The Chipping Forecast

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Leading commentator Andrew Cotter and fan favourite Eddie Pepperell are joined by one of the most distinctive voices in golf, Iain Carter, to bring you the warmest three-ball in the sport.

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The Chipping Forecast episodes:

05.07.2024
EP55: Don’t You Know Who I Am?
Caffeine intake is high for an early morning recording as Iain has to get away sharpish in his bid to take down one of the Alphas of the club. In this episode the trio pay tribute to Peter Oosterhuis and then try...
04.29.2024
EP54: Spider-Man and The Edge
Eddie returns with an explanation for his WD as his trip to Japan proved to be no more than a long way to go for some physio. The trio then discuss the incredible atmosphere / godawful behaviour (delete as appropriate)...
04.22.2024
EP53: The Eddie Sleeps Tonight
This week the trio are once more spread across the globe, although in Japan jet lag has broken Eddie to the point where he has wisely chosen sleep ahead of recording the podcast. So it’s left to Iain in Texas...
04.15.2024
EP52: Masters Review - The Scheffler Show
The Masters is done and Scottie Scheffler gets to put on the green jacket again. All three of our podcasters convene - eventually, with Andrew having broken in to Iain’s Augusta rental house - to discuss the dominance of the...
04.14.2024
MASTERS BONUS: Round Three Review
Iain rejoins Andrew as the pair ruminate on round three and what might unfold on Masters Sunday. Saturday saw Scottie Scheffler wobbling before recovering, Collin Morikawa returning to the form of old and Ludvig Åberg challenging on his major debut....
04.13.2024
MASTERS BONUS: Round Two Round-up: The Long Good Friday
Eddie’s back to share his thoughts with Andrew as one of the longest and windiest days in Masters history finally draws to a close. Scottie Scheffler is again impressive, Rory is again frustrated and several debutants show that experience is...
04.12.2024
MASTERS BONUS: Round One Review
Round One of the Masters is almost done as some stormy weather meant not all golfers completed their rounds, however, Andrew and Iain convened at the hooter to dissect an intriguing day's play. We hear from former champion Danny Willett...
04.10.2024
MASTERS BONUS: A room with a Masters view
It’s the eve of Masters Eve and Andrew joins Iain in his BBC house, with the alternative being a three-hour journey to Andrew’s Airbnb. The two contemplate Rory McIlroy’s attempts to do very little talking in the build-up and a...
04.09.2024
EP47: Masters Preview featuring Jon Rahm
A rare Sunday pod recording as Andrew is due to fly to the USA to join Iain for one of the best weeks in golf in Augusta, Georgia at the Masters. Eddie joins to preview the famous tournament and almost...
04.05.2024
BONUS POD: Inside LIV and tales of Tiger and the Shark
A special episode of TCF as Iain reports from LIV Miami where he has been chatting to some of the top players who crush, rip and fireball it, as well as making an appearance on LIV TV to debate the...
04.02.2024
EP46: Mama Wallace's Shepherd's Pie
This week three becomes four - at least for the duration it takes for Matt Wallace to cook his dinner, as he joins us to give another insight into the highs and lows of life as a tour pro. They...
03.26.2024
EP45: Pepper Priorities
Unexpectedly, the golf talking trio are all back in the UK as Eddie has decided to deprive the people of India of seeing him in his shorts. So they convene in the same time-zone to talk about more Scandinavian talent...
03.19.2024
EP44: Around the World in Matey Ways.
This week our knowledge of time zones is sorely tested with Iain in Florida, Andrew in the UK and Eddie in Singapore. They manage to convene to discuss a tonic for the PGA Tour with an outstanding finish to the...
03.13.2024
EP43: Hit it further. The secret revealed
Our trio are reunited with Andrew's mountainous sojourn over, much to Eddie's relief. They begin by looking back at Eddie's near miracles at the Sunningdale Foursomes, Iain navigates the press room in Sawgrass at The Players Championship and Andrew falls...
03.05.2024
EP42: While the Cot's away
With Andrew up a mountain in Scotland it's left to Eddie, in his Oxfordshire barn and Iain, also up a mountain - more accessibly in the Alps, to bring the latest TCF offering where there's some shocking news about not-so-uncle...
02.27.2024
EP41: A Tale of Two Knapps
This week the trio aim for brevity and a concise summing up of all matters golf and in doing so fail comprehensively. Part of this is due to a prolonged discussion about whether a strange dog walker on the Isle...
