golf course design

Ben almost gets in a fight on the golf course, he freaks out about his unofficial handicap, there's snapped clubs, Tim's boozy golf weekend and loads more... It's been an eventful week for the Slice Of Golf team!

• We play Reigate Heath Golf Club - Hackers Golf Course Review
• Ben plays Farnham Golf Club  - Hackers Golf Course Review
• Tim heads to on an old boys golf weekend - Hackers Golf Course Review
• Ben freaks out that his handicap isn't official and asks... Should we all switch to the new England iGolf app?
• Is our identity as a golfer tied to our handicap? ... Yep very philosophical this one. 

ENJOY!

This show is brought to you by:

MANSCAPED™​ - the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming champions of the world. ​MANSCAPED™ offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. MANSCAPED™ just launched their fourth generation trimmer, The Lawn Mower® 4.0 all across Europe! You heard that right….. The 4.0!  Join over 2 million men worldwide who trust MANSCAPED™, with this exclusive offer for you…. 20% off and free worldwide shipping with the code: SUNDAYRED at manscaped.com

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

When you think of the world’s golf hot spots it would be fair to say Iceland doesn’t spring immediately to mind. 

But not only is the Nordic country golf mad (the game is second only to football in participation) but it is home to some of the world’s most interesting courses. 

Icelandic course architect Edwin Roald is one of the industry’s most thoughtful and eloquent speakers and in this wide-ranging chat with host Rod Morri, he introduces us to golf in Iceland as well as offering thought provoking takes on topics as broad as golf as a vehicle for carbon capture as well as social harmony.

To read some of Roald’s articles and view some of the his design work, visit https://www.eureka.golf/

On this week's episode, we take a look at our balls! You know when you're having bad day, or perhaps you're a beginner, and you bring the balls you've found on the course? They've got scuffs all over them, a couple of dents, clearly they've hit a few trees.... do they make a difference to your game? Should you be playing them?

• Tim reviews Pedham Place Golf Course
• Ben reviews Sunningdale Heath Golf Course

ENJOY!

This show is brought to you by:

MANSCAPED™​ - the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming champions of the world. ​MANSCAPED™ offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. MANSCAPED™ just launched their fourth generation trimmer, The Lawn Mower® 4.0 all across Europe! You heard that right….. The 4.0!  Join over 2 million men worldwide who trust MANSCAPED™, with this exclusive offer for you…. 20% off and free worldwide shipping with the code: SUNDAYRED at manscaped.com

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

Chris has just got back from the first Sunday Red Golf Tour to La Manga... Beers were drunk, bogeys were made, birdies were missed and a great time was had by all! But how did he and everyone get on?

Ben has also just returned from a trip to Portugal where he returned to Vale Do Lobo and this time also played Quinta Do Lago... let's here his reviews.

ENJOY!

This show is brought to you by:

MANSCAPED™​ - the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming champions of the world. ​MANSCAPED™ offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. MANSCAPED™ just launched their fourth generation trimmer, The Lawn Mower® 4.0 all across Europe! You heard that right….. The 4.0!  Join over 2 million men worldwide who trust MANSCAPED™, with this exclusive offer for you…. 20% off and free worldwide shipping with the code: SUNDAYRED at manscaped.com

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

On this weeks' episode, Tim & Chris reflect on the Ryder Cup!

What does this mean for the future of the European team? What will the team look like in 2 years? 4 years even? 

What would we do to make sure that doesn't happen again?

ENJOY!


Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!

................................................................................................

This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

The Match - Chris & Ben vs Tim & Pops - took place at Guildford Golf Club, let's discuss how we got on! Friday night golf with mates & a beer is just excellent! Don't you agree?

Also, there is a small event happening this week... the Ryder Cup!! Tim & Chris discuss who they think will win, which players will get the most and least points and who will make the winning putt.


ENJOY!


Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!

................................................................................................

This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

All 3 of us were out on the course and it was an utter sh*t show all round! 
We dive into Padraig Harrington's picks for the Ryder Cup... was he right to leave Rose out? 
And finally we design a 5th Major that we feel should be added to the season. 

• Chris is still searching for his balls in the rough at Hampton Court Palace Golf Club (1:08)
• Ben faints twice and then misses his tee time at Pyrford Lakes Golf Club (13:05)
• Tim gets attacked at Clandon Golf Club (30:54)
• Do you have a nemesis hole? (40:41)
• Was Harrington right to leave Rose out of the Ryder Cup squad?  (50:40)
• We think there should be a 5th major... here is what it would look like...

ENJOY!


Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!

................................................................................................

This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

The Solheim Cup was EPIC! Huge Congrats to Team Europe! We talk about how we watched almost none of the Tour Championship and were glued to the Solheim Cup.

