Chasing Pars Golf Podcast

In this episode I was joined by Mexican pro Fernanda Lira who has joined from back in Mexico City ahead of a sponsors invite into this week's Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba, the first Mexican event on LPGA Tour in over 8 years. We talk about how prestigious the Mexican events are for the likes of Fernanda, Gaby Lopez, Maria Fassi & Isabella Fierro and the lasting impact of LPGA legend and former World Number 1 player Lorena Ochoa has had on the development for future Mexican players.  Fernanda is from Mexico City and started playing the game at about 6 years old due to the old Mario Golf game along with her brother and went to University of Central Arkansas winning events at college level at UoCA and was Freshman of the Year in her time there where she would also meet her now husband Ryan Shuttleworth who caddies on the LET with Alexandra Swayne currently. Fun fact Fernanda adopted a street dog called Poncho. Fernanda turned Pro in 2019 and would win in 2020 on Women's All Pro Tour at Crown Colony Challenge and would also win on WAPT in 2021 at Mountain Ranch Championship. Fernanda's biggest triumph would be winning 2021 Firekeepers Casino Hotel Championship in Michigan on Epson Tour defeating Isi Gabsa, Sophia Schubert, Danielle Iacobelli & a certain 2x Major Champion and former best player in the world Lilia Vu by a whopping 6 shots. At the end of 2023 Fer would finish T5th at LET Final Q School to gain status for 2024 where she had her Rookie season on Ladies European Tour with best finishes of T22nd at KPMG Women's Irish Open, T32nd at Lacoste Ladies Open de France and T33rd at Amundi German Masters.  Fernanda not only plays this week in Mexico on a sponsors invite but she also got a sponsors invitation to play the next LET event at Tenerife Open in 2 weeks time at Abama Golf.  Download & Like/Subscribe via Podbean, Apple Podcasts & Spotify. Thank you Fernanda all the best for 2025.

In another player interview I was joined by Ladies European Tour pro and the very talented Moa Folke who called in from back home in Tranås, Sweden before flying out to South Korea for Aramco Series Korea then the European swing in the summer. Tranås is also where Kajsa Arwefjäll was originally brought up.  A representative of Landeryds Golfklubb, Moa would go to Murray State University in Kentucky where she would be a 4x Ohio Valley Conference 1st team selection as part of Murray State Racers and was named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year for 2017 whilst also competing at NCAA Championships twice.  Moa would turn pro in 2018 and would win on Swedish Golf Tour in 2019 at Tegelberga Open defeating Linn Grant & Emma Svensson by a whopping 6 shots. At the end of 2021.   Moa would gain her LET Card at Final Q School for the 2022 season and at Dromoland Castle for KPMG Women's Irish Open Moa would be the 36 hole leader after shooting at -10 62 on Friday. In 2023 in the Sunshine Ladies Tour Folke would win Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am at -8 by 3 shots to Annelise Caudal, that would set up for a good run on LET with 2 runner ups at Joburg Ladies Open and Lacoste Ladies Open de France as well as T9th at KPMG Women's Irish Open. In 2024 by Moa"s own admission was worse as she admitted trying to force things after a good 2023 ultimately leading to finishing 38th on LET Order of Merit. In 2025 it's been a solid start for Moa as she would post a respectable T14th at PIF Saudi Ladies Intl in a high quality field, was in contention at Australian Women's Classic before unfortunately a final round 77 propelled her to T27th then T5th at Ford NSW Open in Woollongong. She currently sits in 21st on LET Order of Merit standings and with a big European run coming up hopefully we will see Moa challenging more often. Great player even better person. Lovely and down to earth.    Download via Podbean, Apple & Spotify and be sure to like and subscribe. Thanks

It's the first women's major of the year at The Chevron Championship where it will get held in Texas for the 3rd year in a row at Carlton Woods as World Number 1 Nelly Korda looks to defend her title and World Number 2 Jeeno Thitikul is the single priced favourite to capture a first major title. This Jack Nicklaus course is playing about 6,911 yards which by Ladies standards is super long so off the tee and distance will be key and elite iron play will also be a factor.  I was joined by Scott Mader to dissect who we think has what it takes to become the next Chevron champion while going through majority of the names at the top's chances while also giving our plays further down the board in what should be an interesting Chevron! Be sure to Download in the usual places via Podbean, Apple & Spotify. Thanks 

In this latest episode I was joined by LPGA Tour card holder and the 2023 LPGA Tour Longest Driver Polly Mack who was in the midst of preparing for the upcoming LPGA Tour tournament at JM Eagle LA Championship at new course El Caballero! Polly is from Berlin, Germany & went to 2 American Universities at both University of Nevada and University of Alabama where with the latter Polly would win NCAA Franklin Regional to participate in NCAA Division 1 Women's Championship and was also named both 2018 Mountain West Player of the Year and 2018 Mountain West Freshman of the Year. During her Amateur career she also represented Germany on 3 occasions at European Amateur Ladies' Team Championship. Polly would turn pro in June 2022 and would gain starts on Epson Tour where she made 8 out of 11 cuts before finishing T15th at LPGA Final Q School at the end of 2022 to gain an LPGA Tour card for 2023 where she also held LET status starting off 2023 with a T13th at Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco before also playing her first ever major championship at Chevron Championship at Carlton Woods in Texas, an experience that Polly certainly loves to talk about. Polly would keep her status on LPGA for 2024 and would start off slow before a respectable T21st at Ford Championship in Arizona would occur before playing 2 Majors at Chevron & KPMG PGA Championship at Sahalee CC. In the summer Polly would have a good run of T39th at CPKC Women's Open in Canada, a career best T5th at Portland Classic  and T14th at Kroger Queen City Championship which would help elevate her to 72nd in last year CME standings.  We learn about Polly's detour when travelling to Australia after finding out last minute that she was in the field for Blue Bay LPGA in China having to literally go through passport control then to go back out again in the other direction, the life of a professional Golfer right there folks.. As always I hope you enjoy and be sure to download, subscribe and like via Podbean, Spotify & Apple. Please also be sure to leave a 5 star rate and review as we keep improving. Thanks Polly for being a good guest! 

In this latest episode I was joined by former Ladies European Tour professional Danielle Thwaites who was Danielle Masters when she played on tour. First thing's first please subscribe and listen into Danielle's new venture Birdies n Banter on YouTube where you will see interviews with former colleagues, range swings and golf clothing! Danielle played golf at an early age believe it or not with left handed clubs to start with then eventually had to change over to right handed clubs. Danielle represented England at various tournaments alongside the likes of Sophie Walker and was a part of Vagliano Trophy in 2003 & a part of the Curtis Cup in 2004 at Formby where they had a superstar on the US side in the form of Michelle Wie.  Danielle would turn pro in 2004 and would successfully gain her LET Card at the first time of asking which is a very impressive feat and would be out on tour for 4 full seasons before injuries would affect her progress before she would become a mother to 2 children. Since she gave up tour life she has become a successfully qualified Chiropodist with her own business, plays golf again at County level in Kent & is happily married with hubby John and has 2 kids now!  Danielle recently got the chance to start up on a new venture with the Going OB podcast with Craig Purves where she would co-host after a successful episode together.    Download and like via Podbean, Apple & Spotify and be sure to give Danielle some loving after a good episode! Wish Danni all the best with Birdies n Banter! Thanks 

As the LPGA Tour returns this week after a 3 week hiatus I was joined by New Zealand born Aussie pro Hira Naveed who returns to the scene of her career best finish of 2nd at last year's Ford Championship in Arizona over the road at Seville Golf & Country Club where she challenged the world number 1 Nelly Korda finishing 2 shots behind the best player in the world.   Although born in New Zealand, Hira spent majority of her childhood in Perth, Australia and went to University in Los Angeles where she ended up finishing 5th in the all time scoring list with 73.59 and would be a part of the 2019 Palmer Cup side for Team International which they would win against USA. In 2019 Hira turned Pro before the disruption of 2020 where she was cut off from any sort of tournament play but played on Epson Tour in 2021 with a career best finish on Epson of T4th in 2022. Hira would meet well renowned Golf Coach Chris Mayson and would certainly work towards improving. Hira would gain her LPGA Tour card for 2024 season after finishing T15th at Final Stage Q School in 2023.   Last year Hira made her bow at LPGA Tour level and had a few Top 20s and she even admits that it could have been better but still a respectable 72nd finish on the Race to CME Globe standings to keep her card. So far Hira has started with 3 straight cuts made including a 8th placed finish at Saudi Ladies International in Riyadh and returns to the state of Arizona where she is very comfortable with having played a heap of events in AZ on Epson Tour & openly admitted she loves playing in hot weather and desert golf.   Downloads via Podbean, Apple and Spotify! Be sure to give a listen and thanks to Hira Naveed for being a good guest!   Enjoy!

