The Yardage Book Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Hello and Welcome Back. Really excited to share a new series we have been brainstorming over recent weeks. Architecture Spotlight. Which will be an exploration of the architectural history and principles of our most prominent New Zealand courses. Joining me throughout the whole series will be Michael Goldstein. Michael is a previous pod guest, Tournament Director of the NZ Open, and is extremely well travelled. Having previously played 365 different courses in a year. This episode focuses on Paraparaumu Beach GC and former GM and Superintendent Leo Barber joins us to unpack this iconic course on the Kapiti Coast. Enjoy 

Full Podcast episode available on our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheYBNZ

We are back! Mitch and I are back to review a pretty amazing trip away to Te Arai Links where we were fortunate to cover the Ceta Homes Invitational. Josh Geary clinched the title with rounds of 61 and 70 to edge out Nick Coxon by a single shot. It was great to chat with tournament founder Mark Jurgeleit on the back end to get his thoughts on a pretty amazing week. 

Enjoy 

Hello and welcome back! It was a real pleasure to interview Steve Williams at a live event hosted by Royal Wellington Golf Club to chat mainly about his recent book -  Together We Roared. 

Steve gave so much great insight into his 12 years caddying for Tiger Woods, some of his early memories of caddying at Royal Wellington and much more!

This event was filmed in full by a Wellington media company called Create Now, and the full video is now available on The Yardage Book Youtube Channel. 

Link to Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheYBNZ

Check out the book: https://www.whitcoulls.co.nz/together-we-roared-6962770?srsltid=AfmBOoq8JG52duPW4yh61ifHryiwQ6jasukACxeF93ZmzuCXmkHozC6k

Check out Create Now: https://www.createnow.co.nz/

Welcome Back! Really excited to share this week's episode with Mike O'Keeffe. Mike runs The Ohio Programme, which is a programme that assists in the professional development of young green-keepers from all over the world, by placing them at some of the world's best courses. Mike talked at great length about many of the kiwis that he has had through the programme, and what he thinks makes New Zealanders such great recruits. I would like to thank Mike for his time and a link to the programme can be found below. 

https://www.nzgcsa.org.nz/new-page-2

Welcome back! After a week off Mitch and I fired up the mics to discuss the major courses in New Zealand under construction at present. We gave our thoughts on the recent world rankings from Top100 Golf Courses, which saw 5 NZ courses in the Top 100 for the first time. Mitch and I talked a bit on the back end about our recent golfing trips around the country. Enjoy!

Top100 Rankings: 

https://www.top100golfcourses.com/top-100-golf-courses-of-the-world

Welcome back! It was a real thrill to chat with Tron Carter from No Laying Up recently to discuss his recent trip to New Zealand. TC gave such amazing insight into his favourite holes, what makes those courses so special, and his plans to come back and play more courses in the future. 

No Laying Up continue to set the bar for golf content and podcasting in the global golfing landscape and it was a real privilege to record. 

Enjoy!

Hello and welcome back! I was fortunate to sit down recently with YouTube golf personality Ron Chopper. Ron is fresh off a trip to Queenstown where he visited some of the regions best courses including Arrowtown Golf Club, Queenstown Golf Club, Millbrook Resort and Jack's Point. Ron gave some great insight into what it was like to film content and each of these courses, and discussed some future plans to get back to NZ soon. 

Enjoy!

Ron's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ronchopper

We are back! It was a real pleasure to chat with Evin Priest recently to unpack his new book "Together We Roared." A book which he wrote alongside Steve Williams to chronicle the 12 amazing years that Steve spent on the bag of Tiger Woods. 

Evin gave some great insight on how the book came to be, some of the amazing stories that he uncovered along the way, and he also gave us some of his favourite memories of Tiger from his many years of working in the industry. 

Check out the book here: https://www.whitcoulls.co.nz/together-we-roared-6962770

Enjoy!

Hello and welcome back! It was a real privilege to chat with 1991 Open Champion, Ian Baker-Finch last week and discuss his amazing trip to New Zealand earlier this year. Ian and his wife visited many of our top courses in what can only be described as a trip of a lifetime. Ian gave great insight into the different courses they visited, some memories from his 1983 NZ Open win, and on the back-end shared his thoughts from the unforgettable final round of this year's Masters. 

Enjoy!

Hello and Welcome Back!

I was fortunate to chat with Tim Sudmann from Cheeky Golf Club recently about his whirlwind challenge of playing golf everyday until he made 18 pars in a row. Tim chatted about how the idea was conceived, some of the challenges he faced along the way and the thrill of starting a media business with his two brothers! Tim is half-kiwi and he spent a good chunk of the recent NZ summer here and gave this thoughts on all the courses he played while visiting. Enjoy!

Check out then Cheeky Golf Club website below

https://cheekygolfclub.com/