Chasing Pars Golf Podcast

After a gutting play off defeat to Viktor Hovland at Dubai Desert Classic it was a valiant effort from the evergreen Richard Bland who placed for Craig at 100/1 to have another profitable week on DP World Tour. In the 3rd event of DP World Tour season we stay in Dubai for part 1 of Ras Al Khaimah at Al Hamra GC it is a 7,325 yard par 72 Peter Harradine design. It played 3 times on Challenge Tour from 2016 to 2018 with Jordan Smith (2016), Jens Dantorpn (2017) & Adri Arnaus (2018) the winners. Bernd Wiesberger is the clear favourite at 10/1 with Jordan Smith, Bob MacIntyre, Romain Langasque & Adrian Meronk the top 5 in the market this week. New event to DP World Tour schedule could be intriguing. Let's keep the heater running this week. Enjoy!

It was another winner for the pod in back to back weeks after last week's success with Thomas Pieters winning Abu Dhabi HSBC & Danielle Kang winning Tournament of Champions last week it was a monumental win for Luke List who won Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines at 80/1 for Jamie defeating Will Zalatoris in a dramatic playoff. Was an impressive performance from List to win his first PGA Tour title at such aniconic venue such as Torrey Pines made it even more impressive. This week we are back to the stunning setting of Pebble Beach Golf Links for AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am where Daniel Berger is this week's Defending champion in what is usually one of the more shortest courses on the PGA Tour. Patrick Cantlay is the clear favourite at 7/1, Dan Berger 14/1, last week's runner up Will Zalatoris is 16/1 while course horse Jason Day is 20/1, 2017 Champion Jordan Spieth is also 20/1. This event usually throws up a surprise winner and quite often the same players turn up and play well here at Pebble Beach year in year out. Let's follow up last week's winner with another good week! Enjoy!

In this episode Craig is joined by Golf Broadcaster Diane Knox Balas. Diane talks about her upbringing in Inverness starting off in Media working for local Moray Radio for 6 years before moving to Glasgow working for Clyde 1 & sometimes Forth 1 stations as a Sports Broadcaster for another 6 years always having a special place for Golf. Diane's younger brother is none other than 2x PGA Tour & 2x European Tour winner Russell Knox! We speak about her favourite moments with Russell whether that be out supporting him on the course or spectating winning tournaments from his first win at WGC event in China to the unbelievable clutch double 50ft+ putting performance when winning the Irish Open on European Tour defeating Ryan Fox in a playoff. Diane goes on to talk about getting involved with 10x PGA Tour winner, 1995 US PGA Champion & 2x Players Championship winner Steve Elkington on the show Secret Golf which has been a part of since 2016 the show which dedicates to PGA Tour side of things from interviews with some of the PGA Professionals to the Wednesday show Tour Report where Elk & Diane makes their picks & handicap the PGA Tour events. In 2020 Diane got the opportunity of a lifetime to be with the European side for The Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits working behind all access and witnessing all the play of America's demolition of Europe but was still an opportunity that Diane will never forget! Recently Diane has teamed up with Duncan & Neil Campbell the brains behind The Golf Betting Club project to present 'The Closing Stretch' every Sunday looking into the final round plays aswell as Pre event picks. Finally we talk about the rise & growth of Women's Golf where the amount of talent coming onto LPGA & LET Tours is better than ever! Would like to thank Diane for coming on & being a great guest! We wish you all the best & will be sure to cheer on for Russell on PGA Tour in the future to hopefully another win! Enjoy everyone!

After Thomas Pieters won Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in a brilliant tournament at Yas Links for us at 33/1 & Rafa Cabrera-Bello finishing T2nd for an 80/1 place it was a dream start to the year on the DP World Tour for the pod! This week Craig is joined by the lads from Fairway Finders Podcast Donnacha & Steve to talk us through their trip to Dubai and go through some picks for this week's Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates GC at Majlis Course. It is a 7,424 yard Karl Litten design which requires strong OTT and T2G game! Paul Casey is the defending champion after winning by 4 shots last year to Brandon Stone. Solid picks this week in what should be another fascinating watch in Dubai! Enjoy!

Well what can we say about last week? 2 outright winners of 18/1 & 33/1, 2 2nd places of 40/1 & 80/1 and 2 places returns for T4th of 12/1 & 25/1. Unbelievable week for the podcast and thanks for the support! Onto this week Jamie hosts alongside Ryan to go over this week's PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California for Farmers Insurance Open which is ultimately famously a notoriously tough course to navigate round especially the 7,700 yard South Course which is the longest course on the yearly PGA Tour schedule. Patrick Reed is the defending champion this week after a brilliant win last year. Some of the big boys have come over to play this week with Dustin Johnson making his 1st start of 2022, Current US Open Champion Jon Rahm returns to his now beloved course less than a year after his dramatic win at last years US Open Torrey Pines South could he play a factor? Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka & Xander Schauffele are all scheduled to be in the field in La Jolla this week. Jamie & Ryan both give their in depth picks for this week with some surprising& not so surprising names from both. Remember to follow us on Twitter @ChasingPars_Pod and follow us on Instagram @chasingparspodcast. It should be a great event! Best of luck every and enjoy!