As the episodes keep coming I was joined by Ladies European Tour caddy and one of my favourite people in the world Jordan Chatt as he phoned in last week from Coffs Harbour to give us an overview of the week, course conditions at the time as well as the aftermath of Alfred Cyclone and it's effects. Jordan started caddying in 2018 starting as a 16 year old lad caddying for in his own words 'Rich Americans' and developed a love for caddying and helping players reach their potential afterwards. Jordan would alongside Annabell Fuller qualify for AIG Women's Open at St Andrews last year in what would be his first major and the most special one as it sadly was one of the last times his late mother would see him on the course. As of this year Jordan started the first few events in Morocco, Saudi & Taiwan with experienced winner Perrine Delacour learning different things along the way before bagging with Megan Dennis for last weeks Australian Women's Classic where they unfortunately missed the cut. Hopefully will see more of Jordan on tour this year!  In a short space of time Jordy has developed into a good friend and it's great to see him out there doing well even with the dodgy accent ha ha! Download via Podbean, Apple & Spotify & be sure to rate and review! 

In this episode as we continue the Caddy Series I was joined by LPGA Tour caddy Ryan Hilton who just come back from an abrupt end to Singapore after his current player Jenny Shin had to withdraw due to a fever but Jenny should be fine for the next event in Arizona. Ryan is from the Mid West of America and isn't too far from Erin Hills where this year's US Women's Open will be held! Ryan started his caddying career after meeting with a fellow pro while working as a coach at local golf course and last year was on the bag for 4x LET Winner Alexandra Försterling in her Rookie Year on LPGA and played events such as AIG Women's Open at St Andrews & Olympics for Germany. This year he got the call from Jenny Shin to work for her and started out together back in Australia before Thailand and Singapore.  Hope you enjoy this insight from Ryan into life as a pro caddy.  Like, Subscribe and Download on Podbean, Apple Podcasts & Spotify! Enjoy!

In one of the most open, honest and heartbreaking interviews I've done so far I was joined by 2x LET winner Jana Melichova who is currently still recovering from a back injury that required some surgery with Jana hoping to make it back on tour to defend her title at Dutch Ladies Open in May as only recently of late has she been able to start hitting balls again! Jana is from Pikovice outside of Prague in Czechia and is very close with Former podcast guest Sara Kouskova as well as the other Czech players Klara Davidson Spilkova, Krystina Napaleova and Tereza Melecka. She would go to the States for a scholarship at Old Dominion University in Virginia going on to win an individual title while also competing in 6x European Amateur Team Championships for Czechia as well as winning All American honours after finishing 13th at NCAA Division 1. Jana would play a few events on tour as an Amateur including Czech Ladies Open on LET and Czech Ladies Challenge on LETAS. In 2022 Jana Melichova would make history by becoming only the 2nd player from Czech Republic to win on Ladies European Tour having won Czech Ladies Open by a shot defeating both fellow home favourite Klara Spilkova & the experienced Nicole Broch Estrup what makes it more impressive is Jana was still an Amateur! Shortly after turning pro in 2022 Jana's life would change forever with the sad unexpected passing if her beloved mother and Jana bravely opens up about the impact that this tragic unfortunate event has played a role in her life and how she is trying to become more open and honest about it with the assistance of a Mental Coach. For at least 10 mins Jana bravely, fearlessly and amazingly fully opens up about the last few years and I have nothing but pure respect and admiration to her for that! It was written in the stars in May of last year at Dutch Ladies Open as Jana would win for the 2nd time on Tour on what would have been her mothers 60th Birthday weekend so it was a highly emotional victory for her and let out floods of emotions as she capitalised on the mistakes of Kim Metraux coming down the stretch to win for 2nd time! Please be sure to Like, Subscribe,  Download while leaving some nice comments on Apple Podcasts, Podbean and Spotify and give this amazingly brave lady the love and support she needs. She deserves your listens! Powerful, raw and emotional and I hope you enjoy it!

The player interviews continue as I was joined by rising star & 2024 Curtis Cup star Sara Byrne who tees it up this week on the Epson Tour in Florida after winning both status on LET & Epson Tour. Primarily Sara will be focusing for the time being on Epson Tour as she bids on her quest to achieve a life goal dream of becoming a LPGA Tour player. A successful figure at University of Miami Sara was ranked as high as 44th in World Amateur Golf Rankings & is a 2x Irish National Champion. It's been a stellar Amateur career for Sara having at University of Miami she achieved the lowest scoring average in UoM history (70.34), won 2 NCAA D1 Tournaments, participated at World Amateur Team Championship in 2023, competed at 2024 Palmer Cup and would go undefeated in a historic run at 2024 Curtis Cup for GB&I at Sunningdale where she & Augusta National Women's Amateur Champion Lottie Woad would go undefeated in Fourballs & Foursomes while Sara would defeat Catherine Park 3&2 on Sunday Singles.  After Curtis Cup Sara would turn pro and get her professional debut at Rose Ladies Open event on LETAS finishing T13th & would also make the weekend of both La Sella Open (T41st) & Lacoste Ladies Open De France (T28th). At LET Final Q School after 5 gruelling rounds Sara would finish 15th overall to gain her full LET Card for 2025 along with Epson Tour card. In her first start as a LET member Sara would be right into contention even taking the lead at the first event of season at Lalla Meryem Cup eventually finishing T24th.  I wish Sara the best for 2025 on Epson Tour.    Guys be sure to Download via Podbean,  Apple & Spotify! Like & Subscribe it all means a lot 

In this episode I was joined by current Ladies European Tour member Dorthea Forbrigd as she called I before Morocco a couple of weeks back while back home in beautiful Oslo, Norway.  Dorthea is a 2x Norweigan National Champion, 4x East Carolina University Collegiate title winner, while she has also played in European Amateur Team Championships & World Amateur Team Championships for Norway and is a 2x European Ladies Amateur participant. Growing up Dorthea played multiple sports such as Cross Country Skiing, Football & Tennis.  Dorthea turned Pro in 2021  and managed to gain Category 18 status on LET and would play LET/LETAS in 2022 with a couple of 6th placed finishes at Hauts De France & Elite Hotels Open. In 2023 Forbrigd would gain confidence with an 11th at Czech Ladies Open & 17th at VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open while finishing T3rd at PGA Championship Goteborg & T2nd at Lombardia Ladies Open on LETAS. In 2024 she had some solid finishes with a T16th at Investec SA Women's Open, T19th at VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open, T20th at Aramco Series London, a career best finish of T5th at Dutch Ladies Open  while also playing multiple Aramco Series events & Scottish Women's Open this all contributed to Dorthea finishing inside the Top 70 to gain good status for 2025 on LET.  Had good fun with Dorthea and u hope you enjoy it!   Thanks as always for the continued support,  Like, Subscribe, Download via Podbean, Apple, Spotify and all other providers!

In this episode I was joined by Swedish LET title winner Lisa Pettersson as we found out about her preparation just before last week's first LET event in Rabat, Morocco. A lot of things have changed for Lisa having recently got married to her long term partner and recalls the unfortunate story of her now husband getting involved in a slight skiing accident causing a fractured elbow that required surgery just a couple of days before the wedding, thankfully everything worked out!  Lisa is from Stockholm, Sweden currently residing in Solna just outside of Stockholm and won Most Outstanding Female Scholar Athlete at East Carolina University. Lisa turned Professional in 2018 and while admittedly struggling she managed to win Swedish Matchplay on Nordic Tour and would play on Symetra Tour now Epson Tour in 2019 and discusses States life. In 2020 I Civid year Lisa in Arizona would win on Cactus Tour Arizona & finished 2nd behind the legend Anna Nordqvist not long after. At Final Stage LET Q School in 2021 Lisa would finish 2nd to gain LET status for 2022 and would hold the clubhouse lead at Skaftö Open before narrowly missing out to Linn Grant. 2023 would be much better with a T6th at Aramco Team Series - Hong Kong before winning her home open in Helsingborg in June defeating Ana Pelaez Trivino by a shot to win her maiden title. At Dromoland in Ireland Lisa would get into a playoff at Irish Women's Open with Smilla Tarning Soenderby & Anne Van Dam before losing out to eventual winner Smilla Tarning Søenderby who had produce a worldie of a round to win.  A nice episode was had with Lisa and I hope you enjoy!   As always I ask if you could download, listen, rate and review via Podbean, Apple Podcasts & Spotify. Thanks for the continued support!

