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Episode 58: TGH 58: The Golf Club Without a Course

January 17th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  26 mins 41 secs

golf architecture, golf history, oakmont, pittsburgh, pittsburgh golf club, usga

Golf From The Fringe presents "The Golf Club Without a Course."

The TalkinGolf History introduced the first ever storyline podcast in 2018, when it introduced the Golf From the Fringe series - after a year off, our latest show captures the unique story of the history of the Pittsburgh Golf Club - which includes a runaway bride, a billionaire, the US President, Queen Victoria, the battle between private and public golf, the formation of the Western PA Golf Association, the creation of Oakmont, Fox Chapel and the Pittsburgh Field Club -----all in 26 minutes of run time.

The soundtrack alone makes this podcast worth listening to, as it follows 60 years of popular music through the duration of our story's timeline.

Sountrack includes:

Kevin MacLeod's "Wizardtorium"
Wizardtorium
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Nabucco Va Pensiero circa 1840

Johann Strauss II, "Roses From A Southern Waltz" perfomed by the Philadelphia Orchestra circa 1880

Charles B. Ward, "The Band Played On" circa 1895

Scott Joplin, "Original Rags" circa 1899

Elizabeth Lennox, In the Gloaming" circa 1910

Kevin MacLeod, "Atlantean Twilight"
"Atlantean Twilight"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Episode 57: TGH 57: Stories of the Game with Ben Wright

January 3rd, 2021  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 1 min

augusta national, ben hogan, bobby jones, golf, golf history, golf stories, jack nicklaus, the masters

History is all about stories and on this episode we get right to the chase in a game I call "Name Assocition." I simply say a name to Ben Wright and then stand back and wait to hear a wonderful story - an often a story I had never heard before.

Stories on Seve, Bobby Jones, Sam Snead, Gene Sarazen, Ken Venturi, Byron Nelson, Walter Hagen, Arnold Palmer, Dan Jenkins, Peter Allis, Sean Connery, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus.

Some of these stories will make you laugh...others may shock you.

A note to parents: adult language is present in this podcast.

Episode 56: TGH 56: My Friend, Ben Hogan

December 20th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 16 mins

ben hogan, ben wright, golf, golf history, majors, the masters, the open

The TalkinGolf History podcast finishes its second season with legendary writer and broadcaster, Ben Wright who spent three decades in the towers of Augusta National broadcasting the Masters.

Mr. Wright joins us for a series of podcasts kicking off with "My Friend, Ben Hogan" where he talks about his special friendship with Ben Hogan and how he saw every single shot Ben Hogan hit to claim the 1953 Open Championship at Carnoustie.

What was it like to see Hogan at his very best?

A story about Jack Nicklaus crying at the Open.

Ben Wright hitting irons while being watched by Ben Hogan.

This is a must listen to episode...and the good news...there are at least 2 more interviews with Ben Wright coming!!!

Episode 55: TGH 55: The History of Perry Maxwell

November 22nd, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 13 mins

golf, golf course architecture, golf design, golf history, perry maxwell, prairie dunes

The Golf Course Architecture Magician of the Midwest had the marvelous ability to shape the land in such a way that it would appear that it had to be Nature's work - it has been said that you wont find 18 better greens in the world, than you will find at the Maxwell Masterpiece - Prairie Dunes County Club. Prairie Dunes, much like Perry Maxwell somehow sits under the radar- both the club and the man were gamechangers for golf design in America, built upon the traditions of the old Scottish game.

Download and listen to this ode to Perry Maxwell - the genius of the shadows- perhaps the only man to have completed design work at Pine Valley, Augusta National and Cypress Point.

Episode 54: TGH 54: The Masters: The Making of a Major

November 8th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 26 mins

augusta national, bobby jones, golf, golf history, golf majors, green jacket, the masters

We welcome back to the podcast Jeff Martin, golf researcher and founder of Thinking About Golf. After to listening to Episode #3, Jeff decided to do some research - little did he know that his research would encompass hundreds of hours to get to the very root of the questions;
When did the The Augusta National Invitational become the Masters?
When did the Masters become a Major Championship?
And the search for the lost apostrophe...

Listen in and learn more about what is usually the first major of the year and in 2020 will be the last major of the year.

Episode 50: TGH 50: Saint Andrew's Golf Club

October 14th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 32 mins

golf history, jack nicklaus, john reid, st andrew's, usga

Saint Andrew's Golf Club in New York is known as the club of many firsts - it is the seed that grew golf across the United States. We dive into the history of one of the five founding clubs of the USGA and how a three hole course in a cow pasture helped start a golf craze that spread across the United States.

Episode 49: TGH 49: The History of Prairie Dunes

October 4th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  56 mins 49 secs

golf course architecture, golf history, perry maxwell, prairie dunes, press maxwell

This is the story of Prairie Dunes Country Club which nealry every publication considers it to be one of the Top 30 Golf Courses in the United States. It was built during the Great Depression with a singular focus of being the best golf course in the USA... many believed it reached that goal.

Join our discussion with PDCC Historians Rusty Hilst and Jim Gilliland as we explore the club's history and look behind the curtain of golf's version of Field of Dreams.

Episode 47: TGH 47: The Old Man - Walter Travis

September 11th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 17 mins

garden city, golf, golf history, us amateur, usga, walter travis

Walter Travis lived the life that so many of us dream of - picking up the game just under the age of 35 and winning 4 major championships he became not only America's hero, but Austrialia's first major champion!

Walter Travis only gave golf 30 years of his life, but his contributions can be felt by everyone who has ever picked up a golf club. He was called the Old Man, but in reality he was Golf's Renaissance Man.

Episode 45: TGH 45: History of Olympia Fields (Part 2)

August 26th, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 9 mins

bobby jones, golf history, golf majors, olympia fields, us open, usga, walter hagen

TalkinGolf History is proud to release Part 2 of the History of Olympia Fields Country Club, with special guests Bob Topel and Andy Staples. In this episode we discuss how the major championships forged the lore of the Home of Champions...Olympia Fields and then dive into how a masterplan for a restoration can help celebrate this historic club's legacy.

A great conversation and a couple of laughs follow. As always...enjoy!

Episode 44: TGH 44: History of Olympia Fields (Part 1 or 2)

August 23rd, 2020  |  Season 2  |  56 mins 23 secs

golf architecture, golf history, major championships, olympia fields

In Episode 44 we are joined by special guests, Olympia Fields Historian, Bob Topel and Golf Course Architect, Andy Staples to discuss the history of one of the finest country clubs in the United States of America. Over the course of this two part special we will dive into the history of Olympia Fields, how we almost lost her to the Great Depression, the architects who designed her 4 courses and the majors that defined her.

"Olympia Fields was the Private Bandon Dunes of her time."

• Andy Staples