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This week on PaddyTalks Golf, powered by ForeGolf Custom, I'm joined by returning guest Liam Nolan for a catch up almost four years in the making.

Liam first joined me on Episode 140 back in January 2023, when he was one of the most exciting emerging talents in Irish amateur golf. Since then, he's won the Brabazon Trophy, represented GB&I at the Walker Cup, played in The Open Championship at Royal Troon and made the transition into professional golf.

Now, following his maiden HotelPlanner Tour victory at the Abu Dhabi Challenge and a brilliant end to...

How much can you improve at golf when you play roughly 20 rounds in an entire year?

In this episode of PaddyTalksGolf, I’m taking an honest look at my 2026 golf season. I started the year at a 2.2 handicap and got down to 0.9, but the goal was to reach +2.0. I didn’t get there, missed some of my competitive targets and discovered a few uncomfortable truths in the stats.

We’re talking swing changes, lessons with Ryan Gribben, hours spent on the putting green, the rounds I’ll remember for years and the numbers that explain where I...

From historic comebacks, to heartbreaking collapses, to career changing victories, it’s been a remarkable few weeks in golf.

The Walker Cup at Lahinch delivered one of the greatest comebacks in the competition’s history. Europe retained the Solheim Cup in a dramatic finish, while the USA somehow turned a three point deficit into another Presidents Cup victory. Meanwhile, Matt Fitzpatrick, Grant Forrest and Ireland’s Liam Nolan all produced stories worth digging into.

On this episode of PaddyTalks Golf, we get into the moments behind the scorecards, the performances that mattered, and the stories you mi...

From professional golf, to walking away from the game, to getting his amateur status back, winning The Amateur, playing The Open Championship and ultimately leading GB&I out at a home Walker Cup at Lahinch.

Stuart Grehan’s story over the last couple of years is some journey.

Six years after his first appearance on PaddyTalks Golf, Stuart is back to talk about the decision that changed his life, the pressure of professional golf, family, finding balance, and rediscovering his enjoyment of the game.

We go deep on the conversation with Carla that pl...

After six episodes telling the story of Lahinch, the people behind the club, the team preparing the course and the players who have actually lived the Walker Cup, we are finally here.

The Walker Cup is coming to Lahinch.

On September 5th and 6th, the United States will take on Great Britain and Ireland at Lahinch Golf Club in the 51st playing of the Walker Cup.

Twenty of the best amateur golfers in the world.

Twenty six matches.

Two teams.

One trophy with more than a century...

What does it actually feel like to play in the Walker Cup?

For Episode 6 of the PaddyTalks Golf Walker Cup Series, Paddy is joined by John Murphy, who represented Great Britain and Ireland at the 2021 Walker Cup at Seminole Golf Club.

John takes us inside the week and tells the story of finding out he had made the team in one of the most unusual ways possible.

He found the selection email in his spam folder.

From there, it was a week of nerves, anticipation, team bonding and ultimately playing some...

For Episode 5 of the PaddyTalks Golf Walker Cup Series, we go inside the Walker Cup with Noel Fox, a former GB&I Walker Cup player who experienced the competition from both sides of the ropes.

Noel's Walker Cup story started when he was just 14.

In 1988, while attending the Irish Boys at The Island, he saw three players wearing grey jumpers with red lines. When he asked what the red lines meant, he was told they were from the Junior Walker Cup.

The Walker Cup was officially on his radar.

Three years...

The Walker Cup is no longer something we're looking at from the outside.

For Episode 4 of the PaddyTalks Golf Walker Cup Series, I sit down with Michael Hoey, a former Walker Cup player, five time European Tour winner and current DP World Tour referee, to hear what it is actually like to represent Great Britain and Ireland in one of amateur golf's greatest team events.

Michael's earliest Walker Cup memories came from watching players such as Phil Mickelson at Portmarnock in 1991. A decade later, he found himself walking onto the first tee at Ocean Forest...

What does it actually take to prepare Lahinch for the Walker Cup?

For Episode 3 of the PaddyTalks Golf Walker Cup Series, I sit down with Brian McDonagh, Lahinch Golf Club Superintendent, to go behind the scenes of preparing one of Ireland's great links for one of the biggest events in amateur golf.

Brian has been looking after Lahinch since becoming Head Greenkeeper of the Old Course in 2006, and in this conversation he gives us a fascinating insight into how he sees the course differently from the golfers who play it.

From weather forecasts...

The Walker Cup is coming to Lahinch.

But what does it actually mean to the people who call Lahinch Golf Club home?

In the second installment of the PaddyTalks Golf Walker Cup Series, I sit down with Miriam O'Keeffe, Lahinch's Women's Captain for 2026 and John Gleeson, Lahinch's Men's Captain for 2026, to talk about the club they know, love and represent in one of the biggest years in its history.