02.21.2024
EP40: Eddie’s Big Game Hunt
This week Eddie is in Kenya looking to find his game and learns that he will have to do so in the company of the Godfather of Kenyan professional golf. Iain returns with tales of German stag weekends in Budapest,...
02.13.2024
EP39: Semi-naked Sliding Spectators.
This week the trio consider drinking, partying and generally being obnoxious. Then decide to record a pod instead. But what is going on with behaviour at golf events, or indeed, in general? The weekend’s PGA Tour event left us with much...
02.05.2024
EP38: The Bahrain Barry Burn.
Hey there Chief / Fella / My Friend… This week the miraculously award-winning podcast (thank you all) returns to discuss any number of matters loosely centred around the world of golf. Eddie has moved on to Qatar and professes to...
01.29.2024
EP37: Eddie the Elegant
On this week’s episode, Eddie returns to tell us the SENSATIONAL TRUTH behind what appeared to be a fairly standard top-20 place in Ras Al Khaimah. The trio also discuss Matthieu Pavon turning saliva into success on the PGA Tour,...
01.23.2024
EP36: Pay the Cheese Tax
This week Eddie has gone AWOL in the Middle-East, but we're sure he’s fine. So it’s left to Andrew and Iain to try and maintain the interest of listeners, which they decide to do by talking about chopping logs, the...
01.16.2024
EP35: Ronnie Corbett’s Road Rage
In the sensationalist way of the modern world, we will tell you that this week’s episode involves a CHEATING confession by a leading tour player and also how a tour player was recently involved in a failed ARSON attempt. Naturally,...
01.09.2024
EP34: LIV golfer TALKS!! Insider TELLS ALL!!!
Well, it’s Laurie Canter actually. And he’s very nice. And not technically a LIV golfer at the moment. Anyway, he does give us all a good insight into the attraction of LIV, while also mentioning a brief encounter with Peter...
01.03.2024
EP33: Nigella's Travel Mustard
The Chipping Forecast returns with an EXTRAVAGANZA to start the year. And by extravaganza we mean that Andrew, Eddie and Iain spend much of the time talking about Rory McIlroy’s appearance on another podcast. They also touch upon darts, Nigella...
12.27.2023
EP32: End of year pod
It’s the end of the year show. A big show in a real studio. With real ferns. And with only two of the trio on site since Andrew decided that travelling halfway across the country and back on the busiest,...
12.19.2023
EP31: Eddie's Barn Episode
It’s a special episode this week as Eddie, Iain and Andrew managed to meet up and have a chat while playing the Road Hole at St Andrews. Thanks to the glories of almighty technology they have managed to do all...
12.12.2023
EP30: A Scotch Sixsome.
An assortment of topics take our attention this week - There’s news of PGA Tour investment while Tony Finau decides to stay put, Ludvig Åberg switches caddies and Iain tells us about the excitement of his golfing WhatsApp group. Andrew...
12.08.2023
BONUS POD: Rahm leaves for LIV
In an emergency pod Andrew Iain and Eddie react to the news that Jon Rahm has left the riches of the PGA Tour for the richer riches of LIV Golf. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/chipping - Try it risk-free now with...
12.04.2023
EP29: Eddie's Anxiety Dream
Once again Andrew and Iain bring their sparkling conversation from early morning in the dark depths of the UK, while Eddie prepares for a nice dinner in Sydney. This week Iain seems pleased because he has hit two good chips,...
11.29.2023
BONUS POD: Luke Back
As Luke Donald is named European Ryder Cup captain for a second time we offer you a bonus pod that simply says what it does on the tin. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/chipping - Try it risk-free now with a 30-day...
11.27.2023
EP28: Call me Dr. Chipinski
And then they were three again. This week Eddie returns with tales of his Australian adventures so far - largely concerning a lob wedge which apparently simply slipped from his grasp and flew into a lake. They also discuss the...
11.21.2023
EP27: From Oban to Orlando
EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/chipping - Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! This week Eddie has taken time to recover from a long business-class flight, so Andrew and Iain carry on as a two-ball, discussing such matters as...
11.13.2023
EP26: Seve's spinning tee
This week the trio talk about the emotional return to form of Camilo Villegas following his win in Bermuda. This is in stark contrast to Iain’s alarming loss of form in Dubai, which has contained far too many double-bogeys as...
11.07.2023
EP25: Luke Donald and the Oestrogen Mice
