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A full time job. A married man. A father, yet still an elite golfer on this island of Ireland. Colm Campbell rolled back time and captured his second Irish Amateur title last week at The Island Golf Club. We chat about fitting it all in, his mindset when the pressure was on and whether Celtic Symphony is still his walk on song!  For more check out www.paddytalksgolf.com PaddyTalks Golf is Powered By ForeGolf Custom. Get your tour level golf club fitting experience at www.ForeGolf.ie  

Eric Stepanian loves golf and loves Irish Golf amongst others. He and his friends created The Fliers Club a number of years ago designing experiences for a collective of golfers who are inspired by the discovery of diverse courses, cultures and time-honoured traditions of the game.  For more check out www.paddytalksgolf.com Check out Membership of the Fliers Club here:  https://www.thefliersclub.com/membership-opportunities Paddy Talks Golf is Powered by ForeGolf Custom. Book your tour level custom fitting experience here:  www.ForeGolf.ie  

Multiple New York Times best seller, senior editor and podcast host at The Golfers Journal and has written for multiple other sports publications including Sports Illustrated and Golf Magazine. We discover in this week’s episode Tom has been coming to Ireland since his early teens and continues to bring groups of golfers to these shores each year as well as keeping up with his writing!  For more check out www.paddytalksgolf.com PaddyTalksGolf Podcast is Powered By ForeGolfCustom, get your tour level club fitting at www.ForeGolf.ie  

Over drinks, some friends and I had a good debate over what is acceptable to wear when golfing. With Tyrell Hatton winning in a hoodie, Justin Thomas and many more embracing the golf jogger whilst the ladies game has always had a fashion forward sense of style. If we were talking about it, I thought it might be of value to put a little solo episode together taking in some of your opinions and get a synopsis of what is deemed suitable on the fairway in 2022.  If you have enjoyed the episode please share it with your family and friends. Leave a review if you haven’t already!  PaddyTalks Golf Podcast is Powered by ForeGolf Custom. Book your expert tour level fitting experience here:  www.foregolf.ie    

This week we speak with Bert McKay, General Manger at Castlerock. It’s been one hundred and twenty one years since the formal inauguration of Castlerock. Harry Colt made it the links we play today, albeit more recently refreshed and updated by Martin Hawtree in 2017. A golf course played in the landscape not on the landscape, it is indeed a fine hallmark Colt design. Hollows, rises, banks, plateaus, pot bunkers and greens varying in sizes all contribute to an incredible links experience just twenty minutes from the Open hosting Royal Portrush.  If you have enjoyed this episode, please leave a podcast review.  PaddyTalks Golf Podcast is Powered by www.ForeGolf.ie   Harry Colt’s “Some Essay’s on Golf-Course Architecture” can be bought here:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Some-Essays-Golf-course-Architecture-Colt/dp/1296491110/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=  

Shame on me for not knowing about Rosslare Golf Links sooner. Soon, everyone will know about it! Over 115 years of history, designed by one of the best architects that lived, a classic links situated just over an hour from Dublin and very close by to the Irish Open hosting Mount Juliet, Rosslare Golf Links ticks all the boxes.  I hope you enjoy the episode as we all learn a bit more about the course and this part of Ireland.  For more visit www.paddytalksgolf.com PaddyTalksGolf Podcast is Powered by ForeGolf Custom. Get you tour experience club fitting here and tell them Paddy sent you: www.ForeGolf.ie  

“You can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed”, Napoleon Hill Brendan Lawlor has not only been copiously successful in his rise to World #1 Disability Golfer, but every step of the way he has passionately spoken about how other disability golfers should be afforded the opportunity to play, compete and included in the game of golf.  That passion is bearing fruit, as the world’s outlook on inclusion is changing and looking to personalities, demographics and sport to put their support behind.  Brendan is a transparent, incredible young man and I urge you to get behind him as he strives to break even further ground in the sport of golf and in disability golf.  For more check out www.paddytalksgolf.com  

Gareth McCausland grew up in the midst of “The Troubles” on Shankill Road, didn’t pick up a golf club until he was 15 and now finds himself in quite an alternative world on the Inishowen peninsula at Ballyliffin.  I hope you enjoy this episodes, leave a review if you do!  Please share the show with your family and friends. For more golf content check out www.PaddyTalksGolf.com

