The Golf Ireland Pod

This week Fiona Scott who is the Chair of the Development and Support Committee and also a Golf Ireland Board Member.

Fiona joins me to discuss the Golf Ireland Volunteer of the year awards.

This week former pro golfer, Danielle McVeigh joins the podcast.

We discuss her elite amateur career, her joining the pro ranks only for her to realize it was not the path for her and her battle with depression at the time.

We finish by looking at her current life which is busy with kids, work and still plenty of golf.

This week we are joined by Golf and Fitness online coach, Kerry Maher.

We discuss her relationship with golf and her love for fitness.

This week #GolfLikeMe advocate Lynette Moore joins us to talk about moving from Zambia to Ireland 30 years ago and how golf helped her make friends and adjust to life in Ireland.

She also discusses becoming the lady captain of Hermitage golf club and becoming the first lady of colour to be captain of a golf club in Ireland too.

This week, Muireann O’Connell, Kayleigh Trappe and Ailbhe Garrihy join the Pod to discuss their incredible experience participating in the First tee this year.

They discuss the nerves, excitement and the overall process as it all lead up to the first tee shot in Carton House.

A very relatable discussion for all golfers.

This week Amy O'Donnell joined us on the pod. Amy is a nutritionist who works on the LET. Amy was also working the recent Curtis Cup and will be travelling to the Solheim Cup soon.

This was a fascinating discussion about fuelling the best golfers in the world.

This week Ilona Madden joins us to discuss her love for golf and nutrition. Ilona also discusses her recent decision to join the committee of her local golf club and the barriers for women who want to do something similar and the challenges that Ilona faced.

This week we chat with Galway Golfer, Liam Nolan. We discuss his recent decision to go pro and look back at what has been an incredible amateur career.

This week we are joined by Dun Laoghaire Captain Tom Byrne ahead of this weekends AIG Irish Men’s Amateur Close Championship.

Tom discusses the history of the club and the many services it provides along with previewing an exceptional weekend of golf ahead.

This week we are joined by Roscommon golfer, Thomas Higgins. Thomas is currently playing at the Home Internationals for Ireland and we pick his brain on his preparation and mindset.

We also discuss his college career so far and growing up playing golf in Roscommon.