The Yardage Book Podcast
Having meaningful conversations in the world of golf - focused primarily on New Zealand
Episodes
106 episodes
Invercargill To Abu Dhabi - Corey Finn Unpacks His Amazing Career In Agronomy
Hello and welcome back! It was a pleasure to chat with Corey Finn recently, who is the Director of Agronomy of Yas Links, Yas Acres and Saadiyat Beach Golf Club in Abu Dhahbi. Originally from Southland, Corey has had a fascinating career at cou...
Andrew Whiley Discusses The 2026 NZ Golf Course Rankings
Welcome Back! It was great to discuss the latest NZ Golf Course Rankings that have recently been released with Ranking Co-ordinator Andrew Whiley. Andrew last joined us back in 2024 for the previous edition. Andrew gave some insight...
Architecture Spotlight: The Par 3s of NZ with Michael Goldstein and Leo Barber
Hello and welcome back!It was a thrill to be joined by Michael Goldstein and Leo Barber as we discussed the best Par 3s in New Zealand. This is my no means an exhaustive list, but we explored the great one-shotters that NZ has to offer f...
Yes Life Golf On Their New App 'Golfed'
Hello and Welcome BackIt was great to catch up with Sean and Stephen from Yes Life Golf, who have recently released their new app 'Golfed' which allows golfers from all over NZ to track which courses they have played, leave reviews, add ...
Mitchell Santner On His Love Of Golf + 100th Episode Q+A
Hello and welcome back!It was a pleasure to chat with Black Cap Mitchell Santner recently on his passion for golf which he manages to squeeze in around his cricketing career. Mitch currently plays off a +2.7 handicap, and has played many...
Sam Jones Talks Taranaki Golf, His Recent Win In Taupo, And Much More
Hello and Welcome Back!It was great to chat with Sam Jones recently to debrief his win in the latest Cisco Series event up in Taupo at the Entelar Group Invitational. Sam gave great insight into life playing on the Hotel Planner Tour ove...
Previewing The UNLIMIT Taranaki Open With Kerry Mountcastle and Josh Geary
Hello and welcome back!It was a pleasure to chat with both Kerry Mountcastle and Josh Geary this week to preview the Summerset Charles Tour's UNLIMIT Taranaki Open at New Plymouth Golf Club which kicks off this week! Kerry is the inform ...
Previewing The Autex Muriwai Open With Harry Middleton and Phil Tataurangi
Welcome Back!We are really excited to preview the next event on the Summerset Charles Tour schedule with The Autex Muriwai Open taking place next week at Muriwai links. It was great to preview the event with Harry Middleton who is the Su...
Unpacking 7 Mile Beach With GM Will Kay
Welcome back! It was a pleasure to visit 7 mile Beach recently and play the heavily anticipated South Course which opened for 18 hole play in December 2025. To start the episode Mitch and I give our thoughts on this phenomenal course and how it...
Luke Toomey on His Return to Professional Golf in the Cisco Series Ft Mark Jurgeleit
Hello and welcome back! It was a pleasure to sit down with Luke Toomey recently to discuss his return to professional golf at the Entelar Group Invitational in Taupo as part of the Cisco Series. Tooms will be joining the likes of of Josh Geary,...
Kazuma Kobori Talks His Career And The Courses That Shaped Him
Welcome Back!It was a pleasure to chat with Kazuma Kobori recently to chat about his career so far, including his NZPGA Championship win in 2019 and his 2023 Australian Amateur Victory. Kazuma gave great details on his early ...
Previewing 2026/27 Summerset Charles Tour Opener with Dave Mangan
Hello and Welcome Back!We are excited to announce we are working in association with Golf NZ to preview the 2026/27 Summerset Charles Tour season. The first event up is the Brian Green Property Group Super 6s at historic Manawatu GC. To ...
