WINNING OPEN QUALIFIERS FOR A PLACE IN THE OPEN AT CARNOUSTIE!!  

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Should get James on a course vlog when golf is back!

These pod casts are just getting better & better, well done guys. James seems a real honest down to earth guy.

Best podcast concept by far. Every word is a revelation and insight to a world most of us will never know. It brings home how good you have to be and how you have to maintain that level against tremendous odds. Fascinating content! Rick, you struck gold.

Hope that you can get some big sponsors and real in pros and ammys on the regular. This was a terrific podcast digging into the grind of amateur to pro and all of the behind the scene stuff

Hey guys, will you release this video as a whole interview once it has been released in episodes? Realt enjoying the insight but would be nice to watch it as a whole interview

this is a fantastic interview, the interaction between James and Rick is great. Rick trying to extract James's feelings and what it was like on the closing holes. brilliant stuff , thanks

THANKYOU!! James your a hero bro, this honesty is sooo refreshing and it makes my own life struggles far easier to cope with when i dont have to hide im struggling. Kind regards ben from NZ

would love to see this whole podcast in a youtube format together as one interview

Nice story. Funny how his face lights up telling it.

This is a brilliant interview. Really enjoying it as a series 👌

So cool.

Like Rick, James is so likable and should have his own YT instructional channel.

8:15 what a sequence... 3 iron of the tee 275 yards, then 4 iron 275 yards on to the green inches away put in eagle.

Love love love this story

Enjoying this series 👍

Perfect podcast

magic story - riveting. That's what's great at golf. It reminded me of a mad tense situation I was in as a 16 handicapper playing for my club but feeling I couldn't miss. It's only happened me maybe 3 times in my life but it's a great feeling. The bigger the crowd got the better. Knocked it around the back 9 in level par to reach a play off and won on the first extra hole. A year later playing in the same inter club comp I played a round without a single par and barely a bogey.... I remember losing my match on the 17th - was 10 feet short of the green - needing to chip a two putt to win the hole and I couldn't manage it. Mad game.

The best interview ever. You can feel the energy as he tells the story, WOW !

What a awesome interview, really enjoyed to see the passion and great vision of what it’s like to be a Pro!! Thanks

Superb stories and great insight. Seems like such a nice genuine bloke.

Great interview. Let him tell the story but asked questions when necessary and asked the questions that I was thinking.

Good stuff!

James Robinson - class act - hope u and family are all ok 💪👍😀

That was great!

Had lessons off James easiest to understand instruction you could ever imagine nearly gave up golf before going to him within 3 lessons I’d won two board comps top fella really sets you at ease

Best two episodes

Very nice interview. Wow so cool. Thanks Rick and Guy. Oops. Guy and Rick.

Boss story.. Love it

What a legend!!! Rick you are my hero !! Super helpful videos !!! But we also curse your name when we tey some stuff out on the course and it don't work like putting the back spin on the ball... thin it 80% of the time but atleast I'm set up on the next green

Seems like a really decent fella

One of the most likeable guys you have had on. 😍

The football analogy is an interesting one. About 200 players made over $100,000 dollars on the PGA Tour in 2019 (last full season pre-covid). That is around the rumoured average salary for League 1 in English football. The money runs way deeper in football - I suspect the 500th best golfer in the world makes about the same money as the 5000th best footballer.

Hats off Guy n Rick quality podcast I think you’ve found the winning formula, by far the best. I’ll have a carling in the clubhouse cheers 👍

Yeah, people don’t understand how consistently exceptional you have to be on your to make a solid living.

Fantastic Insight Ric... James seems such a good Fella

Would love it if the full video version was available to watch instead of just snippets

He makes more birdies in one day than I make all year

Are the full episodes not on video?

AMAZING 👏

how come theres no video on apple podcast?

Two people that James mentions here, Marcus Armitage and Jack Senior. He beats both of them at open qualifying. Both play on European tour with Armitage having won last year on European tour. There's no doubt he had the skill to be one of the best in the world

This is it

James is just one of those guys that you'd love to have a round of golf with then a sesh after isn't he. Natural charisma, which is kind of annoying haha

-11 through 27 holes 😱

1?

Subbed to RS 2nd🏌️‍♀️

It ended too soon

A great Amateur player on the board in that picture 2019 Lytham Champion Josh McMahon...

I just found this podcast with James. I was astounded at what he said, surprised at the financial commitment but more at the mental pounding he took. The tiers of card earnings and events allowed is mind blowing. The money you can earn is a surprise on for an example europro. This podcast should be on the R&A website, all the Golf Magazines websites and every other place aspiring Pro Golfers are likely to look. It's an eye opener for anyone trying to get on a tour. Bottom line I reckon, don't bother unless you have the golf game and mental stability. I know someone can turn pro on a 6.8 handicap. This is a mistake in my opinion. To make it past q school you got to be a minimum of a scratch player, preferably a + handicapper. Players who are used to shooting under par, 2-5 over ain't gonna be good enough. I saw a newly turned pro recently win an event, the field wasn't big, he won £30!

Seems a broken system, not unlike the one for Tennis.