We are back!! After a 6+ week break the European Tour now DP World Tour is back for the season opening Rolex Series event in Abu Dhabi this week at a brand new course in the form of Kyle Phillips 7,450 yard design of Yas Links Championship course which is located on Yas Island on a 6,000 acre land which includes the golf course and other attractions such as Ferrari World UAE & Yas Marina Grand Prix Circuit. Other Phillips designs include Bernardus Golf (2021 Dutch Open venue), Dundonald Links (2017 Scottish Open venue) & The Grove (2016 British Masters venue). With some big winds forecast this week we should have a very enjoyable inaugural event on the Yas Links course which looks stunning. Collin Morikawa & Rory McIlroy are your 7/1 joint favourites with Viktor Hovland 10/1, Tommy Fleetwood 22/1 & Shane Lowry 22/1 the first 5 in the market. Tyrrell Hatton is the defending champion. For anyone that enjoys the European Tour listen out throughout the season for content on the Tour all year! Enjoy!

It was a nice week for the podcast last week with 3 places all round with Louis Dobbelaar finishing in 3rd in Australia at 55/1, Seamus Power finishing T3rd at Sony Open at 45/1 for Craig & short course specialist Kevin Kisner also finishing T3rd at 40/1 for Jamie. In this week's PGA Tour episode of the podcast Jamie & Ryan go over this week's event in La Quinta, California for The American Express formerly known as Bob Hope Classic or Desert Classic where is a triple figure priced paradise coming from the previous winners of this event. Jon Rahm & Patrick Cantlay are joint favourites this week in La Quinta in what should be effective another birdie fest on the PGA Tour. Enjoy!

With Jamie having a week off to try to fully recover after being floored by Covid recently Craig & Ryan are joined by host of Right Click Print Money podcast and former multiple guest on the show Ty Allushuski @SportsGuyTy on Twitter as we discuss Kapalua Plantation Course with various talking points from Course setup to Cam Smith record breaking tournament score win of -34 beating World Number 1 Jon Rahm over 2 days and a remarkable record breaking weekend performance from experienced Australian Matt Jones who shot -23 62 & 61 over the weekend for his last 36 holes to make history on PGA Tour. This week we go to Honolulu for a different type of track at the 7,044 yard Seth Raynor designed Waialae Country Club where Kevin Na was victorious last year defeating Chris Kirk & Joaquin Niemann by a stroke to win at -21. Bryson DeChambeau is a late withdrawal so some odds may be affected but last week's winner Cam Smith is deserved 11/1 favourite ahead of Webb Simpson, Hideki Matsuyama, Sungjae Im and the in form Marc Leishman this week. Ryan is back to give you the best of the rest picks from the Australian & Asian Tours this week where we are nearly back to a full schedule so be sure to listen out for that. As always follow us @ChasingPars_Pod, @ThomsonGolf94, @Js_GolfingTips @GolfTipster5 and give a follow to Ty @SportsGuyTy and his podcast which is @RightClickPrints. Enjoy!

Welcome back to Chasing Pars Golf Podcast as we return for the first time in 2022 to preview this week's opening event of the year at Tournament of Champions at Kapalua in Maui, Hawaii. Usually a low scoring birdie event it can on occasion be a slight challenge with the wind coming off the coast. Nonetheless it's nice to have the Golf back on our screens as we aim to replicate and better a successful start up year last year! With more incentive to go better, less faffing about and a new addition to the team in Ryan Hamilton @GolfTipster5 who joins us as 3rd member of the podcast after an unbelievable 2021 season resulting in 30 outright wins for the year on all Tours. In this episode Craig, Jamie & Ryan go into tournament history and dive head first into the year opener where it has mostly been dominated by top players of recent years. Jon Rahm & 2 time ToC Champ Justin Thomas start off as 8/1 joint favourites. Also we have decided to test out a new segment of the show with Ryan's expertise of All Tours. We would like to introduce you to the segment 'Picks From the Other Tours' where Ryan each week will give us his thoughts on who he fancies as main players to back each week on the Other World Tours. Let us know what you think of the show as we look to make the show better than ever this year! Thanks for your support let's start this season off with a winner! Enjoy !

In this episode Craig & Jamie give their thoughts on the 2021 season on PGA Tour and European Tour. With 40 events played on European Tour this year along with 50+ on PGA it certainly was a long but fun season with plenty highlights. We also make some predictions for the Majors in 2022 along with Rolex Series events and we both go over our 5 players each to watch on both Tours for 2022. It's been a great start up year so thanks everyone that supports us! Enjoy