The Member’s Bounce: Recent Episodes
The Member’s Bounce
A golf podcast that covers every grain of sand in the sport, from the elite level professionals to our own amateur games.
On a landmark episode for the podcast, the boys have a packed agenda to tackle, including:- Justin Rose MBE's triumph at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am- Where does Rose rank in the pantheon of 21st century European golf greats?- Just how SMUG can one man be?- Provisional Pistol Pete Malnati- Daniel Gavins bottling it and shitting it AND STILL WINNING in the UAE- On a scale of 1 to 10, just how finished are Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson?- Patrick Reed's sent to all statement- Bubba Watson and the Range Goats- The short-lived hysteria of the Swilcan Bridge's new appendage- And another trip to The Enclosure
In a week of golf that was jam-packed full of drama, the boys sit down to discuss all of the events from the past week, including:- Rory McIlroy's win in Dubai- Tee-gate- Tree-gate- What constitutes a gate?- Why people like Patrick Reed are necessary and why we should be thankful he exists- Max Homa's win at Torrey Pines- Sam Ryder, is it a bottling?- And YET ANOTHER winning return to The Enclosure
In another jam-packed episode, the boys tackle the big issues of the past week in golf, including:- Jon Rahm securing back-to-back victories at the American Express- Dundee's own Victor Perez's big DP World Tour win and how that could impact his Ryder Cup chances- Pro-Am gripes- LIV's US TV deal: Will it replace early Sunday morning religious programming?- EA Sports, still in the game- And we make another successful return to The Enclosure
In this week's episode, the boys review Si Woo Kim's victory at the Sony Open in Hawaii, discussing where Si Woo places on a list of PGA Tour's "top players" and seriously questioning his fashion sense. They also discuss not being enthused by the Hero Cup, the players that have requested to play in the controversial Saudi Invitational and the highly-anticipated trailer for the upcoming Netflix golf docu-series, as well as placing more bets in The Enclosure
The boys have returned from their holiday break and are in fine form reviewing all of the talking points from the Sentry Tournament of Champions, including Collin Morikawa's collapse and Jon Rahm's intimidating golf game, as well running through the leaderboard and talking predictions and expectations for all the top PGA Tour players.
We've got another interview for you! Recently, Kane and Kris had the opportunity to have a chat with major and Ryder Cup winning caddie Craig Connelly. Craig has over 20 years experience of caddying professionally and the boys try to unpack some of the highlights of his lengthy career. From paying his dues on the Ladies European Tour to currently working on the LIV Golf circuit, with a couple of major victories and a front row seat to the Miracle at Medinah thrown in too, Craig gives a fascinating insight to the art caddying and his career as a whole.
On the agenda for this week's podcast:
- Tony Finau, is he the best of the rest? Or is he flirting with the best?
- Tommy Fleetwood wins Africa's Major
- World Cup Wall Charts
- More Enclosure glory
- Golf course small talk
- Plus much, much more
In one of the quieter week's the world of golf has seen in recent memory, the boys still had plenty of hot topics to discuss, including:
- Russell Henley's win at Mayakoba and the PGA Prototypes that are just never going to win
- Mat snobbery
- Gemma Dryburgh's win on the LPGA Tour
- Which style of trophy would you want to win?
- The Match 7: Under the Lights and On An Illegal Stream
- Could Bernhard Langher break his age at darts?
As well as all of the usual nonsense, Kane and Daniel reflect fondly on a recent visit from a couple of American listeners and discuss some of the stories from their round.
To mark the finale of hit comedy drama LIV Golf's first season, the boys take stock of what they consider to be the breakaway group's successes and failures, and what we can look forward to in Season Two.
They also discuss Seamus Power's victory in Bermuda and ask why nobody talks about the Triangle anymore, as well as Jordan Smith's victory in Portugal, their own recent success in The Enclosure and the driving ability of George W. Bush.
The boys are together again discussing all of the hot topics from the week in golf, including:
- Rory McIlroy's CJ Cup win and what his future golf aims should be, including toppling Greg Norman once and for all
- Distant brother of Logan and Jake wins in Mallorca, with Marcus Armitage providing us with a rare "chucking it/shitting the bed" combo.
