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This Golfing Life

This Golfing Life

著者： Dan Davies
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This Golfing Life is a series of conversations about life, golf and the relationship between the two. Join host Dan Davies as he gets to the heart of the game with an eclectic range of guests - some famous, some less so; but all of them hopelessly besotted with the most engaging, infuriating and enjoyable game ever created.Sounder ゴルフ
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  • 24. John E Morgan (Pt.2): "I had a Ryder Cup in me"

    24. John E Morgan (Pt.2): "I had a Ryder Cup in me"
    2026/08/27
    In Part Two of our extended conversation with John E Morgan, we pick up one of golf's most extraordinary career trajectories. Within months of turning professional, Morgan wins on the Challenge Tour, earns his European Tour card and then heads to America, where — inspired by watching Tiger Woods at close quarters — he emerges from PGA Tour Q School with a second Tour card. Suddenly the docker's son from Bristol is sharing ranges with Ernie Els and meeting his childhood heroes, while still sufficiently starstruck to sprint across a golf course for Adam Sandler's autograph. We hear about life in America, electric-blue hair, meeting Seve Ballesteros and the loneliness behind Morgan's relentlessly exuberant exterior. Then comes the extraordinary final round of the 2004 John Deere Classic: a back-nine charge, increasingly wild fist pumps and a 30-foot birdie putt at the last to force a playoff that could have changed his life. Morgan reflects candidly on what victory might have meant — and whether his personality could actually have coped with everything that would have followed. But just a week later Morgan suffered a serious seizure on a plane, and epilepsy became an increasingly destructive presence in his career. He tells us why he eventually had to walk away from professional golf, how broadcasting gave him another way into the game he loves, and why, despite everything he achieved, he remains convinced there was a Ryder Cup player inside him. It's a story of talent and what-ifs, but also enormous gratitude: as Morgan puts it, “At least I had a piece of the pie.” Key quotes “I definitely felt there was a Ryder Cup in me.” “I was more starstruck than I was intimidated.” “Whatever cloud I was on, I was on it and I felt like Monkey Magic.” “It’s not just about me, it’s about everyone else.” “At least I had a piece of the pie. At least I tasted it.” “Do I think I'd be alive to tell this tale if that putt would have gone in? That's the truth.” Chapters 00:00 — Coming Up: The John E Morgan Story Continues 01:12 — Turning pro and tearing up the EuroPro Tour 04:01 — Bowood: The tournament that changed everything 06:37 — The 40-footer that became “absolute fruit bat” 09:29 — From Challenge Tour winner to European Tour Player 11:04 — Taking a wild shot at PGA Tour Q School 11:50 — A seizure with four holes to play 13:20 — Watching Tiger and finding his swing 17:44 — Two tour cards in eight extraordinary months 20:42 — Hawaii, the PGA Tour and chasing Adam Sandler 22:28 — Starstruck but never intimidated 24:16 — Meeting Seve Ballesteros 26:13 — Why John dyed his hair electric blue 28:15 — Money, Miami and loneliness in America 29:42 — The 2004 John Deere Classic 31:57 — Going mental on the back nine 33:25 — Fist pumps and a clutch 30-footer at 18 35:11 — The playoff that could have changed everything 39:33 — “Would I be alive if that putt had gone in?” 41:03 — When epilepsy took control 45:22 — Finding a second life in broadcasting 46:00 — What's been lost from modern pro golf? 47:55 — The happiest days of his golfing life 49:19 — “I had a Ryder Cup in me” 50:48 — No regrets, gratitude and treating people well Links ⁠John E Morgan on Instagram⁠ ⁠RNGC, Dan Davies' backyard golf course⁠ ⁠Dan Davies on Substack⁠ ⁠Get 20% of your next Sounder Golf purchase⁠ with code POD20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    54 分
  • 23. John E Morgan (Pt.1): The Jester, The Menace, The Talent

    23. John E Morgan (Pt.1): The Jester, The Menace, The Talent
    2026/08/20
    This week on This Golfing Life, we begin a special two-part interview with former PGA Tour and European Tour pro John E Morgan — one of the game’s great characters, and a golfer whose rise was as unconventional as the man himself. In Part 1, John takes us back to a working-class childhood in Portishead, growing up as the only son of a Bristol docker and falling hopelessly in love with golf. He talks candidly about dyslexia, bullying at school, the obsessive competitive streak that drove him on, and why his larger-than-life personality never quite fitted the blazer-dominated culture of elite amateur golf. He also opens up about the epilepsy diagnosis that would shape his career, the moment he considered walking away from golf altogether, and the brutally simple advice from his father that changed his mind. The episode ends with an extraordinary twist in Spain: a £50 golf commercial, two holed shots, and a chance encounter with the man who would bankroll his professional dream. Key quotes “It’s hard to feel vulnerable when you feel invincible.” “I had to be the jester. I had to be the one that brought the laughs. I had to be the crazy one that would do something off the wall.” “I didn’t play ball. I was the jester and the menace. You told me to go that way, I’d go the other.” “I was just loud and proud golf, mate. Loud and proud.” “You’ve been given a chance, John. Go and use it.”Chapters 00:00 — Introducing this week’s guest, John E Morgan: Part 102:28 — Where golf first entered John’s life 03:11 — Growing up the son of a Bristol docker 04:40 — His sporting father and an unusual golf education 06:28 — A hole-in-one aged 10 08:32 — Seve, Sandy, Faldo and his childhood heroes 10:16 — Always looking for the outrageous shot 11:07 — Dyslexia, bullying and school 12:43 — The teacher who told him to stop talking about golf 13:48 — The scrapper and the will to win 15:24 — The making of his short game 18:42 — What separates the very best players 24:20 — Tiger, Vijay and life among the greats 29:09 — England golf and when your face doesn’t fit 32:44 — The jester, the menace and the night that changed everything 37:24 — Epilepsy and feeling vulnerable 44:00 — Dad’s reality check: golf or the docks? 46:56 — Spain, the buggy boys and a £50 commercial 49:39 — Two hole-outs and finding the golden goose 53:04 — Coming in part two: the meteoric rise Links John E Morgan on Instagram RNGC, Dan Davies' backyard golf course Dan Davies on Substack Get 20% of your next Sounder Golf purchase with code POD20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    55 分
  • 22. Harry Stokes: "We were bad. But we had a great time"