For Miriam, Lahinch became home from the very beginning. Her earliest golfing memories at the club date back to 1981, when she met her husband...

The Walker Cup is coming to Lahinch.

But before we talk about the players, the teams and the competition itself, we need to understand the place that is about to host it.

In the opening episode of the PaddyTalks Golf Walker Cup series, I sit down with the Club Historian at Lahinch Golf Club, Enda Glynn, to explore the story of one of Ireland's most iconic golf clubs.

We go back through the history of Lahinch, the people and characters who have shaped the club, its unique place in Irish amateur golf and...

PaddyTalks Golf, powered by ForeGolf Custom, is back with the latest from Irish golf, professional golf and the amateur game.

This week, we look at the FedExCup Playoffs, Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, the DP World Tour, the Irish Challenge, the US Amateur, the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour, with a particular focus on the latest Irish golf stories and performances.

We also get into the 2026 Walker Cup teams ahead of the match at Lahinch Golf Club, including Stuart Grehan, Irish reserves Thomas Higgins and David Howard, and some of the biggest names in amateur...

What does it actually take to host professional golf?

This week, Paddy sits down with Cormac Ryan, Director of Golf and Hospitality Operations at Killeen Castle, during tournament week as the venue prepares to host the Irish Challenge on the HotelPlanner Tour.

Cormac has been connected with Killeen Castle since 2008, before the resort had even properly opened, and has spent much of his career working across golf operations, tournament staging and hospitality.

In this episode, we get behind the scenes of professional golf and explore what goes into creating a tournament that looks...

This is Open week and on PaddyTalks Golf, we sit down with amateur golfer David Howard just weeks after he qualified for the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. A mechanic by trade until eighteen months ago, David has since won the 2025 East of Ireland Championship at Baltray and battled through Final Qualifying at Dundonald to book his place among the world's best.

We talk about the road to Dundonald, his father caddying for him, growing up in Cork, the realities of living with cystic fibrosis while chasing a career in professional golf, the strong Irish contingent heading...

Conor Moore, better known as Conor Sketches, is one of Ireland's best known comedians and content creators. From viral golf sketches to working with Tiger Woods, appearing on NBC and selling out theatres across Ireland, he's built a career by turning observations into unforgettable characters.

This episode was recorded after a round together at Lahinch Golf Club before we settled into Frawley's Bar for a proper conversation.

We talk about growing up in Mullingar, leaving a career in finance and sales to take a chance on comedy, the sketch that changed everything, meeting Tiger Woods...

Barry Moroney is the founder of ApexGolf, a newly launched AI-powered app combining golf practice and gym training into one adaptive weekly plan. He's also a 5.2 handicap golfer from Adare who self-funded ApexGolf entirely by himself.

In this episode we cover the origin of ApexGolf, an idea that first hit Barry back in 2022, stalled for years and finally came together in 2025 when he built and tested his own prototype before commissioning a full nine-month build. Barry breaks down the actual gap ApexGolf is built to fill. Not swing mechanics, but the 50 weeks a year between lessons where...

Enda McLoughlin is the founder of P2 Grips and Trident Align, two Irish-built golf brands changing how golfers think about putting performance. He is also a PGA Professional and former head pro at Wicklow Golf Club.

In this episode we cover the origin of P2 Grips, a happy accident with a Scotty Cameron that turned into a proper golf equipment business. Enda breaks down the biomechanics of putting, specifically ulnar deviation and why quietening the wrists leads to better putter face control. P2 is one of the only putter grip brands backed by independent bio-mechanical testing from...

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This week I sat down with Patrick Keeling, the 2026 Flogas Irish Men's Amateur Open Champion, plays out of Roganstown, currently on a golf scholarship at the University of Louisville in Kentucky.

He flew home on a Monday, teed it up on a Thursday, shot a course record 62 on the Friday and holed the winning putt on Sunday afternoon. His name is now on a trophy alongside Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley. Then he drove straight to Portrush the next morning and finished...

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This week I sat down with someone whose work you've almost certainly seen, even if you didn't know his name at the time. Oisín Keniry is one of Ireland's finest sports photographers. Coming through the ranks, Oisín has since built a serious freelance career shooting golf at the very highest level. His images carry R&A and image credits, appear in national newspapers and international publications, and if you've ever stopped on a photograph from The Open, the Irish Open or an Amateur Championship and thought th...

This week on PaddyTalks Golf, powered by ForeGolf Custom, I’m joined by Andrew McCormack for another State of the Game deep dive as we tackle one of the biggest questions in modern golf:

Is Creator Golf Replacing Traditional Golf?

