Local Knowledge
The best golf stories have multiple layers to them. In each episode, Local Knowledge dives deep into a subject golfers want to know about, whether it’s about the game they play, the competition at the highest level, or the surprising ways golf factors into larger conversations throughout society. Hosts Daniel Rapaport, Alex Myers, and Keely Levins weave together original interviews, Golf Digest reporting, and additional elements to tell the type of compelling stories that have been a Golf Digest staple for decades.
The Terrible, Wonderful History of Q School
Since its introduction in 1963, the PGA Tour's Q School has routinely been one of the most dramatic,...
EscucharWhat we knew about Chi Chi Rodriguez, and what we didn't
On Aug. 8, Chi Chi Rodriguez passed away at age 88 and left behind him a legacy of a player whose reputation...
EscucharThe Bizarre Early Days of Olympic Golf, 1900-1904
Long before Scottie Scheffler took gold in Paris, and more than a century before Justin Rose won in...
EscucharEarly Golf History Part 2: The Rise of the Clubs
In the second part of our early history series, we hone in on Scotland, and take you from the 1400s...
EscucharEarly Golf History Part 1: Is Golf Really Scottish?
Where did golf come from? The easy answer to that question is "Scotland," but the historical record...
EscucharThe Charming Choke: Jean Van de Velde's collapse, 25 years later
July marks the 25th anniversary of one of the two most notorious collapses in major championship history...
EscucharThe US Open champ who died in a jail cell
Cyril Walker put together the four rounds of his life in 1924 at the U.S. Open in Oakland Hills, defeating...
EscucharThe Real Payne Stewart, 25 Years Later
This summer marks the 25th anniversary of Payne Stewart's triumph at Pinehurst in the 1999 U.S. Open,...
EscucharThe last triumph of Vintage Rory: Valhalla, 2014
We've spent a decade wondering when Rory McIlroy will win his next major, but as the PGA Championship...
EscucharSam Snead's 82 PGA Tour Wins: A Hostile Analysis
Before the professional of Tiger Woods ever began, a PGA Tour committee met and determined that Sam...
EscucharDe Vicenzo's Masters gaffe, and who was really to blame
When Roberto De Vicenzo signed an incorrect scorecard to lose the 1968 Masters, it represented not just...
EscucharCliff and Frank: A Bizarre Augusta Story
What happens when two men who are each forces of nature, in their own way, clash at the most prestigious...
EscucharThe OWGR: Past, Present, and Rocky Future
The Official World Golf Ranking has never enjoyed the prominence it has today, but it's not the good...
EscucharThe Iron Will of Pete Dye
If you only knew the late Pete Dye as a funny and somewhat crotchety old man, and if you only know a...
EscucharThe Lasting Anger of Charlie Sifford
If there's a Jackie Robinson of golf, the title goes to Charlie Sifford, the first black man to be a...
EscucharAnthony Kim's enduring mystery
It has been almost 12 full years since Anthony Kim last hit a shot on the PGA Tour, and in that time,...
EscucharHow Andy Gardiner got left behind while his big idea became LIV Golf
The idea that is currently splitting professional golf in half was born around 2010, scribbled in a...
EscucharGhosts of Southern Hills: The Murder of Roger Wheeler
In May of 1981, in the parking lot of Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a man named Johnny...
EscucharThe Mystery of Montague: The best golfer who refused to play
The saga of John Montague is one that simultaneously feels like pure fantasy but is also purely American....
EscucharThe Accusation: Tom Watson and Gary Player at the '83 Skins Game
The word "cheat" is golf's one-syllable powder keg, and whenever it appears, fireworks follow. That...
EscucharGolf Court: Should Luke Donald be Ryder Cup captain again?
It's time for the first-ever session of Golf Court! The honorable Shane P. Ryan is presiding as Barrister...
EscucharRyder Cup Radicals: Vik-tory in Rome!
After a long week in Rome, a happy Luke consoles a sleepy Joel and a sad Shane for an instant take episode...
EscucharRyder Cup Radicals: The Witching Hour in Rome
The time has come, ladies and gentlemen, to put our hearts on our sleeves and shout our final thoughts...
EscucharRyder Cup Radicals: Last Licks Before Italia
We've been talking about it so long that we almost can't believe it's happening: The Ryder Cup is imminent....
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