The NCG Golf Podcast

Have you thought about booking your summer golf trip? Are you keen to tick off a Top 100 course on your travels? Prepare to get your wallet out.

Steve Carroll has been looking at the peak summer gree…

Welcome back! For our first episode of 2025, we’re joined by special guest Jason Fox. You’ll know him from the popular TV series SAS: Who Dares Wins.

But the former Royal Marines Commando and Special…

We’re not saying we’re in full on Christmas mode, but in this episode of The NCG Golf Podcast Steve Carroll and Tom Irwin reveal their must-read golf books.

The pair go through all their favourites –…

Reports the American players will be paid to compete at Bethpage Black next year have caused quite a stir.

Is it beyond the pale, or is it a paradox that the people who the galleries flock to see don…

Dynamic pricing has been in the news. Yes, we did pay over the odds for an Oasis ticket. But could it have its place in golf?

We all know the weekend tee times that are the most popular, so what if y…

We’re joined this week by England Golf chief executive Jeremy Tomlinson.

It’s a pretty action-packed episode as we discuss a host of club golf topics with the governing body’s chief executive.

He add…

The weather’s getting colder and the days are getting shorter. 

But don’t put the clubs away as winter arrives. This is a perfect time to get a grip on our golf game sand make them better.

When it co…

Ranking golf courses is risky business. One person’s heaven is another’s hell. Yet we all love a good list, don’t we?

We’ve got another one for you at National Club Golfer and this week, Steve Carrol…

Steve Carroll is joined by Sam Cooper to talk about his new journal and website project – Links From the Road.

Sam went on a road trip we all wish we could take. With a set of clubs, his partner, the…

This week, Steve Carroll is joined by Jim Croxton, chief executive of the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association, to talk about the governing body’s new issue of Your Course magazine…

He has amassed a loyal and passionate band of followers with his focus on coaching, course vlogs, entertainment and fun.

In this week’s episode of The NCG Golf Podcast, Steve Carroll caught up with C…

We’ve got a special guest this week as Matt Chivers sits down with new PGA Tour sensation Harry Hall.

Harry won the ISCO Championship in July – just a few days before he became a dad – capping an inc…

We asked and you delivered. In a departure from the usual podcast theme this week, Steve Carroll answers your Rules of Golf and World Handicap System queries.

• Does the clock stop if you have to halt …

Justin Rose came oh, so, close but it was Xander Schauffele who picked up the Claret Jug – extending the barren run of English winners at The Open to 32 years!

In this week’s episode of The NCG Golf …

It seems to have been the talk of Royal Troon this week – is it time for Tiger Woods to retire?

The 15-time major champion delivered a six-sentence zinger after reports that Colin Montgomerie had que…

Where does Royal Troon rank in the Open rota? Which course should join the list? Should the playoff go to sudden death?

We asked and you delivered your questions and so, as the best week in the golf …

We wrap up a dramatic day at Open Final Qualifying – where Justin Rose rolled back the years, Matthew Southgate qualified YET again, and Sergio Garcia found himself centre of attention at West Lancs.

James Luke, England Golf’s head of handicapping, is back to update us on how the big changes to the World Handicap System have been settling in.

But he’s also got a couple of important messages to im…

We’ll bet this chat is going on right now somewhere in your clubhouse. How can you make golf as accessible as possible but feel confident you’re protecting the integrity of competitions?

This is a qu…

What is it that sets the best club golfers apart?

Why do they make fewer mistakes on the course? What are the habits that help them play consistent golf? This week’s episode of The NCG Golf Podcast r…