2024 Men's Irish Amateur Champion Matt McClean joins the podcast this week to reflect on his 2024 season, capturing his maiden Irish Championship victory, playing The Masters and how he finds balance between work at an Optometrist and competing at an elite level around the World. Matt is one of Ireland's top amateur talents and as always it was a pleasure to catch up with him. The Bogey Men golf podcast is supported by AIG, dedicated supporters of amateur golf in Ireland. This series will...

Jonny & Michael catch up after playing Powerscourt together and look ahead to the DP World Tour heading to Abu Dhabi for the penultimate event of the season. Rory looks set to win another Race To Dubai title, Tom McKibbin is on the verge of earning a PGA Tour card and so far it looks like just Conor Purcell will be the only Irishman playing on the DP World Tour in 2025. Jonny had an incredible experience playing Royal Portrush and outlines briefly why it is one of his favourite courses,...

Mullingar Scratch Trophy winner Brian Doran came into studio to reflect on an incrtedible 2024 season for the Millicent golfer. At the start of this season, Brian made the decision to dedicate himself more to competing in Ireland's Irish Amateur golf circuit and making sure he chased this dream without any regrets. From narrowly losing out on the South of Ireland title, to winning his maiden Major tournament in Mullingar and representing Ireland in the European Mid-Am Championships and...

2024 has been a surreal year for DP World Tour rookie, Joe Dean. Joe turned pro in 2015 and played mini tours for a few years, when COVID hit he decided to get a job in Morrison's to support his on course earnings as a delivery driver. Joe went on to earn his DP World Tour card for the 2024 season and in his 2nd start, Joe finished in 2nd place and earned himself over €199,000 and he hasn't been back to the day job since! Joe has a fantastic outlook on golf and life as he maintains he...

We discuss the crazy ticket prices and volunteer prices for the 2025 Ryder Cup in Bethpage and compare the price of tickets to all the Majors, we even buy some tickets to The Open in Portrush. LIV Golf making some changes in the "off season" as the DP World Tour heads to Korea for their final event of the regular season.

iGolf has arrived in Ireland and we discuss whether we think it is good or bad and what golf clubs could do to embrace iGolf rather than fight it. We also look at why people wouldn't take up memberships in a golf club if they have access to this iGolf scheme. Already over 500 people have signed up for iGolf in Ireland. There are concerns from golf clubs, particularly in rural areas, that the new iGolf initiative will have a detrimental effect on clubs’ ability to attract members from the...

Ryan Griffin had a fantastic 2024 season on the golf course, winning the R&A Student Series and becoming one of the International Teams' superstars in the Arnold Palmer Cup in Lahinch, before finishing the season off with a win at the Home Internationals and representing Ireland for the first time.Ryan shared how he is enjoying himself on and off the golf course, as we now embarks on a Masters Degree in Maynooth University with the potential of professional golf on the horizon with the...

We recap The Presidents Cup and how it was nearly a great event, from Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim bringing the heat to some terrible captaincy by Mike Weir. We also share some ideas we have on how to revamp the competition and make it more engaging and prestigious. There were fireworks on the DP World Tour as Jon Rahm lost out in the playoff of the Spanish Open. We have our 9 hole match video with Darragh Flynn, David. Carey and Josh Adams coming to our Youtube channel next week. 🔊 Listen to...

Rory comes up agonisingly close to winning AGAIN on the DP World Tour but Billy Horschell comes out on top and to be fair he's a great winner. The lads watched the LIV Golf Team Championships and it was such a disappointment. The concept was good until the Finals and then it was so dull because it switched back to strokeplay. 🔊 Listen to The Bogey Men Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-bogey-men/id1510331480 🔊 Spotify -...

Rory Mcilroy had another close call but narrowly missed out on winning his 2nd Irish Open title in Royal County Down as Rasmus Hojgaard claimed the victory with a blistering final round 65. Jonny and Michael catch up to talk about how Rory's season has been a collection of near misses, and that includes 3 wins! The Presidents Cup is next week and we're both firmly in the International Team camp. Leona Maguire got benched for the Solheim Cup but we don't think that made much difference to...

Donal Scott is a High Performance coach for Golf Ireland and the Irish Women's Team Coach. I had a brief conversation with Donal after he returned to Ireland following a victorious Home Internationals competition. Donal shared stories of his own career journey, what makes him unique as a coach and what he looks for in potential players. The Bogey Men golf podcast is supported by AIG, dedicated supporters of amateur golf in Ireland. This series will showcase some of the incredible Amateur...

The lads catch up after a busy few weeks now the Amgen Irish Open is looming and Europe's greatest golfers descend on Royal County Down this week for what will be an incredible week. Lots of friends of the pod are in the field including John Catlin and Erik Van Rooyen, Jonny is going to be at RCD on Thursday so if you see him, come up and say hi! 🔊 Listen to The Bogey Men Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-bogey-men/id1510331480 🔊 Spotify -...

