About this episode

The episode discusses the Open Championship and The Evian, featuring insights on golf performances and tournament history.

Massive show today, what a week, it is Open Championship week and whilst we previewed the tournament yesterday, we chat more about it today. We start with Mark talking about the new FootJoy Legends Series, Harris Tweed Collaboration - with Mark deciding at some point to do a masterclass on how to keep your FootJoys' clean....don't worry, he'll forget about it and we won't remind him. We love FootJoy, but a masterclass on keeping them clean doesn't seem riveting.... Onto the show: 04:00 Haeran Ryu: a great win at The Evian, Nick watched plenty and tells us what happened - particularly the final day. Nick says that whilst it is not a great course, it consistently produces exciting finishes. The Aussie women had an ordinary tournament, the majority missing the cut. 08:00 Royal Birkdale. We discuss some of the great finishes and performances over the years, Nick describes 2008 as the toughest course for an open he ever played. Mark talks more about Greg Norman that year, considering he was retired, it was extraordinary. And we trace back some of the notable moments, including being introduced (and how!) to Justin Rose in 98. 13:00 Mark has an idea for The Open Championship which…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Allen, Nick O'Hern

Topics covered

• Open Championship
• The Evian
• golf history
• FootJoy
• Australian Open
• golf performances

Keywords

• Open Championship
• The Evian
• FootJoy
• golf history
• golf performances
• Joe Dean
• Greg Norman
• Justin Rose

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FootJoy, Hostplus

Places: Royal Birkdale, Kingston Heath

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