This is one of the most fascianting episodes of the TalkinGolf History Podcast I have ever done – the story of one of Al Capone’s Hitmen, the man who likely designed the infamous St Valentine’s Day Massacre and the story of how he played in the 1933 Western Open at Olympia Fields…and was arrested on the course during the second round of play!

If that isnt good enough for you our guest John Fischer discusses his father, the last man to win a major championship using hickory shafted clubs, and for decades was responsible for setting the pins for the Masters. This episode is surely bound for the TGH Hall of Fame!!!

TalkinGolf History is proud to release Part 2 of the History of Olympia Fields Country Club, with special guests Bob Topel and Andy Staples. In this episode we discuss how the major championships forged the lore of the Home of Champions…Olympia Fields and then dive into how a masterplan for a restoration can help celebrate this historic club’s legacy.

A great conversation and a couple of laughs follow. As always…enjoy!

In Episode 44 we are joined by special guests, Olympia Fields Historian, Bob Topel and Golf Course Architect, Andy Staples to discuss the history of one of the finest country clubs in the United States of America. Over the course of this two part special we will dive into the history of Olympia Fields, how we almost lost her to the Great Depression, the architects who designed her 4 courses and the majors that defined her.

“Olympia Fields was the Private Bandon Dunes of her time.”
– Andy Staples

On this episode of the TalkinGolf History Podcast we dive into one of the most important visual acquisitions in USGA Museum’s History. Over the past several decades Howard Schickler has amassed one of the most comprehensive collections of early golf photography starting from the earliest days of photography and running through the period that preceded World War I.

Our two guests today Howard Schickler, the curator of this collection and Hilary Cronheim, the Senior Director of the USGA Golf Museum discuss the collection and its ability to help tell golf’s great history.

After a lengthy delay due to technical diffilculties, the TalkinGolf History Podcast returns with the history of one of golf’s great defenders, the history of the man who understood the game like few have before him or since…author, historian and perhaps golfer psychotica, Bernard Darwin.

Stephen Proctor author of the celebrated book on Young Tom Morris, “Monarch of the Green” joins us to share Darwin’s history and some of his delightful words. I know you will enjoy this episode.

Episode 41 is a special edition to the TalkinGolf History Podcast as it introduces our listeners to one of my favorite sport’s history podcasts, “Sports Forgotten Heroes” with its brilliant host Warren Rohan.

This is a must listen episode as Warren and I talk about three of the greatest underdog champions to ever win a major finishing with some great stories behind Jack Fleck’s improbable victory over Ben Hogan in the 1955 US Open. I promise this will be one of the best podcasts you listen to this year…the Fisherman, the Roofer and the Tin Cup.

The second season of the TalkinGolf History Podcast is focused on the History of the Great Golf Course Architects. In that same theme our guest today has been responsible for restoring the work of some of our greatest golf course architects. Our guest, Ron Forse of Forse Golf Design dives into the special sauce behind historic golf course restorations.

Episode 39: Interview with Dr. Bern Bernacki, the President of the Golf Heritage Society on its 50th Anniversary. The Golf Heritage Society works with historians, artists and collectors to build the collective knowldge of golf’s grand history.

In Episode 38 we talk with the founder of Golf Course Architecture Magazine, Adam Lawrence about the man who many consider to be the Father of Golf Course Architecture, Harry Colt. Adam is in the process of writing the definitive biography on Harry Colt – so sit back and enjoy the history of the man who brought golf design into the modern world.

A mystery that has lasted nearly 100 years – golf course architecture’s very own Indiana Jones movie – the search and the possible discovery of Seth Raynor’s lost routing of Cypress Point. Please join us for one of the most interesting podcasts I have been a part of – with special guests Sven Nilsen and Bret Lawrence.

No matter how you look at the discovery and the “who done it” what we do have are two very early routings of Cypress Point that are different than the course Dr. Alister MacKenzie gave us.