The Firm & Fast Golf Podcast

Episode 81: James Henderson from Top100golfcourses.com

James Henderson of Top100golfcourses.com joins us on this episode to discuss, rankings, ranking criteria, panel hierarchies and more. Hendo won the golfing lottery when

Episode 80: A Feathery Quest with Gavin Bottrell

Gavin Bottrell joins me on this episode to reflect on a twenty year odyssey to perfect the lost craft of Feathery Ball making. Gavin is an engineer by profession and bec

Episode 79: ODG Series #8 - Discovering Donald Ross with Bradley S. Klein

Bradley Klein joins us today to take a look at the life and times of one of Dornoch's favourite sons.... none other than Donald Ross. Over the course of our conversation

Episode 78: Winter works at Strandhill, Carne & More with Ally McIntosh

Ally McIntosh joins us for another adventure down the rabbit hole of golf course architecture. Over the course of this past winter Ally and his design partner James Cou

Episode 77: England's Golf Coast with Joe McDonnell of McDonnell & Cooper

Joe McDonnell from McDonnell Cooper joins us to discuss the recent improvements to the 7th hole at Formby Golf Club which has recently reopened for member play. Please cl

Golf History & Heritage with David Normoyle

David Normoyle is a respected golf historian who works closely with heritage golf clubs to harness the story telling power of their historical assets. Over the course of

Golf at Trinity College Dublin with Gavin Caldwell

Gavin Caldwell joins us on this episode to take a look at the history of golf at Trinity College Dublin. Over the course of this episode we explore the main drivers of t

Episode 74: Common Grounds with Richard Pennell

Friend of the pod Richard Pennell returns to chat about his new book Common Grounds. Over the course of the episode we chat about Richard's focus on slightly more rustic

Terry Thornton - Close & Uncertain Irish Golfing Adventures

In this episode I am joined by Royal Adelaide member and all round good egg Terry Thornton, our chat today focuses on his first trip to Ireland for golf during this passe

Episode 72: Utrechtse Golf Club 'de Pan'

Roderick Ritchie, the current course chairman at Utrechtse Golf Club, joins us today to explore the evolving story of 'de Pan' and what can be learned from the sort of ca

Episode 71: Matchless - The Rise of Womens Golf with Stephen Proctor

Stephen Proctor returns to F&F to chat about Matchless, his new book, which charts the rise of formal womens golf from the late 1860's until the 1930's. The title of the

Episode 70: Tea & Biscuits with Sam Williams from the Cookie Jar Golf Podcast

Sam Williams from the [Cookie Jar Golf Podcast](www.cookiejargolf.com) joins us on this episode to explore how CJG have grown from a crumb trail in 2020 into one of the l

Episode 69: James Bledge - Links Manager @ Royal Liverpool Golf Club

James Bledge the Links Manager at Royal Liverpool joins us in this episode to talk about his love for links golf, vocational green keeping, RCP @ Deal, Hoylake, drainage

Episode 68: ODG Shorts - A.B. Babington - Part 5 - Remembering Harry Colt

This is the final instalment focussing on Sir Anthony Babington's reminisences. In this episode he remembers his great friend Harry Shapland Colt. They were first introdu

Episode 67: ODG Shorts - AB Babington Part 4 - New Clubhouse & 1951 Open Championship

In this episode Sir Anthony shares his memories of the purchase of the the Holyrood Hotel and its transformation into the current clubhouse at Royal Portrush. He also det

Episode 66: ODG Shorts - A.B. Babington Part 3 - Harry Shapland Colt at Royal Portrush

In this episode Sir Anthony details the modernisation of the Royal Portrush Links under the combined efforts of HS Colt, JSF Morrison, Franks Harris, ABB & Hugh McNeill.

Episode 65: ODG Shorts - A.B. Babington Part 2 - Early Days at Portrush

In this episode of the continuing series, we learn about Sir Anthony's early golfing days on the North Coast of Portrush. He also covers the consequential matters of exte

Episode 64: ODG Shorts - A.B. Babington Part 1 - Trinity & Dollymount

Over the course of the next number of short episodes we wilI take a look at another character that influenced the early development and growth of golf in Ireland. Antho

Episode 63: Chris Breen - Superintendent at Rosapenna Golf Resort

Chris Breen has been the Superintendent at Rosapenna Golf Resort since 2019. A recent trip to Downings enabled us to sit down for a chat that we've been meaning to have f

Episode 62: ODG Shorts - Thomas Gilroy - an evangelist of golf

Thomas Gilroy contributed greatly to the growth of the game of golf in Ireland over the period from 1885 to 1895. During his time in Ireland he was recognised as the bes