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🏌🏿‍♂️Bonus: Aussie Golf Legend Bob Stanton on beating Arnold Palmer, How His Mum Played a Role, and What Derailed His Career


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A fascinating bonus podcast today with Aussie golf legend Bob Stanton. Many will know exactly who Bob is, perhaps some younger Wolfpack members may not, but trust us, this bonus pod is absolutely worth a listen.


Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen chat to Bob about how he got into the game, and his career path, and obviously the famous win when he was 20-years old over Arnold Palmer in the Dunlop International, and Bob says that he would never have played that tournament if it wasn't for his mum! He talks us through the tournament, in particularly the playoff with Arnold. Brilliant story.


However Bob had wins prior to that, and great performances, which he tells us about.


Bob talks about why Australian golfers tend to be particularly good in windy conditions. He tells us why he stopped playing in Europe. And he explains what 'derailed' his golf career.


Since golf, Bob has had a hugely successful business career and Nick and Mark ask about how it all came about, and he gives all the details....fascinating. And we hear why the WA and NSW fraud squad paid him a visit, and he ended up in court in Perth with a case involving someone that Nick knew very well! What a small world.


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