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Men’s Major Champions Episodes

Listen to each of our interviews with the men greats of the game who are major championships winners.
Sept. 17, 2024

Craig Stadler - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Masters Champion Craig Stadler recounts his formative years growing up in Southern California and learning the game at La Jolla Country Club. His game developed quickly at USC during which time he won the U.S. Amateur at Inve...

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Sept. 15, 2024

Fuzzy Zoeller - Part 4 (The Ryder Cup and Later Years)

Experience the raw emotions of the 1994 Open Championship as major champion Fuzzy Zoeller, the 54-hole leader at that time, relives the heart-stopping moment when Nick Price chipped in for a birdie to steal the lead. Feel the...

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Sept. 15, 2024

Fuzzy Zoeller - Part 3 (The 1979 Masters and the 1984 U.S. Open)

Fuzzy Zoeller, takes us along as he relives his two major championship victories. We begin with the 1979 Masters Tournament which featured the first sudden-death playoff ever in the event and found Fuzzy pitted against Tom Wa...

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Sept. 15, 2024

Fuzzy Zoeller - Part 2 (The Tour Wins)

Fuzzy Zoeller, winner of the 1979 Master and the 1984 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, relives each of his regular PGA Tour wins and describes how he overcame physical challenges to excel at the game of golf. He acknowledges the "Sh...

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Sept. 15, 2024

Fuzzy Zoeller - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Have you ever wondered what it takes to make it to the top of the PGA Tour? Our guest for this episode, Masters Champion Fuzzy Zoeller, guides us through his journey from playing golf and basketball in New Albany, Indiana to ...

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Sept. 13, 2024

Mark Calcavecchia - Part 3 (The Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup)

The 1989 winner of the Open Championship at Royal Troon, Mark Calcavecchia continues his story by recounting the thrills and agony of representing your nation in team competition. He begins with the painful U.S. loss in the 1...

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Sept. 13, 2024

Mark Calcavecchia - Part 2 (Tour Wins and the 1989 Open Championship)

Major championship winner Mark Calcavecchia looks back on many of his 29 global pro victories including the 1988 Australian Open, three wins at the Phoenix Open by a combined 20 strokes and the 2005 Canadian Open. He takes us...

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Sept. 13, 2024

Mark Calcavecchia - Part 1 (The Early Years and PGA Tour Wins)

The winner of the 1989 Open Championship at Royal Troon and 13-time winner on the PGA Tour, Mark Calcavecchia, relives his early days growing up in Nebraska and developing his self-taught game in Florida before winning the St...

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Sept. 11, 2024

Larry Mize - Part 3 (The Majors and the Ryder Cup)

We get "the rest of the story" from 1987 Masters Champion, Larry Mize, as he talks about his favorite moments at the other majors and the pressure, and pleasure, of competing for his country at the 1987 Ryder Cup at Muirfield...

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Sept. 11, 2024

Larry Mize - Part 2 (PGA Wins and the 1987 Masters)

Augusta, Georgia native and winner of the 1987 Masters Tournament, Larry Mize recalls his early days as a professional and revisits each of his wins on the Japan and PGA Tours including his exciting playoff victory in that Ma...

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Sept. 11, 2024

Larry Mize - Part 1 (The Early Years and the Masters Dinners)

Major Championship winner Larry Mize begins his life story recounting the days of his youth growing up in Augusta, Georgia. With the support of his parents, Larry was able to develop his game at Augusta C.C. as a boy and late...

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Sept. 9, 2024

Steve Jones - Part 4 (Career #2 and Senior Golf)

Join us as Steve Jones takes us on a journey he refers to as his second career, having recovered from serious injury to capture the 1996 U.S. Open. He fondly recalls the recording Ben Hogan sent him after that win congratulat...

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Sept. 9, 2024

Steve Jones - Part 3 (Coming Back to Win the 1996 U.S. Open)

In this third episode with Steve Jones we listen in as he recounts the serious dirt-bike accident that took him away from golf for nearly three years at age 32. With aggressive rehab, Steve continued to re-injure his hand whi...

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Sept. 9, 2024

Steve Jones - Part 2 (The Early Tour Wins)

In part two of our four-part visit with Major Champion Steve Jones we hear him reflect on the adjustments to being on the road on the Tour in strange cities playing courses he had yet to learn. After reflecting on being the Q...

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Sept. 9, 2024

Steve Jones - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Join us for this first of our four-part interview with 1996 U.S. Open Champion Steve Jones. After settling in to live in Yuma, Colorado at age 11 with his five brothers Steve was quickly introduced to golf by his father. The ...

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Sept. 7, 2024

Jack Nicklaus - Part 2 (Philanthropy, Course Architecture and Friends…

Perhaps the greatest the game of golf has ever seen, Jack Nicklaus joins us to share his favorite golf moment and where he would take a career mulligan (or two). He remembers his good friend Arnold Palmer, talks with pride of...

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Sept. 7, 2024

Jack Nicklaus - Part 1 (The Early Years and the Evolution of Technolo…

Arguably, the greatest professional golfer of all time, Jack Nicklaus, joins us to reminisce about his 60+ year friendship with Bruce Devlin and the early days traveling the globe together, promoting the game. Winner of 18 ma...

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Sept. 5, 2024

Todd Hamilton - Part 4 (The 2004 Open Championship Final Round and Be…

2004 Open Championship winner Todd Hamilton takes us through that riveting final round at Troon and the ensuing four-hole playoff with Ernie Els where he captured the title as the "Winner of the Gold Medal and Champion Golfer...

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Sept. 5, 2024

Todd Hamilton - Part 3 (The 2004 Open Championship)

Major champion Todd Hamilton remembers how a new driver turned his fortunes around in 2003 when he won four times on the Japan Golf Tour and finally succeeded in getting through PGA TOUR qualifying school. An early 2004 win a...

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Sept. 5, 2024

Todd Hamilton - Part 2 (Playing in Asia)

Major championship winner Todd Hamilton begins his professional career playing in Asia. Listen in as he recalls the challenges of finding his winning form while changing countries and currencies on a weekly basis. Playing pre...

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Sept. 5, 2024

Todd Hamilton - Part 1 (The Early Years)

2004 Open Championship winner Todd Hamilton begins his life story by recounting the days of his youth spent in a small Midwestern town on the banks of the Mississippi River. Todd was introduced to golf at an early age by his ...

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Sept. 3, 2024

Gary Player - Part 2 (The Open Championships)

Gary Player, nine-time Major Championship winner on the regular Tour and World Golf Hall of Fame member recounts his love of Australia, several of his Major victories including his three Open Championships, and the racial pre...

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Sept. 3, 2024

Gary Player - Part 1 (The Early Years)

One of the original “Big 3” and winner of 18 major championships, nine on each Tour, World Golf Hall of Fame member Gary Player shares his passion for the Game in a lively and energetic discussion about the old days with “The...

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Sept. 1, 2024

Tommy Aaron - Part 2 (The 1973 Masters and the 1969 Ryder Cup)

Tommy Aaron recounts his career highlight, winning the 1973 Masters Tournament. Tommy also relates the full story of the scorecard debacle at the Masters in 1968 that kept Roberto De Vincenzo from a playoff with eventual winn...

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