EP01: A Good Talk Spoiled
The Chipping Forecast
Soft Ears Media
4.9 • 718 Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In the inaugural episode of The Chipping Forecast, leading commentator Andrew Cotter and fan favourite Eddie Pepperell are joined by one of the most distinctive voices in golf, Iain Carter, to talk about the creation of, as Andrew calls it, "yet another golf podcast". They discuss the various names on the table, how The Chipping Forecast came about and how Eddie is completely oblivious to Radio 4's The Shipping Forecast. Eddie recounts his return to form in the Scandinavian Open over the weekend, after his 10-shot horror on a par 3 the week before - he also shares exactly how bad that weekend got but also a brilliant putting tip too. Of course on also on the menu is the news that rocked the sporting world last week - Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and LIV Golf controversially merging with the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour. And, as Iain is in California ahead of the US Open, the three preview the tournament, dissect the golf course in Los Angeles, discuss the runners and riders as well as look at the form of Rory McIlroy, could the Northern Irishman break his 9-year major drought?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello there, many years ago there was a podcast called The Cut, which came from a different era, a time when Brooks Kepka was the dominant figure in major golf, and when Rory Macoroy was in a long major drought. |
| 0:10.5 | Then at the start of the strange lockdown months of 2020, there was the Pepper Pod, which, mostly because people initially thought it was a dog-related podcast lit up like a supernova before collapsing in upon the weight |
| 0:22.1 | of its own nonsense and the presenters went their separate ways one to a stage tour with Labrador's, |
| 0:27.0 | the other to writing a thesis on the teachings of Matt Lettissier. Now the component parts of the two |
| 0:32.8 | come together like a golf podcast supergroup, the travelling Wilburys of golf podcasts |
| 0:38.9 | with Ian Carter being Roy Orbison. |
| 0:41.1 | Now it might be the start of something very special |
| 0:42.9 | or it could be dissolved after three episodes |
| 0:45.7 | amidst bitter infighting and we'll never speak of it again. |
| 0:48.8 | But here we go. |
| 0:49.4 | Welcome to a new golf podcast. |
| 0:51.1 | Welcome to the Chipping Forecast. It's time now for the chipping forecast, |
| 1:01.2 | issued by Folding Pocket on behalf of Andrew Cotter, Eddie Pepperell, and special guest Ian Carter. |
| 1:11.3 | Welcome indeed to this new podcast, because we all know the world needs more podcasts, more |
| 1:16.1 | people saying stuff about things. |
| 1:17.9 | So welcome to the other two voices. |
| 1:20.6 | I should introduce myself. |
| 1:21.6 | Hello, I'm Andrew Carter. |
| 1:22.9 | And the other two voices who will accompany us on this journey, esteemed golf broadcaster, |
| 1:27.3 | Ian Carter, |
| 1:28.8 | and tour player, golfer, thinker, Eddie Pepperel. |
| 1:33.7 | Hello, Ian, and hello Eddie. |
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