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Golf Digest Podcast: Gary McCord puts Jordan Spieth’s success in context, explains the origin of his legendary mustache and reflects on his TV career

Monty BrintonCoverage of the CBS Sports NORTHERN TRUST OPEN Golf Tournament, held at the Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades on February 16, 2013. PICTURED: Gary McCord Golf Analyst Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS © 2013 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights ReservedThree decades into working as a golf TV commentator, Gary McCord remains one of the most entertaining personalities in the sport. Getting his start at CBS in 1986 as a freelancer, and signing on full-time in 1989, the former PGA Tour pro has plenty of experience calling golf tournaments. It seemed only natural to pick his brain about this week's PGA Championship, where he'll be part of broadcast crew, and Jordan Spieth's pursuit of the career Grand Slam.
On the latest Golf Digest podcast, McCord puts Spieth's success in context and explains why the 24-year-old's group of buddies might be helping the Texan unlike any other golfer in history. The 69-year-old also recalls being recruited to work in TV by pione..

PGA Championship 2017: Super serious Sergio Garcia doesn’t want to talk about Kenny G or his wedding

PGA Championship 2017: Super serious Sergio Garcia doesn't want to talk about Kenny G or his wedding

Rory McIlroy will narrate an emotional video about a tragic junior golfer’s car accident

The amazing story of Traden Karch, whose story Golf Digest told last year, will be brought to life on the Golf Channel on Wednesday evening — with a special touch from Rory McIlroy.
McIlroy will narrate an emotional feature on Golf Channel's Live From at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, telling Karch's story. Karch, 12 years old at the time, was in a coma for three weeks after a car accident while driving with his grandfather in their hometown of Broken Arrow, Okla. It required six hours of surgery to reconstruct Karch's skull, and yet, miraculously, he woke up.
Golf Channel shared a teaser video with us in the hopes that viewers will tune into watch Karch's story come to light. If you remember his story from our November 2016 issue of the magazine, you'll recall Rory's role in helping Karch's recovery, as the four-time major winner sent the Karch family a video to share with Traden before he woke up.
Here's the teaser:
https://twitter.com/GolfChannel/statu..

Rory McIlroy to narrate emotional Golf Channel piece about a junior golfer’s tragic car accident

The amazing story of Traden Karch, whose story Golf Digest told last year, will be brought to life on the Golf Channel on Wednesday evening — with a special touch from Rory McIlroy.
McIlroy narrated an emotional feature that debuted on Golf Channel's Live From at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, telling Karch's story. Karch, 12 years old at the time, was in a coma for three weeks after a car accident while driving with his grandfather in their hometown of Broken Arrow, Okla. It required six hours of surgery to reconstruct Karch's skull, and yet, miraculously, he woke up.
Golf Channel shared a teaser video with us in the hopes that viewers will tune into watch Karch's story come to light. If you remember his story from our November 2016 issue of the magazine, you'll recall Rory's role in helping Karch's recovery, as the four-time major winner sent the Karch family a video to share with Traden before he woke up.
Here's the teaser:
https://twitter.com/GolfChan..

‘Struggling’ Furyk playing with sore shoulder

'Struggling' Furyk playing with sore shoulder

PGA Championship 2017: Five holes outside the “Green Mile” that will deliver drama

CHARLOTTE — When conjuring images of Quail Hollow, the vaunted “Green Mile” comes to mind. And with good reason: the club's closing three holes are a nightmare, one of the statistically-toughest stretches in golf. Jordan Spieth referred to it as a site for “triumph and disaster” during this week's PGA Championship.
However, while the Green Mile packs a mean punch, Quail Hollow's other 15 holes boast plenty of fireworks in their own right. A perspective especially true following the course's drastic overhaul for the Wanamaker proceedings. Here are five holes outside the Green Mile that will deliver drama during the 2017 PGA Championship.
FacebookPinterestPGA of AmericaNo. 1 — 524 yards, Par 4
One of Quail Hollow's biggest transformations was essentially combining the first two holes — a 418-yard par 4 and a 178-yard par 3 — into a protracted, left-to-right winding par 4 measuring over 500 yards. With an elevated landing zone, the final 200 hards or so are dow..

PGA Championship 2017: Don’t get Brooks Koepka started talking about baseball, because he won’t stop

He might be a major champion in golf, but Brooks Koepka's sports passion seems to be baseball judging from how much he likes talking about the game

PGA Championship 2017: What Jordan Spieth has in abundance, his rivals wish they had as well

Chris CarlsonJordan Spieth hits from the rough on the on the 16th hole during a practice round at the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)CHARLOTTE — It was the opening round of last year’s PGA Championship and Rory McIlroy had just missed birdie putts from close range on each of his first two holes of the tournament. His head dropped, shoulders slumped and he went on to shoot a disappointing 74 before missing the cut a day later.
A year later, McIlroy was sitting in the interview room at Quail Hollow extoling the golfing mind of Jordan Spieth, who this week at the age of 24 has a chance become the youngest player by six months to complete the career Grand Slam.
What stood out to McIlroy about Spieth’s victory last month at Royal Birkdale was not just his great escape from the 13th hole but his ability to turn a negative into a positive, particularly in dire situations. “He has got that knack,” McI..

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