FORE the Good of the Game

Winner of the 1964 PGA Championship, Bobby Nichols, along with Bruce Devlin recall some unruly Texas A&M fans at the Houston Open, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://www.forethegoodofthegame.com/reviews/new/  Apple Podcasts      https://podcasts.ap...

World Golf Hall of Fame member Annika Sorenstam remembers the time the LPGA Tour came to town while she was still in college in Tucson. Seeing the best in the game playing up close inspired her, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://www.forethegoodofthega...

World Golf Hall of Fame member Nancy Lopez remembers trying to speak Spanish to her " abuela " at home but sometimes the words don't quite come out right, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://www.forethegoodofthegame.com/reviews/new/  Appl...

World Golf Hall of Fame member Susie Maxwell Berning recalls the disappointment of losing the 1967 Women's U.S. Open at the Homestead to French amateur Catherine Lacoste and how she took our her frustrations in a humorous way, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website     ...

1964 PGA Champion Bobby Nichols tells us about the offer that seemed too good to be true, being invited to be the PGA Professional at Firestone CC in 1967. His association with the club lasted until 1980, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://www.foretheg...

World Golf Hall of Fame member Judy Rankin was a golfing phenom as a youngster. Listen is as she shares what led up to her gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated at a young age, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://www.forethegoodofthegame.com/reviews/n...

Major Championship winner John Mahaffey is sitting in a bar with Tom Watson in 1973 after John's first win at the Sahara Invitational and worries about his destiny in golf. Remember, this came before Tom's first win the following year at the Western Open, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a r...

World Golf Hall of Fame member Nick Price, along with Bruce Devlin recall the great ball-striking abilities of Lee Trevino, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://www.forethegoodofthegame.com/reviews/new/  Apple Podcasts      https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...

9-time major championship winner Gary Player recalls his first major win at the 1959 Open Championship at Muirfield where he "gave the love" to the stodgy Club Secretary and "it conquered the man", "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https:/...

Mr "59" Al Geiberger and Bruce Devlin recall the early days of shenanigans at Sawgrass CC when Gary McCord played "high ball" in a barber's chair and JC Snead couldn't keep his hat on, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://ww...

3-time major winner on the LPGA Tour, Mary Mills and Bruce Devlin reflect back on a day in the summer of 1970 when they both found themselves playing and winning in the State of Ohio, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://www.forethegoodofthegame.com/revi...

Two-time winner of the U.S. Open, Andy North, looks back on his favorite broadcasting moments and the privilege of watching the greatness of Tiger Woods, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://www.forethegoodofthegame.com/reviews/new/  Apple Podcasts     ...

World Golf Hall of Fame member Mark O'Meara remembers the good fortune of avoiding a lost ball penalty on the 6th hole during his Saturday round at Royal Birkdale Golf Club en route to winning the 1998 Open Championship, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website           ...

Paul Azinger, winner of the 1993 PGA Championship, shares the one true golf swing fundamental that he and Phil Blackmar have discussed, refined and articulated in three simple words,  "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://www.forethegoodofthegame.com/revi...

Two-time Masters Champion Ben Crenshaw shares an interesting observation that his caddie Carl Jackson made as Ben prepared his game prior to that memorable Masters win in 1995, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://www.forethegoodofthegame.com/reviews/new...

World Hall of Fame member Amy Alcott takes us back to a "Really Big Shew" from the 1960's doing her best Ed Sullivan impersonation, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://www.forethegoodofthegame.com/reviews/new/  Apple Podcasts      https:/...

Major winner and golf broadcaster Ian Baker-Finch answers one of our traditional closing questions, "If you were twenty years old again and knew what you know now, what would you do differently?", "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://www.foreth...

Open Championship winner Mark Calcavecchia looks back on a frustrating Ryder Cup loss for the U.S. side in 2002 at the Belfry, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://www.forethegoodofthegame.com/reviews/new/  Apple Podcasts      https://podcasts.apple.com/...

World Golf Hall of Fame member Annika Sorenstam talks about what she did to keep her golf game sharp through Sweden's long winters, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on:  Our Website            https://www.forethegoodofthegame.com/reviews/new/  Apple Podcasts      https://podcasts....

Two-time major championship winner Dave Stockton recalls the encouraging words he received from Ben Hogan in the locker room at Colonial C.C. that propelled him to victory, the only player to have won the Colonial National Invitational as a " Champion's Choice " in the year selected, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the sho...

Nick Price, winner of the 1994 Open Championship, takes us back to the 1988 Open at Lytham where the final group featured Seve, Faldo and himself. Listen in as Nick describes the fun he had dueling it out down the strech in a major with the game's finest players and how he marveled at the talent and charisma of Severiano Ballesteros, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mik...

2-time U.S. Open Champion Andy North wins the 1985 event at Oakland Hills when T.C. Chen, leading by four strokes at the time,  famously two-chipped his way to a quadruple bogey on the 5th hole of the final round.  Often lost in the story is the albatross he made in the first round at the second hole. We talk about it here, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback...

World Golf Hall of Fame member Mark O'Meara reflects on his experience at the 1999 World Cup played in Kuala Lumper. Teamed with Tiger Woods representing the U.S., Mark finds himself playing poorly in the final round before resorting to reverse psychology on the young Tiger, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show a...

Hollis Stacy, winner of four LPGA majors, was a junior phenom, winning three straight U.S. Girl's Junior championships. Her lifelong swing thought for tempo came from her mother Tillie. It was the Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss II and when Hollis got a little cocky, Tillie was good at keeping her grounded, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Tex...

WGHOF member Amy Alcott fondly recalls her "side job", working in the off-season at The Butterfly Bakery, owned by a lovely Armenian couple. Even Occidental Petroleum's CEO Armand Hammer came looking for the famous golfer/sandwich-maker at lunch one day, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave...