Rod Morri
Co-Host of State Of The Game
Rod is an award-winning golf journalist with more than 20 years experience and has covered everything from major tournaments to junior golf at the local level. Rod began his life in the media as a daily news reporter for News Limited in Sydney.
Rod Morri has hosted 125 Episodes.
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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....
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Episode 19: SOG Ep 19 - "The Masters is all about the course...
April 5th, 2013 | 46 mins 57 secs
More than just a golf tournament the year's first major brings together everybody who is anybody in golf. Join Geoff Shackelford, Mike Clayton and host Rod Morri as they discuss what's likely to happen on and off the course at this year's US Masters
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Episode 18: SOG EP 18: PGA of America President Ted Bishop
March 29th, 2013 | 52 mins 23 secs
PGA of America President Ted Bishop has ben vocal in his stance against the proposed anchoring ban. On this episdoe Bishop explains the thinking behind that stance as well as the possibility of bifurcation.
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Episode 17: SOG Ep 17: "I hope the end game is the ball..."
March 4th, 2013 | 54 mins 36 secs
On today's episode Mike Clayton, Geoff Shackelford and John Huggan join host Rod Morri to discuss the surprise announement by Tim Finchem that the US PGA Tour would oppose the proposed ban on anchored putters. The team also discusses Rory McIlroy's...
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Episode 16: SOG Ep 16 "They're only selling hope..."
February 1st, 2013 | 50 mins 59 secs
Bifurcation, slow play an the Vijay Singh banned substance debacle...all that and more on 2013's first episode of State of the Game with Geoff Shackelford and Mike Clayton....
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Episode 15: SOG Ep-15: "What they're doing is unforgiveable..."
November 30th, 2012 | 55 mins 30 secs
Two monumental announcements were made this week: The Old Course at St Andrews is under the surgeon's knife and anchored putting will be outlawed in 2016. Host Rod Morri is joined by Geoff Shackelford, John Huggan and Mike Clayton to dicsuss two of...
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Episode 14: SOG Ep 14: "My mum could captain the Ryder Cup..."
October 5th, 2012 | 46 mins 34 secs
Golf's most compelling event somehow seems to just keep getting better. Geoff Shackelford, John Huggan and Mike Clayton join host Rod Morri to break down events at Medinah, with Clayton even claiming his mum could captain the Ryder Cup....