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Episode 133: TGH 133: The History of Oakmont: Part 1

May 16th, 2025  |  Season 7  |  51 mins 24 secs

2025 us open, golf, golf history, golf major, oakmont, top 100 golf, us open

In this first installment of our deep dive into the storied history of Oakmont Country Club, we're joined by club historian Dave Moore to explore Oakmont's formative years - before the US Opens, before the national spotlight. We uncover the vision of founder HC Fownes, the bold architectural principles that shaped the course, and how Oakmont's fierce identity was forged long before it became a championship icon. This is the origin story of one of golf's most revered venues.

Episode 132: TGH 132: They Won For Everyone

May 11th, 2025  |  Season 7  |  26 mins 28 secs

caucasian clause, golf, golf history, golf majors, pga championship

The week leading into the 2025 PGA Championship, I thought I would reshare one of our fan favorite podcasts titled, "They Won for Everyone." This podcast tells the story of golf's systematic discrimination and the events that led to the striking of the PGA's Caucasian Clause.

Next week the TalkinGolf History podcast will have a brand new podcast on the History of James Braid.

For the US Open we will cover the History of Oakmont Country Club.

Episode 131: TGH 131: The Top 100 Golfers

April 20th, 2025  |  Season 7  |  51 mins 9 secs

golf, golf history, nicklaus, the open, top 100 golfers, us open, usga, woods

Today on the podcast I interview author Michael Arkush about his new book, The Golf 100: A Spirited Ranking of the Greatest Players of All-Time.
I think you will really enjoy this show - we took a slightly different route and focused on some of the lesser known golfers and in the end I debate Michael a bit on his Top 10.

Listen to the podcast and let me know what you think - who is in your Top 10 of all-time? Let me know on twitter @shistorians

Episode 130: TGH 130: The Hidden History of the Masters

March 31st, 2025  |  Season 7  |  45 mins 7 secs

augusta national, bobby jones, golf artifacts, golf history, the masters

Episode #130 is this year's Masters podcast and boy do we have a doozy!

On today's podcast we are joined by Augusta Historian, Greg Lamb and we are going to take you inside the gates of Augusta National, inside the clubhouse and share with you some of the great relics of Augusta National's past. There are things we are about to discuss that I would bet not every Augusta National member knows about - in short you are in for a real treat!

Episode 129: TGH 129: Matchless with Stephen Proctor

March 17th, 2025  |  Season 7  |  1 hr 10 mins

bobby jones, collett, golf, golf history, st andrews, wethred

Stephen Proctor's latest book, Matchless" is due out October of 2025 and in it he makes an argument for the match piting USA's Glenna Collett vs the UK's Joyce Wethered going down as the Match of the Century. These two Titans of the Green propelled the women's game into the international spotlight and laid the groundwork for what would become the LPGA Tour.

Matchless marks Stephen's third golf history book and quite frankly its a trilogy that every golf history lover needs to have on their shelves.

We hope you enjoy this preview of MATCHLESS!

Episode 128: TGH 128: The History of Allan Robertson

March 2nd, 2025  |  Season 7  |  1 hr 38 mins

allan robertson, golf, golf history, old tom morris, r&a, st andrews

I’m thrilled to introduce a podcast that has been on my mind for seven years. Allan Robertson, the King of Clubs and the original Champion Golfer, is one of golf’s most fascinating yet untold stories, until now. I’m deeply grateful to Bill Williams for igniting this journey and to Roger McStravick for bringing it to completion.

For the next hour and a half, let me borrow your ears. I promise you’ll learn, you’ll laugh, and you’ll be captivated by the legend who has long waited in the shadows.

If you’re in North America, you can purchase Roger McStravick’s book, Allan Robertson: The King of Clubs, at Auld Grey Toun Golf Books & Collectibles: www.auldgreytoungolf.com.

Episode 127: TGH 127: The Oldest Golf Society

February 13th, 2025  |  Season 7  |  32 mins 19 secs

golf, golf history, oldest golf, royal burgess

I wish I could take credit for this wonderful podcast, but it is brought to us by our friends at the Top 100 Clubhouse Podcast. This is a brilliant podcaston the history of golf's oldest golfing society, Royal Burgess.

Make sure to check out their podcast!

Episode 125: TGH 125: Short Stories

December 28th, 2024  |  Season 6  |  18 mins 43 secs

golf, golf history, short stories, st andrews, the open, us open, usga

I thought we could finish out the year with five short golf history stories.
Five amazing stories that are likely too short to be a full length podcast.

The Five Stories:

1. How the Western Golf Association Almost Convinced the USGA to Change Their Name
2. How a Newspaper Misprint May Have Cost a Golfer a Major
3. A Mental Lapse in the 1950 US Open Playoff
4. The Quirky Story of the First Playoff in Major Championship History
5. The Golfer Who Refused to Win a Major

Delightful and short stories sure to entertain. Happy New Year Everyone!

Episode 124: TGH 124: The Tiger Slam

December 8th, 2024  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 3 mins

golf, golf history, grand slam, tiger slam, tiger woods

Today on the show we are joined by author, Kevin Cook to discuss his new book: The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story of the Greatest Golf Ever Played. This show will go down as an instant classic - an unbelievable journey to Tiger's most dominant stretch of golf.

A special thanks to Simon and Schuster for connecting me with Kevin Cook.

Episode 122: TGH 122: The History of Scotty Cameron, Part 1

November 3rd, 2024  |  Season 6  |  58 mins 17 secs

golf, golf history, putters, scotty cameron, scotty putters

I thought you might enjoy a little history that you might carry around in your golf bag. This is a two part podcast on the History of Scotty Cameron - arguably the most famous clubmaker in the history of the game of golf.

Our guest for today's show is Scotty Cameron expert and collector, Bill Vogeney who's friends call him "Vog" (pronounced Vogue). I know you will thoroughly enjoy this two part series on Scotty Cameron.
As always let me know your thoughts on twitter. My handle is @shistorians.

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