This week's edition of the podcast comes off the back of bitter news for golf in the ROI with the wait extended to April 26th before play will resume due to Covid-19. We react to the unexpected date, discuss the implications of the reopening for golf clubs and share what we hope to see come April 26. There was also lots to of actual golf to get through, from Match Play musings and GMac's resurrection at Corales to Ireland's Walker Cup call-ups and near-misses, Leona and Steph at the year's first Major, Mehaffey and McCarthy at the Augusta National Women's Amateur and an early look at the next week's Masters. We hope you enjoy the listen. As always, don't forget to subscribe and be sure to let us know what you think.

Wednesday, March 24th will mark one-year since golf was first suspended due to the virus known as Covid-19. Since then, golf has opened and closed between lockdowns with players around the country missing out on the best part of six months' golf. Both clubs, and members have suffered through this pandemic but both rely on the support of one another more than ever to come out the other side of a dreadful time for the industry. In that spirit, to help golfers everywhere better understand the current state of the industry and where we go from here, we thought it would be a good idea to invite some representatives from all corners of golf in a special edition of the podcast. We don't know when golf will be officially back, but we manage to answer many of the questions that have been circling social media in recent weeks.

Former GUI CEO, Pat Finn was the man in the hot seat when Covid-19 first hit Irish shores and he explains the challenges the Union faced when coming to terms with this unpredictable pandemic. The Managing Director of Carr Golf Services, Ed Pettit, whose team is charged with the running of 19 golf clubs around the country, discusses the various impacts Covid-19 has had on the industry as a whole. Director of Golf at Ardglass, Paul Vaughan gives us an insight into how the absence of an overseas travel market has hurt operations at the club while Lucan Golf Club General Manager, Mark Ruddy talks about how the domestic market has reacted across the year and the challenge clubs now face to convince members that their loyalty is needed now more than ever. As ever, we hope you enjoy the listen. Let us know what you think.

In a special edition of the podcast, we caught up with Gavin Moynihan ahead of his long-awaited return to action at this week's Magical Kenya Open. After a torrid time of missed cuts last season, the 26-year old is hoping that a fresh start on the Challenge Tour in 2021 can spark his safe passage back to the Promised Land of the main European Tour. We touched on the highlights of Gavin's professional career to date, including his GolfSixes win alongside Paul Dunne and an agonising near-miss for a hole-in-one that would've seen him drive home in a €150,000 BMW from the French Open. He also reflects on the difficulties of darker days on Tour and a winter's work in Dubai that he hopes will stand him in good stead for a fast start to the new campaign. We hope you enjoy the listen. Let us know what you think.

The golf is coming thick and fast and there was no shortage of things to talk about on this week’s edition of the podcast. From another near-miss for Lee Westwood to joy for JT at The Players, we recap all the action from Sawgrass, including a big week for Shane Lowry in his mission to make this year’s Ryder Cup, and a nightmare one for Rory McIlroy. We also have the action from Qatar where Tour looper and proud Irishman, Darren Reynolds carried Frenchman Antoine Rozner to victory while we take aim at our heroes and villains from a wild week in golf. As ever, we hope you enjoy the listen. If you like what you hear, don’t forget to subscribe, we’d love to know what you think.

Bryson DeChambeau entertained us all this week as he attacked the famous par-five sixth hole at Bay Hill, driving over the water for a 370-yard tee-shot to set up victory the Arnold Palmer Invitational. It was box office TV that had us all on the edge of our seats. This week Peter chats to PGA Professional Mark O’Mahony for a bay hill recap covering everything from the elation of Bryson to the disappointment of Rory McIlroy who admitted he needs to find a spark and soon. As always, we hope you enjoy the listen.

A busy week to work through on this edition of the podcast as the men’s season gathered pace with Collin Morikawa a worthy winner of the first WGC of 2021. We recap all the action at The Concession and discuss what it means for Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry. We also dissect Seamus Power’s solid week in Puerto Rico and take aim at the LPGA Tour where Leona Maguire produced a top-20 finish on her seasonal reappearance in a hopeful sign of things to come for the Cavan professional. As ever, we hope you enjoy the listen. Let us know what you think.

The hot topic in golf, on these shores at least, remains whether or not golf will be given the green light to resume in March. With England all systems go for a March 29th restart, we discuss the situation in Ireland and how we might go about getting back to playing sooner rather than later. In the meantime, live golf has helped many of us through a bleak winter and the Genesis certainly didn't disappoint in this regard. From the playoff drama between Homa and Finau to why a rare missed cut and some huge changes for McIlroy at Riviera isn't all bad, we take aim at the week in golf in this edition of the podcast. As always, we hope you enjoy the listen and let us know what you think.

On this week's podcast we ask why golf remains closed in Ireland despite proving itself safe to reopen already amid this pandemic. With rumours of a six-week extension to current restrictions abound, we hope the case is being put forward so that golf can be one of a number of exceptions made by the Government as people seek a much-needed boost to morale post-March 5th.

In Tour news, there was only the PGA Tour to talk about this week but the AT&T Pebble Beach Championship provided plenty of topics for discussion. From Daniel Berger's superb win to another near-miss for a resurgent Jordan Spieth, we assess what's next for both 27-year old Americans in the coming months in a Ryder Cup year. We also chat Padraig Harrington's hopes of a return to action at this week's Genesis at Riviera after the European Ryder Cup Captain contracted Covid-19, while we take a look at the PGA of America's decision to permit Distance Measuring Devices at their Major championships and how that might impact the game. As always, we hope you enjoy the listen and let us know what you think.

On this week’s edition we are joined by PGA Professional Mark O’Mahony to take a look back at all the action from both Tours. It was a big weekend for Team USA as DJ claimed the Saudi International before Brooks Koepka rallied his way to a second WM Phoenix Open. We chat to Cormac Sharvin after a great start to his 2021 campaign that saw him claim his second highest career cheque on invite in Saudi while we also get Shane Lowry’s take on the proposed changes to be made by the R&A and USGA on distance. We hope you enjoy the listen. As always, let us know what you think.