Beyond the Green

Beyond the Green

By Eric HooperSportsGolf
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Beyond the Green episodes

  • Episode 12: Templates

    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. 

    17 min
  • Episode 11: The Golf Ball

    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

    12 min
  • Episode 10: Masters in November

    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

    12 min
  • Episode 9: Miniature Golf

    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

    16 min
  • Episode 8: East Potomac Park

    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

    13 min
  • Episode 7: Take me to Cuba!

    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

    10 min
  • Episode 6: Aiming for Sand

    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

    12 min
  • Episode 5: Papwa

    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/

    21 min
  • Episode 4: The First US Women’s Open

    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

    19 min

About Beyond the Green

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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…