{"podcast":{"title":"Talk Birdie To Me","slug":"talk-birdie-to-me-6034803","podcast_index_feed_id":6034803,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/63e9ac4aa86209001074163a","website_url":"https://www.talkbirdietome.com.au","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/63e9ac4aa86209001074163a/1676455809306-64f862102774f0a02baa4b1c57cf37c5.jpeg","author":"Dan Bradley","episode_count":515,"summary":"Tour Pro's Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen talk golf every week on Talk Birdie To Me. The latest news, issues, and stories from Australia and Worldwide. As two golfers who played at the highest level, they tell it like it is, and take you behind the scenes to get an inside look into the world of golf. Nick O’Hern reached #16 in the world rankings and is the only player ever to beat Tiger Woods twice in matchplay. Mark Allen is a former Touring Pro of 15 years - played a British Open at Carnoustie, and in his career has hit 12 hole in ones.....you can see the video of one of them here . Together, they host Talk Birdie To Me each week from Titleist and FootJoy Headquarters. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube. A huge thanks to our Talk Birdie To Me partners: Hostplus - the official retirement partner of Talk Birdie To Me; BMW - luxury and comfort for the 19th hole; Titleist - the #1 ball in golf; FootJoy - the #1 shoe and ball in golf; The Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices; Betr, ahead of the game Find My Player - track any player on any tour in seconds. And Southern Golf Club. Follow, subscribe and listen or watch Talk Birdie To Me here: https://l…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T08:20:57.417196+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-birdie-to-me-6034803"},"episode":{"title":"Ep212: The World Cup of Golf? Let's Rebuild it. What Annoys Mark about the DP World Tour. And Tiger's Swing (Change) History.","slug":"ep212-the-world-cup-of-golf-let-s-rebuild-it-what-annoys-mark-about-the-dp-world-tour-and-tiger-s-swing-change-history","published_at":"2026-07-07T18:33:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-birdie-to-me-6034803/ep212-the-world-cup-of-golf-let-s-rebuild-it-what-annoys-mark-about-the-dp-world-tour-and-tiger-s-swing-change-history","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-birdie-to-me-6034803","url":"https://shows.acast.com/talk-birdie-to-me/episodes/6a4b42e71e8214612a0792de","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/63e9ac4aa86209001074163a/e/6a4b42e71e8214612a0792de/media.mp3","summary":"Sheez it's a big episode today, we didn't think it necessarily was going to be, but it's ended up being a long one with plenty of good conversation. 01:00 We start with the BMW international on the DP World Tour, won by a 39-year old rookie no less! Nick knows a bit about him and gives some background. Mark talks about how impressive it is, and how for many pros continuing to play beyond a certain point (if you're not making the big bucks) is a huge risk, he tells us how that drive his retirement. And we decide that this DPWT win is a real plus for golf for Hostplus. 03:00 Nick noticed a very tough name for the commentators to pronounce in the BMW International. 04:30 Mark tells Nick what he finds annoying about the DP World Tour. 06:00 The World Cup of Golf. Nick played it. Both Nick and Mark feel it could be great, however it wasn't. We discuss. 09.30 Nick talks about playing the Dunhill. 11.00 Back to the World Cup. How could it be reworked? What format? Structure? Countries? Frequency? 18.00 We stumble onto Vijay Singh and Nick and Mark share stories about playing with him. 20.00 The Open Championship is less than a fortnight away, and Nick loves the Last Chance feature that they're doing. 21:00 Nick awards our Touch of Class for BMW this week to Pádraig Harrington following how he spoke after winning the US Senior Open at the weekend. Hard to argue. Nick has a very funny story about Pádraig's son, and Mark outlines a drill he picked up from Pádraig that he loves. 26.30 Nick explains his favourite putting drill from when he was on tour, and Mark gives some tips for when you're on the driving range. 29:00 Mark raises some stats from Chris Gotterup from recent performances....impressive however you look at them! After the turn: 33:00 Mark lists, for Betr, the Top 5 p…","meta_description":"Sheez it's a big episode today, we didn't think it necessarily was going to be, but it's ended up being a long one with plenty of good conversation. 01:00…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3905,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-birdie-to-me-6034803/episodes/ep212-the-world-cup-of-golf-let-s-rebuild-it-what-annoys-mark-about-the-dp-world-tour-and-tiger-s-swing-change-history/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-birdie-to-me-6034803/ep212-the-world-cup-of-golf-let-s-rebuild-it-what-annoys-mark-about-the-dp-world-tour-and-tiger-s-swing-change-history.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}