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Local Knowledge

Local Knowledge

By: Golf Digest
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 The best golf stories have multiple layers to them. In each episode, Local Knowledge dives deep into a subject golfers want to know about, whether it’s about the game they play, the competition at the highest level, or the surprising ways golf factors into larger conversations throughout society. Hosts Alex Myers, Keely Levins, Shane Ryan and Sam Weinman weave together original interviews, Golf Digest reporting, and additional elements to tell the type of compelling stories that have been a Golf Digest staple for decades.Copyright 2023 All rights reserved. Golf
Episodes
  • Weird Oakmont: How the ghosts of Pittsburgh still reign at America's toughest course

    Weird Oakmont: How the ghosts of Pittsburgh still reign at America's toughest course
    Jun 3 2025

    Oakmont Country Club will hold its tenth U.S. Open next week, and a tour of its past champions shows how the hardscrabble philosophy of its founders still prevails, and maybe even exerts a supernatural influence on this brutal, glorious track.
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    36 mins
  • Rory, Tiger, and Tom: The great equipment controversies

    Rory, Tiger, and Tom: The great equipment controversies
    May 20 2025

    What happens when a winner's equipment is found to be nonconforming after the fact? The answer is, "nothing," at least in terms of the result. But as we'll see from the case of Rory at Quail Hollow, Tiger at Disney, and Tom Watson (twice!), things get more complicated in the court of public opinion.
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    21 mins
  • The PGA Championship's Match Play era, and a ridiculous record you never knew existed

    The PGA Championship's Match Play era, and a ridiculous record you never knew existed
    May 6 2025

    For about 40 years in major championship history, winning the PGA required a test of endurance that seems absurd today. In the midst of tracking down the record holder for most holes played in a major, we ran into more than a few wild stories.
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    24 mins
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