FORE the Good of the Game

Episodes

Sept. 14, 2024

Sandra Palmer - Part 4 (The Later Years)

Newly-minted World Golf Hall of Fame member, Sandra Palmer concludes her look back at a remarkable career by reflecting on her final wins on the LPGA Tour and remembering the great players she had the privilege of competing w...

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Sept. 14, 2024

Sandra Palmer - Part 3 (The 1975 Women's U.S. Open)

Two-time major winner, Sandra Palmer continues her recollection of women's golf on the LPGA Tour in the 70's as she takes us on a captivating ride through his victories at Green Gables Country Club in Colorado, the Cameron P...

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Sept. 14, 2024

Sandra Palmer - Part 2 ( The 1972 Titleholders Championship)

The winner of 19 events on the LPGA Tour, Sandra Palmer takes us back to her first few years as a professional where everything was new and winning was difficult. Sandra recounts her first professional win at the 1970 Tokay C...

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Sept. 14, 2024

Sandra Palmer - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Our inspiring conversation with Sandra Palmer, a 2024 inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame, traces her journey from her humble beginnings in Fort Worth and Maine to her crowning as an iconic figure in the world of golf....

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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. 12, 2024

Carol Semple Thompson - Part 3 (7 USGA Championships and the British …

In this captivating final installment of a three-part interview with Carol Semple Thompson, a revered figure in the world of amateur golf and a World Golf Hall of Fame inductee, we explore the remarkable journey and insights ...

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Sept. 12, 2024

Carol Semple Thompson - Part 2 (The Curtis Cup and Team Play)

In this second installment of our three-part series with World Golf Hall of Famer Carol Semple Thompson, we delve deeper into the remarkable journey of this distinguished amateur golfer. Hosts Mike Gonzalez and Bruce Devlin e...

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Sept. 12, 2024

Carol Semple Thompson - Part 1 (The Early Years)

In this first installment of a three-part series on "FORE the Good of the Game," we delve into the remarkable life and career of World Golf Hall of Fame member Carol Semple Thompson. As a storied amateur golfer, Carol shares ...

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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. 10, 2024

Mary Bea Porter-King - Part 3 (Serving the Game)

Mary Bea Porter-King looks back on a professional career and what could have been, before looking forward to life after the Tour serving the Game. She talks about her time as a golf broadcaster working with the likes of Fran ...

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Sept. 10, 2024

Mary Bea Porter-King - Part 2 (Playing the Tour and Saving a Life)

Mary Bea Porter-King begins this episode recounting her early years on the LPGA Tour and the challenges faced by women athletes of that era. She shares her bittersweet memories of her sole Tour win in 1975 when, instead of re...

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Sept. 10, 2024

Mary Bea Porter-King - Part 1 (The Early Years)

With an astounding record of lifetime contributions to the game of golf off the course, Mary Bea Porter-King begins her life story by recounting her early life on the course. Taught at a young age by Betty Hicks, who introduc...

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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. 8, 2024

Judy Rankin - Part 3 (The Majors, Solheim Cup and Broadcasting)

26-time winner on the LPGA Tour, Judy Rankin looks back on her near-misses in the major championships including runner-up finishes at the 1976 and 1977 LPGA Championships, the 1972 Women's U. S. Open and the 1972 Titleholders...

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Sept. 8, 2024

Judy Rankin - Part 2 (The Tour Life and Wins)

World Golf Hall of Fame member Judy Rankin looks back on her life on tour (starting at age 17) and her 28 professional wins beginning with her first at the 1968 Corpus Christi Civitan Open. Judy had two tremendous years in su...

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Sept. 8, 2024

Judy Rankin - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Judy Rankin, World Golf Hall of Fame member and renowned golf broadcaster, takes us back to her childhood in St. Louis, Missouri as an only child who learned the game at a very early age from her father. Judy had tremendous s...

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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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