We also take a look at the Ryder Cup teams and take a guess at who each captain will pick for their team

• Tim is trying to get rid of the hooks (0:36)
• Chris goes to a golfers dream playground and gets a quick tip on his game... also to get rid of the hooks (7:38)
• Ben starts his  "Break 80 from the red tees" in FANTASTIC fashion! (20:57)
• Chris is reading/listening to a golf book (27:25)
• Solheim Cup... WAS EPIC!! (28:35)
  • The one major negative moment (29:28)
• Tour Championship
• If we were the Ryder Cup team captains, who would our captain's picks be?

ENJOY!


Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!

................................................................................................

This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

With shows like F1 Drive T Survive, All or Nothing, and loads more we felt there should be a golf equivalent. Something to get people into the game, let us get to see behind the scenes and really get to know the players.  So we come up with some ideas for a show that we would pitch to Netflix/Amazon... let us know what you think!

Also on this weeks show we take a look and see just how well a player would have done on the PGA Tour this year if he had shot level par in every round....

• Tim is struggling after a heavy weekend, Ben plays a super short course, Chris tries to fix his swing
• The Pros - BMW Championship FedEx Cup Playoffs  - Patrick Cantlay's putting was INCREDIBLE! (18:09)
• The USA Ryder Cup team all apparently hate each other... does that give Europe more of a chance? (28:28)
• Tim DOMINATES DraftKings this week (30:44)
• Listener Question - is it better to have less clubs and learn to hit different distances and types of shots, or is it better to just have all the clubs and swing one swing to hit the different distances? (37:27)
  • Did we just come up with a new format for the PGA Tour?
• Do we have any writers/journalists listening... because something weird keeps happening (48:01)
• How well would a pro do on the PGA Tour if he shot level par in every round? Let's play higher or lower.. (51:02)
• Here's our pitch for a Netflix/Amazon show on golf and the PGA Tour (1:03:06)

P.S. If anyone from Amazon or Netflix is listening we are happy to help and come put this together.



ENJOY!


Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!

................................................................................................

This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

Will playing from the front (red) tees help Ben improve his game?  How well do Ben & Chris know the rules of golf? Is the PGA Commissioner worried about a Tiger sized void in the game of golf right now?

• Tim gets engaged
• Chris recaps his round at Pyrford Lakes Golf Club (2:44)
• Ben throws a mad idea into the mix... Will playing from the front tees help Ben improve his game? (15:32)
• The Pros - Tony Finau gets a WIN! (32:36) Will this open the floodgates for Finau?
• PGA Commissioner... Is he worried about the Tiger size void in golf? (36:23)
• Solheim Cup Selection...  History made (45:17)
• The Happiest man in golf had a meltdown (48:22)
• Bryson competing in long drive, the day after the Ryder Cup (49:05)
• The Golf Rules Test.... (56:15)... e.g. Your club head flies off during your swing... what happens? You hit your playing partner who is standing out of bounds... what happens?

Enjoy!

It doesn't happen often... But when you're in the zone and everything just seems to work, it's effortless, and your scores reflect it... hitting your best ever round... it's just AMAZING! 

But HOW do we get into that state? How do we get that feeling of momentum? 
Ben and Chris give their, hackers' opinions on this area. 

Also, Ben plays a game of Love It or Hate It... on various different topics of golf, he quizzes Chris on his favourite and least favourite things!

• Ben & Tim played in a competition (our major) this weekend at Cottesmore Golf Club... how did they do? 
• The Pros (28:40)
  • PGA Tour - 6 man playoff
  • Draft Kings - Louis withdrawing kills Tim & Chris
  • European Tour - Calum Hill
  • FedEx Cup Playoff Event 1 - The Northern Trust at Liberty National in New Jersey (38:15)
• MOMENTUM - When you have it, it's amazing! When you don't you want it! How do we get it? (40:50)
• LOVE IT OR HATE IT... Golf Edition - Golf, equipment, balls, course design and more (58:09)

ENJOY!


Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!

................................................................................................

This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

If rule 21 is "never leave an eagle putt short" what would the other 'Unofficial Rules Of Golf For Hackers' be? That and loads more, including finding out which European Tour player was driving an Uber just 5 weeks ago!

• Chris & Tim take on Pine Ridge
• Ben & Tim take on Pedham in a gale
• Is Ben's preparation for his round the worst ever? (22:20)
• The Pros  (28:06)
  • WGC - Ancer wins, Bryson and English crumble (28:16)
  • Si Woo Kim implodes with a 13 on a par 3 (31:40)
  • Has Brooks vs Bryson gone too far? (32:43)
  • Stableford format at the Barracuda Championship (45:40)
  • European Tour - which player was driving an Uber 5 weeks ago? (53:46) 
  • Womens Olympic Golf (55:13)
• The Unofficial Rules Of Golf For Hackers (57:38)

ENJOY!


Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!

................................................................................................

This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

We review the Olympics and talk about whether our views have changed!? We also take a look into the future and discuss what the game will look like in 50 years' time... (Ben goes with a completely different thought process than Tim and Chris).

• Surrey vs Sussex... How did the Sunday Red Golf event go? (0:45)
• Ben plays golf next to a theme park (9:19)
• PGA Tour to cut 2 WGC events and add European Tour events (22:46)
• Xander Schauffele wins gold & we have a 7 man playoff for Bronze... has our view of Olympics Golf Changed? (28:13)
• What do we think golf will look like in 50 years time? (39:16)

ENJOY!


Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!

................................................................................................

This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

Tim says he always used to be happy with scoring 30 points on a round, but has decided that is no longer acceptable! 

It's 36 or better and that's when he will be happy. What do you think about that? 

Also, we talk about golf at the Olympics, and whether players care (clearly Rory McIlroy doesn't), and we discuss whether a couple of format changes could really improve it?

All that and loads more on this weeks epiode! 

• Chris & pops back out at Puttenham Golf Club in Surrey
• Tim scores 38 points and LOSES by 8 points - at Pedham Place Golf Club in Kent (12:58)
• Ben plays Ilford with a BRAND NEW golfer!
• How long should you stand over the ball before swinging? (32:21)
•  Reflecting on our golf goals for the year so far (36:50)
• Round up of the pros (48:48)
  • Rickie is better with sunglasses? (53:56)
• The Olympics - do the pros care? Is it the right format? (59:50)

ENJOY!


Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!

................................................................................................

This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

• Is Morikawa the next Tiger?  (33:47)
• Will Cobra fire Bryson this week? (46:46)
• Should we ban gimmies? (58:12)
• Which players do we think are great but will NEVER win a major? (1:07:53)
• How on earth do you play golf in this heat? (1:13:40)

All that and more on this week's episode of A Slice of Golf!


ENJOY!


Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!

................................................................................................

This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

On this week's episode of A Slice of Golf we get excited about The Open and select our picks. We come up with a few new ideas for playoff formats, some serious.... some not so much and we also come up with a series of rules and punishments for fans if we ran our tournament...

For example... What happens to you if shout MASHED POTATOES or any other nonsense.

ENJOY!


Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!

................................................................................................

This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

Who would have thought that a summer spent in the UK visiting family would prove the start of a journey that ended in Australia's first Masters green jacket? 
Phil Scott, father of former World No.1 Adam, chats with The Thing About Golf host Rod Morri about his accidental start in the game to Adam's surreal 2013 Masters victory and almost every facet of the golf industry in between. 
From club building and design to course construction and management, there isn't much Phil Scott hasn't touched in golf and he reflects on it all in Episode 46.

On this week's episode Ben, Tim, and Chris start putting together their golf bucket list experiences. For sure there are the traditional ones, but you might discover a few you hadn't thought of and might now need to add to your list too.

Enjoy!

• Chris is BACK!!! First round in 9 weeks... how did he get on? (5:50)
• Tim get's worried at the range ... the guy next to him was doing something wrong... (24:28)
• Pop's Watch - From almost giving up the game to....(32:24)
• The Pros.... (35:24)
• Why Sunjae Im and Si Woo Kim have pulled out of the Open.... (47:00)
• Draft Kings Review... how did we get on? (51:12)
• What's happening with Rickie Fowler? (55:35)
• Our Golf Bucket Lists (1:10:27)

Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!

................................................................................................

This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

On this weeks' episode of A Slice Of Golf we each pitch a UK golf trip for under £800 - that's got to include travel, food, drink, and of course the golf. 

It's looking highly likely that our trip abroad (Turkey) won't happen, so Ben, Tim and Chris each put together a trip in the UK to replace it... Whose trip do you think sounds the best? 

• Pop's watch (11:07)
• Hovland with another win! Is the European Tour easier? (15:30)
• Bubba Crumbles, an 8 hole play off and more in the PGA (18:23)
• The Korda Family is just ridiculous...  (34:03)
• Should the Europeans be worried heading into the Ryder Cup? (38:39)
• Planning a UK trip for under £800  (46:10)
• A game of "Play, Spectate, Demolish" (1:12:46)
• A challenge for next week (1:18:54)

ENJOY!

Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!

................................................................................................

This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

On this week's episode of A Slice Of Golf we review the US Open, we talk about Bryson's inability to shout FORE while sending a golf ball flying towards the crowd, AND we talk about what attracts us, nomadic golfers, back to certain courses over and over.


ENJOY!


Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show please leave us a rating and review. Or even take a screenshot and share on the socials!

................................................................................................

This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE