Episode 19: 5 Times - Peter Thomson AO, CBE
12/02/22 • 103 min
Andrew Thomson joins us for a chat about his dad Peter from the early days in Melbourne, to the influence of Von Nida. A playing career that encompassed 98 professional career wins around the world including 5 Open Championships - three of which were won in succession.
Peter was also a dab hand at writing on golf, broadcasting and course desiging.
We also take a look at a very special, final journey that Andrew made on Peter's behalf in July 2022.
Many thanks to Andrew for his time, we hope you enjoy the episode.
https://books.slatterymedia.com/ are the publisher of My Life in Golf which was referenced during the episode, the book includes a collection of some of Peter's most inciteful writing over the years.
Link below to Peter Mitchell's biography of Peter Thomson:
https://petermitchellmedia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Complete-Golfer-compressed.pdf
Link below to Stephen Proctor's book - The Long Golden Afternoon, which Andrew mentioned as a recommendation:
https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-long-golden-afternoon/
You can also download Andrew's recent article on his 2022 UK trip for the Golf Society of Australia's Newsletter by following the link to my google drive folder for episode 19 below:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uRoOgXKLfhEz-sqlWRNC1-MF7aNH--5n?usp=share_link
Finally, I have a quick favour to ask - if you like what you hear on the podcast - you might consider recommending it to one of your friends or alternatively leaving a review through your preferred podcast app.... it really is appreciated!
Many thanks for listening!
Shane
Special Guest: Andrew Thomson.
Andrew Thomson joins us for a chat about his dad Peter from the early days in Melbourne, to the influence of Von Nida. A playing career that encompassed 98 professional career wins around the world including 5 Open Championships - three of which were won in succession.
Peter was also a dab hand at writing on golf, broadcasting and course desiging.
We also take a look at a very special, final journey that Andrew made on Peter's behalf in July 2022.
Many thanks to Andrew for his time, we hope you enjoy the episode.
https://books.slatterymedia.com/ are the publisher of My Life in Golf which was referenced during the episode, the book includes a collection of some of Peter's most inciteful writing over the years.
Link below to Peter Mitchell's biography of Peter Thomson:
https://petermitchellmedia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Complete-Golfer-compressed.pdf
Link below to Stephen Proctor's book - The Long Golden Afternoon, which Andrew mentioned as a recommendation:
https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-long-golden-afternoon/
You can also download Andrew's recent article on his 2022 UK trip for the Golf Society of Australia's Newsletter by following the link to my google drive folder for episode 19 below:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uRoOgXKLfhEz-sqlWRNC1-MF7aNH--5n?usp=share_link
Finally, I have a quick favour to ask - if you like what you hear on the podcast - you might consider recommending it to one of your friends or alternatively leaving a review through your preferred podcast app.... it really is appreciated!
Many thanks for listening!
Shane
Special Guest: Andrew Thomson.
Previous Episode
Episode 18: Professor Paul Rouse - tracing the origin of golf in Ireland
Professor Paul Rouse from University College Dublin joins us on this episode to trace the origin story of Irish golf.
Commentators often erroneously pair the games' development in Ireland to that of Scotland - in this episode we explore how its' development in Ireland has more commonalities with the development trajectory in England than that exhibited in Bonnie Scotland.
From Elias de Butts documented efforts in 1762 on common land in Bray, Co. Wicklow, to the Scottish/Military influence through the Curragh Camp in Kildare, the Royal Clubs of Belfast, Dublin, Down and Portrush and onwards to the real golf boom in the late 1890's and onwards into the next few decades.
How the Great War, 1916 Rising and the Irish civil war changed Ireland and its' golf clubs forever, not to mention the more recent new club boom and the democratisation of golf that accompanied the rise and subsequent economic fall of the Celtic Tiger, Floridian resort golf 'Irish Style', the Ryder Cup and where the game goes from here.
Many thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy the show!
Special Guest: Professor Paul Rouse.
Next Episode
Episode 20: ODG Series #2 - Dr. Alister MacKenzie with Neil Crafter
Neil Crafter is a golf course designer, historian and author who is based in Adelaide South Australia. Neil is a second generation golf course architect, following in the footsteps of his father Brian. Neil has long been influenced and interested by Alister MacKenzie's career and has been centrally involved in the documentation of the MacKenzie Chronology for the Alister MacKenzie Society.
Today we take a look at Dr Mac's life as a golf course architect, his influences and collaborators, a number of his projects and his lasting legacy.
We thank Neil for his time and trust that you will enjoy our conversation.
The Alister MacKenzie Chronology
Links to the referenced Tommy Naccarato's tweets (pictures illustrating MacKenzie's use of the theory of camouflague in golf course design):
https://twitter.com/tommynacc/status/1614808357520703489
https://twitter.com/tommynacc/status/1619940316102144001
Neil's book recommendations
Golf Architecture by Alister MacKenzie
The Architectural Side of Golf by H.N. Wethered & T. Simpson
Special Guest: Neil Crafter.
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