Episode 30. Three zero. Paddy had a week that needed its own podcast, Doonbeg media day, the Irish Open preview, Creator Golf Club at Dromoland Castle, and 33,000 steps he's still recovering from.

Then the golf: Nelly Korda wins the US Women's Open at Riviera with a putt nobody can fully explain. Eimear breaks down the full Nelly Korda bag and stacks it up against Scotty Scheffler. Whose irons would you actually want? Madeleine Sagstrom plays a major seven months pregnant. JT Poston wins the Memorial. And Scotty's form goes under the microscope.

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Course Under €50

Up & Down of the Week
What's your favourite golf movie and why?

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Scratch Social Podcast | Episode 29 – Weddings,

Heatwaves, Hole-in-Ones & Golf Trivia Gone Wrong

After a short break, we're back!

In Episode 29, Eimear returns slightly worse for wear after a three-day wedding celebration in Italy, while Paddy joins fresh from Barcelona with a questionable tan and a renewed commitment to fitness, golf, and avoiding Mammy's baking.

We catch up on two weeks of golf, travel, and life before diving into a brilliant stretch of golf stories from Ireland and beyond. Lauren Walsh continues to impress on the LPGA Tour with a career-best finish, while rising Irish star Ella Cantwell makes history by winning the inaugural Women's West of Ireland Championship in dominant fashion.

We also celebrate an incredible weekend for Stuart Grehan, who followed the announcement that he's expecting twins with a hole-in-one and a record-breaking victory at the East of Ireland Championship. Fairytale stuff.

Elsewhere:
⛳ Paddy shares why his golf game is trending in the right direction.
⛳ Eimear finally admits she still hasn't measured her swing speed.
⛳ We discuss the growth of women's golf and whether prize money will ever reach parity.
⛳ A "True or False" golf quiz goes spectacularly off the rails thanks to some last-minute ChatGPT research.
⛳ We bring back our underrated golf course and Golf Course Under €50 features.

⛳ And Paddy delivers a passionate public service announcement about drivers using mobile phones.

Plus, we're launching a new listener segment!

🎬 What's your favourite golf movie and why?

Whether it's Happy Gilmore, Tin Cup, The Greatest Game Ever Played or something completely unexpected, send us your choice and favourite scene. We'll read out the best responses on next week's show.

As always, expect plenty of golf chat, a few laughs, honest opinions, and two golf addicts trying to figure out this ridiculous game one episode at a time.

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Eimear opens with a confession, she's been raw-dogging her golf bag onto Aer Lingus flights to London for years. No travel bag, just socks on the heads and blind faith in the Heathrow baggage crew.

From there, we break down the PGA Championship at Aronimink. Aaron Rai wins his first major as an unlikely champion, and the conversation goes deep on what's actually in his bag. a 2019 TaylorMade M6 driver, iron head covers and double gloves that each carry a story rooted in where he came from.

That leads to the big question: does what tour pros use actually influence what you buy? Emer confesses her TP5X obsession. Paddy questions the science. The Titleist logo gets an origin story nobody saw coming.

On the amateur scene, Dylan Keating wins the North of Ireland at Royal Portrush, Patrick Keeling takes the Flogas Irish Men's Amateur at Seapoint, and Louise Landgraf goes back-to-back at the Flogas Irish Women's Amateur at Newlands.

Leonie Haram's remarkable story gets the spotlight it deserves. Hit by a drunk driver at 15, given a 4% chance of survival, and winning on the LET on home soil in Germany. Then the duo turn to Lottie Woad, already world number 5 and what her rise means for women's golf in Britain and Ireland.

Rounding out the episode with our Up & Downs of the week:
Dream amateur championship picks and the Portsalon vlog edit has begun.

Thirty minutes in, eleven seconds done.

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