In this installment of our audio documentary series, we go back to a time when the PGA Tour operated out of a four-bedroom home in Ponte Vedra Beach. Not far from that home was a flat expanse of swampy jungle. We tell the story of how commissioner Deane Beman and architect Pete Dye turned that land into a new kind of golf venue—and how the pros reacted when they competed on it for the first time. This episode features interviews with Beman, U.S. Open and Players champion Jerry Pate, architect Tom Doak, TPC Sawgrass project manager Vernon Kelly, and journalists Adam Schupak and Sean Martin. It includes music from Assaf Ayalon, Avi Goldfinger, Maya Johanna, Ian Post, and Swirling Ship, and Kevin McLeod.
Sean Martin, “Leap of faith: Behind the Stadium Course’s wild debut at the 1982 Players Championship”
Adam Schupak, Golf’s Driving Force
Superintendent Series: Jim Huntoon on Mowing Lines and Myrtle Beach
An Insider’s View of Golf Course Rankings
How Your Personality Shapes Your Golf Game
Fried Egg Stories (Rerelease): Making TPC Sawgrass
A Way Forward for Municipal Golf
Tony Jacklin on the Ryder Cup, the Yips, and the Concession (Golf Club)
Geoff Ogilvy - Instruction, P-Reed, Rollback, and Mixed Events
Disc Golf Architecture with John Houck
The Latest from the USGA Distance Insights Project
Thoughts on the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island
Zac Blair Hires Doak and Goalby for the Tree Farm
Yolk with Doak 28: The Lido Club
Five Things About the 2021 PGA Tour Season with Sean Martin
Superintendent Series: Bob Ranum on Garden City and Mike Strantz
Yolk with Doak 27: Tom’s 2020 American Road Trip
Superintendent Series: Preparing Champions Golf Club for the U.S. Women’s Open
Yolk with Doak 26: Houston Open Redux
Mike Young on the Fields
Data Golf
Geoff Ogilvy - 2020 Masters
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