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Men’s Major Champions Episodes

Listen to each of our interviews with the men greats of the game who are major championships winners.
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 …

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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. …

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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 …

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Nov. 28, 2024

Shaun Micheel - Part 4 (Late Career and Life After Golf)

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 …

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Nov. 28, 2024

Shaun Micheel - Part 3 (The 2003 PGA Championship)

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 ad...

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Nov. 21, 2024

Shaun Micheel - Part 2 (Early Professional Career)

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...

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Nov. 21, 2024

Shaun Micheel - Part 1 (The Early Years)

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 cour...

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Nov. 19, 2024

Steve Elkington - Part 2 (The 1995 PGA Championship)

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 Championsh...

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