An episode recorded in the immediate afterglow of a fine tournament for Eddie, finishing just outside the top-10 at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and ensuring that his dogs will eat tonight. Iain and Andrew have recovered from the emotional wringer that any follower of Eddie is put through and they wonder what is the correct way to show your support for golfers who are, by and large, unhinged. They also find praise for Rory McIlroy after another near miss, wonder exactly why Billy Horschel isn’t on The American Presidents Cup team and have an encounter with a man who seems determined to ensure that the name Gary survives for years to come. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/chipping - Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Email the pod at thechippingforecast@foldingpocket.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our intrepid trio return to look back at another thrilling Solheim Cup and a potential rift within Team Europe with Iain out in Virginia USA. They talk about Rory McIlroy not quite getting over the line, again, in the Irish Open and Jon Rahm's chances of playing in the Ryder Cup next year. There's also time to relive Andrew's Speedgolf exploits, go on an AC/DC tangent, discuss golf gadgets and find out about Eddie playing the Irish Open Pro-Am with the inventor of the Yorkie bar. You can email the pod at thechippingforecast@foldingpocket.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An early morning recording as Iain has to get to Farnborough airport where his PJ is on stand-by to take him to Washington DC for the Solheim Cup. All three look ahead to that match and look back at another tournament of highs and lows cancelling each other out for Eddie in Switzerland. They also discuss whether they care about a match between PGA Tour and LIV players, or The Presidents Cup. Spoiler alert - they don’t. Backstage passes and naked snails also feature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, three-quarters of one of the least successful pro-am teams in the history of golf gather to reflect on where it all went wrong at the Belfry - an episode from which only Iain has emerged with any credit. The British Masters itself also earns plenty of praise, despite the non-attendance of most of the big British names. Best event of the week award goes to the Curtis Cup where the excitement was in stark contrast to what one of our listeners describes as the 'money-orientated crapness’ of the Tour Championship and Scottie Scheffler lifting his on course earnings to somewhere approaching the GDP of Liechtenstein. The same correspondent then asks the question ‘Do Eddie and Andrew even like golf?’ the answer to which is contained within this pod... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Eddie rejoins to tell us about the highs and lows of his time in Denmark, where he made more birdies than anybody else in the field and managed to get his nice new clothing on TV but still returned home frustrated and without part of his luggage. Andrew and Iain try to get into his mind and then decide it’s probably best not to go there, so chat instead about the finish to the Women’s Open where Lydia Ko got back to major winning ways in the battle of the world number ones. They also preview the Curtis Cup, debate whether Keegan Bradley should be a playing captain in the Ryder Cup, wonder if Scottie Scheffler has any spare money to sponsor the pod and - most importantly of all - prepare themselves psychologically for the horrors of the pro-am at the British Masters. Email the pod at thechippingforecast@foldingpocket.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew and Iain are at the Old Course in St Andrews for the 48th Women's Open. We hear from last year's winner Lilia Vu and the runner-up Charley Hull, as well as local hero Gemma Dryburgh and the current Solheim Cup captain for the USA and 2013 Women's Open winner Stacey Lewis. You can watch the world feed of the Women's Open at R&A TV Thursday to Sunday. Tickets are still available through the website and Tom Grennan is playing a concert on the Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Quite a long episode as all three come together again - although ninety-three percent of this episode is taken up by Iain telling us how he made a bogey on a par-5. Squeezed into the remaining few minutes are chats about Eddie’s return to the tour, commentary puns, possible new LIV targets, rules of Danish spelling and a brief mention of various people who must really, really like wedding cake. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/chipping - Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Email the pod at thechippingforecast@foldingpocket.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the rudder of the pod, Iain, having a week of recharging, it’s left to Eddie and Andrew to float aimlessly through the week in golf and plenty of other things. Eddie is back on Tour, in Prague, and his enthusiasm for the task ahead is obvious. Eddie then tries his hand at being Joseph to interpret a dream which Andrew has had and they both then reflect on the golf in Paris and the Olympics in general. There is a discussion of Aaron Rai and his first PGA Tour win amidst the shenanigans of Matt Kuchar and famous people called Rusty. And, with sensationalist click-bait in mind, the two also get into a DRUG BAN, a LAWSUIT and their LATE NIGHT BATHING HABITS. You can email the pod at thechippingforecast@foldingpocket.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eddie has decided to finally go on honeymoon after his second wedding, so Iain and Andrew convene in very Olympic-weary fashion to try and dissect what was a superb men’s golf tournament at Le Golf National and then reminisce about a time when both of them would have had a chance of winning Olympic gold themselves. Or at least not coming last. They consider again the essence of competition without prize-money, discuss whether caddies should get medals and Iain reveals that he recently played golf with a legendary figure from the world of entertainment EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/chipping - Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Email the pod at thechippingforecast@foldingpocket.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The three amigos (colleagues, really) reunite in a pod which takes rambling to new levels, ranging from an 1830s Prime Minister to Celine Dion and so many points between. Yet there is still time for plenty of serious golfing questions - does the sport belong in the Olympics? should buggies be allowed? Can Eddie offer a mild opinion without making a headline? Is LIV golf really better than Alton Towers? Email the podcast at thechippingforecast@foldingpocket.