FORE the Good of the Game

Episodes

Aug. 18, 2024

Angela Stanford - Part 1 (The Early Years and Wins)

Winner of the 2018 Evian Championship Angela Stanford begins her story being introduced to the game by her father in Saginaw, Texas at age 10. Her game developed under the watchful eye of Amy Fox and, after success at the jun...

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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. 16, 2024

Karen Stupples - Part 3 (Solheim Cup and Broadcasting)

We conclude our interview with the 2004 Women's British Open winner Karen Stupples with a look back on her experience in the majors and the challenges of balancing motherhood and professional golf. Karen fondly recalls repres...

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Aug. 16, 2024

Karen Stupples - Part 2 (The 2004 Women's British Open)

In this second of three installments with Karen Stupples we hear her recount her early struggles adjusting to life on the road on the LPGA Tour. Karen broke through for her first professional win at the 2004 Wllch's/Fry's Cha...

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Aug. 16, 2024

Karen Stupples - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Major Champion and Golf Broadcaster Karen Stupples joins Bruce Devlin and Mike Gonzalez to share her story in this first of three episodes. Listen in as Karen looks back on her early years growing up in the idyllic fishing vi...

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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. 13, 2024

Sally Little - Part 2 (The Majors and Career Wins)

Sally Little, winner of two major championships on the LPGA Tour, fondly recalls both, the 1980 LPGA Championship and the 1988 du Maurier Classic. Sally also recounts many of her 15 LPGA victories along the way including a wi...

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Aug. 13, 2024

Sally Little - Part 1 (The Early Years)

2-time major championship winner Sally Little begins her life story, learning the game as a young lady in apartheid South Africa. Tagging along with her father pulling a trolley for money, Sally's game, beginning at the age ...

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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. 11, 2024

Joyce Ziske Malison - Part 2 (Winning the 1960 Western Open)

Joyce Ziske Malison looks back on the final years of a relatively short professional career with her highlight being her victory in the 1960 Women's Western Open, then an LPGA major championship, at the Donald Ross-designed B...

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Aug. 11, 2024

Joyce Ziske Malison - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Winner of the 1960 Women's Western Open, Joyce Ziske Malison takes us back to her youth growing up on a farm on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, living across the street from a driving range. Joyce remembers outdriving...

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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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Aug. 10, 2024

John Mahaffey - Part 1 (The Early Years)

The winner of the 1978 PGA Championship at Oakmont, John Mahaffey, begins his story by recalling life as a young man growing up in Texas and learning the game the way most Texans did, in the dirt and the wind. He recounts his...

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Aug. 9, 2024

Jane Blalock - Part 4 (The Later Wins, Legends and Legacy)

In the finale of our four-part series with golf icon Jane Blalock, "FORE the Good of the Game" delivers an episode teeming with wisdom, resilience, and trailblazing spirit. As one of the most formidable figures in women's go...

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Aug. 9, 2024

Jane Blalock - Part 3 (Persevering Through Adversity)

In the third episode of our eye-opening four-part series with golf legend Jane Blalock, "FORE the Good of the Game" navigates through one of the most contentious periods in her career—the LPGA's cheating allegations against h...

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