State Of The Game

State Of The Game


Latest Episodes

SOG 130: Frank Nobilo
January 05, 2024

TV commentators get their fair share of criticism but few can take issue with New Zealand's Frank Nobilo who joins episode 130 of State of the Game. Nobilo is as thoughtful and articulate as any analy

SOG 129: The Politics of Public Golf with Dan Andrews
October 25, 2023

Public golf facilities around the world are under pressure as a recent announcement to shut down half of Moore Park in Sydney, one of the nation's busiest public courses, proves. So what are the polit

SOG 128: Digging Deeper on Saudi Arabia with Dr Joshua Ralston
October 14, 2023

LIV Golf has brought Saudi Arabia into sharp focus for golf and golfers but how much do we really know about the Kingdom and how it works? Dr Joshua Ralston from the Edinburgh University School of Div

SOG 127: WTF Is Going On?
June 07, 2023

Despite almost no detail of how it will play out the announcement by the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund that they have ceased legal hostilities and will instead join forces has

SOG 126: Grab A Drink Because This One Is All About The Ball
March 17, 2023

It's taken 126 episodes and lord knows how much drinking by you, the loyal SOG listeners, but finally the USGA and R and A have listened and the ball is going to be rolled back. Sure it's not enough a

SOG 125: It's Been A While
February 01, 2023

Even for State of the Game it's been a long break and even for us it's a long episode. But there was a lot to get through with Geoff Shackelford and Mike Clayton on Episode 125 including (but not limi

SOG 124: Seven Mile Beach Update
September 07, 2022

Let's leave the parlous state of world golf behind for a while and get back to talking one of our favourite topics here on SOG: course architecture. On Ep 124 Geoff Shackelford, Mike Clayton and Rod M

SOG 123: The Open with Matt Griffin
August 04, 2022

Theodore Roosevelt said it best in his 'Man in the Arena' speech more than 100 years ago and we took note in this episode of State of the Game. Matt Griffin, who teed up at the 150th Open, joins Geoff

SOG 122: Enough LIV, Time To Talk the Old Course
July 06, 2022

It won't go away but LIV Golf and all its implications can take a back seat for the next two weeks as golf hopefully celebrates everything good about the game with an Open Championship at the Old Cour

SOG 121: Joe Ogilvie talks LIV Golf
June 22, 2022

There's probably not a lot left to say on the LIV Golf situation but when you get the chance to pick the brains of someone as smart as Joe Ogilvie you grab it.