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Episode 106: TGH 106: The Evolution of Royal Liverpool

July 9th, 2023  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 23 mins

golf, golf history, hoylake, major championships, royal liverpool, the open

In this episode we celebrate the 2023 Open Championship and its host club, Royal Liverpool. We are joined by a familiar voice, Joe McDonnell who rejoins us on the podcast to talk about his home club.

We tend to think of links golf as something eternal - something that is unchanged - or perhaps created by Mother Nature. Today we dive into all of the changes that have occurred at Hoylake and how the course has evolved to the course that will host this year's Open.

Episode 105: TGH 105: The Underrated John Ball, Jr.

June 23rd, 2023  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 26 mins

golf, golf history, hoylake, john ball, r&a, royal liverpool. golf history, the open

With the Open Championship returning to Royal Liverpool, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to reshare the amazing history of John Ball, Junior. Ball was the first amateur in history to win a professional major and he was the most prolific winner of the Amateur Majors in golf history.

This is the story of Hoylake's original hero - the man that helped bring the Open to Royal Liverpool - the golfer who became the first Englishman to win the Open.

The underrated, John Ball, Junior.