    22. Harry Stokes: "We were bad. But we had a great time"
    2026/08/14
    What happens when you become the coach of an NCAA Division I college golf team with no coaching experience, only two golfers, and a season that has to be completed? For Harry Stokes, the answer was to recruit a triple jumper, a cheerleader and a football team manager, none of whom had ever swung a golf club, give them a crash course in the game and somehow get them through a college golf season. What followed is one of the funniest — and ultimately most uplifting — stories we’ve featured on This Golfing Life. A fourth-generation golf professional from Florida, Harry Stokes had become disillusioned with the game and stepped away from the golf industry altogether when an unlikely opportunity arrived: coaching the struggling women’s golf programme at Bethune-Cookman University, a historically black university in Daytona Beach, Florida. Harry recalls the team's first match that took seven-and-a-half hours to complete, a player taking over 20 shots on a hole, another becoming stranded in a bunker, and Renijah Howard hitting the opposition coach’s pushchair (with her toddler in it) with her opening tee shot — before later being forced to withdraw from the Conference Championship because she ran out of golf balls. But underneath the comedy is a remarkable story about perseverance, perspective and what sport is actually for. Harry explains how players who could barely hit a golf ball learned to celebrate tiny victories, how he became determined that Bethune-Cookman would be remembered for its attitude rather than its scores, and why getting one of his players around the end-of-season Conference Championship in four-and-a-half hours while shooting 287 for 18 holes remains one of his proudest achievements as a coach. The experience changed Harry, too. Once a player who allowed his score to define his relationship with golf, coaching beginners gave him a completely different understanding of the game. Golf stopped being something that validated him and became something to be enjoyed, shared and used to bring people together. He also reveals just how important that seemingly hopeless first season was: Bethune-Cookman needed the women’s team to complete its eight events to help the university maintain NCAA sports sponsorship. And, having initially wondered whether the experience had “broken” him, Harry stayed. He began rebuilding the programme, saw Bethune-Cookman start competing again and discovered that his real ambition as a coach was about far more than producing professional golfers or winning trophies. For Harry, success is creating a team whose players will still be friends decades from now — connected by the experience of having worked, struggled and competed together. This is a conversation about one of the worst teams in college golf — and why being terrible at golf might have taught their coach more about the game than being good at it ever did. Chapters 00:00 Introducing this week’s guest, Harry Stokes 01:28 Two golfers in a team requiring five players to complete the season 04:14 Building a golf team overnight. A triple jumper, a cheerleader and a football coach 07:54 The first tournament: “I had no idea what was coming” 11:30 A first tee shot into the opposition coach’s pushchair 15:30 “Maybe we should set a limit here” 17:12 Huge scores, swarms of bugs and an ordeal the opposition had not anticipated. 19:20 Did somebody shoot 360? 21:41 Learning how to be bad at golf 23:08 The SWAC Championship. The team’s first proper multi-school championship. 25:00 Shooting 287 in four-and-a-half hours27:45 “I ran out of balls”. Renijah’s SWAC Championship comes to a premature end 29:03 “We were bad and had a great time”31:32 Celebrating the smallest improvements. 34:06 Get 20% of your next purchase at Sounder Golf 34:24 The toll on Harry 36:42 Rediscovering his love of golf 38:30 “You might have broken me”. Why Harry almost walked away 40:00 The conversation that changed everything 41:00 Another novice arrives but Bethune-Cookman at last has foundations 44:21 Why the team embraced its weakest player 46:34 What terrible golfers taught Harry about golf 47:33 Falling back in love with the game. How coaching beginners changed Harry’s relationship with golf. 51:57 “We’re really not a bad team. ”The moment Bethune-Cookman begins to compete 54:30 The season that helped save Bethune-Cookman athletics 55:07 Rebuilding a university and a team56:30 What success really looks like — friendships and memories that last longer than scores. 58:58 Harry and Dan reflect on what this extraordinary team ultimately reveals about golf, coaching and belonging. Links Bethune-Cookman's women's golf team Dan Davies on Substack RNGC, Dan Davies' backyard golf course Get 20% of your next purchase at Sounder Golf using code POD20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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