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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.
Larry Mize - Part 2 (PGA Wins and the 1987 Masters)
Sept. 10, 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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Larry Mize - Part 1 (The Early Years and the Masters Dinners)
Sept. 10, 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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Steve Jones - Part 4 (Career #2 and Senior Golf)
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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Steve Jones - Part 3 (Coming Back to Win the 1996 U.S. Open)
Sept. 8, 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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Steve Jones - Part 2 (The Early Tour Wins)
Sept. 8, 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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Steve Jones - Part 1 (The Early Years)
Sept. 8, 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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Todd Hamilton - Part 4 (The 2004 Open Championship Final Round and Beyond)
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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Todd Hamilton - Part 3 (The 2004 Open Championship)
Sept. 4, 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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Todd Hamilton - Part 2 (Playing in Asia)
Sept. 4, 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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Todd Hamilton - Part 1 (The Early Years)
Sept. 4, 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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Tommy Aaron - Part 2 (The 1973 Masters and the 1969 Ryder Cup)
Aug. 31, 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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Tommy Aaron - Part 1 (The Early Years and Tour Wins)
Aug. 31, 2024

Tommy Aaron - Part 1 (The Early Years and Tour Wins)

Winner of the 1973 Masters Tournament, Tommy Aaron, begins his story by recounting his younger days growing up in a town with no golf course and attending a high school with no golf team yet still persevering to win the Georg...

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Ben Crenshaw - Part 3 (The Ryder Cup and the Majors)
Aug. 29, 2024

Ben Crenshaw - Part 3 (The Ryder Cup and the Majors)

We begin with the 2-time Masters Champion in the 18th fairway of the final round of his emotional Masters win in 1995. He tells of his enduring love of his long-time caddie, Carl Jackson and how Carl’s perceptive eye spotted ...

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Ben Crenshaw - Part 2 (The Masters Tournament)
Aug. 29, 2024

Ben Crenshaw - Part 2 (The Masters Tournament)

We continue our discussion with World Golf Hall of Fame member Ben Crenshaw for a recap of his professional stats, including his surprising (0-8) record in playoffs, winning his first professional event and reliving a few of ...

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Ben Crenshaw - Part 1 (The Early Years)
Aug. 29, 2024

Ben Crenshaw - Part 1 (The Early Years)

World Golf Hall of Fame member, Gentle Ben looks back on his youth, learning the game under the watchful eye of Harvey Penick, his second father, and being challenged by a young Tom Kite. Learn about the eerie history of Broo...

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Sandy Lyle - Part 3 (The Ryder Cup)
Aug. 27, 2024

Sandy Lyle - Part 3 (The Ryder Cup)

Winner of the Masters Tournament and the Open Championship and member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, Sandy Lyle looks back on his later professional wins and the thrill of playing with Jack Nicklaus in the final round of the...

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Sandy Lyle - Part 2 (The 1985 Open and the 1988 Masters)
Aug. 27, 2024

Sandy Lyle - Part 2 (The 1985 Open and the 1988 Masters)

Two-time major championship winner Sandy Lyle takes his through the mid-1980's, the most productive period in his professional career, beginning with his Open Championship win at Royal St. George's in 1985, becoming the first British winner since Tony Jacklin in 1969 and the first Scot since Tommy …

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Sandy Lyle - Part 1 (The Early Years and Early Tour Wins)
Aug. 27, 2024

Sandy Lyle - Part 1 (The Early Years and Early Tour Wins)

World Golf Hall of Fame member Sandy Lyle begins his story remembering his days as a young lad growing up and learning the game under the watchful eye of his golf pro father in the West Midlands of England. He recounts his ma...

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Jerry Pate - Part 3 (The Majors, Team Play and Life After Golf)
Aug. 25, 2024

Jerry Pate - Part 3 (The Majors, Team Play and Life After Golf)

Jerry Pate, who had a Hall of Fame-destined career cut short by injury at age 28, completes his story with a look back on his crowning achievement as a golfer, winning the 1976 U.S. Open at Atlanta Athletic Club in a PGA Rook...

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Jerry Pate - Part 2 (The Tour Wins)
Aug. 25, 2024

Jerry Pate - Part 2 (The Tour Wins)

U.S. Amateur winner and holder of eight PGA Tour titles, Jerry Pate recounts each of those wins including his first non-major win at the 1976 Canadian Open by four shots over Jack Nicklaus and the final one at the 1982 Tourna...

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Jerry Pate - Part 1 (The Early Years)
Aug. 25, 2024

Jerry Pate - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Winner of the 1976 U.S. Open as a 22-year-old Tour Rookie, Jerry Pate shares his early days growing up in the South, walking-on to play golf at Alabama and his deep affection for their legendary football coach, Paul "Bear" Br...

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Bobby Nichols - Part 3 (Lighting, the Majors and Ryder Cup)
Aug. 23, 2024

Bobby Nichols - Part 3 (Lighting, the Majors and Ryder Cup)

Bobby Nichols, winner of the 1964 PGA Championship, looks back on his later Tour wins and that fateful day in 1975 when lightning struck at the Western Open. Bobby recounts his close calls in the majors and his regret at not ...

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Bobby Nichols - Part 2 (Early Tour Wins and the 1964 PGA)
Aug. 23, 2024

Bobby Nichols - Part 2 (Early Tour Wins and the 1964 PGA)

Bobby Nichols recounts his early PGA Tour wins, several of which Bruce Devlin later won including the site of their first victories, the St. Petersburg O pen. Bobby takes us back to his 1964 PGA Championship at Columbus CC wh...

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Bobby Nichols - Part 1 (The Early Years)
Aug. 23, 2024

Bobby Nichols - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Major championship winner Bobby Nichols tells us about learning the game, as a young man in Louisville, Kentucky, while caddying for $1.00 a loop. Hoping to be the next Johnny Unitas playing high school football, Bobby was in...

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