Mark Allen, you might recall, last week promised to shoot a 65 in the Portarlington Pro-Am. As you'll know if you follow our socials he did not in fact shoot 65. We discuss. That said, both Nick and Mark had a lot of fun, and the hits on the link following the players scores were at record levels - naturally Mark takes credit for that. Nick explains why he thought at one point he was going to be DQ'd.

Nick and Mark discuss Charlie Woods attempt to qualify for his first tournament, and that whilst not qualifying will hurt, it may take some pressure off him. Nick would have preferred Charlie wait another year or two before jumping into the cauldron. Mark believes he has one of the most pure swings he's seen.

We chat Anthony Kim, a very confident golfer. Nick talks about playing a round with Kim when he spent much of the round on the phone to his agent discussing deals.

Onto LIV. The PIF has said the fund is expanding to 2 Trillion Dollars. Mark can't believe the money and calls it the biggest shot over the bow towards the PGA in history. Nick describes the money involved now as pure greed and sickening. Nick and Mark crunch the numbers on how a revised, and more lucrative, prize money structure for the PGA could look.

World ranking points remain an ongoing bone of contention. Nick discusses them, and the discrepancies that he is seeing between something called Data Golf and the official world golf rankings. Lots of variances. Mark runs through the criteria for a tournament to qualify for world ranking points.

Just as Mark is about to hoof into a party pie, Tim from the Warratah Golf Club in NSW calls on the hotline to pump up Warratah and their Pro-Am which is on tomorrow (28th).

A great Top 5 today, Nick counts down the longest players that he ever played with. There are some big names there!

We then call Michael from Leongatha in Victoria who has a question for Nick and Mark about tee time etiquette. It's a good question and a ripping conversation. Lots of feedback this week as usual, keep it coming, and Nick tells a great story about his Top 10 finish in the US Open in 2006...he was on the winning score with 9 holes to play, he tells us what happened next.

Some great performances by Aussies and Kiwis around the world, which Nick discusses in the PING global results - Mark again expresses his 'concern' for Momoka Kobori, and hopes her family haven't forgotten her. Masterclass this week is on a new chipping technique that Mark Allen reckons is a gamechanger.

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