Guest: Dottie Pepper on Her Life in Golf - as Player and Commentator. And Shares What She Was Advised to 'Never Do' When Commentating Tiger Woods

About this episode

Dottie Pepper shares her journey in golf as a player and commentator, discussing her experiences and insights on the women's game.

Well this is very special. Dottie Pepper is a legend in the golfing world, a wonderful player with a stellar record, and a groundbreaking commentator and today for Hostplus, we're hosting Dottie on Talk Birdie To Me. We start with Nick and Mark asking Dottie to tell us how she got into golf as a youngster, and her story about how it started, given her Dad's background as a Pro Baseball Player is fantastic. Her setup at home was pretty helpful! Nick asks her about being the leading player on her high school team with one very important detail that makes it even more impressive. And Mark has always been interested to watch the leading amateurs in tournaments, and is keen to hear what that was like for Dottie as that amateur. Dottie tells a great story about playing qualifying and making a significant error in the 9-holes she played....and why her sister contributed significantly to Dottie's 'breakthrough moment'. Nick and Mark have said for some time that the Women should probably have only 4 majors, and they ask Dottie her view. She agrees - and names the tournament that she believes should be dropped as a Womens Major. Mark observes that the womens game is so strong at the moment…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nick O'Hern, Mark Allen

Guest: Dottie Pepper

Topics covered

• Dottie Pepper
• golf commentary
• women's golf
• amateur golf
• golf majors

Keywords

• Dottie Pepper
• golf
• commentary
• women's golf
• Tiger Woods
• amateur tournaments
• golf majors

Sponsors

Hostplus

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