The podcast comes live from Seapoint Golf Links ahead of the Flogas Irish Men's Amateur Open Championship getting underway on Thursday. Ronan takes the mic and he is joined by Managing Director of Flogas, John Rooney, Flogas ambassador and current Legends Tour player Gary Murphy and Seapoint's very own Dylan Keating who is looking to become a home winner this week.

The golf course looks in spectacular condition as the players go through their final preparations while we discuss the championship ahead and have a broader look at amateur golf with some huge events on the calendar this year.

On this week's edition, Pete and Ronan catch up on a snore fest at Doral where Cam Young went wire to wire. The lads discuss why Signature events are not working and how the PGA Tour need to buck up its ideas and fast. With the Challenge Tour kicking off again after over a month off due to the war in Iran, we catch up with Mark Power ahead of a busy three-month stretch. We also discuss Paul McBride's latest win on Clutch and recent wins by Olivia Costello and Anna Abom at home. All this plus much more, enjoy the listen!

There was a lot to pack in after two weeks which saw Ronan take in his first Masters and deliver an Irish winner in Rory McIlroy. There was no sense of a lull after the first major of the year as the golf news space was rife with rumours of LIV Golf's demise.

Peter and Ronan dive into Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and where LIV Golf goes from here after bizarre reports that PIF was going to pull funding for the Saudi-backed Tour.

Ronan dials in from Augusta National as he and Peter wax lyrical about Rory McIlroy's 36-hole performance which has given him the largest Masters lead at this stage in history. A blistering four closing birdies and six birdies in seven holes on the back nine have Rory six shots clear on twelve-under after a 65.

All the stats point towards it being done. But can a certain Shane Lowry maintain his challenge? Ronan also goes through everything he has seen over the two days, including his favourite pint of choice and tasty treats.

From storm Dave, US Border Control and then a hotel fire, Ronan has had quite the year trying to get to the Masters. He has finally made it and jumps on a call with Pete to go through his experience so far and everything he has seen at Augusta National on Monday and Tuesday.

During Covid a state of the art short game facility opened up in Cavan at The PGA National Slieve Russell.

The academy is called the Raflewski Golf academy after the world renowned short game coach Gareth Raflewski who has joined forces with PGA professional Gordon Smyth. With the season closing out we made our way up to Cavan to check it out and chat to the two coaches behind it.

We catch up with KPMG brand ambassador Leona Maguire as she confirmed her participation in this years KPMG Women's Irish Open taking place on 22nd-25th of September at Dromoland Castle. Visit www.kpmgwomensirishopen.ie for tickets and information.

Wednesday, March 24th will mark one-year since golf was first suspended due to the virus known as Covid-19. Since then, golf has opened and closed between lockdowns with players around the country missing out on the best part of six months' golf. Both clubs, and members have suffered through this pandemic but both rely on the support of one another more than ever to come out the other side of a dreadful time for the industry. In that spirit, to help golfers everywhere better understand the current state of the industry and where we go from here, we thought it would be a good idea to invite some representatives from all corners of golf in a special edition of the podcast. We don't know when golf will be officially back, but we manage to answer many of the questions that have been circling social media in recent weeks.

Former GUI CEO, Pat Finn was the man in the hot seat when Covid-19 first hit Irish shores and he explains the challenges the Union faced when coming to terms with this unpredictable pandemic. The Managing Director of Carr Golf Services, Ed Pettit, whose team is charged with the running of 19 golf clubs around the country, discusses the various impacts Covid-19 has had on the industry as a whole. Director of Golf at Ardglass, Paul Vaughan gives us an insight into how the absence of an overseas travel market has hurt operations at the club while Lucan Golf Club General Manager, Mark Ruddy talks about how the domestic market has reacted across the year and the challenge clubs now face to convince members that their loyalty is needed now more than ever. As ever, we hope you enjoy the listen. Let us know what you think.