- They discuss their recent trip to Crail, featuring too much egg and the straw that broke Kane's back
- And much more golf adjacent nonsense as usual!
Noblemen and fine maidens, the Rickiessance Period has begun!
Join Kane, Liam and Daniel as the hark in the Rickiessance Period as the discuss the potential return to form of Rickie Fowler, as well as what doesn't get them excited about Keegan Bradley and all things ZOZO Championship. They also discuss the DP World Tour's worst nightmare coming true as LIV's very own Adrain Otaegui wins at Valderrama, and ask if Brooks Koepka's victory in Jeddah actually means anything and try to get to the bottom of what exactly is a Peter Uihlein.
The boys get political whilst discussing recent vandalism at a local golf club, which PGA Tour golf game they've got their eyes on, whether or not Jonah Hill will go full method and live purely on Diet Cokes for the next 6 months and take yet another successful visit to The Enclosure.
In this week's episode, the boys wax lyrical about the next big thing: Tom Kim. They ask simply how good can he get and ask how many majors do they think he'll end his career with (spoiler: some OUTLANDISH shouts here). The gang also discuss Jon Rahm's victory in Spain, the recent LIV/OWGR debacle and take another visit to a successful Enclosure.
This week, the boys gather to celebrate regular panelist Scott's recent victory in his club's doubles championship. Also on the agenda this week, the gang discuss the brutal conditions at the Dunhill Links Championship and ask "is it weird to tag a dead person on your Instagram?" They also discuss Mackenzie Hughes victory on the PGA Tour, Patrick Reed's latest legal dramas and they discuss which left-field wildcards they would take to the 2023 Ryder Cup.
This week, the gang discuss the events that unfolded at the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow, including which players impressed them the most, who left a lasting impression and who bitterly disappointed them cough Corey Conners cough.
They also take in the events from the Open De France, including trying to decide if Rasmus Hojgaard "bottled it", "chucked it" or in fact "shat the bed", as well as making another victorious return to The Enclosure.
In quite a fun week in the world of golf, Kane, Liam and Daniel get together to tackle the big issues. From Robert MacIntyre's great win in Italy, to Danny Willett's heartbreak in California and all of the hilarious nuggets from the LIV Golf Series event in Chicago, the boys have it all covered. The boys also discuss the best hangover cures and whether or not they need to send Daniel to anger management classes.
In this week's episode, the boy's discuss Shane Lowry's victory at the BMW PGA Championship, as well as dissecting the arguments for and against LIV Golf players being able to play in the event, then turning their attention to Sergio Garcia and what could've been the final nail in the public opinion coffin.
This week, host Kane tests out the boy's golf knowledge in the first annual Member's Bounce quiz.
Listen and play along and see if you fare better than the guys that supposedly do a weekly golf podcast (spoiler: you definitely will).
This week, most of the Member's Bounce team get together to discuss the finale of the PGA Tour season and Rory's McIlroy's FedEx Cup victory as well as celebrating this season's winners and losers at the new awards ceremony on everybody's lips, "The Bouncies".
After getting over their technical issues from last week, the boys are back and discussing all of the issues from the week in golf, including Patrick Cantlay's BMW Championship victory, their disliking for the Tour Championship's format, what was discussed at the top secret PGA player meeting and the latest in all the LIV vs everyone courtroom dramas.
This week, the guys dissect all of the news in the week of golf, including Tom Kim's maiden PGA Tour victory, Ashleigh Buhai's Open win, what makes a "good year" for a top 20 professional and recent LIV legal action, as well as allowing Liam to enter the Loser's Enclosure to make some of the wussiest bets you'll ever see.
This week, a depleted cast tackle all of the big golf stories from the week, including Tony Finau's second win in as many week's, Sean Crocker's first DP World Tour win, how LIV Golf is becoming increasingly Trumpy, whilst also getting excited for next week's Women's Open Championship and the permutations involved at the Wyndham Championship.
This week, we've got another interview for you! Recently, Kane had the chance to have a chat with writer and links golf enthusiast Jim Hartsell. In their conversation, Jim discusses how his fascination with links golf began, the differences between playing golf in Scotland and playing golf in America, as well as describing his ideal links golf hole. We also discuss Jim's recent trip to Scotland on the anniversary of a family tragedy, a trip he has detailed in The Golfer's Journal (see link attached).