Hi everyone and hope you are enjoying the player episodes again, today I've got another great one with the super lovely Czech LET star & Olympian Sára Kouskova! The 2022 LETAS Order of Merit winner joined me to chat about her off season, what she's been improving on and how she's looking forward to Morocco this week!  Kouskova is from Prague, which is of course the capital of Czechia. Sara would go to University of Texas at Austin representing Czechia 4 times at European Girls' Team Championship, 4 times at European Ladies' Team Championship, World Junior Girls Championship in 2017 & Espirito Santo Trophy participant in 2018 and would win 2021 Arizona Wildcat Invitational in college.  In 2021 Sara would make history by becoming the first Czech player to win a LET Access Series event at Czech Ladies Open (as an Amateur too impressive!) In 2022 Sara would win 3 times on LET Access Series in June at Santander Golf Malaga beating Virginia Elena Carta by 1 shot at (-5) and twice in September at Elite Hotels Open beating Vanessa Knecht by 3 shots at (-12) & ASGI Lavaux Ladies Open in Switzerland winning by 4 to the talented Helen Briem. With 3 wins and a consistent season Sara would win the 2022 Order of Merit for LET Access Series therefore gaining a full your card on LET for 2023.  On LET Sara admittedly at first she found it a struggle to get the consistency level right but would finish T5th at the notoriously difficult Hero Indian Women's Open at DLF helping her keep her status for 2024. It would a far more consistent season for Sara in 2024 with 4 Top 10s including 3rd at La Sella Open, 6th at Lalla Meryem Cup & 7th at Dutch Ladies Open which would help her to finish 19th overall in the LET Order of Merit standings. Sara is also an Olympian as she would also represent Czechia at Olympic Women's Golf at Le Golf National at 2024 Paris Olympics, Sara also talks about her Olympics experiences!  In her time off Sara is an avid artist and loves to chat about environment sustainability! Thanks to Sara for a nice chat and all the best at Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco this week on LET, hopefully a big 2025 for you!    Guys would love it if you could at least keep the downloads coming for these episodes as a lot of work goes into making them happen! Please download on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and all other Podcast providers! Enjoy!

Welcome to another player exclusive episode I was joined by LET Access Series Order of Merit winner & 2x LETAS title winner Kajsa Arwefjäll who called in after a good practice session in Florida ahead of the Ladies European Tour season opener in Marrakech next week!  Born in Tranås in the county of Jönköping in Sweden Kajsa would move to Høllviken near the city of Malmö at the age of 9 and plays out of Ljunghusen Golf Club. Kajsa is from a very sporty background with her father being a Former Professional Golfer in his own right and is now currently her golfing coach, her mother is a Former Skier and her brother plays Ice Hockey professionally back in Sweden formerly at Malmö Redhawks! Kajsa believe it or not is a World Champion Rope Skipper! Kajsa would enrol at San Jose State University where she was have an illustrious amateur career which includes 2x Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship participant, 2022 Palmer Cup participant for Team International, 2023 Women's Amateur Quarter Finalist, 2023 World Amateur Team Championship participant for Sweden as well as being a 4x WGCA All American Scholar, 4x First Team All-Mountain West, 2x Mountain West Player of the Year and winning 2024 Mountain West Individual Championship at SJSU. We talk about the Palmer Cup in Switzerland in 2022 where Kajsa was a part of a super winning International side which featured the likes of Ludvig Åberg, Adrien Dumont De Chassart, Rasmus Neergaard Petersen, Christo Lamprecht, Lexi Försterling,  Chiara Tamburlini, Aline Krauter, Benedetta Moresco & Julia Lopez Ramirez.  Kajsa has 3 wins on LET Access Series. 1 was at 2021 GolfUppsala Open back in Sweden as an Amateur. Kajsa turned Professional mid last year and won in June at MoreGolf Mastercard Open winning by 3 shots & in August at Destination Gotland Ladies Open by 2 shots. After a consistent year with 2 wins, 2 2nds, 2 T4th's & a T6th that contributed to Arwefjäll winning the LETAS Order of Merit to gain full time Ladies European Tour status for 2025! An exceptional talent with a big future ahead and I am excited to see what Kajsa Arwefjäll can produce on LET over the next couple of seasons!    As we look to keep growing the podcast, I could really do with your feedback. Please be kind enough to rate and review on Apple Podcasts which goes a long way. Be sure to listen and download via Podbean, Apple & Spotify. All your listens are greatly appreciated,  enjoy the episode!  

Before the LET season starts in a couple weeks time in Marrakech, Morocco I was joined by LET Tour Caddy Ben Cain also known as Squash by his peers as we look forward to the season starting up for 2025. Squash is the current caddy for the talented Emma Spitz who had a great year on LET last year which included a heartbreaking playoff defeat in Germany against home favourite and good friend Alexandra Försterling where she played some of her best stuff in the final 9 holes which included nearly getting a hole in one in the playoff. Squash was a player in his own right and we find out about his on course demeanour which he admits in spells wasn't fantastic and how he prefers giving his own influences into giving positive thoughts for Emma! Injuries cut short his own playing career and loves the challenge of caddying!  We also find out about some of the funny stories from on Tour and some of the best countries and courses that they go to! Funny guy and nice episode!   I'd appreciate your 5* reviews on Apple Podcasts as we continue to grow! I'd love your listens and downloads on Podbean, Apple Podcasts & Spotify! 

First of all before I introduce my new episode guest, I wanted to say a massive thanks to Luke Lacey who has help fit in some intro/outro music and generally edit sounds much better! It is the first player episode of 2025 and I was joined by the brilliant and talented South African Danielle Du Toit who for the second year in a row managed to successfully gain her LET card guaranteeing herself a good handful of starts on LET as well as starting off in South Africa for the 8 week stretch on Sunshine Ladies Tour. We found out how Danielle took the game seriously at 11 and went to Indiana Purdue University to develop her craft and became a better player for it before turning pro in late 2023 after qualifying from Final LET Q School the first time round as an Amateur.  Listen in for some good insight as well as some hilarious stories & bad jokes! I hope you all enjoy, Danielle was a delight! 2025 is a big year and I would love it if you could leave a 5* review on Apple, Podbean or Spotify it helps massively with the continued growth of the show!  Find the episode on all the usual podcast providers! Give it a listen, it's a great one! 

Hi guys and welcome to 2025! To start off 2025 I was joined by LPGA Tour Caddy Scottie Leonard @worldwidescottie who caddies at the moment for the super Ingrid Lindblad as we look forward to the start of their season in Brandenton, Florida for Founders Cup which leaves it traditional home of Upper Montclair, New Jersey.  We find out how Scottie even without a real golfing background was able to get a job as a club caddy at his local golf club as it made more money than cleaning the golf carts. Scottie would then get breaks with Jennifer Chang and would also caddy for Elizabeth Szokol before landing full time role on the Epson Tour last year with Ingrid Lindblad where she would have the chance to win before finishing 2nd to Fati Fernandez Cano then at Tuscaloosa Classic where Ingrid would win on Epson Tour contributing massively to her finishing 6th overall gaining full status on LPGA for 2025!  Scottie also co-hosts a caddy interview show on YouTube called My Side of the Bag with experienced caddy Drew Hinesley where their primary focus is showing you all the insights of life as a Tour Caddy! Listen on YouTube if you could! Listen, Download, Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts & Podbean. Be sure to give a 5 star review as it helps with the growth in this exciting time!  

In this episode I was joined by the extremely talented 1x LPGA Tour winner & star of Netflix Series 'The Short Game' Alexa Pano as we find out what she thought about her 2024 having played roughly 28 events it was her toughest one yet but highlights from 2024 include 2nd at Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona in Janaury while challenging at AIG Women's Open in August on the week of her 20th Birthday! Alexa has had an unorthodox route into the game of Golf having been a part of The Short Game on Netflix at 7 years old which focused on 2012 US Kids Junior Championship which would give her some fame, while Alexa was also a 3x National Finalist for Drive, Chip & Putt, she made her LPGA of Japan debut in 2016 at 11 years old & made her LPGA debut at 13 years old at Thornberry Classic. Alexa would turn professional at 17 years old and had success on Epson Tour in 2022 before gaining LPGA Tour card in 2023 fast forward to summer 2023 and on her 19th Birthday Pano would win on the LPGA Tour at ISPS Handa World Invitational at Galgorm Castle in Northern Ireland coming from behind on Sunday to beat both Gabs Cowley & Esther Henseleit in a Playoff.  I hope you all enjoy as Alexa was brilliant in this episode!  Be sure to like, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts & Podbean!

