The Lost Masters with Curt Sampson
When the world is in disarray, what, if anything, is the role of professional sports? Specifically, what's the role of the Masters, a tournament that has always felt like an escape from everyday life?...
2 Apr 202153min
Jim Wagner of Hanse Golf Course Design on Contours and Cavemen
Jim Wagner is a longtime design partner at Hanse Golf Course Design and the head of the firm’s Caveman Construction crew. With the rise of the design-build approach in golf course architecture, Jim’s ...
31 Mar 20211h 1min
Superintendent Series: Jim Huntoon on Mowing Lines and Myrtle Beach
Jim Huntoon is the golf course superintendent at the Heritage Club in the Myrtle Beach area and a contributor to the Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association. In this installment of our Super...
23 Mar 202146min
An Insider’s View of Golf Course Rankings
For many people, golf course rankings published by major magazines provide an introduction to golf course architecture. They communicate the basic notion that some courses might (or should) be conside...
17 Mar 202146min
How Your Personality Shapes Your Golf Game
Kiel Alderink is a PGA professional and one of Golf Digest's top instructors under the age of 40. Along with mental coach John Weir, he founded Mental Golf Type, a company that uses personality psycho...
11 Mar 202135min
Fried Egg Stories (Rerelease): Making TPC Sawgrass
Programming note: We first released this episode on Thursday, March 12, 2020. That evening, the Players Championship was canceled in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. So with the 2021 Players approac...
6 Mar 202148min
A Way Forward for Municipal Golf
Today we wrap up our deep dive into Andy Johnson's visit to North and South Carolina with a hybrid episode. The first half is devoted to a conversation that Andy had with Troy Miller at Charleston Mun...
26 Feb 20211h 3min
Tony Jacklin on the Ryder Cup, the Yips, and the Concession (Golf Club)
In collaboration with Jack Nicklaus, English golf legend Tony Jacklin designed the Concession Golf Club, which will host the WGC-Workday Championship this week. Ahead of that event, Jacklin joined And...
23 Feb 202150min
