Irish Golfer Podcast

On this week's edition of the podcast we discuss a dramatic end to last week's Valspar Championship as Viktor Hovland returned to form and the winner's circle as he came from behind to snatch victory from a nervy Justin Thomas. It was also another good yet frustrating week for Shane Lowry who finished 8th to climb to a career high 12th in the world rankings.

Rory McIlroy gets the last leg of his Masters preparation underway in Texas while there is lots on the agenda at the Houston Children's Open for Seamus Power and Pádraig Harrington, plus all the usual round up from around the tours and TGL finals.

On this week's edition of the podcast the lads sit down and try not to get too carried away over Rory McIlroy's pre-Masters form.

McIlroy beat JJ Spaun in a playoff on Monday to win his second Players Championship title, meaning he is in red hot form heading to Augusta while Shane Lowry is also ticking along nicely after an encouraging Florida swing. There were plenty of Irish in action across the globe as the girls continue to shine on the Ladies European Tour and Tom McKibbin I back in DP World Tour action in Singapore.

On this week's podcast edition, Peter and Ronan have differing views on the climax to the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday.

Shane Lowry reached a career high world ranking of 14 with a seventh place finish but when is that big win going to come again after 18 months of remarkable consistency? Lowry and Rory McIlroy tinkered with equipment at Bay Hill and with Augusta looming is there any need for McIlroy to change anything?

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan will address the media on Tuesday ahead of the Players Championship, can we expect any major updates over golf's future or will he kick the can down the road again?

On this week's edition of the podcast, the lads are back in studio trying to bring some life to what was a dull week of golf. Ronan dishes out a rather sour apology to Ludvig Äberg and Irish Golfer had exclusive access to season 3 of Netflix's "Full Swing' ahead of Tuesday's release date.

There was good news from an Irish perspective with Ronan Mullarney claiming 2nd on the Alps Tour as Hugh Foley claimed a first top-10 on his professional debut while John Murphy broke a torrid run of missed cuts in Egypt as he hopefully begins his ascent back up the golfing pyramid.

On this week's edition of the podcast we discuss Thomas Detry's breakthrough win on the PGA Tour, LIV's legitimacy victory and how Donald Trump can make golf great again as our Irish ladies continue to boom around the globe. Peter and Ronan discuss the big breaking news over the weekend that Slievenamon Golf Club is to close down, and we have more dad jokes and some of Pete's caddie tales from years gone by.

On this week's podcast, we celebrate the first Irish victory of the season as Rory McIlroy skillfully held off Shane Lowry for a remarkable Irish one-two at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Peter and Ronan delve into the implications of this triumph for McIlroy this season, discussing why the hype train may remain firmly on track this year. It's been a successful week for the Irish overall, with Leona Maguire achieving a top-10 finish in her opening event of the season. Meanwhile, the prospects appear limitless for Galway's Liam Nolan, who continues to dazzle in South Africa while pursuing a DP World Tour card.

On this week's edition of the podcast, a very despondent Peter gives his account of what he saw on the ground in Florida at the TGL and whether Tiger vs Rory can save the day on Monday night?

Liam Nolan gave Irish men's golf something to cheer about early in the year with an excellent performance on the HotelPlanner Tour while there's plenty of meat on the bone this week with Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Leona Maguire all in action Stateside.

On this week's edition of the podcast, Ronan and Mark talk through the Dubai Desert Classic, the performances of the Irish and a brilliant week for European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald as Tyrrell Hatton and Sepp Straka secured big wins on both tours. Also we have a chat with newly minted Ladies European Tour professional Canice Screene as the 23-year-old prepares to embark on her maiden season in the paid ranks. Canice, a London native, represented Ireland at amateur level and won the Irish Women's Close last year before earning some LET status at Q-School.

On this week's edition of the podcast the lads dive deeper into Tom McKibbin's proposed move to LIV Golf and whether his Holywood club mate Rory McIlroy can persuade him to stay with the DP World Tour and PGA Tour. McIlroy made some strong comments on the situation during his pre-tournament press conference in Dubai where he revealed he offered McKibbin some advice around the potential switch to LIV Golf. And after a promising start last week the lads have been left very underwhelmed by the TGL after week two fell flat on its face. We also catch up with Chris Hollins ahead of the next series of Golf's Greatest Holes which will be back for season 3 from Royal Portrush in the coming weeks.

On the first podcast of the new year it's a full house as Peter, Ronan and Mark reflect on the inaugural staging of TGL in Florida. What worked, who shone and what needs to improve. Plus the lads react to the bombshell news that Tom McKibbin is set to sign a multi year deal with LIV Golf to join Jon Rahm's Legion XIII team.

And Mark dishes out the results of our 2024 predictions and after being humbled to the point of questioning the point of this podcast, the lads dust off the crystal ball for some not so accurate 2025 predictions.