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Episode 116: TGH 116: The Myths of the Masters Part 2

March 31st, 2024  |  Season 6  |  52 mins 1 sec

augusta national, golf, golf history, green jacket, holy grail, the masters

We welcome back Golf Historian, Greg Lamb for the second part of this two part podcast - "The Myths of the Masters.'

We started part 1 talking about assassinations and we end this podcast with the possible location of both the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail - can you name another podcast with this much range?

Tune in - and enjoy some good stories sprinkled in with some great golf history.

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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 52: TGH 52: The Evolution of Augusta National Part 1

November 1st, 2020  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 28 mins

alister mackenzie, august national, bobby jones, green jacket, the masters

On this episode of TalkinGolf History we are joined by Jasper Miner and Joe McDonnell of Evalu18 to discuss the evolution of Dr. Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones' masterpiece, Augusta National Golf Club. In part one we dive into the first 9 holes and how they have evolved over the past 87 years.

In Episode 53 we will discuss the final 9 holes at Augusta National.

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