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4-time major championship winner Hollis Stacy looks back an her early LPGA Tour years and her love of golf in Japan. After picking up her first Tour win in 1977 in her home state of Georgia, Hollis quickly validated that initial success with a victory at the 1977 Women's U.S. Open at Hazeltine C.C. in a battle with newcomer Nancy Lopez. She went back-to-back by winning the 1978 Women's U.S. Open at the Country Club of Indianapolis over JoAnne Carner and Sally Little. Hollis then went on to win h...

World Golf Hall of Fame member Hollis Stacy recounts growing up in Savannah, Georgia as the fourth of ten children. With sports-minded parents and the competitive instincts developed with nine siblings, Hollis took a liking to golf at age 10 and never looked back. She was able to travel to Augusta to watch the Masters and the Titleholders championships and recalls the effortless swing of Julius Boros. With The Blue Danube waltz ingrained as her tempo guide, she enjoyed tremendous competitive suc...

Forty years after his Open Championship win at Royal St. George’s, Bill “Buck” Rogers takes us through his major championship experiences, including that victory in 1981 when he was the PGA Tour Player of the Year and winner of seven events around the world. He gave David Graham a run at Merion in the 1981 U.S. Open and was in the final group with Tom Watson at Pebble Beach in 1982. Ben Crenshaw had to talk him into playing the British Open and he almost missed his tee-time in the first round. F...

Winner of the Open Championship at Royal St. George's in 1981, Bill Rogers was likely the hottest player on the planet that year. Join us as he reflects on his start in the game, his time at the University of Houston, competing in the Walker Cup at Brookline and the tremendous pressure of Tour School 1974. Bill recalls making the Top 60 in 1977 as being much more "emotionally satisfying" than his first Tour win at the Hope the following year. Hear about his days with IMG, traveling the world,...

The winner of 29 LPGA Tour events, Amy Alcott looks back on the later part of her Hall of Fame career, including the last two of her five major championship wins. Amy took the inaugural plunge into "Poppie's" Pond with her caddie Bill Kurre after winning the 1988 Nabisco Dinah Shore. She won the 1991 Nabisco Dinah Shore for her Mom who had recently passed and took the post-victory plunge with the tournament host after prevailing by 8 strokes. Amy talks about being in the "Zone", getting stuck in...

Winner of five major championships, Amy Alcott continues with stories of playing with Mickey Wright, JoAnne Carner and many other greats of their time. Amy takes us back to her first three major wins and regales us with her impersonations of Ed Sullivan and Howard Cosell before breaking out in song (something you don't want to miss). She wraps up this episode by looking back on the fun she had working at the Butterfly Bakery and recalls her craziest career win. One of our favorite guests ever, A...

World Golf Hall of Fame member, Amy Alcott, begins her life story growing up in Brentwood, California and playing "Yard Golf" with makeshift holes and a chopped off 8-iron. Alcott Golf & CC they called it, and there she played until introduced to Walter Keller, America's self-proclaimed first golf discounter, where she took lessons and learned the game. Amy had much success as a junior, winning 100+ tournaments including her State Am at Pebble Beach and the 1973 U.S. Girl's Junior. She almost we...

In this closing episode with Ireland's finest golfer, Padraig Harrington, we look back on how he found joy in the game again and his involvement with the return of golf to the Olympic Games in 2016. Padraig recalls his start on the Senior Tour in 2021 and, later that year, captaining the European side in the COVID-delayed 2021 Ryder Cup. We wrap up with him reflecting on his legacy, the work of his foundation, representing the R&A as their "Working for Golf" Ambassador and the success of ...

6-time Ryder Cup player Padraig Harrington recalls the preparation required to position himself to contend and ultimately win major championships. Much of this episode is devoted to Padraig recounting his three major championships that came in quick succession beginning with the 2007 Open Championship at Carnoustie where he changed drivers after 36 holes and prevailed over Sergio Garcia in a 4-hole playoff. Padraig came into the 2008 Open Championship at Birkdale with a wrist injury and he didn'...

World Golf Hall of Fame member Padraig Harrington takes us back through his early years (1995 - 2005) as a professional including the influence of his teacher, Bob Torrance. Padraig recalls winning the 1997 World Cup with Paul McGinley and competing in his first Ryder Cup in 1999 at Brookline. He takes us through his early pro wins and his "quick" transition to the PGA Tour, winning his first event at the 2005 Honda Classic. Padraig quickly validated that debut victory, prevailing at the 2005 Ba...

Get ready for an engaging conversation with the winner of 37 professional events (so far) Padraig Harrington, a golfing great whose amateur record is as impressive as his professional career. We'll kick off this episode reminiscing about Padraig's early golf influences, particularly his admiration for Christy O'Connor Sr. and his 'perfect golf swing'. Listen in as he recounts his early amateur successes featuring three Walker Cups that included a win over the U.S. side at Royal Porthcawl in 1995...

2024 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee and winner of three major championships, Padraig Harrington, takes us back to the days of his youth growing up in Rathfarnham, Ireland during the time of "The Troubles" in the North. Coming from a sporting family, Padraig competed in Gaelic football, soccer and hurling but was drawn to golf while growing up on the course his father and mates built in the southern hills of Dublin. Playing with a handful of clubs, he honed his short game at Stackstown GC and p...

