Friday Feedback: 'Ban All Caddys for Pros'! Sheez... and a great story of a 12-year old Adam Scott Monstering the Adults in Brisy!
Talk Birdie To MeShow Notes
This is awkward. The show gets off to a poor start when Mark is insensitive to a team member, nearly derailing the entire pod for today. Trouble in paradise.
But fortunately, we get back on track.....and on with the Friday Feedback show!
01:00 A message from Paul with a great story about a 12-year old Adam Scott monstering a tournament in Brisbane! 02:00 Mark talks about watching a young Adam, marvelling at his short game, saying that Scotty was 'using the force' when he putted. 05:00 Couple of comments on the Adam Scott video from last week....the 'toe' vid. 06:00 We do a Top 5 on the fly of players who had a pre-shot trigger, we can only come up with 4, if you have a 5th let us know in the comments. 07:00 A wolfpacker who disagrees with Nick and Mark on the value of caddys and believes they should be banned. Sheez.... 08:00 Rohan with a question about lessons and a fitting, which should come first?
After the turn:
12:00 Comment from a wolfpacker on the class of Tyler McCumber to self report last week. 14:00 Bunch of comments on Dan Grieve, all pumping his tyres up. 14:30 We discuss the clip of Nick's bunker shot at Coolum that was shared last week - what does the world's self-described greatest bunker player ever (ahem Mark) think of the shot? 16:00 Richard wants to know if carts should be allowed in club championships. 17:00 Andrew challenges Marks claim that the 92 Australian Open was the strongest field ever, offering another year as his strongest. We compare the fields and, given Mark is biased, ask Nick to make the call....is Mark happy with the outcome of does the week end on a difficult note?
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