Chasing Pars Golf Podcast

With Jamie enjoying a much deserved night out. In this episode Craig is joined by DP World Tour pro from Canada Aaron Cockerill. Aaron discusses the latest DP World Tour takeover going forward, the whole sorry episode of Joburg Open in South Africa where it took Aaron 4 days to get home to Canada!! We also gloss over some amateur results, starting over on Mackenzie Canada Tour, Q School for Korn Ferry Tour, moving over to European Tour for Q School, spending a full season on Challenge Tour learning his trade & also getting some limited starts on European Tour. I'd like to thank Aaron for being a good sport in coming on and wish him a the best in his quest to retain European Tour playing privileges in 2022. Enjoy!

In this special episode we had the honour of being joined by the 'Fairytale story' of 2021 Richard Bland. In the episode Blandy gives us all an update on his current situation regarding knee injury after having knee surgery at the end of the season, we talk about DP World Tour taking over from European Tour and what that means from a Tour players point of view. Blandy assesses his early years on tour between 1996-2000 after turning pro in 96 which would be catalyst for a very successful year in 2001 where would have 4 top 10 finishes on Challenge Tour including a 5 shot victory at 2001 Challenge Tour Grand Final in Bordeaux which would secure full playing rights on European Tour in 2002. In 2002 Richard would finish T2nd and miss out in a playoff Vs Soren Hansen & Darren Fichardt at Irish Open at Fota Island. At this time Tim Barter would come in as coach and work on a few things with inevitable success to come. After losing European Tour card in 2018 Bland at the age of 46 would go back to 2019 Challenge Tour Q School win his playing rights and finish the season with a resurgence in form with 4 2nd placed finishes, a 3rd and a 4th in that season. Just before the strange year which was 2020 at the end of the year he would finish T2nd in South Africa behind Bezuidenhout at Leopard Creek which would be the start of the best season of his career to come which would include the dramatic & emotional victory at the Betfred British Masters at The Belfry where Richard beat Guido Migliozzi in a playoff to win at the 478th time of asking on European Tour in so becoming the oldest first time Euro Tour winner at aged 48. We very much enjoyed speaking with Richard and was a privilege to have him on to discuss the emotional victory at The Belfry. Enjoy everyone!

In this special episode of Chasing Pars Podcast Craig & Jamie are joined by current European Tour (now DP World Tour) Professional player Wil Besseling. We firstly like to thank Wil for coming on the podcast after his 2 weeks trip to South Africa got cancelled due to the newly Red Zoned South African travel restrictions we are extremely grateful. In probably one of the most open & honest player interviews we have done so far Wil describes his career in the game in his own words from winning Dutch Amateur Match Play Championship as a 15 year old in 2001 to competing in European Amateur Team Championship in 2003 & 2005 as well as being a part of the 2004 & 2006 Eisenhower Trophy sides representing The Netherlands along with Joost Luiten & Tim Sluiter where Wil would go on to finish 3rd in the Individual element in 2004 & help The Netherlands win the 2006 Eisenhower Trophy one of the most prestigious trophies in Amateur Golf. In 2007 in only his 2nd event as as a Professional Golfer Wil would go on to win on EDP Tour (Developmental) in Spain. Wil gives his assessment to his great breakout year on Challenge Tour in 2008 qualifying late for Colombia Masters to eventually winning the tournament by 7 shots, which to this date remains his biggest win of his career so far. We also get a mightily honest take from Wil about losing his early Coach/Mentor who for many years he struggled to replace and struggled for a few years as a result. In 2012 we get a mini resurgence with better form picking up and we get a heart warming story into the rise and at times hard to listen to injury decline of close friend Kristoffer Broberg. Fast forward to 2020 in the new strange world brought on by COVID-19 this now sees Besseling get more starts on the European Tour and as a result has a really good campaign which gave him full playing rights into season 2021 and beyond. This is one of an insight into the extreme highs & the extreme lows into the life of Professional Golfer. Wil that was a pleasure to interview you! Myself & Jamie wish you all the best luck in the world with Season 2021-22 and beyond! Please give us a listen and a follow @ChasingPars_Pod on Twitter & @chasingparspodcast on Instagram. Thank you & enjoy everyone!

