Could play Adare Manor a lot of times for $30K.

Two points, one, cost of the major brands, how much is R&D, how much sponsored pro's costs? Two, how do retailers, both large and small, cope with price cuts, after new clubs are released?

Trucks tyre actually blew up. No worries, got ya back

There are about 3000 billionaires in the world so Augusta should sell out easily. It’s a shame the average Joe Golfer will never get a chance to play it.

Looking forward to watching the forthcoming challenge videos!

Sooo,any content,or ya just babbling?

As a new PGA pro that has just finished my final year of training I can say there are a lot more opportunities in golf with the PGA Qualification than without. The knowledge I have now will help me be FAR more successful than I would of without it and provide a platform of excellence to build upon. The training is not easy, and to get through it is a great achievement. I can agree and say that the PGA members do need more from the events side of things, however, it is understandable that sponsorship is hard to get as most companies ask ‘what do I get for my money?’, similar to the clubs and retainers. A good Pro will have the answers to those questions… what value do and can I offer. However, smaller fields of players don’t yield a good return on investment for the companies…. They would get more views of their brand by paying £10 on ad spend on Facebook! The way sponsors are procured surely needs to be more innovative. Equally a PGA pro can be the backbone of a club, be it a club pro, pga manager, or pga coach, and is someone who is in the know and has the right knowledge for people to turn to and ultimately enjoy our fantastic game!

No that was a very good one I love the senseless banter😊😊😊

Such a class Podcast Well done Lads, So so so funny, Love it 👏👌🏌‍♂⛳ PS love the Tracers 🤣

Naff all golf but brilliantly entertaining hour and 20. Sometimes it’s fun to just hear people chat, definitely wasn’t a waste of your guys time!

Good content. But maybe start a little more serious. Its hard to understand your giggling and joking at the beginning, especially as a non native speaker. Also, as this is a podcast its better if all of you speak directly into the microphones and Matt removes his hand from his mouth while talking 😬

I have a feeling that a big factor in the reduction of brand sponsorship in the club pro style events is evolution of social media and its value to marketing. Brands have come to realize that if they stop sponsoring hundreds or thousands of these small events and instead put that money towards social media campaigns and influencers, they can reach a larger # of people in a shorter period of time.

Manchester is in New Hampshire, not Massachusetts. 😀

peters posh voice sounds like a harry enfield skit, had me in stitches

Step 1. Watch Rick Shiels Step 2. Do the opposite

Definitely worth it.

One hour into a podcast about being a PGA pro and we find out Kieran doesn't know what a PGA pro is 😂

If i give up golf forever for Augusta, then id have to start paying for actual real therapy which would probably cost more than 30k in the long run. So a hard no for me 😂😂

As a head PGA Professional I feel that Head Professionals are constantly restraint, monitored and knit picked at every single thing we do where committees always look for the negative and never praise you for the positives and work you do. As the motto go The Heart of Golf. A club CAN NOT be successful without a PGA Head Professional. Golf clubs GIVE US FREEDOM to do our jobs and stop pointing every little flaw out 👍🏼

Golf for me is something to look forward to....it makes all the hassles of daily life less of an issue if I can look forward to playing a round. A single, or even yearly round for rest of my life at Augusta (free of charge), isn't worth losing that routine thought or hope for the next round.

30 grand to play there once no thanks so much more useful things I could spend 30 grand on like 25 years membership fees. No way Elon clear off

£30k is just the same problem as alot of the courses you guys play that are £300-1000 per round, its ridiculous but plenty of people pay it and these places are booked up all the time. People pay it so they keep charging more! However on your question if I got 250k per year salary then yes I would pay it as a one off.

Is Keira’s really happy to see you?

Elon can take a long walk off a short pier... One final round at Augusta? no way.

So is a 1000!

