When Nicklaus Leapt, Trevino Chipped In, and Hagen Waited in the Clubhouse

From Linked By Golf by Ross McGuire

May 26, 2026 · 1h 1m · Season 1 · Episode 89

About this episode

Len Ferman discusses his book on historic golf tournaments and shares insights on three iconic events.

Follow us on Instagram: @linkedbygolfpodcast What if you could experience the greatest golf tournaments ever played — not through highlights or Wikipedia, but through the eyes of the journalists who were actually there? That's exactly what Len Ferman has spent years doing, and the results are extraordinary. Len Ferman is the Sports Time Traveller. Armed with nothing but old newspaper archives and a lifelong love of the game, he goes back in time to recreate great sporting moments as if they're happening right now. His book, Great Golf Tournaments Volume 1 , covers 27 tournaments from the 1922 British Open to the 1975 Masters — and every chapter reads like a live broadcast from a lost era of golf. Today we go deep on three of them. The 1975 Masters — still widely regarded as the greatest tournament ever played — where Nicklaus, Miller and Weiskopf went head to head in one of the most dramatic final days Augusta has ever seen. The 1972 Open at Muirfield, where Trevino chipped in on 17 to break Tony Jacklin's heart in one of the cruelest finishes in Open history. And the 1922 Open at Royal St George's, where a 51-year-old J.H. Taylor, a trick-shot artist from Australia, and a young…

People in this episode

Host: Ross McGuire

Guest: Len Ferman

Topics covered

golf history
great tournaments
sports journalism
newspaper archives
live broadcasts
legendary players

Keywords

golf
tournaments
Jack Nicklaus
Len Ferman
1975 Masters
1972 Open
1922 Open
sports journalism
newspaper archives

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sports Time Traveller

Books & works: Great Golf Tournaments Volume 1