In the 3rd episode of The Caddy Series, it was a pleasure to be joined by LPGA Tour, Solheim & Ryder Cup pro caddy Jack Clarke as he phones from home in  Florida after a busy 2024 season on the bag with the legendary Anna Nordqvist in a season which saw Jack on the bag for the Majors as well as being at Solheim Cup in Virginia (Anna's 9th) in an event that Jack and now wife Swedish star Madelene Sagström famously had their mini 'honeymoon' and actually got paired together in the same session as Anna/Madelene teamed up together! Jack kindly offers his advice on the expertise of being a Professional caddy! Jack was a fine player in his own right winning Amateur events and turned Professional at 18 years old where he would achieve a Challenge Tour Tour card in 2013/14 before a sad run of injuries hindered his player career and had to give it up at 27 years old! We learn about Jack's experiences as a player! In late 2017 Jack got a call from Gemma Dryburgh to perhaps caddy for Gemma on the LET in which he accepted and would go on to caddy for European Solheim Cup star Caroline Hedwall which included be on her bag at 2019 Solheim Cup at Gleneagles where Suzann Pettersen famously sunk the winning putt to beat the US.  Jack has caddied in 3 Solheim Cups & 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome only losing the once which was this year's Solheim Cup at Robert Trent Jones. He would be on the bag at 2021 Solheim in Toledo for partner Madelene Sagström, be on the bag for the superstar Ludvig Aberg in Rome where Ludvig & Hovland famously defeated Koepka & Scheffler 9&7 and was on the bag with Anna Nordqvist this year. 2023 was a great year for Jack with getting the bag of the promising talent Ludvig Aberg and was able to share alongside 2023 Ryder Cup win also 2 individual wins together at Crans Montana for Omega European Masters and a stunning victory by Ludvig at RSM Classic on PGA Tour. We find out just what makes Ludvig Aberg so good!  I had a great chat with Jack about all things Golf and he comes across as a really likeable guy while also being a well respected figure as a good caddy! I hope you enjoyed it!   Reminder guys that the podcast is nominated in 2025 Sports Podcast Awards for Best Golf Podcast and I need the help of all you lovely people to help me try and cause a shock! Would love your votes as we try to get bigger!  Please be sure to leave a 5 star review as it helps massively with the growth and be sure to like, subscribe and download on Apple Podcasts & Spotify! Thanks

I was joined by recent LPGA Tour card holder in the lovely Robi Liti right after going back to Final Stage of Q School to try and regain her LPGA Tour playing privileges.  The 29 year old from beautiful Siena in Tuscany, Italy went to Arizona State University (ASU) and established a solid Amateur career as a 5x Italian National Champion at various levels, participated in World Amateur Team Championship twice & European Team Championships for Italy, was a finalist at British Girls Championship, won the prestigious PING/ASU Invitational in 2017 while also winning the All American Scholar of the Year and the NCAA Elite 90 Awards in 2018.  Robi would turn pro at the end of 2018 and would gain starts on Epson Tour from 2019. Robi's career would turn in 2023 after a background change in coach would help Roberta regain some confidence which would result in 9 Top 10's on Epson Tour including a T2nd at Black Desert. Overall Liti would finish 8th in Epson Tour Order of Merit to gain full status on LPGA Tour for 2024. We find out how she got on in 2024 in her own words!  We also get to talk about the rise of Italian Golf especially in the women's game with talented players like Benedetta Moresco and Carolina Melgrati coming out the college system. We also chat some Calcio as Roberta although from Tuscany is a Juventus fan.   Reminder that votes close on 13th January for Sports Podcast Awards with the winners getting announced on 30th January. The support so far has been amazing and overwhelming at times. Would love the votes to keep coming. Keep voting for Chasing Pars as Best Golf Podcast!! Be sure to Like, Subscribe,  Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts which hugely elevates the shows growth and Download in Podbean! Thanks.

In what is the 25th player interview this year for the podcast I was joined this time by new DP World Tour card holder & 2x Sunshine Tour title winner Robin 'Tiger' Williams as he phones in back home in Stellenbosch after playing the first event as a fully pledged DP World Tour player last week in Brisbane at BMW Australian PGA Championship. We find out about his experiences on Sunshine Tour over the last couple of years as well as finding out all about his meet up at 2018 Junior Ryder Cup with the big cat himself Tiger Woods who Robin is named after! Although Robin was born in town outside of Stellenbosch in South Africa's picturesque Western Cape. He and his family would move to the UK at the age of 8 years old spending the first year or so in Aberdeen before moving down south to Peterborough where the family still continue to reside! Until 2023 Robin would play all events at Amateur level and early pro level under the English flag and was a part of the European side at 2018 Junior Ryder Cup in Paris that on both sides boasted the likes of Hojgaard twins, David Puig, Akshay Bhatia, Michael Thorbjornsen, Rose Zhang,  Ingrid Lindblad,  Alexa Pano and Lucy Li.  In 2019 Robin would win on the Professional MENA Tour as an Amateur winning by 8 shots to Jack Floydd. Since winning on Sunshine Tour in October 2023 at Fortress Invitational, Robin has gone from strength to strength making every cut on limited DPWT starts including losing in a Playoff at SDC Championship (DP) to Jordan Gumberg and finishing T4th in a world class field at Alfred Dunhill Links Championship as well as successfully defending his Fortress Invitational crown. A talented player that could go very far, very measured head on such young shoulders. It was great to chat with Robin.  If you love the podcast and the guests please help us out by giving us a like, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts while Downloading on Podbean & Spotify. Appreciate the support!    

In another player interview special I was honoured to be joined by one of the pioneers of the LPGA Tour in 7x LPGA Tour Winner, Major Winner & 6x Solheim Cup participant Angela Stanford as we discuss what led to the decision to retire from full time LPGA competition after 24 years on Tour as well as finding out about her incredible journey that has had lasting impressions with everyone on LPGA Tour! A self confessed late bloomer to the game Angela was born & raised in Texas and went to Texas Christian University (TCU) participating in 2000 Curtis Cup in England before turning Professional shortly after that. Angela would win her first LPGA title in 2003 at LPGA ShopRite Classic then follow it up with a 2nd place finish at 2003 US Women's Open at Pumpkin Ridge GC where she was narrowly defeated in a Playoff. Wins would also occur twice in 2008 at Bell Micro Classic & Lorena Ochoa Invitational (one of Angela's favourite ever players). In 2012 in Singapore Angela would win HSBC Women's Champions winning in a playoff. 6 years later at 40 years old after 76 Major Starts and 18 years on Tour, Angela's day of destiny was filled as she would win her first Major Championship at Evian-les-Bains for Evian Championship knocking off the tag of 'Best player never to win a major'. In 2020 Angela would win the last of her 7 titles in her home state of Texas with family in attendance at Volunteers of America Classic.  Angela made the decision to retire at the end of the season and now looks forward to the future with the possibility of still playing on Legends of LPGA Tour.  A perfect role model to the younger generation of Female Golfers and one of the most respected players on the Tour it was a pleasure to chat with Angela Stanford!    If you enjoy the player episodes then please listen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts it all helps towards the growth of the show, also be sure to download on Podbean and Spotify. I hope you all enjoy! 

After a fantastic season on the LPGA Tour which includes Nelly korda winning 7 events including last weeks The Anika at Pelican, Hannah Green and Lydia Ko with 3 wins each as well as 2 wins each for Lauren Coughlin and Ronni Yin we have reached the season ending CME Tour Championship Finals with the Top 60 in the race to CME Globe making it through to Tiburon in Florida!  I am joined by Scott Mader @BJays129 as we go through this year on LPGA Tour, some highlights and who we think will go well this week! Listen and Download on Podbean, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. For the final time in 2024 for a tournament perspective, enjoy!

We made it all the way to 150 Episode guys! At times thought we would never get there so as always to everyone that takes time to listen in and support the show in anyway I'm always greatly appreciative!  In this episode I was joined by Epson Tour/LET Caddy Jonny Lane who phones in from his local football club Welwyn Garden City facility as we discuss the fundamentals of being a Professional Tour Caddy as well as one of the main points for Jonny was becoming a Tour Winning Caddy in September when his player the highly talented Fatima Fernandez Cano would win on Epson Tour for the 3rd time at Guardian Championship in Alabama with Fati defeating Former World Number 1 Amateur Ingrid Lindblad by a shot!  From Welwyn City, Jonny would spend time at his local Golf Club playing at the same club as where LET pro Hannah Burke played from. Jonny would be a Golfing Travel Holiday representative before fellow pro Caddy on DP World Tour Callum Matheson would show Jonny the ropes of what it took to become a Pro Caddy! Jonny has worked for the likes of Gemma Clews, Hannah Burke on occasion & Leonie Harm before getting the call from Fatima Fernandez Cano at Scandinavian Mixed and the rest is history as in a 9 tournament run Jonny & Fati would get a win, a 2nd & few more top 10s on Epson Tour where Fatima would gain her LPGA Tour card for 2025 after finishing 3rd overall on Epson Tour points list!  Jonny also talks about adapting some Aim Point training that he took to advance his Caddying credentials for helping people out if needed in the future as well as development in helping providing funds for Caddies if needed & helping with a new Caddy 'LinkedIn system' for future. In the space of a full year as a Caddy Jonny has had an impressive run! Hopefully the best is yet to come! Thanks so much to all my followers on this 3 & half year journey so far!   Listen & Download on Podbean, Spotify & Apple.

