Friday Feedback: Adam Scott, Anthony Kim, Shaft Weights, and 'Were you beaten by a Tour Pro when they were a kid?'
Talk Birdie To MeShow Notes
Some conflict at the start of the show today when there is dissent over some content choices. Is there trouble in paradise?
But...we resolve our differences and get on with the Friday Feedback show.
01:00Matthew enjoyed Mark's 'hairline' comment last week. 02:00Jase in South Korea wants to add his course to Nick's 'tight courses' Top 5 from last weeks show. Mark talks about playing Hidden Valley in Melbourne's north last week and commented on how tight some of the holes were. 03:00Phil on cart use in championships at his course. 05:00Comments on our '12-year old Adam Scott' story from last week, with a couple of other clashes between wolfpackers and big names when they were younger. We decide on the fly that, if we get enough comments, we'll do an episode on 'who have you been beaten by'. Wolfpackers vs big names when they were young. If you've got a story let us know here either in message form or voicemail. 06:00Message from Brucey Young with a suggestion for another young player who did something extraordinary. 07:00Gary Lisbon on Chacarra 08:00Stuart with a question on shaft weight. Nick explains what he likes and why, Mark shows what he uses.
After the turn...
12:00Request from a wolfpacker to get Ritchie Smith back on to ask about some of his players underperformance this year. 13:00 A wolfpacker feels we're letting Golf Australia off the hook by not challenging the dates and support for the Capital.com Australian Open. 15:00Chris asks Nick about some of his comments about handicaps during commentary on the TV coverage in South Australia last week 17:00Graham with a question on Jeeno Thitikul and Anthony Kim's techniques. 19:00Sam asks Mark why a particular, very famous, Adam Scott performance does not warrant being on Mark's greatest shots of all time list 20:00Owen on Marks' alignment stick demonstration last week, with a question about strange training gadgets.
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