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Beyond the Green dives into little-known golf history and the compelling people who shaped it. Each episode paints a captivating story about a person or place that has made an impact on the golfing world.

Eric Hooper


    • Aug 23, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 12m AVG DURATION
    • 13 EPISODES


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    Episode 12: Templates

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 16:41


    Looking at a golf hole, each one seems unique. Like a fingerprint, moving along with the contours of the earth. The way that it rises out of the landscape, it can't possibly be replicated. But the idea of importing enduring hole designs from one course to another has been going on since the early 1900s.

    Episode 11: The Golf Ball

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 11:42


    His name would have never reached the history books, if it wasn't for his friend running late. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Emotional Piano Improvisation by Alexander Nakarada from filmmusic.io

    Season 2 is coming!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 1:10


    Season 2 is coming! I have an ongoing list of topics that I want to cover, but if you have any ideas that you would like to hear, please send them my way at beyondthegreenpod@gmail.com.

    Episode 10: Masters in November

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 11:12


    It is fall of 2020. The days are getting shorter. The warm breeze turns to cold. Not your typical time of year to play the Masters. But for 2020, it’s par for the course. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 no. 2

    Episode 9: Miniature Golf

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 15:08


    It is known by many names. Goofy golf, mini-golf, Putt-Putt. But the game is still the same. And the nostalgia runs deep. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ TrackTribe - Home for the Holidays

    Episode 8: East Potomac Park

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 12:16


    There is a small island in the middle of the Potomac River, known as East Potomac Park. This park became the starting point for well designed municipal golf courses. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Aakash Gandhi - Frozen in Love

    Episode 7: Take me to Cuba!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 9:43


    Barbara Romack was a professional golfer, and in 1968, she was one of two professional golfers to be hijacked to Cuba. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ E's Jammy Jams - Soul and Mind

    Episode 6: Aiming for Sand

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 11:18


    On the dusty, wind-swept plains of America’s heartland, grass greens were hard to come by in the early part of the century. It was difficult and expensive to grow grass greens in that dry climate. So they adapted. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Chris Haugen - Tupelo Train

    Episode 5: Papwa

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 20:58


    He could have been one of the best golfers to come out of South Africa, and yet most don’t even know his name. Most probably haven’t even heard of him. The man called Papwa. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Emotional Piano Improvisation by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6199-emotional-piano-improvisation License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Relaxing Piano Improvisation by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5978-relaxing-piano-improvisation License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Episode 4: The First US Women’s Open

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 18:13


    Patty Burg steps on to the first tee, and into the history books. This is the story of the first US Women’s Open. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Aakash Gandhi - Twinkle in the Night Aakash Gandhi - Dreamland

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    Episode 3: The Silver Greek

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 15:06


    The day changed the life for a humble cab driver and caddie forever. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ E's Jammy Jams - Nighttime Stroll

    Episode 2: The Tee

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 10:48


    The inventor of the golf tee was much more than what you might think. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Asher Fulero - Wandering Soul Asher Fulero - Hopeful Freedom

    Episode 1: Pinehurst

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 8:37


    A quiet little town in the Sandhills of North Carolina was ever changed by a Soda Fountain Inventor from Charlestown, Massachusetts. Music Steve Adams - Dulcinea Gymnopedie No. 1 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3837-gymnopedie-no-1 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ TrackTribe - Back To Portland

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