Mike Clayton
Co-Host of State Of The Game
Mike Clayton is a former touring professional turned commentator, course architect and columnist. He is widely regarded as Australia's most forthright spokesperson on the game.
Mike Clayton has hosted 131 Episodes.
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Episode 35: SOG Ep 35: "Putting is overrated"
March 13th, 2014 | 1 hr 3 mins
Professor Marl Broadie joins Geoff Shackelford, Mike Clayton and Rod Morri to discuss his new book Every Shot Counts.
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Episode 34: SOG Ep 34 - Author Curt Sampson
February 12th, 2014 | 1 hr 6 mins
Mike Clayton, Geoff Shackelford and Rod Morri chat with best selling author Curt Sampson.
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Episode 33: SOG-Ep33 - "Top 100 PGA tour players - the numbers don't lie"
January 31st, 2014 | 58 mins 52 secs
Join host Rod Morri with Geoff Shackelford and Mike Clayton as they talk with Brett Avery about his controversial ranking of the top 100 players of the PGA Tour since 1980...
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Episode 32: SOG EP 32:" RM was the star of the show…"
November 28th, 2013 | 1 hr 1 min
Mike Clayton and Geoff Shackelford join host Rod Morri to break down two weeks of tournament golf at Royal Melbourne.
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Episode 31: SOG Ep 31 "I tried to save Tiger…"
November 15th, 2013 | 1 hr 5 mins
David Eger joins Geoff Shackelford, Mike Clayton and Rod Morri to discuss the Tiger Woods Masters ruling, state of the Champions Tour, politics among the game's governing bodies and more on episode 31 of State of the Game
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Episode 30: SOG-Ep 30 "Tiger's chase makes Jack's record better..."
October 29th, 2013 | 1 hr 4 mins
Mike CLayton, Geoff Shackelford and Rod Morri welcome Golf World Editor Jaime Diaz to the show this week to talk all things Tiger Woods, golf media and the State of the Game...
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Episode 29: SOG Ep 29: "The Tour is not golf...
October 9th, 2013 | 1 hr 5 mins
Geoff Shacklford and Mike Clayton join host Rod Mori as they chat with GolfWeek architectiure editor brad Klein about hie new book Wide Open Fairways: A Journey Across the Landscapes of Modern Golf
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Episode 28: SOG-EP 28 "The camera has changed the game.."
October 1st, 2013 | 1 hr 19 mins
Geoff Shackelford and Mike Clayton join host Rod Morri in a chat with TV analyst and former player Judy Rankin
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Episode 27: SOG Ep 27 - "Do we need to simplify the rules?"
September 16th, 2013 | 1 hr 11 mins
On this epsidoe Mike Clayton, Geoff Shackelford and Rod Morri catch up with two former USGA staffers who have formulated two simplified sets of rules for the game.
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Episode 26: SOG Ep 26 "We don't need more beer drinking cart driving golfers..."
August 26th, 2013 | 1 hr 8 mins
Mike Clayton and Geoff Shackelford join host Rod Morri to discuss all things golf from The Open Championship and US PGA to the new USGA TV deal with FOX in the US.
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Episode 25: SOG Ep 25 - "UK golf reminds me why I play..."
July 12th, 2013 | 1 hr 25 mins
Geoff Shackelford, Mike Clayton and Rod Morri are joined by special guest Geoff Ogilvy to talk all things Muirfield, Open Championhsip and golf in general...
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Episode 24: SOG-Ep-24 "Talent is only the entry fee in professional golf..."
June 28th, 2013 | 1 hr 21 mins
Mike Clayton, Geoff Shackelford and host Rod Morri are joined by Australian Touring Professional and US Open participant Mathew Goggin to get his take on Merion and the state of the game more generally.
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Episode 23: SOG Ep 23: "They said Merion would never host again.."
June 6th, 2013 | 1 hr 11 mins
Jeff Silverman, author of a soon to be released book on the great Championship moments at Merion Golf Club, joins Geoff Shackelford, Mike Clayton and Rod Morri to give some fascinating insights into the host course of next week's US Open venue.
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Episode 22: SOG Episode 22: "Anchoring will be hard to police..."
May 28th, 2013 | 51 mins 34 secs
Geoff Shackelford and Mike Clayton join host Rod Morri to discuss the anchoring ban, racism in the game and how the Rio course is progressing as the clock ticks down to 2016....
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Episode 21: SOG-Ep-21 - "The European Tour IS Seve..."
May 5th, 2013 | 1 hr 1 min
On this episode of State of the Game we welcome special guest Tony Johnstone, six time European Tour winner and now TV commentator, as he joins Mike Clayton and Rod Morri to talk all things State of the Game plus tell a few stories form the glory days...
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Episode 20: SOG Ep 20 - "Australia's last sporting mountain..."
April 16th, 2013 | 58 mins 29 secs
Adam Scott had a nation cheering with his Masters victory but it was only one intriguing storyline from a tournament that always seems to produce drama.Geoff Shackelford and Mike Clayton join Rod Morri to review one of golf's great weeks....