Chasing Pars Golf Podcast

Ep 40 Chris Hanson

In this Chasing Pars Golfing Pod special Craig had the chance to sit down and chat with former European Tour & Challenge Tour professional Chris Hanson. Chris speaks about how he got into the game, turning professional in 2006, 3 win in a year spell in 2011 on the EuroPro Tour gaining entry into the Challenge Tour in 2012. Chris also talks about qualifying for the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool for his first Major Championship appearance and gaining the 27th and final European Tour card for the 2016 season in Nov 2015 at Challenge Tour Q Finals. Craig & Chris also speak about coaching, 2020ProTour and speak a little Ryder Cup before next week. Thanks to Chris for taking time out his schedule to talk with us and all the best going forward! Enjoy!

Ep 39 Fortinet Championship

The PGA Tour season returns this week after a 2 week break for the start of the 2021-22 Season at the Fortinet Championship formerly known as Safeway Open which is at Silverado North. This week Craig & Jamie are privileged to be joined by Geoff Fienberg to preview this week's Fortinet Championship. For those that don't know Geoff he is best known for on Twitter as part of the weekly Golf show with Pat Mayo on the Mayo Media Network and co-writer for Oddschecker US. It was honour to chat to Geoff in what was a fantastic episodes with some really solid cases made this week for Silverado! Really hope you enjoy this one and thanks alot to Geoff for taking time out of his busy schedule to jump on! ⛳

Ep 38 Gia Rhodes

In this Chasing Pars Golfing Pod special we are delighted have been joined by our first ever female guest and avid golfer in Gia Rhodes. In this chat Craig & Gia chat about different topics ranging from where Gia first started playing golf to being an ambassador for change in golf to openly chatting about dealing with Sexist remarks throughout her entire time playing the game of Golf and how she had the strength to come through the end of it. We also talk about Favourite & Dream Courses, other sports played while she was growing up and chatting some Solheim Cup and hoping to go to watch the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome. It was a great chat Gia and we thank you for agreeing to come on. Give Gia a follow on Twitter @GiaRhodes! Enjoy everyone!

Ep 37 Ryder Cup Picks (Team USA)

In this special episode of the Chasing Pars Podcast, Craig is joined by star of Right Click Print Money podcast Ty Allushuski (@SportsGuyTy) to discuss the 12 players selected by Captain Steve Stricker for the USA Ryder Cup team. We go into detail about each player, discussing their chances, discuss doubles possible partnerships and also discuss some of the players that briefly missed out on getting a call up to the team. The American side on paper is a very strong team with lots of strength and depth to it but we also discuss 'ego's'. Enjoy!

Ep 35 TOUR Championship & Italian Open

We are thrilled to welcome on this week's show Brad Todd @Bradley_Todd on Twitter to preview this week's events with us it's been a long time coming so are very grateful. Well we are at East Lake Golf Club already for the Fed ex Cup play off finals where 30 of this season's best players in the world will tee it off in the hope of winning the Fed ex Cup and scooping the $15 million reward that comes with it. Patrick Cantlay starts as your number 1 ranked player in the Fed ex Cup and will start at -10 in the handicap system and starts 2 shots ahead of Tony Finau who is number 2 ranked player in the play offs. On the European Tour we head to Rome for this year's Italian Open at Marco Simone GC which will play host to the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome. Ross McGowan was the 2020 winner defeating Laurie Canter to unexpectedly win. Matthew Fitzpatrick is the favourite this week at 14/1 followed in by Tommy Fleetwood 16/1, Bernd Wiesberger and home favourite Guido Migliozzi 25/1.

Ep 34 Omega European Masters

Hi guys and welcome to the best stretch of golf in Europe. After a 5 week lay off Craig returns with Jamie to preview this week's Omega European Masters at the prestigious Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in Crans Montana, Switzerland. Visibly one of the most picturesque and scenic golf course in the whole world this test of altitude should test the best of the European Tour this week while Bernd Wiesberger is the rightful 25/1 favourite Craig and Jamie look for value elsewhere in a pretty wide open exciting event. Welcome back to the Chasing Pars Golfing Pod thanks for the support and the listening! Greatly appreciated lots!

Ep 32 The Northern Trust Open

After a week of thrills and spills in the world of golf on all Tours from Calum Hill finally chalking up a deserved maiden European Tour victory at Cazoo Classic, Kevin Kisner winning the regular season ending Wyndham Championship in a 6 man play off to 16 year old pro veteran David Skinns grabbing a fairytale victory on the Korn Ferry Tour to secure a first ever PGA Tour card. Now we head to the big money Tournaments in the race for the Fed ex Cup play offs starting with this week's Northern Trust Open at Liberty National where 125 players are vying to join the 70 players that will make it into next week's BMW Open. Jamie and guest again being Ty Allushuski go over this week's 125 man event in New York. Support appreciated!

Ep 31 Wyndham Championship & Cazoo Classic

Congrats are in order as Abraham Ancer gave Jamie a nice 45/1 winner at the WGC St Jude Invitational narrowly defeating Sam Burns and Hideki Matsuyama in a play off to win his maiden PGA Tour title, that now brings the total outright wins to 4 for the podcast all at prices of 45/1, 66/1, 50/1 and 45/1. This week Jamie is joined by a familiar face in the form of past guest of the show Matt Phillips @fore_bet on Twitter. Matt fills in for Craig and gives Ty a break this week. Jamie & Matt go over this week's tournaments at Wyndham Championship at Webb Simpson's playground of Sedgefield Country Club. Simpson comes in favourite with Hideki, Oosthuizen and Paddy Reed just behind him in the market. On the European Tour this week after Grant Forrest brilliant win at Fairmont St Andrews at Hero Open last week we are at Royal London Club for the Cazoo Classic with the likes of Andy Sullivan and Sam Horsfield vying for another Tour win. Be sure to give it a listen and support is appreciated as always! Follow us on Twitter @ChasingPars_Pod, @ThomsonGolf94 & @Js_GolfingTips. We thank Matt for coming on this week!

Ep 30 WGC St Jude Invitational, Hero Open & Barracuda Championship

Welcome to the 30th episode of the Chasing Pars Golfing Podcast on this week's episode Jamie is yet again joined by Ty Allushuski (@SportsGuyTy) to preview a pretty hectic week in the golfing schedule with 3 tournaments taking place this week in Memphis for WGC St Jude Invitational, Tahoe for the modified Stableford scoring system event of Barracuda Championship and at Fairmont St Andrews on the European Tour this week for the Hero Open. Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa and Justin Thomas are the favs for St Jude, Branden Grace, Mito Pereira, Emi Grillo and Maverick McNealy are favs for Barracuda, Andy Sullivan is favourite in Scotland this week. Thanks to Ty again for stepping in this week! Enjoy the golf!

Ep 29 The Olympics Golf & ISPS Handa World Invitational

We finally have the arrival of the Olympic Games in Tokyo which were cancelled last year due to Covid, brought forward a year 60 players have flown out to Japan to compete for the coveted title of Olympic Gold Medalist. Newly crowned Champion Golfer of the Year Collin Morikawa is the 7/1 favourite to win the Gold Medal with Xander Schauffele 9/1, Justin Thomas 11/1 and home crowd favourite Hideki Matsuyama the current Masters Champion at 14/1. While on the European Tour this week there is action from Galgorm Castle in Northern Ireland which is playing host to the ISPS Handa World Invitational this week. Ty Allushuski again joins Jamie on the podcast this week to preview both events and give insights into how this week will play out. Follow him on Twitter @SportsGuyTy.