Chasing Pars Golf Podcast

Ep 62 Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic

After Thomas Pieters won Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in a brilliant tournament at Yas Links for us at 33/1 & Rafa Cabrera-Bello finishing T2nd for an 80/1 place it was a dream start to the year on the DP World Tour for the pod! This week Craig is joined by the lads from Fairway Finders Podcast Donnacha & Steve to talk us through their trip to Dubai and go through some picks for this week's Dubai Desert Classic at Emirates GC at Majlis Course. It is a 7,424 yard Karl Litten design which requires strong OTT and T2G game! Paul Casey is the defending champion after winning by 4 shots last year to Brandon Stone. Solid picks this week in what should be another fascinating watch in Dubai! Enjoy!

Ep 61 Farmers Insurance Open

Well what can we say about last week? 2 outright winners of 18/1 & 33/1, 2 2nd places of 40/1 & 80/1 and 2 places returns for T4th of 12/1 & 25/1. Unbelievable week for the podcast and thanks for the support! Onto this week Jamie hosts alongside Ryan to go over this week's PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California for Farmers Insurance Open which is ultimately famously a notoriously tough course to navigate round especially the 7,700 yard South Course which is the longest course on the yearly PGA Tour schedule. Patrick Reed is the defending champion this week after a brilliant win last year. Some of the big boys have come over to play this week with Dustin Johnson making his 1st start of 2022, Current US Open Champion Jon Rahm returns to his now beloved course less than a year after his dramatic win at last years US Open Torrey Pines South could he play a factor? Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka & Xander Schauffele are all scheduled to be in the field in La Jolla this week. Jamie & Ryan both give their in depth picks for this week with some surprising& not so surprising names from both. Remember to follow us on Twitter @ChasingPars_Pod and follow us on Instagram @chasingparspodcast. It should be a great event! Best of luck every and enjoy!

Ep 60 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship

We are back!! After a 6+ week break the European Tour now DP World Tour is back for the season opening Rolex Series event in Abu Dhabi this week at a brand new course in the form of Kyle Phillips 7,450 yard design of Yas Links Championship course which is located on Yas Island on a 6,000 acre land which includes the golf course and other attractions such as Ferrari World UAE & Yas Marina Grand Prix Circuit. Other Phillips designs include Bernardus Golf (2021 Dutch Open venue), Dundonald Links (2017 Scottish Open venue) & The Grove (2016 British Masters venue). With some big winds forecast this week we should have a very enjoyable inaugural event on the Yas Links course which looks stunning. Collin Morikawa & Rory McIlroy are your 7/1 joint favourites with Viktor Hovland 10/1, Tommy Fleetwood 22/1 & Shane Lowry 22/1 the first 5 in the market. Tyrrell Hatton is the defending champion. For anyone that enjoys the European Tour listen out throughout the season for content on the Tour all year! Enjoy!

Ep 59 The American Express

It was a nice week for the podcast last week with 3 places all round with Louis Dobbelaar finishing in 3rd in Australia at 55/1, Seamus Power finishing T3rd at Sony Open at 45/1 for Craig & short course specialist Kevin Kisner also finishing T3rd at 40/1 for Jamie. In this week's PGA Tour episode of the podcast Jamie & Ryan go over this week's event in La Quinta, California for The American Express formerly known as Bob Hope Classic or Desert Classic where is a triple figure priced paradise coming from the previous winners of this event. Jon Rahm & Patrick Cantlay are joint favourites this week in La Quinta in what should be effective another birdie fest on the PGA Tour. Enjoy!

Ep 58 Sony Open in Hawaii

With Jamie having a week off to try to fully recover after being floored by Covid recently Craig & Ryan are joined by host of Right Click Print Money podcast and former multiple guest on the show Ty Allushuski @SportsGuyTy on Twitter as we discuss Kapalua Plantation Course with various talking points from Course setup to Cam Smith record breaking tournament score win of -34 beating World Number 1 Jon Rahm over 2 days and a remarkable record breaking weekend performance from experienced Australian Matt Jones who shot -23 62 & 61 over the weekend for his last 36 holes to make history on PGA Tour. This week we go to Honolulu for a different type of track at the 7,044 yard Seth Raynor designed Waialae Country Club where Kevin Na was victorious last year defeating Chris Kirk & Joaquin Niemann by a stroke to win at -21. Bryson DeChambeau is a late withdrawal so some odds may be affected but last week's winner Cam Smith is deserved 11/1 favourite ahead of Webb Simpson, Hideki Matsuyama, Sungjae Im and the in form Marc Leishman this week. Ryan is back to give you the best of the rest picks from the Australian & Asian Tours this week where we are nearly back to a full schedule so be sure to listen out for that. As always follow us @ChasingPars_Pod, @ThomsonGolf94, @Js_GolfingTips @GolfTipster5 and give a follow to Ty @SportsGuyTy and his podcast which is @RightClickPrints. Enjoy!