From Rick Shiels and Good Good to Bob Does Sports and Grant Horvat, creator-led golf has become a major force in the game, attracting millions of viewers and changing how golfers consume content.

At the same time, many golfers admit they are watching less live Tour coverage than ever before.

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The countdown to the 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor is well underway, but the biggest talking point isn’t the golf… it’s the price.

With match day tickets starting at €499, Irish golf fans are split.

In this episode, I breaks down:

Is it pricing out Irish fans? or Is this simply the cost of a global sporting event?

Tune into...

This week on PaddyTalks Golf, powered by ForeGolf Custom, I sit down with Mary Doyle, one of Ireland’s leading PGA professionals, to catch up on her journey since first appearing on the podcast back in 2021.

At the time, Mary was completing her PGA training and winning awards such as PGA Trainee of the Year for example! Since then, she has built a strong reputation as a coach, working with golfers of all levels and creating programmes that make the game more accessible, enjoyable, and easier to improve.

In this episode, we revisit her journey an...

This week on PaddyTalks Golf, powered by ForeGolf Custom, I sit down with Gareth Raflewski, PGA professional, elite short game coach, and one of the sharpest performance minds in Irish golf.

From early memories of golf in Omagh to committing fully to the game, Gareth’s journey has taken him through competitive golf, elite coaching environments including Augusta and back home to build a performance focused academy centred around one thing: scoring.

Known for his deep understanding of the short game, Gareth does not just teach technique. He teaches golfers how to think un...

Two hundred episodes.

Six years of conversations.

Hundreds of hours recorded.

Countless guests.

Countless stories.

Episode 200 is more than a milestone. It is a reset.

In this episode, I reflect briefly on the journey so far and introduce the next evolution of PaddyTalks Golf.

The show now moves forward with four clear lanes:

🎙 Guest Interviews: Conversations with the people shaping Irish golf.

📈 Beyond Scratch: My personal pursuit of plus two and what everyday golfers can learn from it.

🏛 T...

This week on PaddyTalks Golf, powered by ForeGolf Custom, I sit down again with Mark Ruddy, a leading voice in golf club management and participation, whose work behind the scenes is shaping how golf clubs think about culture, community and long-term sustainability.

Mark previously joined us on Episode 145 to lift the lid on life as a General Manager. Since then, his focus has evolved with the creation of Grow Sport, a project designed to help clubs grow participation, improve culture and build environments where people genuinely feel welcome.

From early experiences in golf, to going...

This week on PaddyTalks Golf, powered by ForeGolf Custom, I sit down with Ryan Gribben, one of Ireland’s most exciting young PGA professionals and coaches, whose passion for performance, short game mastery and real-world coaching has made him one of the most respected emerging voices in Irish golf.

From junior golf roots and elite amateur competition, to committing to the PGA pathway, to being recognised as Top Year 3 Trainee in the PGA in Ireland programme, Ryan’s journey is one of discipline, curiosity and relentless pursuit of improvement — both as a player and a mentor.

This week on PaddyTalks Golf, powered by ForeGolf Custom, I sit down with Timmy Jordan, one of Ireland’s most exciting emerging golf creators whose honesty, passion and raw approach to documenting his journey has struck a chord with golfers everywhere.

From junior success and winning the Ulster Boys Amateur Open, to rebuilding his game in front of a camera, to navigating the pressure of performing publicly, Timmy has carved out a unique place in modern Irish golf media.

We dive into:

⛳ Timmy’s early days in golf, his competitive roots, and the le...

This week on PaddyTalks Golf, powered by ForeGolf Custom, I sit down with Matt Fryer — PGA Professional, Youtuber, content creator, coach, and host of The Golf Coach Podcast.

From growing up learning the game in Warrington, turning playing professional, getting his PGA qualification to building one of the UK’s most successful golf coaching channels on YouTube with over 250,000 subscribers and 50 million views, Matt has redefined what it means to be a modern PGA Pro.

We dive into:

⛳ Matt’s earliest golf memories and his playing days on tour.

📹 How he built an...

What does the future of custom fitting look like? In this episode of PaddyTalks Golf I sit down with Derek Murray, founder of ForeGolf Custom, to explore how fitting is evolving in 2025 and what golfers need to know going forward.

From the rise of AI-driven data and precision builds to the timeless importance of the fitter’s eye, Derek breaks down how technology, craftsmanship, and golfer education are all shaping the next generation of equipment performance.

Whether you’re a gear junkie, a weekend golfer, or someone who’s never had a fitting before, this episod...

This week on PaddyTalks Golf, proudly powered by ForeGolf Custom, I’m joined by performance coach Donal Scott for something I’ve never done on the pod before which is a full review of my own golf season.

