Chasing Pars Golf Podcast

We are back after a brief hiatus to recharge the batteries and I was joined by The New English Women's Amateur Champion Ellise Rymer who joined me from back home after a mental few weeks winning English Women's Amateur, making Final Qulifying for AIG Women's Open, while also making all 3 rounds at English Women's Open before due to go back to University life at University of Cincinatti in September. 
The pride of Lincolnshire, Ellise like most players would grow up playing most sports primarily Football before giving Golf a try.
Ellise would win Scottish Under 16's Championship in Stirling before in 2022 finishing 5th at R&A Girls' Amateur Championship and also playing at World Junior Girls Championship in Canada. Ellise would also represent England at European Girls' Amateur Team Championship in 2023, while in 2025 would see a 3rd at St Rule Trophy in Scotland.
2026 has been a whirlwind for the Lincolnshire star winning Lincolnshire Women's County Championships, making her LPGA Tour debut at Kroger Queen City Championship where she managed to get some advice from none other than Charley Hull and finishing 53rd at English Women's Open in Manchester on LET Access Series. But none of that is in comparison to the week at Moor Park Golf Club where Ellise would run through the field to become the new English Women's Amateur Champion defeating Isabella Kent by 2up to win one of the most prestigious titles for every English player.
Some say Ellise might still be in celebration mode for quite some time. If you love drivel also this podcast is for you as at the end we both go on a tangent of British TV iconic quotes, British Memes and of course the legendary Scottish Memes. Iconic!
Thanks Ellise for agreeing to come on in your celebration period, had great fun. All the best back in the States pal.
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In this latest episode which was recorded a few weeks back ahead of Czech Ladies Open on Ladies European Tour, I was pleased to be joined by the recently turned talented Czechia pro Natalie Saint Germain who took time to chat.
Natalie is from Prague in Czech Republic and would go to University of Houston where she would have some success winning Jim West Challenge in 2025, played in Big 12 Women's Championship and would represent Czechia at both Espirito Santo Trophy last year in Singapore & 3x European Ladies Amateur Team Championship participant for Czechia.
Natalie over the years has had good finishes at Czech Challenge (17th in 2023, 13th in 2024 & 14th in 2025) as well as a 9th placed finish at Czech Ladies Open at Royal Beroun on Ladies European Tour 
It was great to chat with Natalie and nice to meet in person a couple of weeks ago at Czech Ladies Open event. Talented player with a good future ahead!
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After a tremendous day on the golf course from Peterborough star Thalia Martin who shot a joint course record of (-9) 63 in Round 2 here at Manchester Golf Club, Thalia would join me for a chat after her round as we find out what went right out there today, how much it would mean to potentially win a 2nd LETAS title amongst more.
From tour life, to focusing on redoing her nails and food chat, thanks Thalia for the time! 

Joining me this afternoon after her round of 68 today on Tournament Day 1 was Italian player Maria Vittoria Corbi as we find out more about her day on the course in her group with Hulda Gestsdottír & Gracie Mayo, about her good form on LETAS, playing with the one and only Paul Scholes in the pro-am this week, Hulencourt experience last week on LET as well as finding out more about Maria as a person as well as the player. 
We have a good chance about Italy as Maria tries to sell Rome as a travel destination for those who haven't been (like myself), find out about her favourite cuisine (there is no bias there of course) as well as find out if MaVi will be singing the Macarena any time soon? 👀🤔🤣
Thanks Maria for a great chat, really enjoyed talking with you and getting to know you better.
Grazie Mille MaVi. Enjoy the episode everyone!

I have to say I have been surprised at just how good Manchester Golf Club is this week for English Women's Open on LET Access. I was pleased to be joined by American pro Katherine Schuster who is 100 percent embracing the challenge of pro life in Europe this season as she is currently 29th on LET Access Series Order of Merit standings after 6 events into her rookie season on tour. 
Katherine is from Outer Banks area of North Carolina, USA and started the game out at age of 10 after watching Drive, Chip and Putt competition at Augusta National which got her hooked instantly. Katherine has had the pleasure of taking the drive down Magnolia Lane at Augusta 4 times an experience that never gets old. She would go to Clemson University before trying to win tour card at Q School in Morocco. We also find out more about Katherine as a person including that she has attempted to achieve her aviation license! 
I was also joined be podcast guest and one of the legends in 2016 Olympian, 2x Symetra Tour winner and last year's Santander Golf Tour Avila champion Ale Llaneza in what was a 2nd run after our walk and talk chat yesterday was directly affected with the blowing wind. Ale just comes off of 3 solid rounds on LET last week at Hulencourt Women's Open after playing on an invite and find out her thoughts on this week's course as well as of course Taco chat, Mezcal chat and find out more about her goals for the year mentally and physically.  Top tier entertainment as always from Alejandra!
Thanks Katherine & Ale for stopping by, was good to chat with you both! Have fun this week!

