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Larry Baush
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Weekly long-form articles on the history of the PGA TOUR in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.

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Ky Laffoon’s temper was legendary.

The PGA TOUR is in Mexico for the VidantaWorld Mexico Open, a tournament that goes back to 1944. I’ve had so much fun writing about some of the true characters who played the PGA TOUR over the last few we...

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Yips Send Peter Alliss to Broadcast Booth

Yips destroy Alliss at the 11th green during the second round of the 1967 Masters

The PGA TOUR is back in action at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at the Port Royal Golf Course this week after a week off. We’re going back to 1967 and...

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Corporate outings replace exhibitions as a revenue stream for PGA TOUR pros

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Fellow Pros Humiliate Moe Norman

After a 4th place finish in New Orleans, fellow pros lit into Norman lecturing him to “clean” up his act

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Beman Hires Television Coordinator

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    Editor and writer of the Tour Backspin newsletter. Author of the Tony Lema biography, "Uncorked, The Life and Times of Champagne Tony Lema". Host of The Tour Backspin Show podcast on Substack and Spotify.

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