Off The Deck Golf Podcast

The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island is the home to the 2021 PGA Championship this week, and the focus of almost the entirety of our podcast this week.  The Ocean Course is the scene of Rory McIlroy's record breaking win back in 2012 as he went on to win his second Major, and – spoiler alert – he is the favourite of both hosts this week, given his recent win…

Rory McIlroy is back! Following a mini break after the Masters spending time with Swing Coach guru Pete Cowan, Putting Maestro Brad Faxon, and Mental Sensei Bob Rotella, Rory showed the golfing world that he was still a force to be reckoned with at a familiar stomping ground.  For the third time in his career, Rory won the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow to catapult back into the top…

Following a little hiatus, we wrap up the past three weeks of golf on the PGA, LPGA, and European Tours. We discuss how the Zurich Classic is the perfect change of pace golf in this “quiet” stretch and we check in on how our “seven to watch” on the ET are getting on. You’ll notice that is mainly because Ben's favourite – Adrian Meronk – is coming off a really…

Hideki Matsuyama won the 85th edition of The Masters tournament, making history to become the first Japanese man to win a Major. For once, Hideki's ball striking fiesta was complemented with a ‘hot’ putter as he managed to convert a four shot 54-hole lead to win by one stroke from Korn Ferry Tour star Will Zalatoris. We break down how the tournament unfolded, going through as many of the main…

We kick off this week's podcast focusing on Patty Tavatanakit winning the first major of the 2021 season (and her maiden title) at the ANA Inspiration, going wire-to-wire.  In the Amateur game, Tsubasa Kajitana from Japan came out victorious at the second Augusta National Women's Amateur in a playoff against Emilia Migliaccio. The main focus of the show is naturally on The Masters, even more so after Jordan Spieth’s win…

Golf is officially back in the UK, and giddy with excitement we review a jam packed couple of weeks on the European Tour, the PGA Tour, and the LPGA Tour.   Billy Horschel wrapped up a somewhat dull final day at the WGC Matchplay in Austin defeating fellow American Scottie Scheffler in the final.  The star from a European perspective was Victor Perez who put some stunning performances en route to…

Two weeks running on the Lee Westwood bandwagon on the PGA Tour, as another bridesmaid finish at THE PLAYERS netted Lee a cool $1.6m.  The winner was Justin Thomas. His 14th victory on the PGA Tour was secured with an extremely impressive final two rounds of ball striking.  Positive news elsewhere for European Ryder Cup hopefuls with top 10 finishes for Paul Casey, Shane Lowry, Jon Rahm, Sergio Garcia, Victor…

An emotional week for us this week as our “Spiritual Leader” Lee Westwood came so close to winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational.  An intriguing week at Bay Hill, with storylines galore, from Jordan Spieth's rollercoaster weekend to Rory McIlroy's emotive post tournament comments, was capped off with Bryson DeChambeau being the worthy winner and claiming his eighth PGA Tour victory. On the LPGA, Austin Ernst made it three wins in…

This week’s podcast could only start with us touching on Tiger Woods and his shocking car crash last week and the impact it has had across the golfing landscape.   On the course this week, it was about marvelling at some of the dominant young talent on display.  Collin Morikawa’s imperious iron play set him up for his first World Golf Championship at The Concession which – along with his Major…

Despite the lack of Tier One golfers present, the Pebble Beach Pro-Am delivered a host of interesting storylines and a worthy winner in Daniel Berger. We hit head on the inevitable “Is Spieth back?” topic amongst other things. In other news in the world of golf, the Ladies European Tour had a great week despite not golf as they announced the ARAMCO Team Series, four team events spread over three…