Part 4: Laird Shepherd, The 2021 Amateur Champion
One more time around the block as we get reflections and observations on what was one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the Amateur Championship. Both competitors, their dads and a girlfrien...
15 Juli 202134min
Part 3: Laird Shepherd, The 2021 Amateur Champion
If you’re just joining us, we’re about to tee off on the first tee at Nairn Golf Club in Scotland. It’s a Saturday afternoon in mid-June, it’s the finals of the 126th playing of the British Amateur Ch...
15 Juli 202147min
Part 2: Laird Shepherd, The 2021 Amateur Champion
We collected over nine voices and 12 hours of interviews on the twists and turns of the 2021 Amateur Championship at Nairn Golf Club in Scotland. We track the path of Laird Shepherd and Monty Scowsill...
14 Juli 202154min
Part 1: Laird Shepherd, The 2021 Amateur Champion
The British Amateur Championship is one of the oldest and greatest events in golf. The first, in 1885, was played at Hoylake in England. Bobby Jones won the British Amateur in 1930 in what was then c...
14 Juli 202133min
Reporting and Sharing the Hayden Springer Story.
So, by now, if you’re listening to this particular podcast, I’m going to assume you’ve either read or watched the Hayden Springer story on TheFirePitCollective.com. If you haven’t, I strongly suggest ...
16 Juni 202132min
Phil Mickelson, The Oldest on The Longest.
Alan Shipnuck has covered Phil Mickelson for the entirety of their careers. He was there every step of the way at the PGA Championship, including when Alan and Phil were both almost trampled in the 72...
26 Maj 202144min
Part 3: Jay Bilas provides perspective on the NCAA and the Women's Golf Regional in Baton Rouge.
Here we are, almost exactly a week after Brad Hurlbut, the athletic director at Fairleigh Dickinson and member of the local NCAA Championship committee who walked down the stairs of The University Clu...
20 Maj 202124min
Part 2: NCAA Women's Golf Regional at Baton Rouge—Riggs and Barstool to the Rescue!
Sam Bozoian, also known as Barstool Riggs, is the white knight who socially rode into Baton Rouge on a horse named Twitter, scooped up an assembled group of female golfers and their coaches out of the...
19 Maj 202132min
