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FORE the Good of the Game

Bruce Devlin and Mike Gonzalez

"FORE the Good of the Game” is a golf podcast featuring interviews with World Golf Hall of Fame members, winners of major championships and other people of influence in and around the game of golf. Highlighting the positive aspects of the game, we aim to create and provide an engaging and timeless repository of content that listeners can enjoy now and forever. Co-hosted by PGA Tour star Bruce Devlin, our podcast focuses on telling their life stories, in their voices. Join Bruce and Mike Gonzalez

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31:18

Jan Stephenson - Part 2 (Early Wins and Being the...

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2023/12/10

3-time major championship winner, Jan Stephenson, reflects back on her early years on the LPGA Tour and recounts several of her 27 professional wins including her first at the 1973 Wills Australian Ladies Open. Jan describes how her life changed when, in 1977, Sport Magazine used a photo of a bra-less Stephenson, not intended for publication, on the cover of their magazine. She relates how, in the crazed aftermath of that photo, LPGA Commissioner Ray Volpe recognized an opportunity to change the

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46:02

Jan Stephenson - Part 1 (The Early Years)

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2023/12/10

World Golf Hall of Fame member Jan Stephenson recalls her formative years growing up in Australia as a multi-sport athlete with an early passion for surfing before turning to golf and winning everything as a junior player. Listen in as she remembers her first failed attempt at qualifying for the LPGA Tour and returning home with no money to jobs as a barmaid, public relations professional and model before returning to the U.S. to earn her card. She was, by her own admission, a free spirit, agitating

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38:54

Justin Leonard - Part 3 (The 1999 Ryder Cup)

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2023/12/09

In this thrilling conclusion of a three-part series with Justin Leonard, listeners are invited to embark on a journey through Leonard's professional career from 2000 onward. An episode filled with vivid insights and reflections, Leonard shares his experiences playing in the Dunhill Cup, the World Cup, and the improbable putt he made at 1999 Ryder Cup at Brookline, an event etched in golfing history.Leonard opens up about his time playing alongside legends like Davis Love III and Jim Furyk, and

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41:58

Justin Leonard - Part 2 (The 1997 Open Championship)

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2023/12/09

In this riveting second part of a three-part series, we delve into the professional career of golf legend Justin Leonard, a name synonymous with determination and prowess on the green. The episode invites you to journey through the critical years that shaped Leonard's career, leading up to the pinnacle of his success in the late 1990's.As we travel back in time, the episode explores Leonard's early years on the PGA Tour, illuminating the challenges, triumphs, and lessons learned. From

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39:22

Justin Leonard - Part 1 (The Early Years)

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2023/12/09

In this gripping first episode of a three-part series with Open Champion Justin Leonard, we explore the foundations of Leonard's remarkable golf journey as we delve into Leonard's early triumphs and the experiences that shaped his rise to golfing prominence.Starting with his amateur years, Leonard shares compelling insights into his victories at prominent tournaments such as the Southern Amateur, the Western Amateur, and the U.S. Amateur. Leonard's fascinating recollections of playing

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34:46

Sandra Post - Part 3 (The Later Years)

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2023/12/08

One of Canada's finest golfers, Sandra Post recounts her final few years on the LPGA Tour by describing the transformational impact that David Foster and the Colgate-Palmolive Company had on women's golf in the 1970's and 1980's. Their sponsorship brought more fans and opportunities. Sandra's thoughts constantly return to the advice her airplane seat mate, Kathy Whitworth gave her once about what it takes to win. She remembers the kindness of her fellow players when it came

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40:47

Sandra Post - Part 2 (The 1968 LPGA Championship)

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2023/12/08

Major Championship winner Sandra Post started her professional career in style as the first Canadian to play on the LPGA Tour. Her inaugural win was the 1968 LPGA Championship in a playoff over Kathy Whitworth. Her play that year earned her Rookie of the Year honors. Listen in as Sandra describes traveling the U.S. with her roommate Renee Powell and hear about the hardships Renee and Althea Gibson endured on Tour. She found winning to be difficult in those early years but still managed 8 wins and 20

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32:08

Sandra Post - Part 1 (The Early Years)

FORE the Good of the Game ·

2023/12/08

Winner of the 1968 LPGA Championship, Sandra Post takes us back to her first encounter with women golfers, a detour on a baseball spring training trip in Florida with her father, at age 5. Sandra befriended LPGA Founder Marilyn Smith at that event in 1953, met Babe Zaharias three years later and played in an exhibition with the great Kathy Whitworth. She won virtually everything in Canada as a junior golfer and reflects on the Canadian golf greats that preceded and followed her career. Sandra Post

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40:04

Pat Hurst - Part 3 (The Solheim Cup)

FORE the Good of the Game ·

2023/12/07

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39:05

Pat Hurst - Part 2 (Winning the 1998 Dinah Shore)

