The golf podcast from the home of golf. Join the team from bunkered magazine and a roster of the biggest names in golf to dig into the professional game, compare triumphs and embarrassments from amateur play, and get a distinctly Scottish take on this ancient sport.
The bunkered Golf Podcast
Join Michael McEwan and Bryce Ritchie every week as they discuss the latest news and views from across the game. The bunkered Golf Podcast has featured guest appearances from some of the biggest names in the game – from Greg Norman, Jose Maria Olazabal and Gary Player, to Colin Montgomerie, Ian Woosnam and Paige Spiranac – and has racked up listeners in more than 150 different countries. If you like plenty of opinions and absolutely zero fluff, this is the golf podcast you’ve been waiting for.
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Episodes
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
FedEx Cup champion, world No.1 and now the winner of the Race To Dubai – it's been quite a 2022 for Rory McIlroy. Michael and Bryce discuss the Northern Irishman’s spectacular year and dissect how and where he’s improved the most.
Elsewhere, Craig Burley – the last man to score a goal for Scotland at the World Cup Finals – joins us to discuss France ‘98, Ruud Gullit’s “crap” golf, and his dream of playing Augusta National.
Plus, is Matt Fitz right to snub the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, is Lydia Ko the most underrated player in the game... and how did David Leadbeatter “ruin” Bryce’s game?
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Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Former Manchester United and England international Lee Sharpe is the special guest on this week’s episode of The bunkered Podcast.
He tells us all about his new golf clothing range, his European Senior Tour dream and what it’s like to be on the receiving end of Sir Alex Ferguson’s hairdryer treatment.
Elsewhere, Michael and Bryce discuss changes to the rules of golf and chat about the latest LIV rumours. Bryce also takes on Michael’s World Cup-themed golf quiz.
The guys also discuss the best and worst food in golf and there’s a winner in the latest series of the Podder of Merit.
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Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
As COP27 gets under way in Egypt, Michael and Bryce hear from Jonathan Smith, the CEO of the GEO Foundation for Sustainable Golf, about the role the sport is playing in the planet’s future
Jonathan dispels the notion that golf courses are damaging for the environment and outlines some of the threats posed to the game by climate change and coastal erosion. You simply cannot afford to turn a blind eye to this chat.
Elsewhere, there’s praise for Gemma Dryburgh after her LPGA breakthrough, disbelief at Bernhard Langer’s latest exploits, and thoughts on Rory’s latest LIV comments.
Plus... where’s the strangest place you’ve played golf? Some of our listeners’ comments will stun you.
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Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
The inaugural LIV Golf season is in the books following last week’s Team Championship in Miami. What did the new tour get right and wrong in 2022, and what does it need to improve as it looks to come back bigger and better next year? Michael and Bryce get into it on this week’s episode.
Elsewhere, Dan Godding, the former chief executive of the EuroPro Tour, joins us to discuss the circuit’s recent collapse.
There’s also chat about the Portugal Masters and a celebration of all of the scariest things in golf (with apologies to Tiger Woods’ tailor...)
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Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
On this week’s episode of The bunkered Podcast, Bryce and Michael are joined by DP World Tour pro Scott Henry who opens up on his battle to save his career.
The Clydebank man reveals how a misdiagnosed injury has robbed him of the last four years and outlines how he plans to get back to top of the game. We’re not kidding, this is as honest an insight into the other side of life of tour as you are ever going to hear.
Elsewhere, the guys discuss Rory’s return to the top of the world rankings and look ahead to this week’s LIV Golf Team Championship.
Bryce puts Michael’s “Rory Fanboy” credentials to the test with a quiz about the four-time major champion and the guys discuss the strangest things they’ve ever found on a golf course.
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Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Not for the first time, Sergio Garcia and Phil Mickelson have found themselves at the centre of controversy. This time it’s over remarks they made ahead of last week’s LIV Golf event in Saudi Arabia.
Sergio says he’s giving up on the Ryder Cup because he doesn’t feel loved; Phil says the PGA Tour is on a downward trajectory and he likes the side he’s on.
What is going on with these former fan favourites? Michael and Bryce discuss on this week’s episode.
Elsewhere, the guys discuss whether Keith Pelley is the right man to take the DP World Tour forward, who might star in the new John Daly movie, and Michael sets the record straight on the RY-der Cup...
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Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Bryson DeChambeau has thrust himself back into the spotlight with an impressive performance in the recent World Long Drive Championship and a subsequent bizarre statement. It begs the question: just what is going on with him these days? Michael and Bryce try to get to the bottom of it.
Also, there's chat around the LIV Golf / MENA Tour "strategic alliance", the Ryder Cup build-up and golf's surprise addition to the Commonwealth Games programme.
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Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
For the ninth match in a row, the United States has won the Presidents Cup. Is it time to overhaul the biennial contest? Perhaps turn it into a mixed event? Maybe even bin it altogether? Michael and Bryce discuss on the latest episode of the award-winning bunkered Podcast.
Elsewhere, is it time for people to chill out about Charlie Woods and give Tiger's youngest a chance to develop without the burden of crazy expectations, and which golfers would be good on reality TV?
Plus, there's the story of Michael's "lost" Huey Lewis interview and the time Bryce got stone-walled by Hugh Grant...
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Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
With the fourth LIV Golf event in the books and temperatures continuing to run high over the Saudi-funded start-up, Michael and Bryce look at whether or not the time has come for cool heads and common sense to prevail in men's professional golf.
Elsewhere, there's a look ahead to this week's BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, a tribute to Herb Kohler and Michael performs an unexpected U-turn.
Plus, if you could bring back any golf brand or piece of equipment, what would it be? The guys have some suggestions...
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Thursday Aug 25, 2022
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
On this bonus episode of The bunkered Podcast, Michael and Bryce reflect on yet more seismic events in the world of men's professional golf.
They assess a series of changes announced by the PGA Tour - including the decision to double the Player Impact Program money - and question where this leaves its so-called strategic partner, the DP World Tour.
Plus, TGL. Is Tiger and Rory's new Monday night concept something we should be taking seriously? And how might LIV react to all this?
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