FORE the Good of the Game
"FORE the Good of the Game” is a golf podcast featuring interviews with World Golf Hall of Fame members, winners of major championships and other people of influence in and around the game of golf. Highlighting the positive aspects of the game, we aim to create and provide an engaging and timeless repository of content that listeners can enjoy now and forever. Co-hosted by PGA Tour star Bruce Devlin, our podcast focuses on telling their life stories, in their voices. Join Bruce and Mike Gonzalez “FORE the Good of the Game.”
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Recent Episodes
Nancy Lopez - "Grandma, Can You See Well?" SHORT TRACK
Oct. 4, 2022
World Golf Hall of Fame member Nancy Lopez remembers trying to speak Spanish to her " abuela " at home but sometimes the words don't quite come out right, "FORE the Good of the Game."
Annika Sorenstam - "Maybe I Can Do This One Day" SHORT TRACK
Oct. 2, 2022
World Golf Hall of Fame member Annika Sorenstam remembers the time the LPGA Tour came to town while she was still in college in Tucson. Seeing the best in the game playing up close inspired her, "FORE the Good of the Game."
Dottie Pepper - Part 1 (The Early Years and the 1992 Nabisco Dinah Shore)
Sept. 29, 2022
2-time major winner and popular golf broadcaster, Dottie Pepper, takes us back to learning the game under the watchful eye of her father Don and early mentor George J. Pulver, Sr. who Dottie honored with her recent book A Le…
Bobby Nichols - "Those Damn Aggies" SHORT TRACK
Sept. 27, 2022
Winner of the 1964 PGA Championship, Bobby Nichols, along with Bruce Devlin recall some unruly Texas A&M fans at the Houston Open, "FORE the Good of the Game."
Curtis Strange - "Playing From the Wrong Side" SHORT TRACK
Sept. 25, 2022
World Golf Hall of Fame member Curtis Strange talks about playing right-handed golf as a natural left-hander, "FORE the Good of the Game."
Andy North - Part 3 (1985 U.S. Open and Beyond)
Sept. 24, 2022
Two-time U.S. Open winner Andy North recalls his second win at Oakland Hills in 1985, made famous by T.C. Chen for his "two chip" on the fifth hole of the final round. Andy became the first player to break par there in winni…
Ian Baker-Finch - Part 4 (Captaining the Aussies at the Olympic Games)
Sept. 22, 2022
Open Championship winner and CBS Broadcaster, Ian Baker-Finch, relives his experience serving as Captain of the Australian men's and women's golf team at the 2021 Summer Olympic Games. Ian and Bruce discuss how modern equipm…
Nick Price - "My First Win" SHORT TRACK
Sept. 20, 2022
World Golf Hall of Fame member Nick Price recalls his first win on the PGA TOUR and all that came with it at the 1983 World Series of Golf at Firestone C.C. by four over Jack Nicklaus, "FORE the Good of the Game."
Amy Alcott - "Tour Bus Lip Synch with Kathy Whitworth" SHORT TRACK
Sept. 18, 2022
World Golf Hall of Fame member Amy Alcott fondly recalls the international travel shared with her golfing friends around the world when she played DJ and the bus was often transformed into a Karaoke bar, "FORE the Good of th…
Martha Nause - Part 2 (The 1994 du Maurier Classic and Perseverance)
Sept. 15, 2022
Martha Nause relates the story of her finish at the LPGA Sun-Times Shoot-Out in 1991 going birdie, birdie, birdie, eagle to win, but tragically followed months later by the passing of her mother. Martha felt that the stress …
About the Hosts
Bruce Devlin
Co-Host
Professional golfer, broadcaster, course designer and philanthropist, Australian-born Bruce Devlin amassed 40 world-wide wins in his professional career. As a young man, he followed his father and began an apprenticeship in plumbing. It wasn’t until a tragic accident took his father’s arm that he began playing golf at age 13. As a fine amateur player, Bruce enjoyed a great deal of success with wins at the Australian Amateur and Australian Open before turning 23. In 1958, as a member of the Australian team, he won team and individual honors at the inaugural Eisenhower Trophy played at the Old Course in St. Andrews. He turned pro in 1961 and won his first international event in 1962. Over his career, he also achieved eight victories on the U.S. PGA Tour. In 1972, he earned $119,768 and finished eighth on the money list. Bruce was inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame in 2014. Bruce is one of only four golfers to have scored a double eagle at the Masters Tournament. He achieved this in the first round of the 1967 Masters, holing a 4-wood from 248 yards on the par-5 8th hole. His last victory came on the Senior PGA Tour in 1995. At the end of the 1998 golf season, he retired from the Senior PGA Tour to concentrate on his Golf Course Architecture and Design business and his commitment to ESPN's Golf Telecasts. He worked for NBC from 1977 to 1982 and ESPN from 1983 to 1987. Bruce currently serves as Board Chairman for The Devlin Foundation and is an active volunteer with The Ben Hogan Foundation. Bruce is married to Gloria, his wife and childhood sweetheart over 60 years. They have three children, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Mike Gonzalez
Co-Host
Mike is a retired business executive, having headed up several mid-sized companies in a career that spanned nearly 35 years. Introduced to golf at an early age by his father, he has been passionate about the game and its principles ever since. A graduate of the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago, Mike appreciates his midwestern roots and has been a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan. He has served on various professional and philanthropic boards including the Material Handling Board of Governors, the Boys & Girls Club, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the Southeastern Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District (Miller Park). Mike has also served the game as a Board member with the Chicago District Golf Association and as a member of golf club Boards. Currently, Mike enjoys work with private equity firms as an Executive Operating Partner and mentor to young business executives. He has traveled the world extensively and enjoys the simplicity of the game of golf during his regular sojourns to the UK. Mike met his wife Jan in college and they have been married for 40+ years. They have two grown daughters and one adorable grandson.