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2023/12/07

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45:10

Pat Hurst - Part 1 (The Early Years)

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2023/12/07

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41:23

Charles Coody - Part 2 (The Rest of the Story)

FORE the Good of the Game ·

2023/12/06

1971 Masters Champion, Charles Coody, puts us inside the room at the annual Champion’s Dinner at Augusta and recalls his fondest memories of the Par 3 tournament with his grandsons caddying (and hitting the occasional putt). He admits regret with only playing one Open Championship, a T5 at Birkdale, in 1971 and shares his memories of other Tour victories. His love of family, and pride of his grandchildren, are evident as Charles Coody shares the rest of his story, “FORE the Good of the Game.”Support

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47:49

Charles Coody - Part 1 (The Masters 1971)

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2023/12/06

50 years on from his Masters triumph, Charles Coody recounts his early life, committing to golf as his livelihood after being inspired while seeing Hogan and Snead at Colonial CC as a 14-year old. Hear about life on the road as a traveling caravan from tour stop to tour stop, families on the road together. He relives his close call at the Masters in 1969 and his one regretful club-pull at the 16th. Breaking through with his win in 1971 over Nicklaus and Johnny Miller he makes it clear who he needed

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69:53

David Graham - Part 2 (The Major Championships)

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2023/12/05

World Golf Hall of Fame member and two-time major winner, David Graham recalls the most memorable of his 37 professional wins including his first on the PGA Tour, a playoff victory over, none other than, Bruce Devlin. He looks back on the days of chauffeur-driven Rolls Royces at the Piccadilly World Match Play at Wentworth and teaming up with Bruce for a World Cup win in Argentina, representing Australia. Re-live the 1979 PGA Championship, won in a playoff with Ben Crenshaw after doubling the last

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56:57

David Graham - Part 1 (The Early Years)

FORE the Good of the Game ·

2023/12/05

World Golf Hall of Fame member and two-time major winner, David Graham joins us to reminisce about his early life in Australia leading up to his first U.S. PGA Tour event in 1969. Hear how Bruce Devlin helped him overhaul his golf swing and game, how he "escaped" Tasmania, transitioned from the 1.62" ball to the larger 1.68" American golf ball and how Devlin helped him finally get settled in America. The "Dog" and The "Devil". David Graham shares his early

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58:34

Nathaniel Crosby - U.S. Walker Cup Captain

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2023/12/04

Hear tales from the Crosby "Clambake" featuring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dean Martin (Bruce's long-time partner) and many others. Listen as Nathaniel recalls negotiating with Deane Beman as a teenager, his amateur golf successes, participating in the Masters and Open Championships, playing with Seve on the European Tour and the wonderful history of Hoylake. The Captain of the 2019 winning U.S. squad and this year's U.S. Walker Cup team Captain tells his story, "FORE the Good

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28:43

Bruce Devlin - Part 4 (Life After the Tour)

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2023/12/03

Bruce Devlin looks back on his work after the PGA Tour which included a brief stint on the Senior Tour. He caught the course design bug beginning in the late 1960's and that, along with his pioneering days as a golf broadcaster, took him away from competition well before his elite golfing skills waned. Bruce recalls his extensive body of work designing nearly 150 courses across the globe and tells of his family's philanthropic work through The Devlin Foundation. Bruce Devlin reflects on a

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27:53

Bruce Devlin - Part 3 (The Majors)

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2023/12/03

Bruce Devlin takes us back in time to review his record in golf's major championships which included 16 top-ten and 30 top-25 finishes and 61 consecutive cuts made from 1964 - 1972. He would take his one career mulligan at Augusta where he holds the distinction of having one of only four albatrosses in the history of the Masters Tournament. He recalls having the early lead on Sunday at the 1982 U.S. Open and shares his fondness for the Open Championship. Bruce Devlin ends this segment by

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32:28

Bruce Devlin - Part 2 (The Tour Life)

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2023/12/03

Bruce Devlin looks back on his favorite wins on the PGA Tour including the time he got a quick lesson from Jack Nicklaus and then went on to beat him by 4 shots for his first victory. It would be Bruce's first and last lesson from the Golden Bear. Listen as he recounts the time his regular Crosby Clambake partner, Dean Martin, sent a plane for him and Gloria, following a win at the Bob Hope, to come to Vegas for his show opener. He fondly recalls his win at Royal Birkdale in the 1966 Carling

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56:22

Bruce Devlin - Part 1 (The Early Years)

FORE the Good of the Game ·

2023/12/03

Listen as Bruce Devlin recounts his early life and his introduction to golf after his father loses an arm in an auto wreck. From "Master Plumber" to professional golfer in just a few short years, Bruce tells of his Amateur successes and the early shapers of his game from Robert Von Nida to Kel Nagle. Hear about coming to America to take on the U.S. PGA Tour and his friendships with Hogan, Nicklaus, Palmer and Player, the influence of Mark McCormack on his career and the challenges he

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