'The Open Junket'

John from Chicago returns in this non-emergency, special edition, welcome back podcast to discuss the fork in the road that is PIF, PGA Tour, LIV, Jay, Keith, Rory, Shark, Brandel, Alan, and Yasir.With so much still to play out, we figured we'd throw our hat in the speculation ring. Known knowns. Known unknowns. Unknown knowns. Unknown unknowns. It's a Donald Rumsfeld masterpiece.It's good to be back.

Phil sits down with Tour Edge Golf's John Craig to talk all things from flying choppers to St Andrews during The Open, receiving advice from Scottish caddies, and the state of the game with respect of the controversial LIV tour.

Taylormade Golf's Tomo Bystedt joins Phil to talk all things engineering, travelling the world post-Covid, experiencing your first Masters at Augusta, 'Tiger's divot', the greatest start to a round, and the history of clubmaking.

CGE Golf’s Steve Baron joins Phil to discuss golf on the Murray, 'Disneyland for golf', pink jackets, and most importantly how to get back travelling to golf’s dream destinations. 

Kippa and Philbert wax lyrical about all the takeaways from the Masters – the hits and the many misses – while also reliving some past experiences caddying on the PGA Tour.

Ever wondered what it's like to go in-between the ropes at Augusta National during the Masters? Philbert sits down with Kippa to reveal all the secrets from golf's most mysterious (and loved) major.

When it comes to golf, at some point in time everyone has asked why things are done a certain way. It's a game that throws up more questions than answers which is one of the things that makes the game so attractive.In this episode, Fran "The Knight" Sheen makes a return to throw some ideas that have occurred to her, or quirks that she has witnessed, at Philbert with the sole purpose of seeing if there is a reasonable explanation for them such as how best to ask someone if they have coloured balls?It's the mystery of golf through the 'innocent' eyes of someone new to the game. Don't expect anything highbrow, from either of them.

In this episode, Phil sits down with Chris Voshall from Mizuno USA, to discuss his story in golf, design and engineering concepts, name-dropping, and ultimately Chris nominates his GolfBarons Cup Team.

Shooter and Philbert recap all the big topics discussed throughout the year on Tenuous Links from the development of the PGL (or is that SGL?), Brooks and Bryson's fake feud, the excitement of playing golf at the Olympics, the ups and downs of Rory, and the joy of Yuka Saso's heartwarming win.

In this episode Philbert sits down with regular special guest from TourEdge Golf, John Craig, to discuss the eternal next-level commitment Bernhard Langer applies to his game, delve into Rory McIlroy's continuing woes on course, debate how the PGL could ultimately transform the product of golf for the better, touch on supply chain issues for golf manufacturers and when we expect them to be resolved, and tell us why consumers in the golf industry have been spoilt for years.