Guest: Aaron Baddeley: Winning 2 Australian Opens, Being 21 on the US Tour, and Butch Harmon's advice to him when playing Tiger.

Fantastic to chat with Australian golfing star Aaron Baddeley today, and there is plenty to discuss! 03:00From cricket to golf, and how old was he when he got into golf? And how did he go from playing casually to having such a 'beautiful action'? 04:30His experiences with Dale Lynch and their plan to get him on the US Tour by the time he was 21. 07:00Mark describes Badds swing as 'simple yet powerful', where did the power come from? 08:00Nick remembers the 1999 Australian Open when Aaron won the tournament as an amateur, he talks about watching a young Badds killing it. 09:00Aaron explains his weeks leading up to the AO, and the plan to peak that week, how he did it. He also had a 'motto' for the tournament, he explains. 11:00Mark says him backing up after the AO win in Sydney, to win again the next year in Melbourne, was even more impressive. 13:00Badds explains how he got his tour card. 14:00He talks about being invited to play Augusta during the 'Tiger Slam' era, and being paired with Tiger as an amateur! What was it like, how nervous was he, and he tells us the advice Tiger gave him during the tournament. 15:00Badds tells us the advice Butch Harmon gave him about playing with Tiger. 17:00We discuss his period with Leadbetter, and the Stack and Tilt guys. How does he view it in hindsight? 19:00Nick is curious about how the Stack and Tilt period worked with driver. 20:00Mark makes a confession to Aaron...eek. After the turn... 23:00How he developed into one of the best putters in the we world, and what he was doing in practise to get to that level. 24:00Badds 'I wasn't a great putter when I was young'. 26:00Nick asks about his putting routine 30:00And for Hostplus, what's next? The next phase of his career and life, and down the track into retirement, what is he thinking? A fantastic chat with Aaron Baddeley today and a huge thanks to wolfpacker Garry Pritchard, who is a mate of Aaron's and helped to arrange the chat! We're live from Titleist and FootJoy HQ thanks to our great partners: Hostplus, Talk Birdie To Me's official retirement partner BMW, luxury and comfort for the 19th hole; Titleist, the #1 ball in golf; FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf; Golf Clearance Outlet, they beat everyone's prices; Betr, the fastest and easiest betting app in Australia; The Find My Player app - follow every player on every tour; And Southern Golf Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.