It was jubilation last week for Chasing Pars Pod as we got our 7th winner of 2021 in the form of 50/1 Joachim B Hansen (Craig) who was sensational in winning Aviv Dubai Championships defeating Francesco Laporta to win a 2nd European Tour title. On PGA Tour the newly found winning machine now that is Jason Kokrak was victorious at Houston Open at -10 at a brilliant Memorial Park GC to win his 3rd PGA Tour title in last 27 starts. This week our sole focus is the always epic season ending DP World Tour finals where the top 50 players in season long Race to Dubai standing will tee it off at the 7,600+ yard Greg Norman designed monster of Earth Course at Jumeirah Estates. Last year Matt Fitzpatrick was the victor in this event beating Lee Westwood although Westy would win the overall Race to Dubai rankings for yet another time in his wonderful Golf career. The best 50 playing to end a wonderful campaign on European Tour schedule. Craig & Jamie are joined by a friend of the podcast in Bradley Todd aka King of the Mini Tours to round out season 2020-2021 in style. Great chat, great guest, great laugh, solid claims and a always great event! It should be a cracker! As always we appreciate your support, follow our socials @ThomsonGolf94, @Js_GolfingTips and @ChasingPars_Pod on Twitter as we continue to gradually progress and gain more attention! Season 2021 Over & Out! Enjoy!

Fresh off a good week for the page with 80/1 full place for Carlos Ortiz in 2nd place for Craig and T7th place returns for EasyOdds article for Jamie, it's back as a twosome this week as Jamie is back for first time in 2 weeks to join Craig in going over this week's action in Dubai and Houston respectively. In this episode we talk Viktor Hovland's dominating performance at Mayakoba Classic to go back to back wins at El Camaleon and win a 3rd PGA Tour title at just 24 years old and funnily enough all 3 wins have came on Paspalum grass surface. We give props to Thomas Pieters who won for the first time in 2 years at Portugal Masters to win a 5th European Tour title beating the Danish duo of Lucas Bjerregaard & Nicolai Hojgaard. We also give shout-out to Dean Burmester for winning South African PGA Championship a prestigious event to win for any African golfer. Craig & Jamie pick out who we are looking forward to the most from the new 20 Challenge Tour graduates to European Tour. In Dubai this week Antoine Rozner defends his title at Jumeirah Estates (Fire Course) while Carlos Ortiz defends his Houston Open crown at Memorial Park GC in Texas. An interesting week ahead on both Tours we both have strong fancies & considerations this week. Hopefully pick off where we left off last week. Please keep following our Twitter page @ChasingPars_Pod and Chasingparspodcast on Instagram we would love you to keep generating our following! Enjoy!

This is it guys & girls we have reached our 50th episode! At the start of this episode I name every single person that's come on the podcast in some way shape or form and personally thank them. In this special episode with Jamie unavailable it's left to Craig to deliver the show, he is joined by making his 2nd Chasing Pars Golf Podcast appearance the former Australian Amateur Number 1 golfer Austin Bautista! Craig & Austin speak about what has been going on since Austin's last appearance discussing his upcoming Qualification process for the Latino America Tour and playing well but narrowly missing out on 2nd Round of Korn Ferry Tour Qualifiers. Craig goes over Tournament info this week on the PGA + European Tours for Mayakoba + Portugal Masters respectively. Austin fancies a certain little Mexican to get the job done again in Ancer, while Craig fancies a trio of players to go well with Billy Horschel, Will Zalatoris and Keegan Bradley backed to go well along with Carlos Ortiz and Chris Kirk. In Portugal this week although there is plenty star names in the field Craig fancies a wirely old veteran in Mikko Korhonen as the value play this week. Austin fancies his old mucker Min Woo to come up trumps at Dom Pedro for another European Tour victory. It was great to have Austin on again we love him! Follow Austin Bautista on Instagram @GiggleswithAustin where you can keep upto date with Austin's ventures. Be sure to follow us on Twitter I am @ThomsonGolf94, Jamie is @Js_GolfingTips and our podcast Twitter handle is @ChasingPars_Pod. Be sure to also follow our new Instagram page @Chasingparspodcast. It's been a pleasure to bring you all 50 episodes here's to the next 50 and more 🖖 thank you guys for all your support it means the world!