Instead of just looking at scores and stats, Donal walks me through the same process he uses with players at every level: reflecting on performance, identifying blind spots, and separating what really matters from all the noise.

We dig into:

The Amgen Irish Open 2025 is back at The K Club, September 3rd–7th, and this year it’s more than just golf it’s a full festival of sport, music, food, family fun, and world-class fan experiences.

In this special preview episode, I break down everything you need to know before heading to Straffan:

✅ The Golf: Rory McIlroy chasing another Irish Open title, Shane Lowry on home soil, and a star-studded field featuring Pádraig Harrington, Séamus Power, Luke Donald, Francesco Molinari, Danny Willett, Jhonattan Vegas and more.

✅ Fan Experiences & Activations:

Patrick Koenig has built a life around golf, photography, and adventure. From discovering the game as a kid, to creating the legendary RGV Tour (yes, a road trip built around golf!), Patrick’s journey is as inspiring as it is entertaining.

In this episode, we dive into:

📸 How Patrick got into golf and turned it into his career

🚐 The origins and wild stories from the RGV Tour

⛳️ His love for golf photography and capturing the game’s spirit

🇮🇪 Why the Experience Ireland Golf & Travel (EIGT) Tour is so special

🌅 And...

Liam Power has been making waves in Irish golf, and in this episode he shares the journey that has brought him to this point, from his early beginnings to competing at the highest level. Liam sits down with me to talk about the grind, the breakthroughs, and what it takes to keep pushing forward.

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57 years. That’s how long Lahinch Golf Club waited for one of their own to lift the South of Ireland Championship trophy, until Jonathan Keane changed everything last Sunday.

In this powerful and emotional episode, Jonathan joins us just days after his historic win to relive the magic of the week, the comeback in the final, and the roar of the local crowd on 18.

We talk about:

Get ready for an unmissable week at the KPMG Women's Irish Open! On the PaddyTalks Golf Podcast, powered by ForeGolf Custom, I'm bringing you the definitive, in-depth preview for the KPMG Women's Irish Open 2025! 

Mark your golf calendars for Thursday, July 3rd to Sunday, July 6th, 2025, as the world's finest golfers take on a true championship test at the magnificent Carton House in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland.

This comprehensive episode is your essential spectator playbook to navigate and fully appreciate Ireland's premier Ladies European Tour (LET) event. We're breaking down every aspect that a dedicated...

Welcome to this week's episode of the PaddyTalks Golf Podcast powered by ForeGolf Custom, for an exclusive interview with one of golf's most exciting young talents, Gavin Tiernan! Fresh off his incredible run to the final of The Amateur Championship at Royal St. George's, Gavin sits down with us to share the inside story of his dramatic week, his journey from a pre-qualifier to the brink of victory, and what it takes to compete at the highest level of amateur golf.

In this must-listen episode, we delve into:

In this episode of PaddyTalks Golf Podcast, Powered by ForeGolf Custom, we’re joined Eimear McManus - the dynamic Managing Director of ForeFront Communications, part of the ForeFront Group, a driving force behind some of Ireland’s most exciting golf events, professional golfers and brand marketing activation campaigns.

We dive deep into Forefront Groups innovative communication strategies, digital content, and grassroots development. Whether you're a golf fan, marketing professional, or someone in the golf industry, this episode offers a unique peek behind the curtain of what makes golf tick off the course.

🎧 Listen Now or to t...

Welcome to this week's episode of PaddyTalks Golf Powered By ForeGolf Custom.

We’re teeing it up with Shane Jenkinson this week, a familiar face in Irish golf and the head professional at St. Margaret’s Golf Club. With years of experience on the fairways, multiple winner on the PGA Tournament circuit, Shane brings a wealth of knowledge about the modern game, coaching philosophies, junior golf development, and the evolving landscape of golf in Ireland.

In this episode, we dive into:

Shane’s journey to becoming a PGA Professional

His ap...

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This week it's Masters Week! We are all very busy. Very, very, very busy people with work, family, golf, pets and more to fit in our day every day. So when will we find the time to file through all the historical stats on past Masters winners and compare them against the same statistics year to date across ALL the various professional tours, to then cross check and reference to compile a list of the best fitting golfers on the planet - st...

Welcome to this week’s episode of PaddyTalks Golf Podcast powered by ForeGolf Custom!

This week I sat down with an old friend and all around legend, Kelan McDonagh. Born and raised in Athlone, represented Ireland on the International stage between 2009-2013 before turning his attention to the PGA of Ireland before a move to the US of A and becoming a member of the US PGA organisation over there. Episode 35 covered most things, today's episode is all about life in the US, networking and opportunities over there, Grip - Stance - Wallop, and is Post Ma...