Le Golf National Olympics Preview—Plus, Growing Grass in China

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🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In this two-part episode, Garrett Morrison is first joined by Joseph LaMagna for a look at Le Golf National, the host course of the Olympic golf competitions in Paris for the next two weeks. Garrett and Joseph share memories of how the course played during the 2018 Ryder Cup and predict which men may have a chance at medaling at a course that fits their game. For the second half of this show, Garrett chats with Jon Wall, superintendent of Shanqin Bay Golf Club in Hainan, China. The two discuss Jon's background in England, his path to Asia, his experiences in Hong Kong and Vietnam and more from his golf-related travels before diving into the the design and agronomy of Shanqin Bay.

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0:00.0	I'm already upset when I find my ball in the bunker I'm really upset and when I find my ball in a fried egg
0:06.8	fried egg fried egg fried egg fried egg fried egg fried egg fried egg
0:11.6	fried egg lie I'm about ready to run off the golf course So, Welcome to the Friday Golf Podcast, I'm Garrett Morrison and today we have a kind of two-part episode for you. First I'm going to talk to
0:46.4	Joseph Lamagna about the Golf National which is the venue for the Olympics golf
0:51.7	competition this year.
0:53.8	Joseph and I thought we would discuss how this course kind of represents the ultimate case study in course fit and why Course Fit is important.
1:03.2	Then in the second half of the episode I'm going to speak with John Wall, who is the superintendent
1:08.8	at Shanchin Bay in China, fascinating Corin Krenshaw Golf Course, and John has an amazing perspective on
1:17.1	golf from the UK where he's originally from to Asia, where he currently resides. so I thought that would be an interesting
1:25.2	discussion and I have all sorts of questions I want to ask him about golf in Asia.
1:29.9	Before we get to all of that a quick quick word from our sponsor, Toro, up and down ham and egg
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2:32.4	I am here with Joseph Lamagna. Joseph how's it going? It's going great
2:38.4	Garrett. I'm excited to talk about LaGolf. How are you? Yeah we're gonna I'm
2:42.1	I'm doing well we're gonna get into LaGolfe National my favorite course.
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