If you have not been lucky enough to have played Ardglass then you don’t know what your missing! In a land made for golf a spirit awaits at Ardglass Golf Club. A cliff-top, castle and canon protected links in County Down, the first few holes are truly memorable whilst the water can be seen from all 18 holes.  Having grown up in the community and now Director of Golf at Ardglass, Paul Vaughan is Ardglass personified. Remarkable, personable and an all round great guy.  I hope you enjoy this episode. For more visit www.PaddyTalksGolf.com

"That’s the thing about books, they let you travel without moving your feet", Jhumpa Lahiri  David Kearney has done over 20 years of travelling, has kept journals along his travels, is exceptionally well-read and know has shared his life and travels documentation with us in his book, The Golfing Buddha. For more check out www.PaddyTalksGolf.com Click here to buy the book:  https://sigmoidsports.com/shop/  

With 32+ Years in promoting Irish Links golf around the world, John McLaughlin and his team offer both tour operators and the general public a top class product, value for money and excellent customer service in delivering unforgettable vacation packages for their clients. From the passionate way John speaks about his team and work with clients, golf tourism is in good hands.  For more visit www.PaddyTalksGolf.com Book your Irish Golf Trip at www.northandwestcoastlinks.com  

International Pairs is a worldwide golf competition for amateur club golfers with a recognized golf handicap and is arguably the World’s largest amateur pairs golf competition. Thomas Hughes looks after the series on the island of Ireland and walks us through the concept and how to get involved!  Check out www.PaddyTalksGolf.com for more 

The Final instalment of our wrapped series is with Jamie McConnell the Director of Instruction at Claude Harmon Performance Academy in Dubai. It was great to have a chat with Jamie as he spent some time home in Ireland over the Christmas period for some much needed Irish mammy care! For more checkout www.PaddyTalksGolf.com

ForeGolf began in 1997 when Derek opened a golf shop in Naas Co Kildare. Now based out of Killeen Castle, Derek and Don (his Dad), Christine (his Mum), Jill (his sister) with Dave Williams provide a tour level service with a wealth of experience and custom fitting knowledge.  Derek and Dave are trained to Tour level and have overseen 10,000+ fittings for golfers of all abilities.  Derek is no stranger to the podcast making his hat-trick appearance! We reviewed his year, share some good stories and pick out things to look forward to in 2022. For more check out www.PaddyTalksGolf.com

Matt Sandercock is a PGA professional and the Director of Golf at the Mount Juliet Estate. Matt has a history of coaching at all levels, including success with European Tour Players. A regular on the podcast at this stage we grabbed some time to review his an Mount Juliet’s 2021 and what’s to look forward to in 2022. For more check out www.PaddyTalksGolf.com

Conor O’Rourke is hands down the hardest working person I’ve ever come across. He has an unrelenting focus and drive to achieve his goals. We grabbed some time to chat about his year which has been busy on and off the golf course. #GottaWork For more check out www.PaddyTalksGolf.com 

I caught up with Kevin Holland who is one half of the dynamic duo, Lewis Jones being the other, which spearheads the golf company powerhouse that is Druids Golf. Their goal remains the same, providing great quality products at the very best of prices. We review the year Druids have had, relive a funny scenario due to growing pains and warehousing of all things and take a look at what’s to look forward to in 2022 for the phenomenally fast growing brand.  For more check out www.PaddyTalksGolf.com

Premium Quality Golf Balls at half the price. That’s the Seed mantra. Now with more products and growing faster than ever, how does the company founder and CEO Dean Klatt rate their year? What’s to come in 2022 and what funny story does he have for us? For more check out www.PaddyTalksGolf.com 

Learning from and emulating the great Pete Cowen, Dana Dahlquist, Sean Foley and other great golf coach of our era, David Ruddy is going about his business in a way few can rival. Having built a coaching centre of excellence in Cregboy Golf Academy in Galway where he is introducing hundreds of kids to the game, David is also coaching some of the most elite amateurs and young professionals in Irish Golf. For more, head over to www.PaddyTalksGolf.com

Chris Selfridge is a man who finds the extraordinary, ordinary. With his high expectations and complete focus on execution and achieving the goal and completing the task at hand I have a lot of appreciation for it he does and how he goes about it. A chat with Chris is alway full of value and he always has a good story. For more check out www.PaddyTalksGolf.com