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WGHOF Member Stories Episodes

Listen to the life stories of the game's greatest players and contributors. Each are members of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
March 21, 2025

Lorena Ochoa - Part 4 (The Majors and Life After Golf)

In the final chapter of our four-part conversation with Lorena Ochoa, the legendary 2-time major champion and World Golf Hall of Fame member reflects on the pinnacle of her career and the transition into life beyond professio...

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March 20, 2025

Lorena Ochoa - Part 3 (Early LPGA Wins)

In this third installment of our four-part series with World Golf Hall of Fame member and two-time major champion Lorena Ochoa, we dive into the defining moments that cemented her legacy as one of the greatest golfers of all ...

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March 19, 2025

Lorena Ochoa - Part 2 (College Years and Turning Pro)

In this second installment of our four-part conversation with two-time major champion and World Golf Hall of Fame member Lorena Ochoa, we dive into her collegiate journey, the transition to professional golf, and the defining...

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March 19, 2025

Lorena Ochoa - Part 1 (The Early Years)

In this special interview with our 100th guest on FORE the Good of the Game , hosts Mike Gonzalez and Bruce Devlin sit down with one of the most dominant players in women’s golf history, Lorena Ochoa. A two-time major champio...

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Jan. 1, 2025

Padraig Harrington - Part 5 (The Olympics, Ryder Cup Captaincy, Senio…

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 ...

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Jan. 1, 2025

Padraig Harrington - Part 4 (Winning Three Majors)

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 champion...

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Jan. 1, 2025

Padraig Harrington - Part 3 (The Early Professional Years)

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 Pa...

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Jan. 1, 2025

Padraig Harrington - Part 2 (The Early Years - Continued)

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 remin...

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Jan. 1, 2025

Padraig Harrington - Part 1 (The Early Years)

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. Comi...

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Dec. 5, 2024

Hale Irwin - Part 5 (Final Tour Wins and the 1994 President's Cup)

Hale Irwin, 3-time winner of the U.S. Open, concludes his look back on his PGA TOUR days by recounting his final few individual and team wins. As a 45-year-old Hale prevailed at the 1990 U.S. Open at Medinah with a comeback f...

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Dec. 5, 2024

Hale Irwin - Part 4 (1977 - 1984)

5-time Ryder Cup player, Hale Irwin covers the middle years of his professional career beginning with a 3-win 1977 and his second Ryder Cup appearance. Hale's 1979 year was pretty special with a U.S. Open triumph at Inverness...

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Dec. 5, 2024

Hale Irwin - Part 3 (1968 - 1976)

20-time winner on the PGA Tour, Hale Irwin takes us back to his early days on Tour and shares the lessons he learned from mentors like Bruce Devlin and Dale Douglas. Surviving the pressures of being a "Monday qualifier", Hale...

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Dec. 5, 2024

Hale Irwin - Part 2 (The U.S. Open Wins)

World Golf Hall of Fame member Hale Irwin looks back on the importance of notching his first career win at Harbour Town in 1971, the first of three wins at the Heritage. He then relives each of his three U.S. Open victories b...

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Dec. 5, 2024

Hale Irwin - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Hale Irwin, a 3-time U.S. Open winner and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, shares his memories of growing up as a baseball Cardinals fan in Kansas and Colorado and learning the game of golf on sand greens at the local...

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Nov. 14, 2024

Jack Nicklaus - Part 3 (The U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open)

Jack Nicklaus, winner of 18 professional major championships and two U.S. Amateur titles, joins us for a look back at his experience in the majors. In this episode we explore his U.S. Open record. Listen in as Jack recounts h...

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