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew and Iain welcome the return of Eddie to chew over the remains of the 2024 Open Championship and Xander Schauffele’s second major win of the year. It might not be the greatest golfing performance of the week when compared to Eddie’s 29-under for three rounds at Loch Lomond, but they still manage to rate it highly in the pantheon of Open Championship displays. At some point in proceedings Andrew effectively NR’s from the pod recording as his mind and body shut down following three weeks of tennis and golf talking. Which doesn’t augur well for his immediate trip to the Olympics but the remaining two manage to hold it together. TCF will return properly next week, we promise. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/chipping - Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! We have a competition for the 153th Open Championship at Royal Portrush for a pair of tickets, UK Travel covered and a £500 voucher to spend online at The Open Shop. To enter head to https://oneclub.golf/rewards-and-benefits/chipping-forecast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iain and Andrew review a very wet Round 3 of the 152nd Open Championship at Troon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iain and Andrew review Round 2 from the Open Championship at Troon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iain and Andrew review Round 1 from the Open Championship at Troon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iain and Andrew are right at the heart of the 152nd Open Championship at Troon right next to the practice putting green to record TCF's preview show with the R&A. The two look ahead to the grandest tournament in golf and hear from former Open champions Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, US Open winner Bryson DeChambeau and last week's Scottish Open winner Bob MacIntyre. Oh and Laurie Canter gate crashes mid-pod too. We have a competition for the 153th Open Championship at Royal Portrush for a pair of tickets, UK Travel covered and a £500 voucher to spend online at The Open Shop. To enter head to https://oneclub.golf/rewards-and-benefits/chipping-forecast EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/chipping - Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iain and Andrew begin the biggest week in golf with the best seat in the house, chatting in the stand on the first tee of the Old Course at Royal Troon with the isle of Arran rising up out of the Firth of Clyde and security guards being savaged by miniature schnauzers on the beach. They review a dramatic and popular win for Bob MacIntyre at The Scottish Open, as well as a flying finish at the Evian Championship. We hear from Brian Harman immediately after he has returned the Claret Jug and also Ludvig Åberg, with the pair wondering if the Swede has an issue with finishing the job in final rounds. Andrew also wonders how often his mother is going to go out of her way to publicly humiliate him during the week. More to come on Wednesday... Head over to randa.tv for all your Open Championship needs as well as the excellent new Lee Trevino film. Email the pod at thechippingforecast@foldingpocket.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Eddie is on a break, so Andrew turns up at Iain’s house on the way into Wimbledon to chat. But since both have been covering tennis - with Iain also deciding to throw in a Killers concert - they are less informed than usual and instead end up talking about TV theme tunes of the 70s and 80s. However, they also hear from a qualifier for the Open Championship and his major-winning mother about what it means to play at Troon and find plenty of time to discuss why iron covers are seen as the work of the devil. Email the pod at thechippingforecast@foldingpocket.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Andrew and Iain have a part of their small minds turned towards tennis as Wimbledon gets underway, but they still find time before going courtside to join up with Eddie and examine all matters golf. Eddie explains how his affection for the game is being sorely tested at the moment, but explains that he still has plenty of desire to turn things around - in which he will not doubt he helped by the emails from (two) fans around the world.The three unwise men also examine the value of golfing YouTubers and how they are very effectively changing the way that people consume the sport, while Andrew fails to qualify for entry to his latest Airbnb. Email the pod at thechippingforecast@foldingpocket.co.uk EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/chipping - Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lots to talk about this week as Andrew, Iain and Eddie meander through sport, politics and protest in a delicate and sensitive way. Eddie clarifies his remarks about Rory McIlroy’s caddy choice and explains why he himself has decided to start afresh on that front as well as employing a new coach to build upon a four place improvement in the Race to Dubai Rankings. They praise a new major winner in the women’s game and Scottie Scheffler’s latest triumph while considering whether dull golf is good golf. Yet they still have time to talk about the fortunes of Iain's local cricket club and Andrew suffering a cruel defeat at an airport. Email the pod at thechippingforecast@foldingpocket.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In an episode where energy levels were in direct contrast to the adrenalin-fuelled events at Pinehurst, Andrew, Eddie and (eventually) Iain come together to discuss one of the most dramatic US Opens in memory as Bryson DeChambeau took his second major and Rory McIlroy saw another one slip away with a finish that may well haunt him. They discuss how good DeChambeau now is for the game of golf and whether his standing might even lead to the PGA Tour and LIV coming closer together. As for Rory - where does he go from here and can he recover? And most importantly, can Eddie remember if he played in an Amateur Championship before he falls asleep during the pod? EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/chipping - Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Watch the Amateur Championships live on R&A TV at https://www.randa.tv/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices