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Oct. 29, 2024

Peter Dawson - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Former Secretary of the R&A, Peter Dawson joins us to relate his life story that began in Aberdeen Scotland. Born to non-golfing parents, Peter found his way to golf at age 11, paying the princely sum of one pound sterling …

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Oct. 29, 2024

Peter Dawson - Part 2 (Business Career and Joining the R&A)

Peter Dawson, long-serving Secretary of the R&A who played an instrumental role in the return of golf to the Olympic Games, recounts his days in the commercial world in various leadership positions with industrial companies. ...

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Aug. 22, 2024

Jeff Sluman - Part 4 (Tour Wins and the Champions Tour)

We conclude our visit with major champion Jeff Sluman with him recalling a "mystical" week at the 1999 Sony Open that found him in a mental state that he had never experienced before or since. After recalling his other Tour …

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Aug. 22, 2024

Jeff Sluman - Part 3 (1988 PGA Championship)

This episode with Jeff Sluman begins with his crowing achievement, winning the 1988 PGA Championship at Oak Tree Golf Club, closing with a final round 65 to best Paul Azinger by three shots. Listen in as Jeff relates perhaps ...

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Aug. 15, 2024

Jeff Sluman - Part 2 (College and Early Tour Life)

Winner of the 1988 PGA Championship, Jeff Sluman, looks back on his college days and how his game quickly developed when given the opportunity to play golf year round. He recounts physical challenges that he overcame with gri...

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Aug. 15, 2024

Jeff Sluman - Part 1 (The Early Years)

We begin our four-part series with major championship winner Jeff Sluman who recounts his early life growing up in a working-class family in Greece, New York. Smitten by the game at an early age and with the encouragement of ...

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Aug. 8, 2024

Dennis Walters - Part 6 (In My Dreams I Walk With You)

World Golf hall of Fame member Dennis Walters wraps up his life's tale with Bruce and Mike by proudly sharing the progress made with bringing the game of golf to many who had no prior access. Winning the inaugural U.S. …

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Aug. 8, 2024

Dennis Walters - Part 5 (The Dogs and The Show)

In this installment of Dennis Walter's life story he tells us about the five dogs who he rescued and how they rescued him. All featured in his trick shot shows over the years, they have been trained as service dogs …

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Aug. 1, 2024

Dennis Walters - Part 4 (Adaptive Golf is Born)

In this episode with World Golf Hall of Fame member Dennis Walters, we learn about how "Adaptive Golf' was born, out of ingenuity, necessity and passion. Dennis hits ball seated on a golf cart and early on, a family mechanic …

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Aug. 1, 2024

Dennis Walters - Part 3 (Out of Despair Springs Hope)

In this third part of our six-part series with Dennis Walters, he takes us back to his college days playing golf for North Texas State University as their team captain. With some collegiate and amateur success in the game, De...

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July 25, 2024

Dennis Walters - Part 2 (Caddie Lessons)

Dennis Walters continues to recount his youth learning the game and valuable life lessons working as a caddy and picking balls at the driving range at clubs near his New Jersey home. He recalls seeing Patty Berg and Sam Snead...

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July 25, 2024

Dennis Walters - Part 1 (The Early Years)

World Golf Hall of Fame member Dennis Walters begins his life story by describing his improbable path to the HOF and the endorsements of Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player which were so essential to his induction. Listen in as Den...

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June 6, 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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June 6, 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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June 6, 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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May 30, 2024

Todd Hamilton - Part 4 (The 2004 Open Championship Final Round and Be…

2004 Open Championship winner Todd Hamilton takes us through that riveting final round at Troon and the ensuing four-hole playoff with Ernie Els where he captured the title as the "Winner of the Gold Medal and Champion Golfer...

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May 30, 2024

Todd Hamilton - Part 3 (The 2004 Open Championship)

Major champion Todd Hamilton remembers how a new driver turned his fortunes around in 2003 when he won four times on the Japan Golf Tour and finally succeeded in getting through PGA TOUR qualifying school. An early 2004 win a...

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May 23, 2024

Todd Hamilton - Part 2 (Playing in Asia)

Major championship winner Todd Hamilton begins his professional career playing in Asia. Listen in as he recalls the challenges of finding his winning form while changing countries and currencies on a weekly basis. Playing pre...

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May 23, 2024

Todd Hamilton - Part 1 (The Early Years)

2004 Open Championship winner Todd Hamilton begins his life story by recounting the days of his youth spent in a small Midwestern town on the banks of the Mississippi River. Todd was introduced to golf at an early age by …

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April 4, 2024

Helen Alfredsson - Part 4 (Solheim Cup and the 2019 Senior Slam)

Major Champion Helen Alfredsson wraps up her life story by painfully recalling several close calls in the U.S. Women's Open with real chances to prevail in 1993, 1994 and 2008. Helen was a participant in the inaugural Solheim...

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April 4, 2024

Helen Alfredsson - Part 3 (Three Wins at the Evian Masters)

The winner of four tournaments before they were considered LPGA major championships, Helen Alfredsson continues her life story recounting her individual accomplishments in the world of women's golf from 1994 forward. Coming ...

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March 28, 2024

Helen Alfredsson - Part 2 (1993 Dinah Shore)

Helen Alfredsson, winner of 29 professional events including 7 on the LPGA Tour, takes us back to her early days starting out on the Ladies European Tour where she began as its Rookie of the Year in 1989. A bit …

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March 28, 2024

Helen Alfredsson - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Helen Alfredsson, winner of the 1993 Dinah Shore, joins Bruce and Mike and begins her story as a child in Gothenburg, Sweden. A multi-sport athlete in her youth, Helen was introduced to golf by her father, himself an accompli...

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March 21, 2024

Larry Nelson - Part 3 (The Ryder Cup and Senior Tour)

The major champion who didn't learn the game until age 22, Larry Nelson looks back on his trips over the pond for the Open Championship before taking us back into the transformative years of the Ryder Cup. His first was …

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