod, particularly in weeks when we have lots of feedback or questions from the 'Talk Birdie To Me' Wolfpack, too much to fit into the normal pod, so we smash out a bonus pod! Fun!Today's a ripper with a few voicemails.We have a voicemail from Peter who has an idea about allowing more holes to be played as Par 3 holes, leading to a chat about tees.Voicemail from Steve, and an email from Hugh, both asking about Minjee Lee's form and if it has anything to do with moving to Callaway

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☎️ Voicemail: Former Tour Pro Scott Laycock on Ian...

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2024/08/28

Former Tour Pro Scott Laycock from Royal Hobart left a voicemail for Nick and Mark after hearing the boys chatting about Ian Baker-Finch on this weeks pod.If you want to leave a voicemail - it's easy, head to our website here on your mobile or computer, hit the record button, tell us who you are, where you're from, where you play your golf, and leave your message. Couldn't be easier, you'll be done in 60-seconds.We're here each week with the great support of PING, see your local golf shop or

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Ep77: Lydia Ko Wins Again, Nick's Top 5 "Tool...

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2024/08/27

Nick O'Hern is a PING guy through and through, and has been for years. That's because PING are the best in the business. But he does keep an eye on what other gear is around, and he has a new wedge that he is excited about, and Mark is a little envious of!But into the show. Congrats to Lydia Ko, another win, and her second gold medal in a couple of weeks with the win at St Andrews. Mark loves seeing the women back at the home of golf, and Nick and Mark discuss some of what they watched. A tough

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