A Slice Of Golf - Golf From The Viewpoint Of 3 Average Golfers

Golf is cancelled in England... How will we get our golf fix? On this weeks episode, we talk about what plan to do over lockdown, we chat about our first rounds with our new handicaps and Chris thinks he can spot some clear reasons why he is up to 17 and we have a listener discussion... what do when you join a club and know no one?

Oh and next week we have a special guest! Do not miss it!

• Chris & Tim discuss their round in HOWLING winds! Does Tim drink more? Does he score more points on the back 9?? (1:45)
• Why we LIKE playing in wind and rain (22:15)
• Lockdown part 2... how are we using this time? (28:55)
• What could golf clubs do to help get new members who know no one involved in the club?  (45:09)

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Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

The new WORLD HANDICAP SYSTEM is finally here! We talk about what this means, how you work it out and how you get your course handicap for each course you play! Tim has also discovered that he consistently scores worse on the back 9... we discuss why this might be... could be physical endurance, or something else?

• Ben plays a new course & his game starts to come back together - High Elms Golf Club - Orpington (0:58)
• LPGA - Another first time winner on tour! (11:25)
• PGA - Cantlay with the win, Rory snapping clubs and more (15:33)
• European Tour - 1st win in 11 years for Ross McGowan (22:48)
•  The World Handicap System (WHS) is HERE (25:12)
• Tim is flagging on the back 9, consistently scoring less points than the front 9... let's discuss why this might be happening (45:53)

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TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

WINTER IS COMING... I mean, winter is already here and that brings all the joys of winter golf. Today we chat about what we hate about winter golf, but also what we love about it too! We talk about our golf practice in the winter, what changes for us in terms of the game plan when out on the course and more. 

We were also sent a great question/discussion by a listener, on the whole getting worse after lessons, whether they should switch coach and whether playing more would be better and figuring it out on their own. 

• How has Ben's self-isolation been going? (2:08)
• Tim discusses the most important factor when buying a new car (3:17)
• Sunday Red events over the weekend at West Midlands Golf Club & Sunningdale Heath (5:20)
• The UK's longest golf hole is at West Midlands Golf Club... (6:10)
• Have Ben, Tim & Chris improved or got worse this year? (14:53)
• The Pros - PGA, European Tour and the Champions Tour (17:01)
• Are lessons good for my game? I seem to have got worse! Should I change coach? (A listener question) (29:22)
• WINTER GOLF - What we love & hate. How we change our game? And more (1:03:20)

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Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

On this week's show, we dive into the barrier to golf that is... Golf isn't a sport... not like football or rugby and discuss whether that stops people from starting. We also talk about the Fray Bentos Invitational Champs and the poor showing from the Slice Of Golf hosts. There are the interesting comments from one player about Bryson and finally, Tim shows us which of the last 5 British Open venues you can get the biggest discounts on.

• Tim plays Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire... a course designed by someone very important (1:05)
• The FBI Champs - A shit show from us... Bramley Golf Club review & Guildford Golf Club review (9:13)
• The Pro's.... Tyrell Hatton takes the win... in a hoody (35:35)
• The Women's PGA Championship & a crazy stat about the recent winners of the majors (39:07)
• PGA - Shriners Open (44:00)
• Matthew Fitzpatrick weighs in on the Bryson debate ... What Bryson is doing, doesn't take skill? Really? (45:15)
• Barriers To Golf - Golf Isn't A REAL Sport (57:32)
• Listener Jim has returned and has a question for Tim.... (1:09:08)
• Tim's price is right... Challenge - which British Open courses can you get the biggest discount on (1:12:24)

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This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

Getting people into the game of golf can be tough. One of the biggest barriers to getting started in this awesome game is money! Let's be honest, golf isn't cheap. But the perception is that it costs thousands to get started... but does it? Ben puts Chris and Tim on the spot to talk about ways to get into this sport for less than you think....