This week’s pod comes from Troon, Oxfordshire, Dubai and Florida, with all the wifi lags that such a thing entails. But it’s worth it as Iain, Eddie and Andrew are joined by Luke Donald who gives an insight into the...
10.31.2023
EP24: Jon Rahm’s NR
This week our rambling trio are in contrasting states of health as Andrew returns from Paris with la grippe d’homme while Iain professes to be both invigorated and taller due to Pilates. Meanwhile Eddie is back from Qatar where he...
10.23.2023
EP23: No Sympathy for the Carter
On this week’s episode Eddie gives us all an insight into the pressure and emotions of professional golf, while Andrew and Iain wonder if their own golf careers could be significantly improved by moving to Guam. We also take a...
10.16.2023
EP22: The Talor and the Tiny Arms
Eddie rejoins the party, suffering from a post-modern cold but able to reflect on his efforts in Spain so far, while Andrew reveals some startling numbers from his golf club fitting. We abandon efforts to guess Iain’s age and instead...
10.10.2023
EP21: Men Without Hats
With Eddie travelling and drying out, Andrew and Iain remain to talk rugby in Paris, being ghosted by golfers and honorific titles in St Andrews. There is further discussion of LIV being welcomed by the golfing establishment, payment at the...
10.01.2023
EP20: Rounding Up The Ryder Cup
Andrew and Iain are still riding the waves of Europe's emphatic win in Rome where they discuss, along with Eddie, how Europe dominated on the first day and how, at one point, they almost looked like losing it on the...
09.28.2023
EP19: The Ryder Cup preview
Once again defeated by really quite basic technology, Andrew and Iain end up sharing one microphone in Rome as well as sharing further thoughts on the upcoming Ryder Cup. Eddie returns to offer some insight into potential pairings and offers...
09.26.2023
EP18: All toll roads lead to Rome
By various means of travel Andrew and Iain have made it to the Ryder Cup, with a failed attempt to pod with Eddie en route. Instead, he’ll join an extra pod coming soon and it’s left to the two inferior...
09.19.2023
EP17: The unfortunate demise of Eben Byers
An episode in which The TCF guys (not yet a thing) are fractured - Andrew preparing for rugby duties again, Iain in Spain for the Solheim Cup and Eddie once again in Ibiza to recharge his batteries. Eddie makes a...
09.15.2023
EP16: Bonus - The McIlroy Exclusive
A bonus Friday pod from Wentworth. With Eddie battling away on the course, Andrew and Iain bring all Åberg name-chat to a happy conclusion, while hearing in-depth from Bob MacIntyre and less in-depth from Rory McIlroy. They also remember all...
09.13.2023
EP15: Three (just) off the tee
The inaugural in-person pod as Andrew, Iain and Eddie are together at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth for the pro-am day, recording the show in between the first tee and the practice putting green. Amongst the hooked tee shots...
09.05.2023
EP14: Luke on Ludvig and Eddie confesses more
The European Ryder Cup team has been announced so Andrew, Iain and Eddie hear from team captain Luke Donald on his 12 to take on the Americans in Rome in a few week's time. Eddie waxes lyrical about the selected...
08.29.2023
EP13: Eddie's Confessional
In a slightly tardy podcast due to travel, illness and the timing of Ryder Cup picks, Andrew, Iain and Eddie discuss said picks after hearing from US captain Zach Johnson, while also discussing the name Todd, poor Northern Irish accents...
08.21.2023
EP12: Eddie's Bronze Medal
This week golf meets athletics and meets bodily parts of Saints as Andrew joins the pod from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Iain enjoys his temporary extra-special status and Eddie discusses his good finish in Northern Ireland courtesy of...
08.14.2023
EP11: Nice pod... for a bovine
Desperately trying to emerge from a post-Osman slump, Andrew, Iain and Eddie decide that the best way to do it is by discussing the perspiration habits of Lucas Glover amidst his ongoing recovery from the yips with an absurd putter....
08.07.2023
EP10: Pointless Golf Chat with Richard Osman
A special episode as Andrew, Iain and Eddie are joined by golf fan, best-selling author and general polymath Richard Osman. Richard displays his encyclopaedic knowledge of golf and offers ideas for the solution to pretty much everything. Meanwhile Andrew forgets...
08.01.2023
EP09: Get Carter (Angry)
An episode in which Andrew, Iain and Eddie go deep on senior’s golf, slow play and strangely smooth calves. Iain also becomes greatly agitated by almost everything and in the absence of DP World Tour events, Eddie lets us know that...

