The Good-Good Golf Podcast · TalkinGolf Productions

Ep 154: The Switch

·1 hr 24 min·2 clips

Karen Harding opens by taking the wheel for a one-off hosting turn. Rod Morrie is nudged into the back seat, Jimmy Emanuel is around, and Adrian Logue is off travelling somewhere else, which quickly turns into its own running joke. Emma Ballard joins as the key guest and sets the scene from the AIG Women’s Open media centre. It is Wednesday practice day. The rain has eased and the sun is finally out. The conversation starts with the practical reality of being on site rather than any big speech about the championship. That gives the whole thing a grounded feel. Emma talks about the long hours that come with tournament coverage. She notes that people often picture the job as all glamour. It is not. The show keeps leaning into that gap between the public image and the actual slog. There is a fair bit of chat about the schedule ahead. Mel Reid is due to tee off first the next morning. Emma makes clear she plans to be there early and stay until the last putt drops. That kind of commitment is treated as normal, which says plenty about the environment. The crew also talks through the oddities of the media-centre setup. Emma has a bad sightline because Huggy’s head is literally in the way. That becomes one of those tiny tournament-week details that sounds silly until you have spent time in a press area yourself. There is also an aside about an Adidas-supported women’s golf evening on Monday night. Emma describes it as spectacular. The show lets that sit beside the more workaday reality of the week. That contrast works well. It reminds you how much of professional golf is made up of both polished events and tiring logistics. The women’s game stays at the centre of the conversation. The hosts and Emma discuss the AIG Women’s Open, women’s golf more broadly, and the value of showing up on the ground rather than watching from a distance. The tone stays dry and familiar throughout. People get teased. Names get batted around. There is plenty of conversational back-and-forth. Even so, the episode keeps returning to the real business of the week: players, conditions, timing, access, and the shape of coverage. The banter about Logue sitting out and the mock praise for his absence gives the panel its usual looseness. The episode closes by sending listeners to Emma’s social channels for more from the championship week. Then it signs off with the promise that next week the full crew will be back together.

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A grounded AIG Women’s Open episode that feels like being in the media centre rather than reading about it.

The Good Good Golf Podcast episode 154 settles into an AIG Women’s Open conversation with Karen Harding and Emma Ballard at the center, while Rod Morrie, Jimmy Emanuel, and Adrian Logue are all part of the setup.

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Press play for a front-row look at the AIG Women's Open with behind-the-scenes banter.

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