The Bogey Men

Rory won the Race To Dubai for a 6th time, tying with Seve. We discuss whether this means anything for Rory's Major hopes in 2025.

Tom McKibbin has earned his PGA Tour card with a thrilling finish, making a clutch putt on the final hole to get the job done.

We published our video from Royal Portrush and announce that we're running a 12 Days of Christmas giveaway across our social channels.

Jonny's audio this week isn't great, sorry about that. It'll be fixed again for next week's episode!

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2024 Men's Irish Amateur Champion Matt McClean joins the podcast this week to reflect on his 2024 season, capturing his maiden Irish Championship victory, playing The Masters and how he finds balance between work at an Optometrist and competing at an elite level around the World.

Jonny & Michael catch up after playing Powerscourt together and look ahead to the DP World Tour heading to Abu Dhabi for the penultimate event of the season.

Rory looks set to win another Race To Dubai title, Tom McKibbin is on the verge of earning a PGA Tour card and so far it looks like just Conor Purcell will be the only Irishman playing on the DP World Tour in 2025.

Jonny had an incredible experience playing Royal Portrush and outlines briefly why it is one of his favourite courses, with a video coming to our youtube channel very soon!

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Mullingar Scratch Trophy winner Brian Doran came into studio to reflect on an incrtedible 2024 season for the Millicent golfer. At the start of this season, Brian made the decision to dedicate himself more to competing in Ireland's Irish Amateur golf circuit and making sure he chased this dream without any regrets.

2024 has been a surreal year for DP World Tour rookie, Joe Dean. Joe turned pro in 2015 and played mini tours for a few years, when COVID hit he decided to get a job in Morrison's to support his on course earnings as a delivery driver.

Joe went on to earn his DP World Tour card for the 2024 season and in his 2nd start, Joe finished in 2nd place and earned himself over €199,000 and he hasn't been back to the day job since!

Joe has a fantastic outlook on golf and life as he maintains he hasn't changed who he is event after this life changing year. With his tour card secure for 2025 and currently sitting in 29th on the Race To Dubai, Joe heads to Abu Dhabi and Dubai for the final two events of the season.

This was a great conversation and really shows what is important to Joe and how money doesn't change who you are, no matter the life changing amount.

We discuss the crazy ticket prices and volunteer prices for the 2025 Ryder Cup in Bethpage and compare the price of tickets to all the Majors, we even buy some tickets to The Open in Portrush.

LIV Golf making some changes in the "off season" as the DP World Tour heads to Korea for their final event of the regular season.

iGolf has arrived in Ireland and we discuss whether we think it is good or bad and what golf clubs could do to embrace iGolf rather than fight it. We also look at why people wouldn't take up memberships in a golf club if they have access to this iGolf scheme.

Already over 500 people have signed up for iGolf in Ireland. There are concerns from golf clubs, particularly in rural areas, that the new iGolf initiative will have a detrimental effect on clubs’ ability to attract members from the intermediate age group leading to a potential age gap that could have a negative impact into the future.

Golf Ireland launched its independent golfer programme — iGolf — last week, meaning that you no longer have to be a member of a golf club to obtain a handicap.

For the first time, non-club members in Ireland can subscribe to iGolf and gain a Handicap Index under the World Handicap System for an annual subscription fee of €65 in the Republic of Ireland and £55 in Northern Ireland.

The scheme has also been used England, Scotland, Wales and New Zealand for several years with significant success in encouraging increased participation and ultimately transitioning many independent golfers into club membership.

Ryan Griffin had a fantastic 2024 season on the golf course, winning the R&A Student Series and becoming one of the International Teams' superstars in the Arnold Palmer Cup in Lahinch, before finishing the season off with a win at the Home Internationals and representing Ireland for the first time.Ryan shared how he is enjoying himself on and off the golf course, as we now embarks on a Masters Degree in Maynooth University with the potential of professional golf on the horizon with the LIV Golf qualifiers quickly approaching.Ryan has not shared whether he has ambitions to turn professional yet, but all avenues are open to him, so who knows what awaits.The Bogey Men golf podcast is supported by AIG, dedicated supporters of amateur golf in Ireland. This series will showcase some of the incredible Amateur golf across Ireland this year. Go visit AIG.ie for a range of golf exclusive discounts and benefits on their products. Golf Ireland members can save an additional 10% on their car insurance, and you can enjoy some exclusive benefits when you choose AIG Insurance.Check out other episodes and more on our youtube channel & podcast platforms.If you liked this episode, please leave a review and share the show with your friends.

We recap The Presidents Cup and how it was nearly a great event, from Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim bringing the heat to some terrible captaincy by Mike Weir.

We also share some ideas we have on how to revamp the competition and make it more engaging and prestigious.

There were fireworks on the DP World Tour as Jon Rahm lost out in the playoff of the Spanish Open.

We have our 9 hole match video with Darragh Flynn, David. Carey and Josh Adams coming to our Youtube channel next week.

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Rory comes up agonisingly close to winning AGAIN on the DP World Tour but Billy Horschell comes out on top and to be fair he's a great winner.

The lads watched the LIV Golf Team Championships and it was such a disappointment. The concept was good until the Finals and then it was so dull because it switched back to strokeplay.

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