Jonny & Michael catch up after a quieter week on the DP World Tour and PGA Tour and we discuss golf's image problem off the back of Justin Thomas' letter to fellow tour pros about being entertaining.

TGL Week 4 saw Rory and Tiger lock horns and the GOAT came out on top, this was by far the best week of TGL so far.

Rick Shiels has joined LIV as an ambassador and content creator, we look into the fallout from that and there's lots more!

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In 2024, AIG launched a new initiative, the ‘Inner City Golfer’ in an effort to break down barriers in the traditionally exclusive world of golf. This initiative focused on providing kids from Dublin’s inner-city with access to the sport, reshaping golf’s perception as a posh or wealthy sport and opening doors to potentially life-changing opportunities.

This is the first year of the initiative and over the course of 16 weeks, AIG along with some partners including Golf Ireland, Carr golf and McGuirks have created a new pathway to learn and excel in a sport typically out of their reach.

Adam Duffy and Daniel Mullen took up golf just 16 weeks ago and are now hooked!

I sat down with Adam and Daniel as well as their teachers at Clontarf Golf Club, where Adam and Daniel will now be taking up membership through this initiative, to explore why they wanted to take up golf, what they thought golf was like before then began and whether they now think golf is more approachable now they've started.

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.

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Tyrrell Hatton wins the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, Michael still doesn't like Tyrrell and thinks his antics are stopping Hatton from winning a Major.

Sepp Straka claims his 3rd PGA Tour win at the AMEX and has thrown his hat into the Ryder Cup conversation once again.

You can still join our Fantasy DP World Tour League below, Jonny is in 18th position and Michael is 14th but both have high hopes to climb the league table quickly.

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Sean Keeling is one of Ireland's brightest young golfing prospects, he's had a stellar amateur boys career claiming basically every title on offer as well as competing in the Junior Ryder Cup in 2023.

Sean spoke about his first full year on the Men's amateur circuit, he had a number of close calls, some team wins and after earning a spot in the Amgen Irish Open in RCD, Sean became the youngest amateur since Ronan Rafferty to make the cut at the Irish Open.

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.

Michael and Jonny catch up after round 1 of TGL and the Team Cup have wrapped. Overall our thoughts on TGL are very positive, we liked the banter between golfers, the tech is impressive, but it's all very personality dependant and that'll be worrying when some golfers like Cantlay tee it up.

Team GB&I won the Team Cup in Abu Dhabi, but Tom McKibbin took over the headlines with rumours that he's signed for LIV and will join Jon Rahm's Legion XIII team.

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The boys catch up after the Christmas and New Year break to talk about Michael's trip to Abu Dhabi, our personal golf goals for 2025 as well as our predictions for what will & won't happen in 2025 and who we think will win this year's Majors and the Ryder Cup.

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Barry Fennelly is the Manager of the Paddy Harrington Scholarship in Maynooth University. He sat down with Jonny for a discussion around the growth of the Scholarship, it's mandate to produce Tour Professional golfers and Co-Captaining the International Side for the Arnold Palmer Cup in Lahinch this year.

Barry and I went into great detail on the R&A Student Series and how important that pathway is for his own player, but European amateur golf as a whole and why he only sees it growing and improving and becoming a legitimately viable alternative to golf in America for athletes looking to pursue a career as professional golfers.

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.

David Kearney is a co-founder of Sigmoid Sports, an athlete management company, High Performance Centre and Sports Apparel company all built around performance. David joined us on the podcast this week to discuss his journey from player, to teaching pro, to Performance Director for the ILGU before taking the leap to join Rob Browne and create Sigmoid Sports.

The ISPS HANDA Australian Open was a bit disappointing, the lads discuss Jay Monahan's salary, Tiger's event on the PGA Tour and our own 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways.

Episode 1 of Tee Time Season 4, Belfast is live now on our youtube channel. We played Malone Golf Club to start a great golf trip!

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The 2024 Irish Amateur golf season has come to an end and Ronan MacNamara from Irish Golfer joins us in studio to recap the season. From the impressive performances in Ireland and abroad, to international events coming to Irish shores including the Men's and Women's Amateur Championships as well as the Arnold Palmer Cup at Lahinch it has been a busy year for golf on the island of Ireland.