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.
America's Ryder Cup Restoration, Part 2: The Rise of Azinger
Following the blowouts of 2004 and 2006, the lowest point in US Ryder Cup history, the Americans needed...
EscucharAmerica's Ryder Cup Restoration, Part 1: The Miserable Years
In 2008, after a disastrous start to the decade, the American Ryder Cup system faced a big problem:...
EscucharWeird Oakmont: How the ghosts of Pittsburgh still reign at America's toughest course
Oakmont Country Club will hold its tenth U.S. Open next week, and a tour of its past champions shows...
EscucharRory, Tiger, and Tom: The great equipment controversies
What happens when a winner's equipment is found to be nonconforming after the fact? The answer is, "nothing,"...
EscucharThe PGA Championship's Match Play era, and a ridiculous record you never knew existed
For about 40 years in major championship history, winning the PGA required a test of endurance that...
EscucharRory and Northern Ireland: The Complicated Relationship
In a place where nobody escapes politics, Rory McIlroy has done his best to stay neutral, despite a...
EscucharWhen Jim Murray fought Augusta National on race
L.A. Times Pulitzer Prize winner Jim Murray was one of the most celebrated sports columnists of his...
EscucharFacing the Music: Players who speak to the media after tough losses
From Greg Norman to Jordan Spieth, there is a long tradition of players speaking to the media after...
EscucharHow the four majors became the four majors
In 1934, when the first Masters tournament was held, nobody in golf would have been able to tell you...
EscucharTiger vs. Sergio: The Great Feud (Part 2)
The final part of our short series, chronicling the latter half of their rivalry and the infamous fried...
EscucharTiger vs. Sergio: The Great Feud (Part 1)
It started at the turn of the century and ran hot for 15 years. From the PGA Championship at Medinah...
EscucharRevolutions Part 3: Life After Tiger, the Great Schism
The story of the last 20 years of professional golf is the story of growth's consequences, and is highlighted...
EscucharRevolutions Part 2: The Tiger Slam, aka the best golf ever played
As the game's greatest player finalized a swing change that would take him from merely sensational to...
EscucharRevolutions Part 1: Arnold Palmer, IMG, and the early disruptors
This three-part podcast series attempts the big task of summarizing how the world of golf, from the...
EscucharThe 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...
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