TGJ Podcast – Page 5 – The Golfer’s Journal

Kids Golf Clubs, Scotland

From Gamer to Golfer

A fresh look at junior golf instruction

Lessons in Leadership with Paul McGinley

A Ryder Cup hero reflects on what he's learned during a career that never came easy

A Compendium of Golf’s Cheaters

Sandbaggers, ball-droppers and lie-fluffers, oh my!

The Sober League

Three members of Philadelphia’s sober golf league discuss the game’s role in their recovery

One Trip to Rule Them All

Inside the PGA Tour’s Traveling Circus

A longtime PGA Tour executive reflects on the stories that shaped his career

Ben Rector’s Off-Stage Addiction

The singer-songwriter dishes on his career, the role golf plays, and Bluetooth speakers

Golf According to Spencer Hall

A premier college football writer swaps sports for the day to workshop golf takes, and introduce us to Ray Ray Whitley—your new favorite golfer

Aerial image of Old Head Golf Links

Mike Madden and the Invisible Hand of Golf

An auction winner becomes a lifelong friend thanks to Ballybunion, Philly Cricket, Muhammed Ali and a famous bus

USA. Los Angeles. 1964. Photo by Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos

Jim Fitzpatrick’s Endless Summer

A life-altering 4-iron, declassified rocket explosions and the world's first skateboard

The Walker Bag

Chris Solomon and the Traveling Bag

Chris Solomon returns to the show to talk about the brotherhood behind a traveling carry bag

The Johns of Aronimink

Paying Aronimink a visit in search of the real stories behind two of golf’s most under-appreciated characters: John Shippen and John McDermott.

Behind USGA Lines

Into the depths of golf’s treasure chest

Lester George Live from Ballyhack

Ballyhack's architect crashes the Broken Tee 2-Man

Charles Lindsay

Expand Your Mind with Charles Lindsay

Charles Lindsay describes himself as “a conceptual artist-adventurer, whose work synthesizes ideas about technology, time, eco-systems, and semiotics.” And he believes playing a ton of…

Ken Wang

Meet Vera Wang's brother who hired Pete Dye to build Pound Ridge GC

Sheep Ranch

Good News Is Just a Phone Call Away

COVID, cheating, distance debates, course closures and a lack of diversity—golf’s recent news cycle has been gloomy. But it’s not all bad out there

Interview: Colton Craig

Real Talk with Colton Craig

Colton Craig is a 27-year-old golf-course architect and founder of the Perry Maxwell Society. Over the past year he’s quit his apprentice gig, opened his…

Annika Sorenstam

Yes in a Heartbeat: Annika at the Colonial

Sorenstam, Arron Oberholser, along with journalists and marshalls who witnessed it first-hand, re-live the controversial resistance from male and female pros, and her shocking four-word…

Dr. George F. Grant

Dive into the remarkable life of Dr. George F. Grant—the second African American graduate of Harvard Dental School, and inventor of the wooden golf tee…

Hickories, Conocodell Golf Club, Pennsylvania

Shrink the Game with Ken Kearney

Ken Kearney went from a decorated Irish amateur player to a career in finance to golf-course architect. For his next big challenge, he wants to…

Silvies

Dispatches From the New Frontier

Contributing Editor D.J. Piehowski makes his return to the TGJ Podcast—reading his thorough TGJ No. 11 profile on the reverse routing at remote Silvies Valley…

Carne

The Pandemic Diary

No place is safe from the ravages of the COVID-19 virus, even host Tom Coyne’s beloved Carne Golf Links on the remote Western coast of…

Hubberman

The Last Time Golf Stopped

Tom Coyne serves as commanding general on this docu-pod exploration of golf through the 1940s—the last time golf was forced to mark and step away

Ep.51: Life on the Inside

Life on the Inside

Renowned sports psychologist Dr. Bob Winters returns, this time to answer subscriber questions about golf's new normal