Local Knowledge

By: Golf Digest
  • Summary

  • 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.
    Show more Show less
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2
Episodes
  • The Terrible, Wonderful History of Q School
    Sep 4 2024

    Since its introduction in 1963, the PGA Tour's Q School has routinely been one of the most dramatic, heart-wrenching golf tournaments on the planet. This is where careers are made, and where just as often they're broken before they have a chance to soar. Where did it come from? How has it changed? Why did it disappear, only to return last year? This week, we investigate the institution of the Q School, and the outsize place it occupies in the minds of professional golfers.

    Show more Show less
    32 mins
  • What we knew about Chi Chi Rodriguez, and what we didn't
    Aug 19 2024

    On Aug. 8, Chi Chi Rodriguez passed away at age 88 and left behind him a legacy of a player whose reputation and personality exceeded his relatively modest success. That's how he would have wanted it: Rodriguez was an entertainer at heart, and he always had a joke or an elaborate celebration up his sleeve. But for this child of poverty from Puerto Rico, there's so much that stayed hidden, and it goes deeper than the surface image of a lovable jokester.

    Show more Show less
    38 mins
  • The Bizarre Early Days of Olympic Golf, 1900-1904
    Aug 5 2024

    Long before Scottie Scheffler took gold in Paris, and more than a century before Justin Rose won in Rio, Olympic golf existed in the very early history of the Olympic games. This is the incredibly strange story of Olympic golf in 1900 and 1904, when chaos and confusion ruled, and only rarely gave way to Olympic glory.

    Show more Show less
    44 mins

What listeners say about Local Knowledge

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.