{"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":"Friday Feedback: Has Sir Nick Faldo 'Cracked the Code' re: Distance? Aussie (Male) Golfers Under-Performing, and Different Balls for Different Moments","slug":"friday-feedback-has-sir-nick-faldo-cracked-the-code-re-distance-aussie-male-golfers-under-performing-and-different-balls-for-different-moments","published_at":"2026-07-16T18:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-birdie-to-me-6034803/friday-feedback-has-sir-nick-faldo-cracked-the-code-re-distance-aussie-male-golfers-under-performing-and-different-balls-for-different-moments","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-birdie-to-me-6034803","url":"https://shows.acast.com/talk-birdie-to-me/episodes/6a5097140be8a677174d346c","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/63e9ac4aa86209001074163a/e/6a5097140be8a677174d346c/media.mp3","summary":"Plenty of comments and questions from you this week for Nick and Mark to discuss on our Friday Feedback pod. But we start with touching on our exciting new competition where you can win a trip for you and a friend to The Cliffs at Kangaroo Island to play 18 holes with Mark Allen and course architect Darius Oliver - the course is not even open yet, and you might get to play it! You can find out how to enter here: https://tr.ee/OAXE2M Onto the show: 03:00 A suggestion from Rich on a Tour Pro who we missed in our recent Top 5 players who were (or are) cheered against. 04:00 Tim asks Nick and Mark if pros were allowed to use different balls for different clubs and shots in tournaments would they? Nick and Mark run through the various scenarios and the ball, or kind of ball, they'd have used were they able to change it up. 05.30 Drew on Aussie golfers underperforming, and makes some big calls on a few big names. Michael says something similar and asks who the next batch of golfers coming through here. Nick and Mark give their thoughts, and agree that our male golfers are generally underperforming, whilst the women are flying. Mark believes going to Europe would be helpful, and that covid did not help. 08.00 We talk about the need for young pros, or aspiring pros, to have a sense of adventure if they are going to make it in golf. 09:00 Nick talks through some of the young Aussie pros he rates as having potential. 10.30 Mark discusses why limiting the number of limit of Pro Ams that you play in, as a young pro, is important. 11.00 A question for Nick, a hypothetical (or is it) on a 'wine-based bet' on his performance of certain shots. After the turn: 13.00 Andrew had a session with Nick a few months ago, and wrote in with the improvement (or otherwise) in his game, and he als…","meta_description":"Plenty of comments and questions from you this week for Nick and Mark to discuss on our Friday Feedback pod. 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