The Golfer's Journal Podcast

Gary Player was 17 and had only been playing golf for three years when he told his father that he was turning pro. Player went on to win nine majors and the career grand slam on two different tours, and today, at 91, he still cannot entirely explain how. On this episode, he and host Tom Coyne go looking for the answer in what Player calls “it,” a quality he can spot in champions but never quite define. Along the way he tells the story of the five words he got out of Ben Hogan at his first U.S. Open, the 22-footer he holed at Augusta for a caddie who needed a new roof, what made Arnie and Jack brothers rather than rivals, and the goal he’s chasing: Teeing it up at 100 years old. The Golfer's Journal and this podcast are made possible by reader support. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider becoming a member here: https://glfrsj.nl/MembershipsYTThe Golfer’s Journal Podcast is presented by Titleist.

Tom Coyne spent four months walking 1,118 miles around the links of Ireland, and it turned into a bestseller. Nearly two decades later his book has become a television series, and this time he had company, considerably better accommodations and a few less miles on foot. A Course Called Ireland premieres Sunday on Paramount+ and the BBC, with our editor playing the links of Northern Ireland and the Republic alongside Bill Murray and a rotating cast of Murrays and friends. In this episode, Coyne is joined by Joel Murray, Johnny Murray and executive producer Casey Scharf to share their favorite stories from the show, including a surf lesson that went sideways, how a massage therapist ended up on the crew and what it actually takes to keep Bill in line.The Golfer's Journal and this podcast are made possible by reader support. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider becoming a member here: https://glfrsj.nl/MembershipsYTThe Golfer’s Journal Podcast is presented by Titleist.

On October 13, we celebrated Member Appreciation Day, our annual thank-you to the Broken Tee Society members who power everything we do. To help celebrate, we went live inside the BTS Community for our first-ever edition of MAD Radio, catching up with members, contributors and friends of the brand. You can listen to each segment of the show here in The Golfer’s Journal Podcast feed.About Charlie Warzel:Charlie is a staff writer at The Atlantic, host of the Galaxy Brain podcast and one of TGJ’s regular contributors. In this episode, we cover the $700 human-hair mullet he got to pay off a bet with Chasing Scratch, the Twitter DM that became a Ben Rector song at Lincoln Center, and the deer that charged the 18th at Cypress Point.The Golfer's Journal and this podcast are made possible by reader support. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider becoming a member here:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://glfrsj.nl/MembershipsYT⁠⁠The Golfer’s Journal Podcast is presented by Titleist.

On October 13, we celebrated Member Appreciation Day, our annual thank-you to the Broken Tee Society members who power everything we do. To help celebrate, we went live inside the BTS Community for our first-ever edition of MAD Radio, catching up with members, contributors and friends of the brand. You can listen to each segment of the show here in The Golfer’s Journal Podcast feed.About Shane Bacon:Shane calls golf for CBS and the Korn Ferry Tour, co-founded the logo studio Ground Under Repair and is a TGJ contributor. In this episode, we cover the Korn Ferry Tour graduates to watch, what makes a great club logo, and his Wednesday walks around Augusta National with Billy Kratzert.The Golfer's Journal and this podcast are made possible by reader support. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider becoming a member here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://glfrsj.nl/MembershipsYT⁠The Golfer’s Journal Podcast is presented by Titleist.

On October 13, we celebrated Member Appreciation Day, our annual thank-you to the Broken Tee Society members who power everything we do. To help celebrate, we went live inside the BTS Community for our first-ever edition of MAD Radio, catching up with members, contributors and friends of the brand. You can listen to each segment of the show here in The Golfer’s Journal Podcast feed.About Jim Dodson:Jim is a NYT bestselling author who wrote Final Rounds, Arnold Palmer’s memoir A Golfer’s Life and the definitive Ben Hogan biography, and he’s a regular TGJ contributor. In this episode, we cover the call from Winnie Palmer he was sure was a prank, what Arnie trusted him to put in the book, and the story of the last time he saw Palmer before he passed.The Golfer's Journal and this podcast are made possible by reader support. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider becoming a member here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://glfrsj.nl/MembershipsYT⁠The Golfer’s Journal Podcast is presented by Titleist.