# Ep213: The Evian, The Open Championship. Why does Mark say 'Tommy Fleetwood is Talking Crap' and 'Augusta should be Ashamed of Themselves'? Sheez.

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Published: 2026-07-14T18:30:00+00:00
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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 would pay respect to history, and reckons it needs to happen. 15.30 Similarly, Nick suggests an idea for The Australian Open at Kingston Heath later this year. 17.00 Nicks plus for golf for Hostplus is the Open's last chance spot, which was won by Joe Dean with his fiancee on the bag, a great story! 19.00 Some changes to Royal Birkdale this year, Mark chats about some of the changes they've made to the course. 20.00 Our BMW Touch of Class come from Mark this week, and he awards it to Tommy Fleetwood, we hear the audio 23:30 We run the ruler over the Australians in The Open Championship. 24.30 Cam S…

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