We hope you enjoy our conversation with Jim Hartsell.
https://www.golfersjournal.com/editorial/the-price-we-pay/
This week, the boys tackle The Open, from Cam Smith's amazing final round, Rory stagnating in first gear, and discuss everything that they witnessed on site including amazing shots, palpable atmospheres and robbable shops.
On this week's episode, nearly all of the gang get together to discuss Xander Schauffele's win at the Scottish Open and whether or not it changes our opinion on if he is in fact a fraud, they chat about how the Renaissance Club set up as preparation for St. Andrews, and they preview the upcoming Open Championship, discussing who they are going to follow whilst attending, what they hope to see from the competition and who they think is going home with the Claret Jug.
This week, the boys have recorded arguably the archetypal The Member's Bounce podcast. Instead of discussing the action from this week's PGA Tour even, they instead look to discuss their favourite pieces of John Deere machinery. Instead of analysing Branden Grace's victory at the second LIV Golf event, they opt to criticise everything that LIV Golf has done poorly and rip into latest signing Paul Casey, and instead of celebrating Adrian Meronk's historic win at the Irish Open, they complain about the decision to host the event at a parkland course.
In this week's episode, the lads get their kicks out of Lexi Thompson's brutal bottling at the Women's PGA Championship, feel a bit of sympathy for Sahith Theegala and show genuine pride and elation for the podcast's favourite golfer, Hoatong Li.
As well as covering all of the weekend's golf action, including the latest revelations in the world of LIV, they go deep on Kane and Aidyn's recent performances at their club open championship.
This week, the boys discuss all things US Open, from Matt Fitzpatrick's classy final round, Zalatoris confirming his moniker of "major specialist", the inevitable Scottie Scheffler, Rory, Collin, The Country Club and so much more.
A crisis meeting has been held. Kane, Daniel and Scott convened at Member's Bounce HQ to discuss all things LIV.
In one of the busiest weeks in golf history, the boys take to going through everything that has happened in the past week with regards to LIV Golf, from the team names and logos, the press conferences, the players signing (and rumoured to be on the way), the money involved and much, much more.
After a week off from regular podcasting responsibilities, the boys are back and have a lot to catch up on. They discuss Billy Horschel's win at The Memorial Tournament, they ask how big a star can Minjee Lee be after her US Women's Open victory, they unpack all the drama and mishaps from the Porsche European Open including the players that have successfully qualified for the Men's US Open, as well as having a great discussion about all the recent LIV Golf revelations, including the field and if we'll be watching it.
To coincide with the release of Volume 4 of The Links Diary on 1st June 2022, Kane and Daniel were lucky enough to have a chat with one of the co-founders of the magazine, Kenny Pallas.
Kenny was a great sport for coming on and it was really interesting to hear where he and the Links Diary team get their inspiration from for their stories, as well as telling us how the Links Diary got started and what he would like to see the publication do moving forward.
This week, the boys discuss Justin Thomas' victory at the 104th PGA Championship and unpack all of the major talking points from Southern Hills this past week, including Mito Pereira's nightmare Sunday, Will Zalatoris, Matt Fitzpatrick, Rory, Tiger and much, much more.
This week, the boys tackle all of the golf stories of the week, including KH Lee's victory at the AT&T Byron Nelson, Sam Horsfield's victory at the Soudal Open, Greg Norman's recent interview with Sky Sports, Phil Mickelson's disappearance and preview the upcoming PGA Championship.
This week, Kane returns to hosting duties as he and the gang discuss all the events from a busy week of golf. They review Max Homa's victory at the Wells Fargo Championship, Thorbjorn Oleson's win at the British Masters and go deep into recent comments from Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood with regards to the Saudi Golf League.
This week, a weakened field in the recording studio tackles a weakened field in Mexico as Daniel takes over hosting duties alongside Kane and Liam to discuss the events of the weekend, including Jon Rahm's triumph in Mexico, recent Phil and Tiger sightings and much more. They also revisit the Loser's Enclosure and take a trip down memory lane and discuss their old favourite golf video games.
Well, they got through it.