We conclude our visit with Shaun Micheel, 2003 PGA Championship winner, with a look back at this second-place finish to Tiger Woods in the 2006 PGA at Medinah CC and making it to the final match in the World Match Play at Wentworth GC that same year. Shaun reminisces about making a rare albatross at the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, the 2nd player ever to accomplish this feat. He remembers the emotional toll of losing his parents and how their passing impacted his game and his psyche. After di...

Shaun Micheel begins this episode by recounting his breakthrough win at the 2003 PGA Championship at Oak Hill CC which featured a closing 7-iron shot for the ages to within inches on the hole. Ironically, this triumph only added to the self-induced pressures caused by unmet expectations and unrealized potential for Shaun. While he had another chance at glory with his second place finish to Tiger Woods at the 2006 PGA, Shaun never won again on Tour and began suffering through health issues that k...

The winner of the 2003 PGA Championship Shaun Micheel continues his story with a look back on his early professional days traveling the globe. Shaun first headed to the Sunshine Tour in South Africa and then the mini-tours in the U.S. before making his way to Asia where he broke through for a win at the 1998 Ericsson Open in Singapore. He shares his struggles with international travel and the pressures of competing at the highest levels. It was these trials and tests that prepared him for later ...

Major championship winner Shaun Micheel begins his life story by recounting his childhood and early interest in aviation instilled by his father Buck, one of FedEx's original pilots. After a family relocation near a golf course in Memphis, Shaun picked up golf and was essentially self-taught. After winning two state golf titles in high school and Big Ten team and individual championships, he was off to South Africa to begin a career in professional golf. Shaun Micheel shares his memories of his ...

Major Champion Helen Alfredsson wraps up her life story by painfully recalling several close calls in the U.S. Women's Open with real chances to prevail in 1993, 1994 and 2008. Helen was a participant in the inaugural Solheim Cup at Lake Nona in 1990 and participated as a player 8 times and as Captain once, in 2007. Interestingly, Helen qualified to play for the European side in 2009 after serving as Captain. She joined the Legends Tour in 2012 and won the Senior Slam in 2019 with victories in t...

The winner of four tournaments before they were considered LPGA major championships, Helen Alfredsson continues her life story recounting her individual accomplishments in the world of women's golf from 1994 forward. Coming off her major win at the Diana Shore the previous year, Helen began 1994 with the first of her three career wins at the Evian Masters, destined to be considered a major beginning in 2013. We also discuss the LPGA Founders and others who came before to create the opportunities...

Helen Alfredsson, winner of 29 professional events including 7 on the LPGA Tour, takes us back to her early days starting out on the Ladies European Tour where she began as its Rookie of the Year in 1989. A bit ahead of her time, Helen won four events that were destined to become majors including her first pro win, the 1990 Women's British Open. Seven more wins would come in rapid succession in 1991 and 1992 before Helen broke through with her first LPGA triumph, the 1993 Dinah Shore, becoming t...

Helen Alfredsson, winner of the 1993 Dinah Shore, joins Bruce and Mike and begins her story as a child in Gothenburg, Sweden. A multi-sport athlete in her youth, Helen was introduced to golf by her father, himself an accomplished athlete, at age 11. She showed a natural ability that earned her a spot on Sweden's National Junior and Amateur teams, the youngest ever at age 14. Helen won several national championships before representing Sweden in the 1986 and 1988 Espirito Santo competitions. Foll...

Major Championship winner, Steve Elkington, reflects on how a close call at the Open Championship at St. Andrews in 1995 prepared him to win the PGA at Riviera weeks later. He talks about his two Tournament Players Championship victories, his President’s Cup experiences and his memories of Tiger Woods and some of the other greats in the game. Steve Elkington shares the rest of his story “FORE the Good of the Game.” Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/o...

Victorious at the 1995 PGA Championship and two-time winner of the Players Championship, Steve Elkington remembers his early days of golf in Wagga Wagga, Australia and those who influenced and mentored him including Alex Mercer, Jackie Burke, Jr. and Bruce Devlin. Included with Elk's recollections of his collegiate successes and PGA Tour wins are terrific stories (Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and more) sure to entertain. Steve Elkington reflects back on his superb PGA career, "FORE the Good of th...

In this final episode of our visit with former R&A Secretary Peter Dawson we explore the history of the Claret Jug and its' engraver as he recalls some of his favorite Open Championship moments. Peter served the game in a variety of other roles including an 11-year stint as President of the International Golf Federation and as current Chairman of the Official World Golf Ranking Board. He ends with a playful introduction of Bruce as "Champion Golfer of the Year" and his reflections on a life well...

In this third of a four-part interview with Peter Dawson, listen in as he recounts his early days as Secretary of the R&A. Peter gives us insights into the private club that is the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews and how it differs in purpose and mission from the R&A Companies, formed in 2004, as the world-wide counterpoint to the USGA, which governs golf in the United States and Mexico. He remembers the significant accomplishments of his term including spearheading golf's return to the...