The Spike Bar Podcast

This week's episode is with AimPoint Guru and Coach Jamie Donaldson. During our conversation we cover: Jamie's background; how he found AimPoint himself, and he explains what AimPoint actually is and how it can help your game; the differences between working with Pros and Amateurs; and finally how often does he get mistake for the 'other' golfing legend also named Jamie Donaldson. It was a great chat and you can support Jamie by following him on: Twitter: @golfdonaldson Instagram: aimpointgolfeurope Website: www.jamiedonaldson.co.uk

The first interview podcast is with Jimmie James, who managed to play the Top 100 on US Golf Digest's list of courses to play. We discuss why he set this goal; how he went about planning it; and more importantly how he managed to achieve it. You can find Jimmie on Twitter @Top100GolfNomad and you can find his blog at www.jimmiestop100golfcoursetour.com. Enjoy!

The Golfing off-season is almost upon us ... The news this week covers: - Jon Rahm winning the Hero World Challenge - Another RU for Tony Finau - Kurt Kitayama following the footsteps of Koepka and Uihlein breaking through with his maiden win on the European Tour We then preview: - South African Open on the European Tour (co-sanctioned event with Asian & Sunshine Tours) - QBE Shootout - the pairs invitational event over in Naples, USA

This week we breakdown "The Match" - the pros and the cons, and what changes should be made. We cover the other news of the week: Team Belgium winning the ISPA World Cup of Golf; Aaron Rai becoming 12th Englishman to win in 2018; and Ho-Sung Choi AKA "The Fisherman" winning the Casio World Open in Japan. Finally we preview the Hero World Challenge from Albany Bahamas and I give you my picks from the 18 man field.

This week's episode reviews: - Continued resurgence of the veterans with Danny Willett winning the DP World Tour Championship + Charles Howell III winning the RSM Classic - Molinari wins the Race to Dubai - Justin Rose is back to World Number 1! Plus we preview this week's events: - ISPS HANDA Melbourne World Cup of Golf (Golf's version of the World Cup) - Honma Hong Kong Open (kicks off the Race to Dubai 2019) - "The Match" - Phil vs Tiger for $9m in the desert

This week we review: Westwood and Kuchar turning back the clocks to win the Nedbank Golf Challenge and Mayakoba Golf Classic respectively; Mexican golf is on the rise with Gaby Lopez winning on the LPGA Tour; plus Bernard Langer still reigns supreme on the Champions Tour (01:30 - 07:32). Next up are previews of: DP Tour Championship in the final event of Race to Dubai (07:32 - 12:53); the RSM Classic on the PGA Tour (12:53 - 16:24) and the Emirates Australian Open (16:24 - 19:25)

This week we cover all the latest news including: Justin Rose winning the Turkish Airlines Open; Bryson 'mad scientist' DeChambeau winning his 5th PGA Tour title; Ariya Jutanugarn is the darling of the LPGA; and wrapping up the Challenge Tour Final (01:16 - 09:20). Then we preview the Nedbank Golf Challenge on European Tour (09:35 - 14:40) and the Mayakoba Golf Classic on PGA Tour (14:40 - 18:00) including my DraftKings team (18:00 - 20:10). Please subscribe via iTunes and all feedback welcome @TheSpikeBar!

This episode covers the latest news in the Golf world including: Xander Schauffele's win of the WGC HSBC Champions in China; Cameron Champ destroying the field at the Sanderson Farms Championship on PGA Tour; Nelly Korda winning her first LPGA title in Taiwan; plus the European Tour announcing its 2019 schedule including the return of the British Masters at Hillside GC (0:28 - 9:24). Then it's a preview of the Turkish Airlines Open on the European Tour (09:24 - 14:09), The Shriners Hospital for Children on PGA Tour (14:09 - 19:32) including my tips for your DRAFTKINGS (19:30 - 22:00), and finishing with a preview of the Race to Ras al Khamaih on the Challenge Tour (22:00 - 23:38).

Welcome to the Spike Bar Podcast! I am your host, Ben Swanton, a quintessential golf nerd, looking to simply share my passion of golf with a wider audience. Each week there will be 2 podcasts. The first podcast will cover the news in the Professional game and preview the upcoming events on the PGA, European, and LPGA tours. This podcast will have a ‘Fantasy Golf’ and DraftKings slant to it, with me giving my predictions each week. The second podcast will be more of an interview style podcast. I have been fortune to meet some fascinating people in the golf world over the past 5 years, and I want to share their experience, insights and stories with a wider audience. These interviews will be with Tour Professionals, Tour Level coaches, your everyday PGA Professional at your local club, Social Media influencers, Caddies, Golf Club GMs / Club Secretaries, and your everyday golfer with interesting stories to tell. Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, SoundCloud or wherever else you get your podcasts from and you can also follow us on Twitter @TheSpikeBar. Any feedback, positive or negative, will be invaluable so I can make the podcast as interesting and informative for you as possible. If you know of anyone in golf that you think would be a great interviewee on the podcast, then please reach out to me on social media either @TheSpikeBar or @benswantongolf - I’d love to hear from you.