Stephen Proctor on the History of Challenge Matches

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<p>As an appetizer for the upcoming Tiger-Phil (plus Manning and Brady) match, Andy and Garrett speak with golf historian Stephen Proctor about the history of challenge matches. They discuss the importance of rowdy, big-money matches to early golf culture in Scotland, the eventual ascendancy of stroke play as the dominant competitive format, and the ways that today's televised matches might recapture some of the magic of the past. Stephen is the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Monarch-Green-Morris-Pioneer-Modern/dp/1909715751/"><em>Monarch of the Green</em></a>, a biography of Young Tom Morris.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>