Episode 8: Karsten Solheim and The Anser putter
"If Karsten Solheim isn’t on your Mount Rushmore of the Most Influential People in Golf History, then I suggest you reevaluate your list."
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20 of 488 episodesEpisode 7: Young Tom Morris: The First Tragic Superstar
A look at golf's first celebrity and the start of the touring professional
Episode 6: Tiger Woods’ 2000 U.S. Open Victory
Dissecting the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and Tiger's domination
Episode 5: The 2004 U.S. Open
Breaking down the controversial 2004 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills
Episode 4: John Daly
An in-depth look at the 1991 PGA Championship and its unlikely victor ... John Daly.
Episode 3: OWGR
How did the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) start? And why has it become so controversial?
Episode 2: 2019 Masters
In episode 2 of the all-new "50 Things That Changed Golf" podcast, Shane Ryan and Jamie Kennedy travel back to 2019 and Tiger Woods' memorab...
Episode 1: 1996 Masters
In the first episode of our new Golf Digest podcast, 50 Things That Changed Golf, Shane Ryan and Jamie Kennedy travel back 30 years to the 1...
The time the Ryder Cup almost died
In the early 1980s, there came a point where the Ryder Cup governing bodies had seemingly tried everything, but nothing worked. The matches...
Three mid-century Ryder Cup maniacs
Buried in Ryder Cup history, in the middle of the last century, are some enormous personalities, and today we're looking at three of them wh...
The Tour Championship: 40 years of success and failure
In 1987, PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman announced the first-ever Tour Championship, and 20 years later, new commissioner Tim Finchem kick...
The Tiger Killer: The fascinating life and times of Y.E. Yang
For a man who did something so astounding—becoming the first and only golfer to beat Tiger Woods on Sunday at a major from behind—we know ve...
The English drought (curse??) at the Open Championship: What gives?
In 1992, Nick Faldo held off John Cook at Muirfield to win his third Open Championship. As it happened, this is the last time an English gol...
America's Ryder Cup Restoration, Part 2: The Rise of Azinger
Following the blowouts of 2004 and 2006, the lowest point in US Ryder Cup history, the Americans needed a visionary leader. Tiger Woods was...
America's Ryder Cup Restoration, Part 1: The Miserable Years
In 2008, after a disastrous start to the decade, the American Ryder Cup system faced a big problem: How do we start winning again? This seri...
Weird Oakmont: How the ghosts of Pittsburgh still reign at America's toughest course
Oakmont Country Club will hold its tenth U.S. Open next week, and a tour of its past champions shows how the hardscrabble philosophy of its...
Rory, Tiger, and Tom: The great equipment controversies
What happens when a winner's equipment is found to be nonconforming after the fact? The answer is, "nothing," at least in terms of the resul...
The PGA Championship's Match Play era, and a ridiculous record you never knew existed
For about 40 years in major championship history, winning the PGA required a test of endurance that seems absurd today. In the midst of trac...
Rory and Northern Ireland: The Complicated Relationship
In a place where nobody escapes politics, Rory McIlroy has done his best to stay neutral, despite a tragic family history with the Troubles....
When Jim Murray fought Augusta National on race
L.A. Times Pulitzer Prize winner Jim Murray was one of the most celebrated sports columnists of his era, at a time when columnists held more...