What's The Chipping Forecast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Chipping Forecast episodes:

EP55: Don’t You Know Who I Am?

EP54: Spider-Man and The Edge

EP53: The Eddie Sleeps Tonight

EP52: Masters Review - The Scheffler Show

MASTERS BONUS: Round Three Review

MASTERS BONUS: Round Two Round-up: The Long Good Friday

MASTERS BONUS: Round One Review

MASTERS BONUS: A room with a Masters view

EP47: Masters Preview featuring Jon Rahm

BONUS POD: Inside LIV and tales of Tiger and the Shark

EP46: Mama Wallace's Shepherd's Pie

EP45: Pepper Priorities

EP44: Around the World in Matey Ways.

EP43: Hit it further. The secret revealed

EP42: While the Cot's away

EP41: A Tale of Two Knapps

EP40: Eddie’s Big Game Hunt

EP39: Semi-naked Sliding Spectators.

EP38: The Bahrain Barry Burn.

EP37: Eddie the Elegant

EP36: Pay the Cheese Tax

EP35: Ronnie Corbett’s Road Rage

EP34: LIV golfer TALKS!! Insider TELLS ALL!!!

EP33: Nigella's Travel Mustard

EP32: End of year pod

EP31: Eddie's Barn Episode

EP30: A Scotch Sixsome.

BONUS POD: Rahm leaves for LIV

EP29: Eddie's Anxiety Dream

BONUS POD: Luke Back

EP28: Call me Dr. Chipinski

EP27: From Oban to Orlando

EP26: Seve's spinning tee

EP25: Luke Donald and the Oestrogen Mice

EP24: Jon Rahm’s NR

EP23: No Sympathy for the Carter

EP22: The Talor and the Tiny Arms

EP21: Men Without Hats

EP20: Rounding Up The Ryder Cup

EP19: The Ryder Cup preview

EP18: All toll roads lead to Rome

EP17: The unfortunate demise of Eben Byers

EP16: Bonus - The McIlroy Exclusive

EP15: Three (just) off the tee

EP14: Luke on Ludvig and Eddie confesses more

EP13: Eddie's Confessional

EP12: Eddie's Bronze Medal

EP11: Nice pod... for a bovine

EP10: Pointless Golf Chat with Richard Osman

EP09: Get Carter (Angry)