This week, the team try and discuss the events in the world of golf this past week but find themselves discussing other topics, such as "Did Billy Horschel chat up Sam Burns?" and "Goldenballs: Split or Steal?". They did get round to chatting about Schauffele and Cantlay's victory in New Orleans, as well as reviewing some of the entrance music choices made by some of the partnerships and they took yet another visit to the Loser's Enclosure.
This week, the gang REJOICE in Jordan Spieth's Easter Sunday win at Harbour Town, as well as discussing all things RBC Heritage, including Cantlay, Lowry, HV3, Van Rooyen and Sepp Straka. The boys also take part in a lighthouse-themed quiz and display some tremendous gaps in their historical knowledge, as well as paying another visit to the Loser's Enclosure.
This week, the boys discuss the 85th Masters tournament, including all things Scheffler, Cam Smith and Tiger Woods, as well as revealing what ruined Rory's closing hole for them and everything else that happened at Augusta National this week.
This week, the boy recap The Chevron Championship and the Valero Texas Open, as well as a look ahead to the first men's major of the year, The Masters. They discuss who they think will take home the green jacket, as well as getting quizzed on previous champions' main course choices.
This week, the team discuss yet another Scottie Scheffler, what makes him such a dangerous player and his rise to the top of the world golf rankings, as well as looking at Kisner's match play heroics, our favourite matches from the WGC Match Play, Richard Bland's late Masters surge, Phil missing out, Lee Westwood vs US sports journalists, Tiger Woods possibly returning and making a rare trip to the Winner's Enclosure.
This week, the gang discuss the Valspar Championship (as well as crowing a Valspar Champion of their own), Greg Norman's recent PR tour, Richard Bland being horny on Twitter and make yet another visit to the Loser's Enclosure.
This week, the boys break down all of the events and incidents that happened in The Players Championships, including Cam Smith's dirty up and down game and Anirban Lahiri being the true winner this weekend. We also discuss how the competitors coped with the severe conditions as well as letting off some steam about Paul Casey.
This and so much more on this week's episode!
This week on the podcast, the boys are served up some helpings of humble pie after their comments about Scottie Scheffler, they talk all things Arnold Palmer Invitational including the conditions, Hovland, Woodland and Rory, as well as making a long awaited return to the Loser's Enclosure.
Something a little different from the usual, we're delighted to bring The Member's Bounce Podcast's first interview! This week, Kane and Liam have a had a chat with Jordan Brown, a teaching professional at Drumoig Golf Centre, and talk about what a day in his life looks like. Topics of discussion range from his coaching sessions, working as a club fitter and even his own professional ambitions and goals.
We'd love to thank Jordan for sitting down and chewing the fat with us, I'm sure it won't be the last time he makes an appearance on the podcast
Enjoy!
This week, the boys talk all things Genesis Invitational, as well as discussing the aftermath of Phil Mickelson's latest outrageous comments. As well as a visit to the Loser's Enclosure, Kane, Scott, Gearie and Aidyn also play a game of Build-A-Golfer and slip in as many James Bond puns as humanly possible.
This week, Kane, Liam, Kris and a returning Scotty talk all things Waste Management Phoenix Open, including Scottie Scheffler's breakthrough win, the insurgence of Sahith Theegala, the party scenes on the 16th and much more. They also revisit the Loser's Enclosure and introduce a new segment called "Out Of Bounds".
This week, the boys review the events that have transpired in the last week of golf, including Jordan Spieth's death-defying antics, Tom Hoge playing the best brand of boring golf and all things Saudi.
This week, the boys talk all things Farmers Insurance Open and Dubai Desert Class and preview next weekend's action, as well returning to The Loser's Enclosure and finishing up with a chat about the ideal clubhouse.
This week, the boys give their opinions on the golf from this past weekend and next, as well as letting Kane have a moan about pro-am events on TV and Scott tells a story about the worst thing that he has ever witnessed on a golf course.
This week, Kane, Scotty, Liam and Gearie discuss all things Sony Open in Hawaii, the upcoming Tour events as well as deciding what they want to see from the new PGA Tour Netflix series.
THE DEBUT EPISODE
We welcome everyone to The Member's Bounce, a brand spanking new podcast that talks about all things golf. This week, we introduce everyone to some of our regulars, chat about the birdiefest in Hawaii, and then move on to some MAJOR predictions.
Thanks for listening, enjoy