We chat with Open champion Paul Lawrie!

He had a legendary career that brought worldwide success and a Claret Jug.

 

But Paul Lawrie is also steeped in club and grassroots golf. The Paul Lawrie Golf Centre, in Aberdeen, has served as the perfect introduction to the game for countless new players.

 

His Tartan Pro Tour also provides vital playing opportunities for professionals who dream of a spot on the Challenge and DP World Tour. 

 

He joins us on The NCG Golf Podcast to talk about juniors, dress codes, accessibility to membership, the cost of golf, and, of course, we ask him to take a trip down memory lane and look back at his Ryder Cup and Open triumphs.

 

Hosts Tom Irwin and Steve Carroll also discuss changes to fourball and foursomes match play calculations that are coming to the World Handicap System in April and get into another interesting debate on golf's future - as Tyrrell Hatton joins Jon Rahm at LIV.

 

The NCG Golf Podcast is produced in association with the TaylorMade TP5 golf ball