505 - Breakaway Tours Deep Dive (1968 formation of the PGA Tour, Attempted coup in 1983, and Greg Norman's World Tour in 1994)

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🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

For this week's pod, we dove deep into three significant developments in professional golf history. As today's golf landscape appears to be shifting on a weekly basis, we look back at precedent for potential breakaway tours. In our research, three significant events stood out: The breakaway from the PGA of America (and ultimately, the formation of the PGA Tour) in 1968, an attempted overthrow of Commissioner Deane Beman in 1983 by some of the the top players in the game, and Greg Norman's formation of a World Tour in 1994. Common themes that arise are similar to the refrains we hear today. This one was a lot of fun. (For a wild read about the 1969 Alameda Open, and how it relates to the topics discussed in this episode, check out this article from Nick Lozito: https://nicklozito.substack.com/p/sunol-valley-the-bay-area-kidnapping) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Be the right club today.
0:07.0	Right club today.
0:10.0	Yes.
0:11.0	That's better than most.
0:18.0	That is better than most.
0:19.0	Better than most.
0:20.0	Better than most. Most.
0:24.0	Expect anything different?
0:29.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the No Laying Up podcast.
0:31.5	Soli here. We did not schedule a recap
0:34.1	we would be spending a lot of time I would imagine talking about the end of the
0:38.8	Formula One season I have actually not even watched it yet I've only caught
0:42.2	highlights heard the rumors about what happened.
0:44.0	We will have to break that down in a future episode because we have pre-recorded this week's episode
0:48.5	as there was no real actual golf play this week. QBE Shoot out does not count. Sorry.
0:53.0	This episode is about, we struggled with coming up a title for this one.
0:57.0	It's about what we're calling Breakaway Tours.
0:59.0	Basically, we spent some time dividing it.
1:01.0	It's in three sections studying the 1968 breakaway
1:05.2	and formation of what eventually would become the PGA tour. The potential
1:09.0	coup in 1983 led by Jack Nicholas and Arnold Palmer.
1:12.7	Not a lot of people know about that one.
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