In this latest episode I was joined by Ladies European Tour & ex LPGA Tour caddy Big Ginge (aka Alex Williams) as we speak about a range of subjects including winning on his caddying debut on Seniors Tour with European Tour legend Barry Lane, growing up as part of Autistic Spectrum, what life is like travelling for someone with Aspergers Syndrome as well as finding out the main roles and responsibilities as a Pro Caddy including everything from the yardage books to wind factors to decision making. Alex was an all round sportsman playing everything from County Cricket, Badminton & Tennis before choosing to take up Golf more seriously and had some Junior success. In 2017 Alex would help Barry Lane win Seniors event at an impressive 22 under and work under Barry's tutorship for 3 years before finding some work working for Former British Am Champion Emily Toy  before working on LET & LPGA for the likes of Leonie Harm, Kim Metraux & Ines Laklalech as well as currently with Rosie Davies & occasionally Marta Martin on LET.  A greatly respected caddy that has a larger than life presence but one of life's good guys! It was a pleasure Ginge!  Listen & Download on Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts 

After a couple of weeks break, I was joined by one of the game's Elite Golf Coaches Chris Mayson who has coached some of the very best players in the game from World Number 1's in Ariya Jutanugarn to Major Champions in I K Kim. Chris played Professionally for a period of time after being a good winner at Amateur level at University. At the age of 25 he would have to give up playing g due to a disk injury in his back which by his own admission Chris was doing things wrong in his own practice and routine. Starting out his coaching route Chris would have at an early stage around 7 very good players to help evaluate their swings etc with before gaining a reputation for being a great mind in the coaching analysis side of things.  Examples of Chris' success is last week Ricky Castillo who would go on to win his PGA Tour card for next year from the Korn Ferry Tour, Chris who has worked with Ricky since 12 years old. Also a few weeks back at Solheim Cup 2 of Chris' players Sarah Schmelzel & Alison Lee were heavily involved in USA's 15.5-12.5 victory over Europe at Robert Trent Jones GC in Virginia! Chris is massively credited by Alison herself for turning her career around! Have you ever wondered what it takes to be an elite level Golf coach then please be sure to listen in via Podbean, Spotify and Apple Podcasts, I hope you enjoy!

First of all a little bit of a Disclaimer in I was out at the time of recording so unfortunately will be background noise but I was joined by Founder of Sterling Sports Management and Golf Enthusiast Jeff Chilcoat who phones in from Ohio to discuss Solheim Cup in Virginia, the job Stacey Lewis done for Team USA, trying to keep neutral having players on both sides with Megan Khang, Sarah Schmelzel, Allisen Corpuz on Team USA & Maja Stark on Team Europe for Jeff's clients! We find out about the day to day running of being a Player Manager to several LPGA Players and what is involved in the role as well as talking about potential growth in the years to come! Sterling Sports Management is fast becoming a well respected Management stable with multiple Major Champions & multiple title Victories! Jeff has over 25 years worth of experience and having met him at St Andrews on the Friday of AIG Women's Open I can say he was a great guy!  Hope you enjoy. Listen & Download on Podbean, Apple & Spotify!

In this episode I was pleased to be joined by an integral part of Team USA's success at last week's Solheim Cup the 2023 US Women's Open Champion Allisen Corpuz who phones in from Las Vegas, Nevada took talk about in her own words 'the surreal week' at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia for Solheim Cup that saw Allisen win 3 points out of 4 available including win both Morning Foursomes matches with close friend Nelly Korda & a statement victory over the vastly experienced Anna Nordqvist in the Sunday Singles. We talk everything from Barack Obama being in attendance to Allisen watching Lilia Vu clinch the Cup for the US with a brilliant approach at 18 vs Valenzuela to 2 feet to win.  Allisen assesses life on Tour, her 2024 season which has been consistent including 9 Top 25s & a season best finish of T4th a couple of weeks back in Boston for FM Championship, we discuss the life changing week at Pebble Beach in 2023 for US Women's Open and Starting out as a LPGA Tour member in 2022 after finishing T16 in LPGA Q Series in 2021 to win her LPGA Card. Allisen was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii before enrolling at University of South California from 2016-2021 which included 2021 Curtis Cup win for US (went 3-0-0 that week), 2x Palmer Cup Participant in 2020 & 2021 as well as playing in 3x US Women's Opens as an Amateur while reaching a high of 7th in the World Amateur Rankings. In 2021 Allisen turned Professional and has never looked back since then having had 31 Top 25s since 2022 making 52/67 cuts since then. 2x Solheim Cup Participant for USA (Won 5 out of 8 Matches played) & in 2023 at Pebble Beach Allisen would defeat Charley Hull & Jiyai Shin by 3 shots to win US Women's Open which remains her sole LPGA Tour win.  A hugely consistent and accurate player with a great game. Surely only a matter of time before Corpuz wins more titles.  If you could listen in via Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts that would be great. Appreciate the Support! Enjoy.

In this next player episode I was joined by fellow Scottish compatriot and Scottish Women's Number 1 player Gemma Dryburgh who calls in from Texas due to a hurricane emergency evacuation in New Orleans. We find out how Gemma has found her season so far with 11 cuts made in 20 events this year on LPGA Tour including 6 Top 25 finishes and what is to come for the rest of the year after this week's Solheim Cup is finished.  Gemma is from Westhill in Aberdeenshire about 7 miles short of Aberdeen and grew up playing Football and supporting both Aberdeen & Manchester United. Gemma went to Tulane University in Louisiana, New Orleans where she would win 2x Individual Titles, Represent Scotland at World, European & South American Team Championships & would participate for Great Britain & Ireland at 2014 Curtis Cup. In 2015 Gemma would turn professional and would gain starts on the Ladies European Tour for the first 2/3 seasons before winning a LPGA Tour card for 2018.  Gemma is a 5x Professional title winner including the biggest win of her career in at Toto Japan Classic in November 2022 defeating home faithful Kana Nagai by 4 shots to win for the first time on LPGA Tour. Gemma has also won in 2017 on ALPG Tour & 3x Rose Ladies Series event winner in 2020 & 2021 in events hosted by Justin & Kate Rose! In 2023 Gemma would make every cut at the 5 Majors including a career best T8th at 2023 Evian Championship & would get the nod of approval from European Solheim Cup Captain Suzann Pettersen to represent Team Europe at Finca Cortesin where she earned a Full Point in 2 matches in Spain, something that is still memorable for her to this day! Gemma was great fun to have on and I enjoyed speaking to a fellow Scot! I hope you enjoy also! Listen & Download on either of Podbean, Apple Podcasts or Spotify! I appreciate the support!

In the 21st player episode of 2024, Craig was joined by current LPGA Tour Rookie Isabella Fierro who calls in from Ohio to discuss life on LPGA Tour so far after winning her LPGA card finishing 9th overall on the Epson Tour last year! Inspired & mentored by the legendary 27x LPGA Tour winner, former world number 1 & LPGA Hall of Famer Lorena Ochoa, Isabella talks about what Lorena's influence has had on her and for Mexican Golf in general! Isabella is from Ciudad del Carmen in Mexico and took up Golf at the age of 4 Inspired by her father. She also went to the Oklahoma State University with the likes of Maja Stark and got to 28 in the WAGR at Amateur level which included multiple titles most notably 2017 North & South Women's Amateur Championship. Isabella also competed at 2021 Palmer Cup for Team International, 2021 NCAA Women's Match Championship, 2x at Augusta National Women's Amateur & finished 76th at 2022 Chevron Championship as an Amateur.   Isabella turned Pro in 2023 where she would start on the Epson Tour and would shoot a final round 62 at Garden City Charity Classic to finish T2nd. She would also have runs in June with T11th at Island Resort Champs, T17th at Hartford Healthcare Women's Champs & T8th at Black Desert Resort Championship. She would finish the Epson Tour season with T3rd, T4th, a win at Tuscaloosa Classic and T8th at Epson Tour finals to gain LPGA Tour status for 2024. The most notable result for Isabella this year was the T23rd at Chevron Championship in April at the first major of the year!  I wish Isabella all the best for the remainder of the year and hopefully she progresses next year! A very talented player for sure! Thanks Isabella! Listen & Download on Podbean,  Spotify & Apple Podcasts 

After an enthralling ending to the CPKC Women's Open in Calgary where on her 101st LPGA Tour start Lauren Coughlin finally became a LPGA Tour title winner after standing tall at a tough Earl Grey Golf Club defeating Mao Saigo by 2 shots while Haeran Ryu a stalwart for much of the tournament alongside Coughlin fell away to finish T3rd. Congratulations to former podcast guest Lauren on finally achieving her dreams!  This week the LPGA heads to a familiar sport in the State of Oregon for the Portland Classic at the  ever present 6400+ yards  Columbia Edgewater Country Club which usually generates great scoring chances for the players and with sun & light winds expected it should be more of the see as Chanettee Wannasaen defends her title after romping to a 4 shot victory at -26 to Xiyu Lin to win as a qualifier at 19 years old. I am joined by Scott Mader as we try our best to guide you through the best plays of the week in what is an extremely weak field this year due to the Olympics being next week for the Women's side. Be sure to follow myself @ThomsonGolf94 on Twitter for all LPGA content including the LPGA 6 as myself & 5 associates give our best picks of the week just for you lovely people.  Listen & Download on Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts, enjoy!

