If you can believe it, today we welcome our first golfer to the show. A notoriously hard group to get hold of, I have wanted to get stuck into life as a professional for years. Eddie Pepperell is the perfect person to do that with. Fully open with him thoughts, super analytical, a media voice himself as co-host of the hugely popular podcast ‘The Chipping Forecast’, and someone that has experienced both the highs and lows of a sport that tests your mental strength as much as any other. He has been an outspoken voice on LIV Golf, as well as being very open about the need to protect and develop the DP World Tour. I absolutely loved sitting down with him, got the opportunity to nerd out as you will see when talking about the Masters, and developed my understanding of what it’s really like to call the golf course your home. I’m delighted to welcome Eddie to the Business of Sport.
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Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
3:01 – Eddie Pepperell’s Fight To Keep His Tour Card
6:19 – The Four-Birdie Finish That Changed Everything
7:42 – The Mental Struggles Behind Professional Golf
13:13 – Why Eddie Chose Golf Over Football
15:01 – The Three Pillars That Make Golf So Difficult
16:24 – What Really Separates Scheffler From The Rest
19:31 – Eddie’s Depression During His Best Year
22:51 – The Pressure Of Golf As A Career
25:23 – The Real Cost Of Being A Professional Golfer
29:38 – Where A Golfer’s Money Really Goes
32:23 – What It’s Really Like Playing The Masters
38:14 – What Happens When The Big Money Arrives
44:40 – Eddie’s View Of LIV Golf’s Disruption
47:14 – Why Eddie Would Never Have Taken LIV Money
54:04 – What LIV Golf Actually Changed
58:03 – Why LIV Was Too Big To Fit Into Golf
59:23 – How Should LIV Players Be Reintegrated?
1:01:29 – Can Golf’s New Financial Model Really Work?
1:05:29 – Is YouTube The Future Threat To Golf?
1:08:21 – What Does Eddie Want From The Next Stage Of His Career?
1:09:43 – Why Does Eddie Keep Putting Himself Through It?
1:11:12 – Why Eddie Would Choose The DP World Tour Over The PGA Tour
1:13:27 – Has Golf Sold Too Much Of Its Heritage?
1:18:18 – Why Golf May Need To Become Smaller
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Love listening to EP talk golf, he speaks so eloquently. He seems extremely grounded. I love the fact that he’s an Oxford Boy
Bright, articulate guy.
Hello Chippers 👋
Great interview
Recommend everyone check out his podcast .. it's a great listen
You need to put up more videos about City being cheating bastards to get the view count up, imo.
Nowhere even close to as smart as he thinks he is. But he’s funny.
Great interview. Just on the European Tour/DP World tour convo, imo the fact they play around the world (eg South Africa, India later this month) for me makes it a proper World Tour. Eddie’s right about Scottie missing out, it is a shame..
Great interview. Eddie is so honest & articulate its refreshing.
Psychopaths of golf – let me see, What would be the chapters? Tiger, Bryson, Mickelson (that's a great chapter), Reed, Koepka, Garcia, Daly , Norman and Singh. Who have I missed?