The Goat Track
This is golf, unfiltered and Southern African to the core. We cover the courses you play, the gear you love, the stories you share—and yes, we occasionally talk pro golf too. From fairway banter to tour drama, it’s all in our wheelhouse. Welcome to The Goat Track.
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Episodes
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
We do a deep dive on par 5 holes in KZN and (eventually) come up with our official TOP 5 list. We contemplate what makes a great Par 5 and try balance our subjective eye-tests with more objective rankings. The number one rank may not be a surprise but JDV and Big T certainly throw some other interesting nominations in the hat. Karl updates us on his eagle hunt.
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
The LIV golf season is on us again and we have some fun working out players, venues and South African brands that should consider LIV sponsorships.
Friday Jan 19, 2024
Friday Jan 19, 2024
We do a brief post-mortem on 2023 and then lay out our aspirations for 2024. For the first time in ages, we're all together in person and its a jol. Can Karl finish the 13th at Cotswold? Will Terrence play 15 new courses this year and is it possible for JDV to play less golf?
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Our final full podcast for the year - we talk about the few stand-out performers on the South African pro golf front in 2023. We also dream of a re-invigorated SA Open and propose the five courses we think it should visit - with a cameo appearance from Dale Hayes with his thoughts.
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
This week we chat about Mashie golf and why it needs to make a big comeback. We review a new mashie course in Durban and Jacques finishes us off with his rather contentious rating of the only 7 mashie courses in KZN we could name - spoiler alert 2 of them don't actually exist anymore.
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
This week we chat to Guy Smith - the visionary behind the Gowrie Farm Golf Club in the KZN Midlands. Guy talks us through his path to designing and building his own golf course and his obsession with classical design. Guy and his new partners Dale Hayes and Roger Newman will be opening 7 new holes at the course next year and we do a deep dive on a few of these holes and the inspiration Guy drew from all over the classical golf world.
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
World Champions! We could not help but do another golf-adjacent pod this week after the unbelievable performance of the Springboks over the last few weeks. Jerome joins us again and offers some profound insight into the legacy this Bok team will leave. JDV calls in from a dial-up connection and offers the perspective of a seasoned u11 referee.
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Terrence regales stories from Paris after one of the best weekends in world rugby EVER. We chat about losing some of the best fans, European world cups and who we like in the semis. The LIV golf finale is also on this weekend - does anyone care anymore?
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
Jacques and T chat Ryder Cup and lay out what they hope to see (spolier alert - lets hope its close!).
Thursday Sep 21, 2023
Thursday Sep 21, 2023
We've made it to 10 episodes!
Having said that - very little golf is discussed today!
Karl and Terrence are joined by rugby twitter-ranter Jerome who gives some measured thoughts on tier 2 nations, the rise of Fiji and the Boks. We also do a deep dive on the controversial new rugby laws which seem well-intended, but are they damaging the physical brand of the game?