The NCG Golf Podcast

The Slam: Bernhard Langer on 'the one that got away' - The Open Championship

Bernhard Langer doesn’t regret much about his Hall of Fame golf career. But there is still one that hurts.
The popular German was just a kid when he first rocked up at Royal St George’s for The Open in 1981 – a scrawny 23-year-old with bouncing blonde curls, a wispy moustache, and absolutely no idea of the memories – good and bad – he would make over the next four decades on the Kent coast.  
The 149th Open is his sixth at Sandwich and perhaps his last realistic chance of grabbing the one that has, so far, got away.
He joins Alex Perry on the NCG Podcast to chat about what the Open meant to him, his phenomenal career to date, and trading major titles with Greg Norman...

From the Clubhouse: They laid bare the 'anomaly' in covid grants - but what happened to Frinton?

This Essex club found themselves in a lockdown pickle over coronavirus grants last year, laying open the "anomaly" that existed for some who were looking to get hold of vital Government cash. 
But what came next? Club director Simon Martin-Redman, and chairman Graeme Dodds, join Steve Carroll on the From the Clubhouse podcast to reveal all. 

Dialled In: Travelers Championship and International Open preview

NCG's Steve Carroll is joined as always by golf form expert Barry Plummer who hands out his betting tips for the European Tour's International Open and the Travelers Championship on the PGA Tour.
Please remember to gamble responsibly.

Dialled In: Who will win the US Open?

It's major time again and NCG's Steve Carroll is once again joined by golf form expert Barry Plummer who dishes out his free golf betting tips for this week's US Open at Torrey Pines.
Who will lift the trophy come Sunday?
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NCG Top 100s: Woodhall Spa Golf Club

In the NCG Top 100s podcast, National Club Golfer's Steve Carroll and Dan Murphy take you behind the scenes of the clubs that feature in our industry-leading rankings lists. This week: Woodhall Spa Golf Club
A remarkable course requires a remarkable transformation and architect Tom Doak has certainly provided that at Woodhall Spa. The home of England Golf has been through an incredible last couple of years and who better to tell us all about it than the club's general manager Richard Latham.

Dialled In: Who will win the Palmetto Championship?

NCG's Steve Carroll is joined by golf form expert Barry Plummer who hands out his betting tips for the Palmetto Championship on the PGA Tour.
Please remember to gamble responsibly.

NCG Top 100s: Ganton Golf Club

In the NCG Top 100s podcast, National Club Golfer's Steve Carroll and Dan Murphy take you behind the scenes of the clubs that feature in our industry-leading rankings lists. This week: Ganton Golf Club
One of English golf's real treasures, Ganton was once the home of Open champions Harry Vardon and Ted Ray. Very few courses can also claim to have held the majestic trio of Ryder, Walker and Curtis Cups but time is not standing still at this venerable course - as we found out.

From the Clubhouse: Scottish Golf launches independent golfer scheme

Scottish Golf has launched OpenPlay, its independent golfer scheme offering handicaps to non-club members.
Martin Hopley, the governing body's Head of Digital, joins NCG's Steve Carroll on the From the Clubhouse podcast to talk through the initiative and outline the benefits to clubs and golfers.