The Yardage Book Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Really excited to share this week's episode with Sam Pinfold. Sam is the long-time caddie of 2022 Open Champion, Cameron Smith. It was great to chat with Sam on how he started his career, how he started caddying for Cam, his memories of the 2022 Open and much more. Enjoy!

Really Excited to share this weeks episode with world-renowned golf-course photographer, Gary Lisbon. Gary shared his thoughts on his time working with courses in NZ, Australia and around the world. He discussed the impact on drone photography, his latest book (Great Golf Courses of the World) and more!

Link to Gary's website: https://www.golfphotos.com.au/
Link to Gary's book: https://www.greatgolfcoursesoftheworld.com/

Welcome Back! Really pleased to have Luke Toomey back on the podcast this week to discuss his recent trip to Australia with Luke Kwon, Taco golf and Sam Heung-Min. Luke and I also discussed his NZ open performance earlier in the year and his transition into coaching and content creation. Get amongst!!

Welcome back! We have a great episode lined up today, breaking down the voting for the first 9 of our eclectic 18 voting! I was joined by Mitch Powell who has jumped aboard the YB team to help tidy up the socials and talk golf! Enjoy and join us next week for part 2 - The back 9 

Welcome Back! I'm really excited to debut our new series. '4 Day Weekend' which is looking at the best 4 day/4 course golf trips New Zealand has to offer! To kick things off Mat Perry is running us through the mighty Waikato region. 

Mat is the founder of Golf in New Zealand which is a golf tourism company aiming to showcase NZ's best courses to international visitors. He is a professional golfer, and notably represented New Zealand in the Eisenhower Trophy. 

Below is a link to his website: 

https://www.golfinnewzealand.nz

Hello and Welcome back! Really stoked to share this episode with Ed Chapman - The CEO of Royal Auckland and The Grange GC here in NZ. Ed and I chatted about his career so far, the 3 nines on site, a history of the facility and much more. Crack into it!

Welcome back to another episode! Really excited to share my recent conversation with Mitchell Newport, Assistant Professional at Millbrook in Queenstown NZ. We chatted about the 2 championship courses on site, a bit about Mitch and how he ended up down at Millbrook and much more - Crack into it!!

Hello and welcome back! Really stoked to be able to share my recent conversation with Gary Lane.

Gary is the owner of Wairakei Golf and Sanctuary. He gave some amazing insight into how he came to own the course, how he turned it into a world-leading conservation facility, and much more!

Note for the first few minutes I got to some Q+A questions sent in over the week. Interview with Gary starts at 9:14

Enjoy!

Hello, and welcome back! I'm really excited to share this weeks interview with Clyde Johnson. Clyde is a Golf Course architect who has worked on courses such as Titrangi, Tara Iti, and Te Arai North in NZ, and many others around the world such as St Patrick's Links and Woodhall Spa. I really enjoyed chatting with Clyde about his time working in NZ and we also discuss what lies beyond the horizon for his career moving forwards. 
Enjoy!

Hello and Welcome back! I'm really excited to share this week's interview with Erik Anders Lang. Who had an amazing visit to NZ in 2019, and shot some pretty incredible videos at some of our best courses. I had a blast chatting with Erik and I hope you all enjoy!