• A listener wants to know what on earth Ben was thinking trying to change his swing (12:20)
• Ben taking more golf psychology tips  (16:02)
• Ben gets what he wants in Scotland... AWFUL weather conditions for the pros (19:55)
• Did you see the shots by the walls? What would you do? (21:59)
• Sergio wins.... with his eyes closed? (33:12)
• Mel Reid wins... what does she say is helping? (35:50)
• Barriers to Golf - The Cost - Golf Is Expensive - how do we get more people into the game? (38:34)

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This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

On this weeks episode, we dive into a discussion/rant on the barriers to the game of golf, what stops people from starting or continuing this game. We only cover one barrier, stuffiness, the rest will come on future episodes. Tim also highlights where some good savings can be made on new gears!

• We receive our first Tweet... what a day!
• Ben scores a record low and loses a lot more golf balls
• Chris plays golf with 2 pros
• The new Callaway Ad - NOT focusing on distance
• An unusual sponsor spotted on a pro's cap & shirt this week
• A new interesting event on the Ladies European Tour
• We talk/rant about the barriers to getting into this game... starting with... Stuffiness 
• Tour Gears Tim - Where are the biggest savings to be made? 

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This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

The Open has once again sparked the distance debate... so we weigh in on that! But are people taking away from Brysons win? Is he getting the recognition he deserves? We also talk about what, if anything, we would change around restricting distance, and finally we talk about which handicap makes golf the most fun.

• Tim & Ben both playing in comps this weekend, how did they do? (0:25)
• How many balls can Ben lose in one weekend? (17:30)
• The US Open Review - Is Bryson getting the credit he deserves? (21:41)
• How did our picks do? (36:02)
• What, if anything, would we change to solve the distance problem? (44:02)
• What handicap is the most fun? (1:09:46)

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This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE

On this weeks episode we talk about the giant blue wall blocking the water at the ANA Inspiration LPGA event this weekend, we share our picks for the US Open this week, Chris tries his best to avoid chatting about the Surrey vs Sussex match, we talk about the worst things a golfer can do to the course and Chris pitches us a new golf competition idea.... let us know what you think of his it

• Surrey vs Sussex - The first Sunday Red Counties Match and it was a close one... or perhaps it wasn't (First thing we talk about)
• The Pros (16:18)
• LPGA using bumpers? The giant blue wall caused a bit of controversy this weekend (19:50)
• It's US OPEN week: Winged Foot Golf Course. Just how tricky will it be? Who will win? (26:10)
• Tim asks whats the worst thing a golfer does to a golf course, that causes damage (46:37)
• Chris pitches a new competition idea for the golf world in "In the hole or out of bounds" (1:03:43)

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This show is brought to you by:

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TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE!

On this weeks episode, we discuss whether non-members should be allowed to gain official handicaps... This we know will spark debate amongst the listeners. And we play a game of higher or lower when it comes to how much money players make from sponsors... For example... Hat sponsorship vs clubs deal... which earns more?

• FedEx Cup - DJ Makes $15m in winnings (25:36)
• Tim apologises to Tyrrell Hatton - (31:25)
• Should non-members be able to get an "official" handicap (44:08)
• A Game of higher or lower... how much do players make in sponsorship? The hat vs the clubs. The collar vs the ball (1:06:46)

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This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE!

If you could change 3 things to golf course set-ups to improve the game, what would you change?
That's the question Ben to Tim & Chris and they talk through their ideas on this weeks episode!

• John Rahm makes one of the most amateur errors ever! (14:47)
• Do you prefer birdie fests or players struggling to make par? (20:06)
• FEDEX CUP FINAL this coming weekend - Who is going to win? Our picks... (31:38)
• 3 things we would change to golf course set-ups to improve play (money no object) (49:36)

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This show is brought to you by:

Sunday Red Golf - The golf club for all the hackers, the toppers and the purists out there! If you love your golf, enjoy a post-round drink and just enjoying being out on the course with your mates having a laugh, then you'll fit right in. Join the club for free, just click here.

TourChamp - Ever thought of creating your own golf leagues? Your own "Race To Dubai" or “FedEx Cup” style competitions with your mates? Well, now you can! Choose from Stableford leagues or matchplay leagues and over the course of a season, let’s see who will be crowned TourChamp! Click here to start your league now for FREE!