Ep 57 Sentry Tournament of Champions

Welcome back to Chasing Pars Golf Podcast as we return for the first time in 2022 to preview this week's opening event of the year at Tournament of Champions at Kapalua in Maui, Hawaii. Usually a low scoring birdie event it can on occasion be a slight challenge with the wind coming off the coast. Nonetheless it's nice to have the Golf back on our screens as we aim to replicate and better a successful start up year last year! With more incentive to go better, less faffing about and a new addition to the team in Ryan Hamilton @GolfTipster5 who joins us as 3rd member of the podcast after an unbelievable 2021 season resulting in 30 outright wins for the year on all Tours. In this episode Craig, Jamie & Ryan go into tournament history and dive head first into the year opener where it has mostly been dominated by top players of recent years. Jon Rahm & 2 time ToC Champ Justin Thomas start off as 8/1 joint favourites. Also we have decided to test out a new segment of the show with Ryan's expertise of All Tours. We would like to introduce you to the segment 'Picks From the Other Tours' where Ryan each week will give us his thoughts on who he fancies as main players to back each week on the Other World Tours. Let us know what you think of the show as we look to make the show better than ever this year! Thanks for your support let's start this season off with a winner! Enjoy !

Ep 56 2021 Season Review & Looking into 2022 Season

In this episode Craig & Jamie give their thoughts on the 2021 season on PGA Tour and European Tour. With 40 events played on European Tour this year along with 50+ on PGA it certainly was a long but fun season with plenty highlights. We also make some predictions for the Majors in 2022 along with Rolex Series events and we both go over our 5 players each to watch on both Tours for 2022. It's been a great start up year so thanks everyone that supports us! Enjoy

Ep 55. Aaron Cockerill

With Jamie enjoying a much deserved night out. In this episode Craig is joined by DP World Tour pro from Canada Aaron Cockerill. Aaron discusses the latest DP World Tour takeover going forward, the whole sorry episode of Joburg Open in South Africa where it took Aaron 4 days to get home to Canada!! We also gloss over some amateur results, starting over on Mackenzie Canada Tour, Q School for Korn Ferry Tour, moving over to European Tour for Q School, spending a full season on Challenge Tour learning his trade & also getting some limited starts on European Tour. I'd like to thank Aaron for being a good sport in coming on and wish him a the best in his quest to retain European Tour playing privileges in 2022. Enjoy!

Ep 54 Richard Bland

In this special episode we had the honour of being joined by the 'Fairytale story' of 2021 Richard Bland. In the episode Blandy gives us all an update on his current situation regarding knee injury after having knee surgery at the end of the season, we talk about DP World Tour taking over from European Tour and what that means from a Tour players point of view. Blandy assesses his early years on tour between 1996-2000 after turning pro in 96 which would be catalyst for a very successful year in 2001 where would have 4 top 10 finishes on Challenge Tour including a 5 shot victory at 2001 Challenge Tour Grand Final in Bordeaux which would secure full playing rights on European Tour in 2002. In 2002 Richard would finish T2nd and miss out in a playoff Vs Soren Hansen & Darren Fichardt at Irish Open at Fota Island. At this time Tim Barter would come in as coach and work on a few things with inevitable success to come. After losing European Tour card in 2018 Bland at the age of 46 would go back to 2019 Challenge Tour Q School win his playing rights and finish the season with a resurgence in form with 4 2nd placed finishes, a 3rd and a 4th in that season. Just before the strange year which was 2020 at the end of the year he would finish T2nd in South Africa behind Bezuidenhout at Leopard Creek which would be the start of the best season of his career to come which would include the dramatic & emotional victory at the Betfred British Masters at The Belfry where Richard beat Guido Migliozzi in a playoff to win at the 478th time of asking on European Tour in so becoming the oldest first time Euro Tour winner at aged 48. We very much enjoyed speaking with Richard and was a privilege to have him on to discuss the emotional victory at The Belfry. Enjoy everyone!

Ep 53 Wil Besseling

In this special episode of Chasing Pars Podcast Craig & Jamie are joined by current European Tour (now DP World Tour) Professional player Wil Besseling. We firstly like to thank Wil for coming on the podcast after his 2 weeks trip to South Africa got cancelled due to the newly Red Zoned South African travel restrictions we are extremely grateful. In probably one of the most open & honest player interviews we have done so far Wil describes his career in the game in his own words from winning Dutch Amateur Match Play Championship as a 15 year old in 2001 to competing in European Amateur Team Championship in 2003 & 2005 as well as being a part of the 2004 & 2006 Eisenhower Trophy sides representing The Netherlands along with Joost Luiten & Tim Sluiter where Wil would go on to finish 3rd in the Individual element in 2004 & help The Netherlands win the 2006 Eisenhower Trophy one of the most prestigious trophies in Amateur Golf. In 2007 in only his 2nd event as as a Professional Golfer Wil would go on to win on EDP Tour (Developmental) in Spain. Wil gives his assessment to his great breakout year on Challenge Tour in 2008 qualifying late for Colombia Masters to eventually winning the tournament by 7 shots, which to this date remains his biggest win of his career so far. We also get a mightily honest take from Wil about losing his early Coach/Mentor who for many years he struggled to replace and struggled for a few years as a result. In 2012 we get a mini resurgence with better form picking up and we get a heart warming story into the rise and at times hard to listen to injury decline of close friend Kristoffer Broberg. Fast forward to 2020 in the new strange world brought on by COVID-19 this now sees Besseling get more starts on the European Tour and as a result has a really good campaign which gave him full playing rights into season 2021 and beyond. This is one of an insight into the extreme highs & the extreme lows into the life of Professional Golfer. Wil that was a pleasure to interview you! Myself & Jamie wish you all the best luck in the world with Season 2021-22 and beyond! Please give us a listen and a follow @ChasingPars_Pod on Twitter & @chasingparspodcast on Instagram. Thank you & enjoy everyone!