A Short-Game Wizard vs. a Ball-Striking Prodigy at the 1938 PGA Championship

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<p>For this mid-week PGA Championship episode, we go back to 1938, when the tournament was still a match-play competition. In that year's final match, a 26-year-old Sam Snead, one of the most imposing ball-strikers the game has ever seen, faced off against the diminutive, short-hitting Paul Runyan. What happened that day is at the heart of <em>Little Poison</em>, John Dechant's new biography of Runyan. John joins Garrett to discuss Runyan's hardscrabble childhood, unusual playing style, short-game genius, success on the Depression-era PGA Tour, and showdown with Slammin' Sammy in 1938.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-Poison-Runyan-Long-Shot-Championship/dp/1496231422">John Dechant, <em>Little Poison</em></a></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>