As I get into the swing of things this week at Manchester Golf Club for English Women's Open on LET Access Series, I was pleased to be joined today by Czech Ladies Challenge winner Hulda Clara Gestsdottír who in her rookie year as a pro already has alongside the win another 2 Top 10 finishes in 6 starts this year on tour with an 8th at Madaef Golfs Open in Morocco and 9th last week at Swedish Strokeplay also had this year for the talented Icelander. 
Hulda was born in Atlanta, Georgia but moved to Kopavogur in Iceland at the age of 3 where most of her memories lie.
Back in 2018, Hulda would go on to represent Iceland at Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina which remains one of the best experiences she has had. Hulda would go to University of Denver and has represented Iceland numerous times at European Ladies Amateur Team Championships & also represented her country at Espirito Santo Trophy at Le Golf National in 2022 and also played in 2022 Women's Amateur Championships.
We also find out more about what makes Hulda happy, finding about more about Icelandic cuisine and of course how she likes her steak cooked (Massive Questions!)
Thank you Hulda for agreeing to chat, I enjoyed chatting with you and all the best in the race to finish inside the Top 7 for a LET card next year.

After their rounds yesterday I was pleased to be joined by both Austrian star Emma Spitz & 2024 Czech Ladies Open champ Marta Martin after Emma shot -7 to finish -8 to put herself into contention again this week after a solid finish last week at Dutch Ladies Open and Marta shooting a -6 to finish -9 and 4 shots back as the past champions group consisting of Jana Melichova (2022), Diksha Dagar (2023) & Marta (2024) are all on -9 ahead of the final round at Beroun. 
Now Emma is someone that I have wanted to chat to for a long time as think she is a fantastic player. She has been remarkably consistent for the last couple of years. Since losing in a playoff to Alexandra Forsterling at the German Masters in 2024, Emma has has a further 11 Top 10 finishes on LET & 17 Top 20's which include some big events like Saudi International & Aramco Houston while also representing Austria at 2024 Olympic Games at Le Golf National. I have maintained for a while that Spitz will win at some point soon so all the best to Emma in the search for her maiden LET title.
Marta since her LET title win at Royal Beroun in 2024 by her own admission has been pretty rough in spells openly admitting to struggling with some injuries, mental fatigue and form troubles. She was open in the episode about how tough it was to not defend her title last year in 25' due to injury and also how missing 6 cuts in a row made her question her future in the sport. Marta is starting to play much better now and fingers crossed she can continue some good form as she looks to get back in the right direction.
Thanks Emma & Martin for taking some time after your round to come and chat after a mental battle with the weather. Be sure to have a listen in, couple of great chats.

After another long endurance test for all the players today with temperatures soaring to 37 & 38 degrees. I was pleased to be joined by 2 Czech superstars 2x LET winner Sara Kouskova & 1x LETAS winner Patricie Mackova as they reflected on their time this week at Czech Ladies Open. 
We find out about their 2nd rounds today with Patricie birdieing 2 of the last 3 holes to finish -5 and Sara struggled a little bit today with a +2 round but still nicely inside the cut line with 1 day left tomorrow.
We also find out what the week of the Czech Open means to both Sara & Patricie as well as chatting about how Patricie is finding LET this year after finishing 5th on last year's LET Access Series Order of Merit standings to gain her tour card this year and also find out about what the weight of expectations on the Karlovy Vary star after a stellar 2025 which saw her win Jabra Ladies Open & Tenerife Womens Open back to back while also qualifying for final stage of LPGA Q School. 
It was an extremely busy week for both Sara & Patricie but extremely grateful to both of them for taking some time to chill out! Thanks Ladies, really appreciate it!

After a day that so a lot of good scoring at Royal Beroun and with unlimited water & electrolytes needed, after the round I was pleased to be joined by recently turned Czechia pro Natalie Saint Germain who in a group with Trichat Cheenglab & Katharina Muehlbauer shot Even par for the day as she plays Czech Ladies Open on an Invitational she admits that she will have to go on the offensive tomorrow as in her own words 'I have got nothing to lose'.
I was also delighted to be joined by a very special player & person and that is 2x LET title winner Jana Melichova. Jana's story is heartwarming after winning 2022 Czech Ladies Open, there was a very emotional victory at Dutch Ladies Open in 2024 not too long after the unfortunate passing of her mother and when she was coming down the stretch in Netherlands all Jana could think about on her mind was her mum. We caught up with Jana on how she is finding returning to Golf after a serious back injury over the past couple of years but Jana seems to be nearly at 100, percent fitness. Such a lovely person and it is so great to Jana back on Tour! 
Thank you to both Natalie & Jana for chatting! 

As I settled into life at this week's Czech Ladies Open at Royal Beroun in absolutely blistering heat, I was pleased to be joined busy Swedish pro Corinne Viden for a walk and talk down on the 5th fairway as we find out how she has been coping with the temperatures this week in Czech, how she has found Beroun so far as a course, how she is finding LET this year more about the best things about being back in Sweden and more. 
Thanks Corinne for allowing me to walk with you for a chat, was nice talking to you! Download via Podbean, Apple & Spotify.