For a sport event...calm down lad

Unpopular opinion: Augusta isn’t all that - overhyped, over manicured bit of grass. Plenty of other places just a beautiful albeit divots ain’t cut out and replaced on the spot. Give me 1,000 - £30 rounds on a public course over 1 round there Imagine giving your local course £20million (conservative estimate) per year to maintain and landscape and how immaculate it would be?

In fairness guys that was a great episode, free flowing and good listening. Structure is great at times but also a less structured (tiredness inflicted) episode makes it funny and easy to listen to. Thank you 😊

You will enjoy East Lake, it is a very good course, but if the rough is up, it can get very tight because that bermuda grass rough is no joke. I have been lucky enough to play Augusta twice and while it is the best course in the world, it is not worth $30,000 for a round. This does not sound like them, unless they are about to fund a major project. You should stay over the weekend in Atlanta and go to the Georgia-Clemson football game, you would enjoy that a lot.

Love the pod lads - any chance ye can drop the base on yer mics its making my ear drums wobble - but if i'm the only winger please ignore!!

Why was Pete's Posh Rich Guy accent EXACTLY Jeremy Clarkson 😂

To be fair, Scottie did say the format was silly because it didn't benefit him throughout the entire year. I think Scottie has some ego about him for sure. Not saying he wants it handed to him, but he may feel like its not fair to him since he never seems to win the entire Fedex Cup no matter how well he plays throughout the year. Its a playoff, Scottie. Thats how it works..haha

People paying ridiculous green fees is making golf inaccessible to genuine golfers. £250+ for half decent courses in Scotland now. If they dont charge it, the American tourists wont play. Would love to play Augusta but wouldn't consider $30k for a second and love golf way too much for it to be my last round of golf.

A shocking stat I read about a couple of years ago was that of the 28,000 PGA Pro's in the States, less than 9% of them actually teach golf on a daily basis! That stat tells me that the Pro's status in general at clubs is very overrated and my understanding is that it is very similar in the UK! Lessons in general are very expensive and the fact is handicaps have not improved at all across the board worldwide in the last 40 years! Very Interesting guys! Played with a couple of pro's lately and found that off the back tees on a course away from their own track none of them could actually break 80! I see this a lot in the UK! So my feeling is that it's a case of the Blind leading the Blind! Like Trevino always said "If you can't beat me then how the hell in the world can you teach me" Very true words!

Hahaha Pete's snus story haha pretty sure he gave you something else haha that's ridiculous haha

Love how uncomfortable you make Keiran, Pete! lol

With KZfaq and Instagram, it’s not necessary to be a PGA pro, if the goal is to teach. The novice would gravitate to credential, but moderate to advanced players should be a able to tell if someone is legitimate through their content. I’ve never seen good content and thought “but is this guy a PGA pro?”

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I think the reason they are that expensive (1000 ) is that they want to limit the numbers on guest players. That will leave room for the ones staying at the resort it self. They are just putting priority on hotel guests.

Gutted all comments are about Augusta. Incredible content t for pga professionals right here. I’d love to tell you and listeners the wonderful benefits of becoming a pga professional whilst understanding you got to do it all yourself! lol 20 year head pro, east region committee member

Do a go fund me. Get 30,000 people to send a dollar. Get to Augusta. I'll send the first dollar.

nothing is worth it anymore when you can just play with your buddies and do "challenges" and make more than an average salary. its getting a bit ridiculous

30k for Augusta yes i would pay it if i had 30k to just waste, as a life long golfer could you honestly say you could die happy by never playing Augusta when you had the chance?

You can ask the same question about marriage......

You can play a lot of golf for £30.000 . I'm a no.

I really like the podcast but I would really like timestamps in the description.

If there’s no guide as to when you talk about certain things and at what time in the podcast, I ain’t gonna listen, as there’s so much junk I’ve no interest in. Do what Rick does and put the times in for when you discuss different topics. Skipped.

Play Augusta and never play golf again? No chance😂

Lol😂 you can’t drop a ball onto the green.

30k for Augusta. There are Presidents that can’t get on that course. If I had it I’d pay it.