Folding Pocket

It's time now for the chipping forecast, issued by Folding Pocket on behalf of Andrew Cotter, Eddie Pepperall, and special guest Ian Carter.

Hello, good morning and welcome to episode 42 of the shipping forecast.

That's a strange welcome, isn't it?

I know you're expecting Andrew's

voice, so I'll try my book. Andrew, how does he sound? Ian, uh, hello, hello. He doesn't sound like that. No, that's the only Scottish shirt impression I have, Mrs. Doubtfire. No, he's sort of deeper, isn't he? And a bit more miserable as well. That sounds about right. Ian, how are you? are very special guests. It's obviously just me and you this week. Where are you at?

Yeah, we're untethered, aren't we? We could run a mock with this pod. I'm actually, so Andrew has just sent a message saying, current location and he's clearly up a mountain. Of course, he was in Glasgow, wasn't he, for the

athletics over the weekend. So he's taken the opportunity to head north. You're busy for the

rest of the week. I know Sunningdale Forcstons. And he says, have a good chat, everyone. That's

his contribution to this week. I, meanwhile, am actually officially on holiday, and I'm also up a mountain because

I've come skiing and I've come through the biggest snow I've ever seen in my life, Eddie. Honestly,

yesterday it was relentless. Probably, I don't know, three feet of snow fell up the mountain here.

So while there is an awful lot of talk about the length of time we do on this podcast, I'm looking for a shorter one, really, because the snow looks good. Yeah, okay, well, we won't keep you long. And listen, people cannot question our commitment to the podcast, can they? You know, if ever there was a week where we could have all just sailed off into the sunset, this would have been it, but we are here. Yeah, looking forward to a good chat. Ian. Where should we start? Well, first things first, how are you? What you've been up to? You left us sort of tantalized last week in that you were about to see an online coach. And also, you weren't sure whether you had an uncle Tony. News on both of those fronts. And I'll start with Tony. We are not

sure who Tony is. Before being too finite and ruling him out of the family, we're just going to need

more information from him. We think he might possibly be a distant cousin. But my dad and my uncle

really don't know who Tony is. And unfortunately, the person who probably would have had best insight passed away quite recently. So we can't go to Uncle Jim for any of his wisdom and knowledge. On the coaching, I did see a Canadian guy. Shaheen Nakjavani is his name. And I'm very impressed, actually. I've got to say, give me some good advice. Well, you went over to Canada? No, no. We did it over FaceTime. So, yeah, we just did it online. And it surprisingly, it worked surprisingly well, actually. Just set him up in the barn and on my phone, you just watch me hit balls. I had the AirPods in and could hear everything. So it worked well, give me some good tips. I like the simplicity. I like the kind of start here and this is what we're going to hope and expect to see, and I can already see some of that. So it's something I'm looking forward to. Obviously, with Sandingdale coming up this week, I'm not sure how much of it I'm going to implement exactly, but I'll look forward to it. See, that is the thing. That is the thing where now it seems, it applies in terms of the pro world as it does in the amateur world,

because the number of people I've known down the years, and I count myself in this,

who've had golf lessons and then said, yeah, but I'm not doing it on the course just yet.

Is there going to be a point where Eddie 3.2 finally arrives on the golf course, but only when you're ready for it? So what we're working on, I kind of, I don't really want to be a feel. I want it to become a feature. So it's one of those things that I'll just keep doing at home and let it slowly bleed in. I don't want to interfere with

my field a great deal at the moment. That's what I'm planning for. And from what I can see on the camera, that appears as though it's happening. It's going to take a bit of time, but I think it's definitely the right way to go. And that's obviously the hard thing as a player, right? Whether you're an amateur or professional, it's going out onto the golf course with a field that's playable that provides you with a shot pattern that is repeatable at the end of the day. And

that's what I've described in the past as the lifeblood for us guys and it certainly is for me anyway. And feels, that's that is a massive part of your game, isn't it? You are a feel goal for when you're out there. Yeah, 100% feel more than thought. I know, and I do distinguish a difference between

the two. I think that you, you should think about your game, think about your swing, but at the

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