In this episode Craig is joined by well renowned star of European Tour Picks and Bets show on Mayo Media Network, Oddschecker USA Columnist/Previews and the host of the popular podcast Lost Fore Words Tom Jacobs @TomJacobs93 on Twitter also follow his co-host Jason Daniels @Thirtysixholes and listen, subscribe and review on Lost Fore Words Podcast. Tom and I talk Hideki's win at Zozo in Japan, Jeff Winther's win in Mallorca, Jin Young Ko's 4th LPGA win in last 7 starts moving to World Number 1 in the process overtaking Nelly Korda. We also try to talk through the now farcical Tournament this week on the island of Bermuda for the Bermuda Championship where Brian shocked the world and won at 48 years young last year. After 15 lots of player withdrawals and Alternate pullouts and withdrawals it's fair to say the field is very weak to say the least but we try out best to pick out some value in Bermuda. The Ladies European Tour returns to Dubai this week for the annual and very unique Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic tournament under the lights on the Arabian Gulf. Spectacular spectacle it usually is and Craig is high on 2 talented female players at 33/1 and 50/1 this week. Follow us on Twitter @ChasingPars_Pod or follow and like our new Instagram page 'chasingparspodcast'. Appreciate Tom taking time out of his busy scheduling to come talk with us. Remember to give Lost Fore Words a listen with a a brilliant duo making it worthwhile. 👍

In this episode Craig & Jamie are joined by Chris Callow @Shallowcalgolf on Twitter one third of the Right Click, Print Money podcast which you can listen to. We talk about last weeks action with Matt Fitzpatrick securing a 7th European Tour title at the best event in the world Andalucia Masters at Valderrama and Rory McIlroy won at -25 in Vegas to win the CJ Cup @ The Summit collecting his 20th PGA Tour title on doing so. We get into a fiery rant about weekend's TV golf scheduling and terrible coverage. This week we are at Narashino Country Club in Japan for Zozo Championship which last played at this course in 2019 won by Tiger Woods. Patrick Cantlay won at -23 last year when it was in USA at Sherwood CC in California, Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele are single priced favourites for this week. European Tour finishes it's Spanish swing with a visit to Mallorca for Mallorca Open where Thomas Pieters, Beef Johnston and Laurie Canter are the top 3 in the market this week. Poor fields this week but as ever the show must go on, Craig, Jamie & Chris all dive in head first into Zozo this week looking for any value! Enjoy!

In this episode Craig is joined by former Golf Writer, ESPN, Golf Channel and current host of PGA Tour Live on Radio and Action Network's Jason Sobel. Craig & Jason talk about Jason's journey into Golf Journalism industry came about talking about his time with ESPN and getting involved in Golf Writing. In the episode we also talk a little bit about current role within Action Network, Favourite Memories on Tour which includes a Tiger Woods story, Ryder Cup and how the US side will fare in 2023 at Marco Simone in Rome. We finish off with a story about one of Jason's good buddies Phil Mickelson with a story about a more softer side to the legendary Lefty! Cracking episode, hope you enjoy it!

It was a 2nd place finish from Matthew Wolff last week at Shriners Open to place for Craig while Aaron Wise grabbed a late 70/1 place for Jamie in T8th. This week we are at the CJ Cup which is staying in Las Vegas at new first time PGA Tour course in the form of The Summit Golf Club which is a 7,400 yard plus desert track at altitude. John Haslbauer also known on Social Media as PGA Tout joins Jamie and Craig to discuss CJ Cup picks in an event which Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas are 12/1 favs. Jason Kokrak is the defending champion having won at Shadow Creek Golf Club last year. Thanks John and enjoy! ⛳