Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRevolutions Part 2: The Tiger Slam, aka the best golf ever played
Season 7 Episode 2
As the game's greatest player finalized a swing change that would take him from merely sensational to transcendent, and began playing a revolutionary…
1 year, 2 months ago
Revolutions Part 1: Arnold Palmer, IMG, and the early disruptors
Season 7 Episode 1
This three-part podcast series attempts the big task of summarizing how the world of golf, from the professional to the recreational, has evolved ove…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Terrible, Wonderful History of Q School
Season 6 Episode 18
Since its introduction in 1963, the PGA Tour's Q School has routinely been one of the most dramatic, heart-wrenching golf tournaments on the planet. …
1 year, 7 months ago
What we knew about Chi Chi Rodriguez, and what we didn't
Season 6 Episode 17
On Aug. 8, Chi Chi Rodriguez passed away at age 88 and left behind him a legacy of a player whose reputation and personality exceeded his relatively …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Bizarre Early Days of Olympic Golf, 1900-1904
Season 6 Episode 16
Long before Scottie Scheffler took gold in Paris, and more than a century before Justin Rose won in Rio, Olympic golf existed in the very early histo…
1 year, 8 months ago
Early Golf History Part 2: The Rise of the Clubs
Season 6 Episode 15
In the second part of our early history series, we hone in on Scotland, and take you from the 1400s all the way to the rise of the first clubs—includ…
1 year, 9 months ago
Early Golf History Part 1: Is Golf Really Scottish?
Season 6 Episode 14
Where did golf come from? The easy answer to that question is "Scotland," but the historical record isn't quite so clear. Going back to the 1300s, su…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Charming Choke: Jean Van de Velde's collapse, 25 years later
Season 6 Episode 13
July marks the 25th anniversary of one of the two most notorious collapses in major championship history when Jean Van de Velde lost a three-shot lea…
1 year, 9 months ago
The US Open champ who died in a jail cell
Season 6 Episode 12
Cyril Walker put together the four rounds of his life in 1924 at the U.S. Open in Oakland Hills, defeating Bobby Jones in the final round and etching…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Real Payne Stewart, 25 Years Later
Season 6 Episode 11
This summer marks the 25th anniversary of Payne Stewart's triumph at Pinehurst in the 1999 U.S. Open, and as fate would have it, the National Open is…
1 year, 10 months ago