FORE the Good of the Game

Men’s Major Champions Episodes

Listen to each of our interviews with the men greats of the game who are major championships winners.
Aug. 19, 2024

Mike Weir - Part 2 (The Early Professional Years)

Winner of the 2003 Masters Tournament, Mike Weir recounts his early days as a golf professional playing the Canadian and Australasian Tours before joining the PGA Tour and becoming the first Canadian player in 45 years to win...

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Aug. 19, 2024

Mike Weir - Part 1 (The Early Years)

In the first episode of a compelling five-part series, "FORE the Good of the Game" hosts Mike Gonzalez and Bruce Devlin embark on an insightful journey with 2003 Masters champion and Canadian golf icon, Mike Weir. This episod...

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Aug. 17, 2024

Ian Baker-Finch - Part 4 (Captaining the Aussies at the Olympic Games)

Open Championship winner and CBS Broadcaster, Ian Baker-Finch, relives his experience serving as Captain of the Australian men's and women's golf team at the 2021 Summer Olympic Games. Ian and Bruce discuss how modern equipme...

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Aug. 17, 2024

Ian Baker-Finch - Part 3 (The 1991 Open Championship)

Ian Baker-Finch, winner of 17 professional events during his golfing career, recounts his win in the 1991 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale where he shot 64-66 on the weekend that featured an opening nine of 29 in the final...

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Aug. 17, 2024

Ian Baker-Finch - Part 2 (The Broadcaster)

Major Championship winner and CBS Golf Lead Analyst, Ian Baker-Finch, takes us behind the scenes of televising a golf event and the changes in approach, brought on by the global pandemic, that are likely here to stay. He and ...

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Aug. 17, 2024

Ian Baker-Finch - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Champion Golf of the year in 1991 at Royal Birkdale, Ian Baker-Finch recounts his younger days as a 15-year old apprentice professional, leaving school to pursue his passion. Following in the immediate footsteps of Greg Norma...

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Aug. 14, 2024

Nick Price - Part 3 (The Major Championships)

Three-time major championship winner, Nick Price, begins by taking us back to the early frustrations and heartbreaks at the majors including the challenges of Augusta and tough Open Championship losses to Seve at Lytham in 19...

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Aug. 14, 2024

Nick Price - Part 2 (PGA Tour Wins)

World Golf Hall of Fame member Nick Price looks back on his 18 PGA Tour wins including his first at the 1983 World Series of Golf at Firestone CC and recalls what a 10-year exemption can do for one's attitude. He talks about ...

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Aug. 14, 2024

Nick Price - Part 1 (The Early Years)

A 2003 inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame and the winner of three major championships and one Players Championship, Nick Price joins us to talk about growing up in Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe), learning the game as ...

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Aug. 12, 2024

Curtis Strange - Part 4 (1989 U.S. Open and the Majors)

World Golf Hall of Fame member Curtis Strange recounts the second of his consecutive U.S. Open victories, this one at Oak Hill in 1989 and ultimately, his final win on the PGA Tour. Listen in as he talks about the other major...

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Aug. 12, 2024

Curtis Strange - Part 3 (Tour Wins and the 1988 U.S. Open)

A winner of 17 PGA Tour events and 2-time U.S. Open Champion, Curtis Strange, reflects back on each of his tour wins including an early playoff victory over Lee Trevino in Houston, besting his college roommate, Jay Haas, in H...

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Aug. 12, 2024

Curtis Strange - Part 2 (Amateur Experience and Early Life on the Tou…

Curtis Strange, World Golf Hall of Fame member, recounts his amateur experiences winning the 1974 Western Amateur over good friend and Wake Forest teammate, Jay Haas, and playing on the winning side in the 1975 Walker Cup at...

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Aug. 12, 2024

Curtis Strange - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and back-to-back winner of the U.S. Open Championship, Curtis Strange joins us to tell the story of his start in golf as his game developed under the watchful eye of his golf professional...

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Aug. 10, 2024

John Mahaffey - Part 3 (The 1978 PGA Championship)

John Mahaffey begins this segment with a look back to his win at the 1978 PGA Championship at Oakmont CC in a playoff with Tom Watson and Jerry Pate. He talks about his Ryder Cup experiences and his two wins at the 1978 and 1...

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Aug. 10, 2024

John Mahaffey - Part 2 (The Tour Wins)

Major championship winner John Mahaffey looks back on each of his PGA victories over a 16-year period including a few with Lee Trevino in the final group. Listen in as John describes how he turned a HOF-potential career into ...

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