EP59: IAIN QUALIFIES FOR (media accreditation at) THE OPEN!!
The Chipping Forecast
Soft Ears Media
4.9 • 718 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
After a weekend when golf matters were put in true perspective, the three nevertheless discuss the goings on in the game from the very trivial to to the slightly more serious. They assess Eddie’s recent performance in Belgium and he rejects the idea that his form would improve if he were to retire from podcasting. Iain reveals that he finds himself unable to cope with pressure on a golf course and Andrew confesses to the shortest round of golf in history. They also discuss playing in the rain, the late-career flourishing of Richard Bland and look forward to the US Women’s Open.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, good morning, everyone. |
| 0:07.8 | Before we start our podcast proper, just a few words about the news that came as such an enormous shock on Friday that PGA tour player, Grace and Murray, a tour winner. |
| 0:17.3 | Tour winner in January. |
| 0:19.6 | A top 60 player in the world died after withdrawing during |
| 0:23.1 | the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at the Colonial in Texas. Now, you might expect that |
| 0:28.0 | we're going to talk about it. We're not really other than to say how, I think, how incredibly |
| 0:31.5 | sad it is. Obviously, his parents have confirmed that he took his own life. Grayson Murray had himself talked about his struggles. |
| 0:41.0 | And again, it just highlights the fact that people have their difficulties in life. |
| 0:45.5 | Everybody does, but for some, it's overwhelming. |
| 0:47.5 | It's not really a golf story, isn't he? |
| 0:49.7 | And it's other than the fact that he was a golfer. |
| 0:51.8 | It's a human story and just a desperately sad one. |
| 0:54.6 | Yes, it is. And I think, you know, obviously our condolences and, you know, just our thoughts are very much with him, his family, his friends. |
| 1:05.6 | And, you know, he used his platform very, very effectively in terms of talking about the issues that he faced. |
| 1:13.6 | When he won the Sony Open, his news conference was dominated by the issues that he faced, |
| 1:18.7 | whereas ordinarily any player that wins a big tournament is talking about that triumph. |
| 1:24.5 | And he used that platform to help an awful lot of people. |
| 1:28.3 | And I think when you just see how the golfing community has responded to this awful, awful news shows how he was |
| 1:36.3 | regarded and that he made a very, very significant contribution and it's just terribly, terribly sad that he's no longer with us. |
| 1:45.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:46.1 | Harry Higgs actually won the Knoxville open |
| 1:48.9 | on the Corn Ferry Tour of the weekend. |
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