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Back to SearchBack from the Brink: How the PGA Tour saved its season
Season 3 Episode 1
After a 91-day hiatus caused by the surge in COVID-19 cases, the PGA Tour returned last June and continued uninterrupted through the end of 2020. Thr…
5 years, 5 months ago
A long drive champ takes aim at the PGA Tour
Season 2 Episode 13
Conventional golf wisdom has said long drive competitions and tournament golf are two entirely different disciplines. But the gap has closed in recen…
5 years, 6 months ago
Living room visits with golf’s greatest players
Season 2 Episode 12
Before his retirement from Golf Digest last month, Guy Yocom had one of the most unique jobs in golf. In his 36-year career, Yocom came to know virtu…
5 years, 6 months ago
The last days of the true amateur
Season 2 Episode 11
A seemingly obscure legal rule that would allow college athletes to profit from their name, image or likeness could change the complexion of amateur …
5 years, 6 months ago
The near demise of Augusta National
Season 2 Episode 10
At the first playing of the tournament that is now known as the Masters, Augusta National Golf Club needed to borrow chairs from a funeral home. The …
5 years, 7 months ago
Team Game: Inside the life of the modern PGA Tour caddie
Season 2 Episode 9
No job in golf has evolved more than the tour caddie. Once just a set of shoulders to carry a bag, caddies have grown to assume different roles for d…
5 years, 7 months ago
The bootstrapping life of an LPGA Tour player
Season 2 Episode 8
When reports surfaced of a top LPGA player needing to pay for her own clubs while in contention at the season’s second major championship, it spoke …
5 years, 8 months ago
The dirty secrets of sandbaggers
Season 2 Episode 7
Every golf club has a sandbagging story. The 26 handicap who miraculously shoots 85. The 12 who flirts with even par. It is the rare handicap event i…
5 years, 8 months ago
“I’m such an idiot”: The hidden lessons in a collapse
Season 2 Episode 6
Why did Phil Mickelson blow the 2006 U.S. Open? It wasn’t just about a pushed drive into the trees on the final hole. It was about poor decision-maki…
5 years, 9 months ago
Funny Money On Tour: The lucrative life of a PGA Tour golfer
Season 2 Episode 5
“The money out here is comical,” admits PGA Tour player Joel Dahmen. But he’s not complaining. After slogging through the mini-tours earlier in his c…
5 years, 9 months ago