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The Thing About Golf #90: Peter Dawson

The Thing About Golf #90: Peter Dawson

FromThe Thing About Golf Podcast


The Thing About Golf #90: Peter Dawson

FromThe Thing About Golf Podcast

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Length:
68 minutes
Released:
Apr 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Peter Dawson has been as influential an administrator of the game as anyone in history.Appointed Secretary of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in 1999 it was Dawson who oversaw the creation of The R&A in 2004 to take care of the club’s commercial operations, including The Open, through one of its biggest growth periods.Among the highlights of his tenure were announcing Tiger Woods four times as the Champion Golfer of the Year and several years refereeing at The Masters.Dawson and John Huggan have known each other many years and while they share a love of the game there is much they don’t agree on which makes for a fascinating discussion.
Released:
Apr 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Estimates say there are as many as 60 million golfers in the world and we all know at least some of them who are completely addicted. The question is why? Join us as we try to discover the answer to that burning question, interviewing golfers both famous - and not - on a monthly quest to solve the riddle of this maddening game.