The NCG Golf Podcast

Dialled In: ANA Inspiration and Valero Texas Open preview

It's the first major of the year at the ANA Inspiration for the LPGA stars, while on the PGA Tour it's last chance saloon to qualify for the Masters.

NCG's Steve Carroll and golf form expert Barry Plummer preview the action. Listen for their free golf betting tips.

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From the Clubhouse: Could your golf club close every winter?

Could your golf club bring in an annual winter shutdown to help protect the course? Consultant Phil Grice, of Golf Transition Management, joins Steve Carroll on the From the Clubhouse podcast to explain why clubs are considering it.

Phil also discusses the growing prevalence of fair use policies at golf clubs, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on managers, and why dress codes have got to go.

Dialled In: WGC-Dell Match Play preview

The PGA Tour and European Tour's finest are in Texas this week for the WGC-Dell Match Play event. NCG's Steve Carroll and golf form expert Barry Plummer discuss their betting tips for the popular event.

From the Clubhouse: Behind the scenes in the R&A's Rules of Golf department

The R&A Rules of Golf department makes decisions that affects each and every golfer on the planet, from the very best in the world to once-a-year hackers.

In this episode of From the Clubhouse from the NCG Golf Podcast, Steve Carroll chatted to Grant Moir, the R&A's director of rules, to let us in on what goes on behind the scenes in his department.

Dialled In: Honda Classic and Kenya Open preview

NCG's Steve Carroll and golf form expert Barry Plummer discuss this week's events - the Honda Classic on the PGA Tour and the Kenya Open on the European Tour.

Who do they think will get into the winners' circle?

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Dialled In at the Players Championship: Who will win at TPC Sawgrass?

NCG’s Steve Carroll and golf form expert Barry Plummer are joined by tipster @sundogmonkey, Martin Mathews, to discuss the much vaunted ‘fifth major’ – the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.

 

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From the Clubhouse: How a 300-yard stretch of road sparked a civil war in St Andrews

It’s one of the best-known streets in golf – a thoroughfare thronged with spectators at the climax to an Open Championship at St Andrews. It hosts Tom Morris’ shop and the famous golf clubs that wind their way down the side of the Old Course’s 18th hole.

Walking down The Links is a pilgrimage for millions of golfers. But its construction caused a late 19th century storm that went all the way to the House of Lords.

It's the subject of a fascinating - and now award-winning - book by golf historian Roger McStravick.

He takes readers back to 1879 in St Andrews: The Road War Papers, where they can learn how a simple road from Golf Place to Grannie Clark’s Wynd and beyond caused so much strife.

The book has been honoured by the USGA as the recipient of the prestigious Herbert Warren Wind Award – presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to golf literature.

On its release, McStravick joined Steve Carroll on the From the Clubhouse podcast to discuss his work and hark bark to a fascinating period in the game’s history.

Dialled In: Arnold Palmer Invitational preview

NCG's Steve Carroll and golf form expert Barry Plummer discuss their betting tips for one of the more popular PGA Tour stops - the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.

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From the Clubhouse: The rise and fall of the small town that once ruled the golf world

The Park family of Musselburgh will be forever etched in golf history. Willie Park Sr was a four-time Open champion, including the very first in 1860, while his brother, Mungo Park, and son, Willie Park Jr, won three Opens between them.

Willie Park's great grandson - also called Mungo - joins Steve Carroll on the NCG Golf Podcast to consider the legacy of Musselburgh and look back at a time when this small town on the outskirts of Edinburgh once ruled the golf world, how it became a victim of its own success, and why even its decline was hugely important in establishing golf as a global game.

Dialled In: WGC-Workday Championship preview

Our latest PGA Tour and European Tour golf betting tips podcast focuses on the WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession in Florida.

NCG's Steve Carroll and golf form expert Barry Plummer run the rule over the field and in particular there is one Englishman they fancy to finally get it done on US soil.

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