The 2024 KPMG Women's Irish Open Champion Annabel Dimmock joins us on the podcast to reflect on her 2nd Ladies European Tour title after winning a playoff at the KPMG Women's Irish Open in Carton House last weekend. It has been 5 years since Annabel's maiden win on the LET and her journey to her second title has been far from straight forward. Annabel shares with us her injury journey as well as struggling with mental health over the past couple of years, but she has come out the other...

The Bogey Men is coming to you LIVE, in partnership with Sports Direct, from the driving range of the KPMG Women's Irish Open at Carton House on the O'Meara Course. Jonny will be joined by PGA Professional Amy Condon as co-host for the two streams. On the show we'll have: Live player interviews Fun challenge videos with Tour Players A breakdown of some of the key/signature holes in the tournament AND prizes to give away to you watching at home

The 2024 KPMG Women's Irish Open at Carton House is just one week away and the top Ladies European Tour golfers will descend on Irish shores for what is sure to be an enthralling week!Jonny sat down with Jenny Hennessy from Chicks With Sticks, Kim O'Neill golf influencer and Valeria Clancy, elite Irish amateur golfer who works for Forefront Sports the staging partner for the KPMG Women's Irish Open.We discuss the growth of women's golf in Ireland, seeing more women at driving ranges around...

Head PGA Professional at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club, Gavin Lunny, joins the podcast to look ahead to this weekend's AIG Men's Irish Amateur Close Championship and outlines what he thinks the recipe to success in this Championship will be. Justin Lowry, the General Manager for Dun Laoghaire Golf Club also sat down to talk through the club's pride in hosting tournaments like these and their support for the seven members in the field for the Close. You can watch the final round of the AIG Men's...

We had our golf day at Powerscourt Golf Club with over 100 listeners and it was a massive success. Thank you everyone who came along, we hope to do more of these in the future! Jonny and Michael catch up to talk about Kuchar's antics on the PGA Tour, John Catlin playing for Smash GC and whether we'd take the LIV money. 🔊 Listen to The Bogey Men Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-bogey-men/id1510331480 🔊 Spotify -...

Jonny & Michael discuss Xander winning The Open Championship, their recent trip to Belfast for Tee Time Season 4 and our thoughts on the Olympics. We're hosting a golf day at Powerscourt GC on August 8th, get your tickets now before they sell out - https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-bogey-men-golf-day-8th-august-powerscourt-golf-club-tickets-918500779557?aff=oddtdtcreator 🔊 Listen to The Bogey Men Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-bogey-men/id1510331480 🔊 Spotify -...

Professional Golfer Amy Taylor joins the podcast to talk about her maiden win at the Italian Open on the Ladies European Tour. Amy spoke about her journey to winning for the first time on tour, overcoming injury and how fine the margins are between losing your tour card and winning a tour event. Amy opened up about how tough tour life can be, but how great the rewards are, she also told us how she is so excited to return to Ireland for the KPMG Women's Irish Open, which was one of her...

In this episode David Shiel joins me on the podcast, David won the 2023 Bridgestone Order of Merit after a really consistent year of golf. This was a really honest and detailed conversation with David all about his resilience and his drive to push himself and compete at the highest level possible. There are some fascinating nuggets in here so please enjoy! The Bogey Men golf podcast is supported by AIG, dedicated supporters of amateur golf in Ireland. This series will showcase some of the...

Robert Macintyre wins the Scottish Open in dramatic fashion, Michael and Jonny discuss some of their favourite moments from the event. We also look ahead to The Open this weekend and discuss some of the big names expected to compete. We're heading on a 5 day golf trip next week to Northern Ireland so keep an eye out for content from there, and we've loads more to come too. We're hosting a golf day at Powerscourt GC on August 8th, get your tickets now before they sell out -...

Kate Lanigan has had an incredibly successful season so far, a win on the R&A Student Series in Italy and winning the series overall alongside her countryman Ryan Griffin meant Kate earned a spot on the Arnold Palmer Cup team in Lahinch, the week after making it into the last 64 in the Women's Amatuer Championship in Portmarnock. Kate's summer of golf isn't over however as the KPMG Women's Irish Open is taking place in Carton House, where Kate holds membership, after being hosted in...

Jonny & Michael look ahead to the Sottish Open after what has been a really successful few weeks on the DP World Tour with some great drama and great winners. The boys also catch up after Jonny being away for 10 days in Croatia and Michael played the O'Meara Course at Carton House for the KPMG Women's Irish Open media day. 🔊 Listen to The Bogey Men Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-bogey-men/id1510331480 🔊 Spotify -...

AIG Irish Women's Close Champion 2023, Sara Byrne reflects on an incredible final season in College in the University of Miami, winning twice in America and how she and her coaches pushed her beyond her limits so that she can chase her dream of turning professional, competing on the LPGA Tour and eventually the Solheim Cup. It was great to catch up with Sara to chat about how h life has changed over the past two years, what winning means to her and what the future holds. The Bogey Men golf...