Local Knowledge
The best golf stories have multiple layers to them. In each episode, Local Knowledge dives deep into a subject golfers want to know about, whether it’s about the game they play, the competition at the highest level, or the surprising ways golf factors into larger conversations throughout society. Hosts Daniel Rapaport, Alex Myers, and Keely Levins weave together original interviews, Golf Digest reporting, and additional elements to tell the type of compelling stories that have been a Golf Digest staple for decades.
Episode 6: Tiger Woods’ 2000 U.S. Open Victory
In the sixth episode of the Golf Digest podcast, 50 Things That Changed Golf, Shane Ryan and Jamie Kennedy...
ListenEpisode 5: The 2004 U.S. Open
In the fifth episode of the Golf Digest podcast, 50 Things That Changed Golf, Shane Ryan and Jamie Kennedy...
ListenEpisode 4: John Daly
In the fourth episode of the Golf Digest podcast, 50 Things That Changed Golf, Shane Ryan and Jamie...
ListenEpisode 3: OWGR
It's episode 3 of the "50 Things That Changed Golf" podcast and we're diving deep into the Official...
ListenEpisode 2: 2019 Masters
In episode 2 of the all-new "50 Things That Changed Golf" podcast, Shane Ryan and Jamie Kennedy travel...
ListenEpisode 1: 1996 Masters
In the first episode of our new Golf Digest podcast, 50 Things That Changed Golf, Shane Ryan and Jamie...
ListenThe time the Ryder Cup almost died
In the early 1980s, there came a point where the Ryder Cup governing bodies had seemingly tried everything,...
ListenThree mid-century Ryder Cup maniacs
Buried in Ryder Cup history, in the middle of the last century, are some enormous personalities, and...
ListenThe Tour Championship: 40 years of success and failure
In 1987, PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman announced the first-ever Tour Championship, and 20 years...
ListenThe Tiger Killer: The fascinating life and times of Y.E. Yang
For a man who did something so astounding—becoming the first and only golfer to beat Tiger Woods on...
ListenThe English drought (curse??) at the Open Championship: What gives?
In 1992, Nick Faldo held off John Cook at Muirfield to win his third Open Championship. As it happened,...
ListenAmerica's Ryder Cup Restoration, Part 2: The Rise of Azinger
Following the blowouts of 2004 and 2006, the lowest point in US Ryder Cup history, the Americans needed...
ListenAmerica's Ryder Cup Restoration, Part 1: The Miserable Years
In 2008, after a disastrous start to the decade, the American Ryder Cup system faced a big problem:...
ListenWeird Oakmont: How the ghosts of Pittsburgh still reign at America's toughest course
Oakmont Country Club will hold its tenth U.S. Open next week, and a tour of its past champions shows...
ListenRory, Tiger, and Tom: The great equipment controversies
What happens when a winner's equipment is found to be nonconforming after the fact? The answer is, "nothing,"...
ListenThe PGA Championship's Match Play era, and a ridiculous record you never knew existed
For about 40 years in major championship history, winning the PGA required a test of endurance that...
ListenRory and Northern Ireland: The Complicated Relationship
In a place where nobody escapes politics, Rory McIlroy has done his best to stay neutral, despite a...
ListenWhen Jim Murray fought Augusta National on race
L.A. Times Pulitzer Prize winner Jim Murray was one of the most celebrated sports columnists of his...
ListenFacing the Music: Players who speak to the media after tough losses
From Greg Norman to Jordan Spieth, there is a long tradition of players speaking to the media after...
ListenHow the four majors became the four majors
In 1934, when the first Masters tournament was held, nobody in golf would have been able to tell you...
ListenTiger vs. Sergio: The Great Feud (Part 2)
The final part of our short series, chronicling the latter half of their rivalry and the infamous fried...
ListenTiger vs. Sergio: The Great Feud (Part 1)
It started at the turn of the century and ran hot for 15 years. From the PGA Championship at Medinah...
ListenRevolutions Part 3: Life After Tiger, the Great Schism
The story of the last 20 years of professional golf is the story of growth's consequences, and is highlighted...
ListenRevolutions Part 2: The Tiger Slam, aka the best golf ever played
As the game's greatest player finalized a swing change that would take him from merely sensational to...
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