Iron Man Returns
The Chipping Forecast
Soft Ears Media
4.9 • 718 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
With Andrew applying the finishing touches to his bumper colouring-in book, Eddie assumes the presenter’s seat buoyed by an encouraging return to action in Turkey. Iain (aka 'The Badger') is also happy with signs that show his golf isn’t quite as hapless as he feared. But the conversation is dominated by events on and off the course at the top of the game. They discuss a slow play penalty at the Turkish Open where there was a heartwarming winner, although we’re not sure whether it happened in Asia or Europe. Eddie and Iain also consider a dominant but dull win for Cameron Young and an equally emphatic win for Nelly Korda, while also getting into the possible demise of LIV Golf. They then round things off with Iain turning film critic and Eddie exclusively revealing that he doesn't know how to pack properly, or indeed stay around for a made cut.
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| 0:00.0 | It's time now for the chipping forecast, in association with Peter Millar, brought notice, no Andrew Cotter this week. So it is just myself and our special guest, Ian Carter the Badger. |
| 0:38.7 | Andrew is busy with book duties. Now, Ian, as somebody who's written a book before, |
| 0:43.2 | talk to me about the publishing, the stresses, all of the deadlines that have to be met, |
| 0:47.6 | because, you know, Andrew is under pressure and that tends to absence. He is under pressure. |
| 0:52.8 | He's really grumpy, isn't he, at the moment? He's so grumpy isn't he at the moment |
| 0:55.1 | he's so grumpy with it all |
| 0:56.6 | yeah it's horrible |
| 0:58.8 | it's a he's in that period |
| 1:01.7 | where it's just got to get done |
| 1:03.3 | and I think |
| 1:05.7 | it's funny because |
| 1:07.2 | actually what do you |
| 1:08.7 | do I'm slightly I'm slightly discomfited here because I thought you were going to start the pod by going hello |
| 1:14.7 | which is the usual thing but that's um by the by um what do you think this book's about for the first place |
| 1:23.0 | because we we have you been told I haven't heard anything I other than the no I was actually sent a draft copy quite a long time ago, and I think it was only half of the book. And I'll be honest, I didn't read it. But that's because I didn't want to read things on my screen, and I never got around to printing off because it would have been, you know, hundreds of pages. So I don't think I had a printer that had enough paper in it. |
| 1:44.9 | So I have a rough idea what it might be about. I certainly know what the title is. I think I do. |
| 1:50.1 | I do. I shall not disclose that. |
| 1:52.5 | Well, he sent me 20,000 words. And I spoke to him a bit later. This was ages ago. And I said, |
| 2:00.4 | I'm really sorry. I'm a bit like you. I'm sorry. I haven't managed to read it yet.. This was ages ago, and I said, I'm really sorry. |
| 2:01.2 | I'm a bit like you. |
| 2:19.6 | I'm sorry, I haven't managed to read it yet. And he went, no, no, don't read it. Don't read it. I've completely changed it. So I mean, it's sitting there. That would be my great worry with the deadline is because, you know, you would think it's a passion project to write a book. and I would only ever, if I was to imagine ever writing something, you know, that length, |
| 2:20.2 | you would want it to a passion project to write a book. And I would only ever, if I was to imagine ever writing something, you know, for that length, you would want it to only ever be something that goes out once you're fully happy with it. And knowing how much |
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