Mike Cocking Talks The Hills Redevelopment And More
Hello and Welcome Back! It was a pleasure to chat with Mike Cocking recently, who is a Director of golf architecture firm - OCM. OCM are behind the redevelopment of The Hills Golf Club near Arrowtown, which promises to be an amazing...
Mark Hooker Talks RAGGC, His Phenomenal Career in Turf, Previews ISPS HANDA Event
Welcome back! It was a pleasure to chat with Mark Hooker recently, who is the Director of Agronomy at Royal Auckland and The Grange GC. Mark gave some fantastic insight into his career, which includes positions all over the globe and how he end...
Professional Golf Returns To Paraparaumu: Previewing the NZPGA With Dylan Higgins
Welcome Back! It was a pleasure to sit down with Dylan Higgins recently to preview this week's NZPGA Championship at Paraparaumu Beach GC. Dylan is 16 months into the GM role and gave plenty of great insight about how PBGC has come to host the ...
Dylan Lindstrom Previews the Asia Pacific Women's Amateur Championship
Welcome Back! It was awesome to sit down and chat with Dylan Lindstrom recently, who is the GM of Royal Wellington Golf Club. Royal Wellington is the host of this weeks' Asia Pacific Women's Amateur Championship alongside the R&A. The event...
Analysing The Top100golfcourses.com NZ Rankings With Matt Wallbank (AKA Kiwi Caddy)
Welcome Back! It was a pleasure to have Matt Wallbank back on the pod this week to debrief the top100golfcourses.com New Zealand top 50 ranking. Matt and I were both on the panel for this list, so were able to share our thoughts on the final ra...
Brendan Allen Talks Constructing Douglas Links And His Incredible Career
Hello and welcome back! It was a pleasure to sit down in person with Brendan Allen who is currently Head of Construction at Douglas Links, which is a new golf course being built about 15 minutes north Otaki on the Kapiti Coast. Douglas Links ha...
Ryan Fox on The Golf Courses of New Zealand, Course Records and More
Welcome back! Really excited to share our first episode of 2026 with New Zealand's top male golfer Ryan Fox. Ryan is fresh off a career season on the PGA Tour, with 2 fantastic playoff wins. We chatted about his early memories of the Auckland g...
Sean Towndrow on the pursuit of playing every course in NZ, beating Jon Rahm and more!
Welcome Back!It was awesome to chat with Sean Towndrow, who is a professional golfer and the driving force behind Yes Life Golf. Sean is on the mission of playing every golf course in NZ, and has already ticked off 57! Sean had a stellar...
Bryce Casey On His Love For Golf, Titirangi GC, and Previews Chasing The Fox
Welcome back!It was a privilege to chat to Bryce Casey last week to discuss his upcoming participation in Chasing The Fox as part of Team Media. Which is being held later this week at Royal Auckland and The Grange GC. Bryce gave some awe...
Reacting to the latest top 100 list and trip down south with Mitch Powell
Welcome Back! It was great to catch up with Mitch Powell earlier in the week to react to the latest Golf.com top 100 list and on the back end we talked through my recent visits to Otago GC, Chilsholm Links, Roxburgh GC, Jack's Point and The Hil...
From Palmy to Pasatiempo - Billy Burnley's Amazing Career in Turf
Hello and welcome back! It was fantastic to chat recently with Billy Burnley who is currently an Assistant Superintendent at famed Pasatiempo Golf Club in California. With stints at Manawatu GC, Northland GC, Cypress Point, Lake Non...
Jim Rohrstaff talks the 2026 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship coming to Te Arai Links and more!
Welcome Back! It was a privilege to sit down with Jim Rohrstaff to discuss the amazing announcement that the South Course at Te Arai Links will be hosting the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship next year. Jim talked us through the background beh...
Architecture Spotlight: Paraparaumu Beach with Michael Goldstein and Leo Barber
Hello and Welcome Back. Really excited to share a new series we have been brainstorming over recent weeks. Architecture Spotlight. Which will be an exploration of the architectural history and principles of our most prominent New Zealand course...