In another player episode of the podcast I was joined by the current number 1 ranked in the race for the Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year and 1x LET Winner Chiara Tamburlini who calls in from back home in Switzerland as she enjoys some time off before back to tournament action in mid August for the Scottish Open! It's been a great rookie season so far on the LET for Chiara with 5 Top 10's including a win by a whopping 7 shots at Joburg Ladies Open in April, a T2nd at Jabra Ladies Open at Evian Resort in May and a T3rd on her LET debut in Kenya. Chiara talks about her journey into the game while having a successful Amateur and College Career playing in 4x European Amateur Team events for Switzerland, playing Espirito Santo Trophy,  playing 2x Palmer Cup's for International team and playing last year Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship! We found out how she has found Tour life so far while striking up friendships with many people. In 2023 Chiara would turn professional and on her first tournament played as a pro she would win the PGA Championship Gothenburg on the LETAS tour by 5 shots then a few weeks later with the Justin Rose backed Rose Ladies Open she would win that by 2 ultimately gaining her LET card after finishing 3rd overall! A couple of weeks ago Chiara would make her Major Championship debut at a Golf Course she has lots of experience at for the Evian Championship where she would make the weekend and finish T55th she would also play on the Saturday with none other than the Undisputed Number 1 Nelly Korda a surreal experience for anybody! Chiara was a great guest and I hope you enjoy the episode. A super talented Golfer with the world at her feet. Loved this episode. Thanks to Chiara. Download and listen via Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts 

After a sweet homecoming win at The Renaissance Club for Robert MacIntyre in dramatic fashion draining a 22ft birdie put on the 72nd to win his home Open and jump to a career high of 16th in the OWGR! It was a truly monumental day for Scotland!   We are at the final Major Championship of the year on the men's side for the most prestigious Championship in all of Golf for the right to be called 'The Champion Golfer of The Year' its the 152nd edition of The Open Championship at Royal Troon as we return to the Ayrshire Links for the first time in 8 years after the historic dual of 2016 between Henrik Stenson & Phil Mickelson who completed lapped the field that week as the Swede became a Major Champion for the first time! This pristine links has added an extra 190+ yards since 2016 and will play as 7,350 yards Par 71. You will need to have everything working as you navigate this testing golf course!  I was joined by Joe Idone (@TourPicks) on X as we breakdown Royal Troon and who the contenders this week might be after Brian Harman's rout of Royal Liverpool last July! We have a strong hand of selections this week. Scottie Scheffler returns having missed Scottish Open last week while we all have out say on Rory, Xander, Bryson, Morikawa & Ludvig! Joe is one of the most respected names in the Golf Content Industry and done a really good job here of providing good information! Could we see an 11th different name in a row on the Claret Jug in what has definitely been the most unpredictable Major of the 4! Listen & Download on Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcast!   Thanks

We have reached the summer and the peak of the beautiful game! This week we are back in Evian-les-Bains, Haute Savoie by Lake Geneva for the 4th Major of the Year for the Major that by fellow pros still gets a lot of slander for its suitability to host a biggie. It's Evian week! One of the most beautiful places on earth with picturesque views of Lake Geneva but a very hilly and tricky Golf course at Evian Resort! I am joined by Ryan Ballengee of Golf News Net to go over everything you need for the Major that was absolutely dominated last year by Celine Boutier who won by 6 shots to Brooke Henderson in the end! We go over the board from with our views on the top with World Number 1 Nelly Korda returning from a freak dog bite injury this week! Myself & Ryan give our views on who we like & who we are swerving this week with Craig really keen on a new Thai Major winner. We also call some mid range shouts and some long shots! It should be a good event! Be sure to listen and to download on Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts!    Enjoy! 

In this latest Player Interview I am joined by LPGA Tour player & current World Rank Number 56 Lauren Coughlin as we talk through her stellar start to 2024 with 3 Top 10's and 8 Top 25's amassed already including a LPGA career best finish of T3rd at the first Major of the year at Chevron Championship where Lauren was First Round Leader after shooting a 66! She's followed that performance at Chevron with a T8th at Ford Championship and T9th at LPGA ShopRite Classic. We find out how she has found more consistency within her game at the top level which she puts down to improvement with the Putting all year!  Lauren is a 3x Virginia Amateur Champion & won the 2016 ACC Individual title in College at University of Arizona where she has resided since 10 years old! Lauren turned professional in 2016 starting off on the Symetra Tour (Epson) with not much success at the start but things changed in 2018 after winning a LPGA Tour Card at LPGA Final Quali Tournament finishing T7th to gain status on Tour, while making a cross over back to the Symetra Tour Lauren would win the 2018 PHC Classic by a shot to Dottie Ardina as a result Lauren would make her Major Championship debut appareance at Evian Championship!  We also talk about last week's Dow Championship pairs event with Bailey Tardy, Lauren's hopes of representing Team USA at Solheim Cup this year in her home state, find out why she is massively looking forward to AiG Womens Open at St Andrews in August! Lauren is also sponsored by the guys from No Laying Up Podcast after the opportunity arisen in 2019! A brilliant chat with a down to earth lovely person. Thanks Lauren! I hope you enjoy this great episode!    Download & Listen on Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts

After an unbelievable US Open at Pinehurst #2 which seen Bryson DeChambeau play the bunker shot of his life to 4 foot to become a 2x US Open Champion at the expense of Rory McIlroy who yet again let another Major Championship slip away missing 2 3 footers in the last 3 holes, that is now 21 Top 10s in Majors since 2014 for Rory will he win one again? In this episode I am joined by Kevin (@TerrordactylGB on Twitter) to deep dive through a sublime golf course this week at Sahalee Country Club in Washington for this week's 3rd Major of the Year on the LPGA for KPMG PGA Championship where Ruoning Yin won at a tough Baltusrol last year! This Ted Robinson/Rees Jones beauty is a tough test with many large trees surrounding the property and mega narrow Fairways pinning more on Driving Accuracy & Off the Tee. We discuss the favourites, fades & go over our picks for this week's test in Washington! Thanks to Kevin for taking time out to come on! Listen & Download on Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts! Enjoy pals! 

It's the 3rd Major of the Year this week for the US Open Championship at the iconic Pinehurst Number 2! This truly great Donald Ross design measuring 7,500 yards with a Par 70 this week is a true brute of a Golf Course with absolutely lightning fast Greens for this week set for Pinehurst. Craig & Chris Callow @shallowcalgolf deep dive into the odds board where we discuss who can potentially put in the greatest threat to the Undeniable Best Player in Planet Golf in Scottie Scheffler! Could we see a shock winner this week or will it be a formality for the Number 1 player? Find out who we like and dislike for this week for a proper classical US Open! This should be phenomenal Listen & Download on Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts!

We have arrived at the 2nd Major of the year in the Women's game this week as the players head to Pennsylvania for the 79th US Women's Open at the fantastic Lancaster Country Club! It is the 2nd time that the US Women's Open has been hosted at this William Flynn classic design where it hosted the tournament in 2015 where a 20 year old In Gee Chun would win the first of her 3 Majors and maintains a special affiliation with Lancaster!  With Nelly Korda winning 6 out of her last 8 events including the first major of the year at Chevron beating Maja Stark it is easy to see how it could take a mammoth effort to stop Nelly winning another major and making it 7 wins in 9 but we are here to guide you through some of the best other players!  Craig is joined by Scott Mader (@BJays 129) on Twitter to discuss who can mount a serious challenge to Nelly in Pennsylvania this week on a course that demands high Greens in Reg/Par 4 Scoring/Approach/Driving Acc with multiple elevation changes, angles of shots/tiny greens & Conestoga River flowing through the course, this US Open should be an interesting viewing to see who can mastermind a strategy of such a stern test. Who has the patience to win a US Women's Open title?  Thanks to Scott for coming on with me to chat who we fancybwith a couple of regular plays in both cards!    I'd like to say if you are struggling with anything related to Mental Health please reach out to someone it will make the world of good! I hope Grayson Murray had found inner peace, a truly tragic story! R.I.P Grayson Murray! Listen in & Download via Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts. Thanks a million! Enjoy!

In what was a pretty unforgettable PGA Championship at Valhalla for the good & all of the bad reasons it was Xander Schauffele who had ice in his veins to win a first major title at a record setting -21 to defeat a fired up Bryson DeChambeau by a shot to claim The Wanamaker Trophy while on the LPGA Tour Nelly Korda made it 6 wins from last 7 starts by beating Hannah Green by a shot at Liberty National for Mizuho Americas Open an event that seen no more than 10 withdrawals last week. In this episode I am joined by Nigel (@GolfNutter3) on X (Twitter) to discuss the fall outfrom Kentucky, we talk Scheffler arrest as well as talk the first event of the European Swing on DP World Tour at Rinkven International in Antwerp for Soudal Open where Jordan Smith & Adrian Otaegui Open up as joint favourites while in Texas on the PGA Tour we are at Colonial for Charles Schwab Challenge where Emiliano Grillo won at -8 in a Playoff. Scottie Scheffler is the 3/1 favourite with Collin Morikawa 14/1 2nd favourite. Listen in to see wo we both facy for the week this week! Listen & Download on Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.  Any feedback is gratefully appreciated! Thank you

Hello & welcome to the 2nd Major Championship of the year for PGA Championship at Valhalla where we have an enthralling Major to look forward to with the 3 Golfing juggernauts of Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy & Brooks Koepka all coming into this year's PGA Championship with a victory! We also have the generational talent Ludvig Åberg, the ever consistent Xander Schauffele & 2x Major Champion Jon Rahm looking to topple the mighty trio!  I was joined by a friend of the show this week in Chris Callow (@shallowcalgolf) to give a detailed preview on what to expect at Valhalla this week while we give our thoughts and opinions on some of the best of the rest while in agreement with a couple of picks! Valhalla is a big boy very long golf course which should favour the bigger hitters but take that with a pinch of salt.  On the LPGA Tour this week in the midst of an epic Rose Zhang/Madelene Sagstrom dual last week at Founders Cup where they were both 13 & 15 shots ahead of 3rd place Gabi Ruffels, the players are back for the 2nd year of Mizuho Americas Open at the epic Liberty National Golf Club. Craig dives over some of the information & has 5 picks this week while feeling fairly confident on an elite South Korean to go mighty close!  Listen & Download on Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts! Enjoy!

We are back this week to chat ISPS Handa Championship at Taiheiyo (Gotemba) course with the picturesque Mount Fuji in the backdrop as the DP World Tour returns after a break. We discuss the domination of the 2 World Number 1's Scottie Scheffler & Nelly Korda who have won 9 of their last 10 events together including 2 Majors in that time with Stephan Jaeger being the only player to win in that sequence in Texas. Craig also has a bit of a discussion about the direct lack of coverage on the LPGA Tour recently even with a Major Championship last week at the Chevron Champs.  Listen & Download in Podbean, Apple Podcasts & Spotify!

In this episode I am joined by former Ladies European Tour pro & current LET co-commentator for Sky Sports Golf Sophie Walker! We chat about Nelly Korda's dominance, the disappointing lack of LPGA Coverage, Lottie Woad's win at Augusta and what to expect from Lottie, Sophie's journey into the game and find out how she got into the role commentating on the LET alongside veteran broadcaster Richard Kaufman.  With it being Masters week at Augusta this week & the first major of the year in the Women's game next week at Chevron Champs we discuss who could go well for them. Sophie was a great guest & I enjoyed chatting with her! Hopefully have her back on the pod at another point into time!  Listen & Download on Podbean, Apple Podcasts & Spotify. It helps the show, enjoy!

It's that time of year again it's the Azaleas, it's Pimento Cheese Sandwiches, it's AUGUSTA NATIONAL. Craig is rejoined by Craig Edwards to preview everything about this year's Masters tournament. Can anyone stop the relentless World number 1 Scottie Scheffler? We give you our picks and views on what is going to be an unpredictable Masters!  Listen in and give some support by listening in on Podbean, Apple & Spotify! 

In this episode Craig is joined by new DP World Tour card holder for 2024 James Nicholas who phones in from New York after his first 5 events in Qatar/Kenya/South Africa & India after gaining DP World Tour card by a shot at Final Stage of DP World Tour Q School at Infinitum! A student at Yale University, James turned professional at beginning of 2020 and made starts on the Korn Ferry Tour finishing with a best T13th at Lincoln Land Championship where he would also get a couple of invites on the PGA Tour at Rocket Mortgage Classic & Bermuda Championship. At Yale James openly admits that he was a late bloomer to Golf having been massively into Ice Hockey & Lacrosse but made the switch to Golf after falling out of love with American Football.  In 2023 with no full time status on any tour James would Monday qualify into a couple of Korn Ferry Tour events at Magnit Championship & Albertsons Boise Open finishing T16th & T35th respectively. James would go to Q School for DP World Tour starting in Biarritz in France for First Stage, Isla Canela in Huelva, Spain for Second Stage before finishing T22nd at Final Stage at Infinitum Golf finishing -14 in total for 6 Rounds gaining a full DP World Tour card by a shot!  A friendly & out going guy with a good swing and a good mentality to go far. Was great to chat with James. I hope he has a successful career. Listen & Download on Podbean, Apple Podcasts & Spotify. Any love & support is greatly appreciated. Enjoy the listen!

In what is my 35th Professional player interview episode of the podcast I was joined by 2022 Limpopo Championship winner, 3x Pro Golf Tour Champion & Polish Number 2 Mateusz Gradecki who joins from back home in Poland after a few days of working on the Golf game with his coach in Spain. We discuss the tough start to Challenge Tour season with his last event being a season best T42nd in South Africa. We discuss growing up in South Western Poland, Adrian Meronk, going to East Tennessee State University from 2013-17, being a role model to future Polish players & look into some of the most notable career results including in April 2022 winning the co-sanctioned Challenge Tour/Sunshine Tour event at Limpopo by 3 shots. Mateusz was born in Trzebnica 12 miles outside of the main city of Wroclaw & grew up in Oberbiki Śląskie in Southwest Poland near the Czech border & grew up playing Football before choosing Golf where Poland has limited resources in comparison to other Golfing Nations. Mateusz won a minimum of 7 times at Amateur level including 5x Polish Amateur Champion (2011,2012,2013,2015 & 2016), 2014 Faldo Series Poland & 2017 MVK Turkish International Amateur Open as well as representing Poland in 3 Eisenhower Trophy's in Turkey/Japan & Mexico alongside Adrian Meronk & Jan Szmidt with the latter being a success with the Polish side finishing T8th & Meronk finishing 3rd individually a massive feat for the country. Mateusz is a 3x Pro Golf Tour title winner with wins at 2018 New Golf Club Matchplay, 2019 Open Prestigia & 2021 Red Sea Egyptian Classic. 2022 would be Gradecki's best year on the Challenge with the win in South Africa in April, 2nd at Big Green Egg German Challenge losing in a playoff to Alejandro Del Rey, T7th at British Challenge & T18th at the season ending Grand Final at Alcanada where putts from John Parry & a late 20 foot putt from Deon Germishuys at 18 would leave Mateusz 1 place short of reaching the DP World Tour in 21st a feeling that still hurts him to date.  With the Polish Challenge returning for the first time in years to Challenge Tour later this year at Rosa Golf Club a club he knows well it would be no surprise to see this proud Pole in contention at his home national Open. Listen & Download on Podbean, Spotify & Apple 

In this latest episode of Chasing Pars Golf Podcast I had the pleasure of the 2022 AIG Women's Open Champion Ashleigh Buhai joining me to chat about how her game is trending, skipping the Asian swing preparing for return to America as well as learning about her journey into the game where she would win South African Women's Open for the first time at just 14 years of age as an Amateur then again at 16 years old. We learn about the highs & lows of life on tour as a Professional Golfer. We go over in detail the weekend in August 2022 where in a dramatic 4 hole play off with 3x Major Champion In Gee Chun Ashleigh would prevail to become a Major Champion Golfer on her 221st LPGA start joining the elite list of players to win a Major.  Ashleigh would turn professional on her 18th Birthday and just 3 starts in she would win 2007 Catalonia Ladies Open on the LET. Ashleigh has won including the Major Championship a total of 22 times in a 16 year professional career (2x LPGA, 5x LET, 2x Australasian, 12x Sunshine Tour) including 4 times in the last 2 years with back to back Australian Open wins (2022 & 2023) & would win her maiden event in America in 2023 at LPGA Shoprite Classic. This is an episode that every sport lover should enjoy in the case of a player with gritty determination achieving a life long goal of winning a big major. Terrific cha with Ashleigh I thoroughly enjoyed it!   Listen & Download on Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts. Would love you to let me.know what you think, enjoy!

In this latest player episode special in association with Golf Tips Checker I was joined by LPGA Tour star, 2x Ladies European Tour winner & current World Number 18 Alison Lee who calls in from Las Vegas in the midst of the SuperBowl madness just passed! We find out at first about an injury setback where a bite from her partner's Pomeranian rescue dog would cause Alison to be hospitalised with an infection which would require surgery which is an unfortunate circumstance considering she was the most in form player in Women's Golf at the back end of 2023. Alison discusses having to withdraw from this week's Aramco Series event in Riyadh & also the LPGA Thailand event next week on LPGA Tour!  Alison was born & raised in Los Angeles, California to Korean parents and proudly speaks Korean! She discovered the game at age of 6 through her dad and has never looked back since with making US Women's Open in 2009 at age of 14 to becoming the Number 1 Women's Amateur player in the World for 16 weeks in 2013-14 winning Amateur & Junior events at ease on a constant basis Alison would turn pro and enter LPGA Tour School in 2014 where she would win it & gain her LPGA Tour card for 2015 season. In her Rookie year Alison would start off strong & feature at 2015 Solheim Cup in Germany before in her own words failing to make a cut on Tour for ages. In the midst of the bad slump Alison would even consider giving up Golf as her confidence was shot to pieces but finding her now coach Chris Mayson would fine something in her game & would win 2 Aramco Series events on LET in Sotogrande in 2021 beating Ashleigh Buhai by 5 shots, then in 2023 she was set the 54 hole scoring record in Riyadh to finish a remarkable -29 winning by a whopping 8 shots.  Although not been able as of yet to get over the line on the LPGA Alison would go on a run of 2,1,2,2 at the end of 2023 with Solheim Cup & Olympics this year it will be a big year for Alison's goals & expectations! From the brink of giving it all up to becoming one of the best players in the world please enjoy this remarkable story of Alison Lee! Thanks to all the support, please continue to listen, follow and download on Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts!

It was a thrilling Phoenix Open finish where the classy Canadian Nick Taylor birdied 5 of the last 6 holes to beat the wirey old veteran Charley Hoffman who played exceptionally for the last 36 holes out of nowhere but it was Taylor that made a clutch birdie on the 2nd play off hole to beat Hoffman to win his 4th PGA Tour title now & his 3rd in the last 4 years since Pebble Beach. On the DP World Tour it was a maiden victory for the talented Japanese player Rikuya Hoshino who became the 4th Japanese player to win on the the European Tour winning at the ever tricky Doha Golf Club for the Qatar Masters a fitting testiment to how good a spot Japanese Golf is in right now!  This week on the PGA Tour we move to a staple on the tour at the classic Riviera CC in LA for the Genesis Invitational an event that's had many a dramatic finish from Max Homa's home win to Adam Scott's 2nd win here to name a couple. In this Signature event with the return of Tiger Woods making the headlines it should be an interesting event where myself & Craig Edwards go through who we fancy with a consensus pick with a current major winner to enjoy!  Listen & Download on Podbean, Spotify & Apple 

The Ladies European Tour returns this week in Kenya at Vipingo Ridge & who better to have on than the lead commentator of LET & media veteran Richard Kaufman. In this episode we found out about Richard's upbringing, taking on the job as a Runner that got his foot in the door of Media. Richard has worked for Sports Radio shows, Ceefax before getting the chance to be the voice of the Ladies European Tour coverage for Sky Sports Golf. Richard in his time at Sky Sports has commentated at times on DP World Tour events and was at first doing Asian Tour coverage. With Richard at both Ryder Cup & Solheim Cup last year we talk about the 2 biggest biennial events in depth! We talk about what players to look forward to this year on LET while pointing out what rookies could go well this year in an open year in terms of quality!  This was recorded a couple of weeks before Richard's beloved Fulham played the 2nd leg of Carabao Cup semi final Vs Liverpool with dreams of Wembley! Be sure to listen out for Richard & co-commenator Sophie Walker on your Sky Sports channels as they bring you the very best from this year's Ladies European Tour season. Thanks to Richard for coming on.   Listen & Download on Podbean, Apple & Spotify!

With the Ladies European Tour starting next week at Vipingo Ridge in Kenya I was joined by new LET card holder & Epson Tour card holder Ellinor Südow. In this episode we get to learn more about Ellinor's rise which is impressive seeing as she only took up Golf 13 years ago after 12 having been a successful athlete with Badminton & Gymnastics (Ellinor was Top 5 in the country at Badminton) we learn how at first she hated it as it was boring but over time more work at it she would enjoy it more & would join Vasatorp Golf Club just outside of Helsingborg!  Having played all sports throughout her life growing up she had a healthy competition with her brother who is 8 years older than Ellie. Ellie would get to the States for a Scholarship at University of North Carolina at Charlotte which was the seen in 2019 of a shooting massacre which to this day still haunts Ellinor but she bravely opens up about that day & the after effects of such a traumatic experience. In 2021 Ellinor would finish 2nd at Danish International Amateur & 3rd at German International Amateur before transferring to University of Arizona before turning Professional in 2022! Ellie would finish T17th at LPGA Tour Q School to win a LPGA Tour card for 2023 which she opens up about some of her experiences on the main tour when at times on her own and struggling with being a rookie on LPGA Tour it would be fellow Swedes Maja Stark & Linnea Strom who would be there for her! Having briefly missed out on LPGA Tour Qualifying for this year the week after in Morocco at LET Tour Q School she would finish T16th to gain a full LET card for this year starting in Kenya.  To end the show Ellinor tells us about her ambitions to be at the Olympics for Sweden & become a UNICEF Ambassador to help others with extreme poverty! One of the nicest people you will talk to very friendly & down to earth with an unbelievably good swing. Expect big things this year from the talented Swede! All the best to Ellie for 2024! Listen & Download on Podbean Apple & Spotify!

With Edwards unavailable Craig goes alone for the very first time so apologies if it's a poor quality episode. It was an interesting week with Matthieu Pavon becoming the 1st Frenchman in 117 years to win on PGA Tour with a fantastic victory at Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines winning with a ballsy 3rd shot to the Par 5 18th to defeat Nicolai Højgaard! At Ras Al Khaimah it was a super Thorbjorn Olesen performance to win by 6 shots at -27 to Rasmus Hojgaard at Al Hamra GC. That was Olesen's 8th victory on DP World Tour & 3rd since 2022 a class player that can blow people away when the putter is firing! For me the event of the year so far was LPGA Drive On Champs in Bradenton, Florida on the LPGA Tour an event that saw the re-emergence of Nelly Korda who won for a 9th time on LPGA Tour in absolutely dramatic fashion defeating Lydia Ko in a playoff while Ko was looking for LPGA Immortality! Nelly would have a 4 shot lead going into Sunday would only be 1 ahead of Megan Khang after the front 9 then a poor drive at 14 would lead to a bogey at 14, double bogey at 15 followed directly by bogeys from all 3 of Khang, Ko and Ayaka Furue would put all 3 women joint lead at -9 before Ko thinned her 2nd shot to the Par 5 17th to 3ft for a tap in eagle while Korda would further bogey to give Lydia a 3 shot lead going into her 72nd hole. The drama doesn't end there Nelly at 17 from the back of the green would make a clutch eagle to go back to within 1 of Ko with Ko parring the 18th to finish -11 Korda would need to birdie 18 to get in a playoff which she produced a worldie shot into the 72nd to within a foot to bring it to a playoff where she would win on the 2nd Playoff hole in dramatic fashion in her hometown of Bradenton! This week we have AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on the PGA Tour which Justin Rose won last year. This year at Pebble it is an 80 man field with no cut & a PGA Signature Event attracting the very best this week with only Pebble Beach & Spyglass Hill in play instead of the 3 course rotation of normal & the Am's are only playing Thursday & Friday leading to a good finish hopefully! It's another inaugural event on DP World Tour with Bahrain Champs taking place this week at the Colin Montgomerie designed Royal Golf Club that has hosted a few MENA Tour events from 2018-20 as well as a Champions event in the European Tour back in 2011 which was won by Paul Casey at -20. With wind forecast in Bahrain it should be a good event with hopefully the winner picked in it! Felt it was hard to go solo so appreciate it if you try to listen in! Listen & Download on Podbean, Apple Podcasts & Spotify!