Episode 217: "The Long Golden Afternoon" by Stephen Proctor

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No Laying Up

Sports, Society & Culture, Golf

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Today's show is a conversation with writer Stephen Proctor (@SProctorGolf on twitter) about his new book, "The Long Golden Afternoon: Golf's Age of Glory, 1864-1914." This book is an expertly-researched, easy-to-read look into a half-century of the game which sets the stage for the modern age while at the same time dealing with a lot of issues still at the heart of golf today (eg. technology). Stephen shines light on forgotten champions such as John Ball, John Henry Taylor, and many more. It's a great gift for any golf history nuts and avid readers in your life. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I
0:30.0	Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to the trap draw my name is Randy have a great episode this week
0:45.7	I'm flying solo TC's up in Georgia playing some golf this week
0:50.2	We're gonna do a chop session next week to close out
0:53.7	2022 on the trap draw, but today's conversation is great
0:57.6	It's with Stephen Proctor. He's the author of a new book called the long golden afternoon golf's age of glory
1:05.3	1864 to 1914
1:07.6	It's just an exceptionally researched and written book about a 50-year period that plays such a
1:15.1	important role in the evolution of golf
1:18.6	Candidly, it's about a lot of people places events that I don't know a lot about
1:23.8	So it offers wonderful context to the history of the game
1:27.6	Obviously would make a great gift idea for those golf nuts in your life
1:31.6	So I'm thrilled to have Stephen on Stephen's been a prior guest
1:34.6	We talked about his first book called Monarch of the Green which is a biography of young Tom Morris
1:40.2	Which is exceptional and then Stephen also joined for a golf book
1:44.9	panel discussion that I did
1:47.6	along with a few other gentlemen Jim Hartzell and Michael Wolfe and
1:51.6	Yeah, they I mean they're all wonderful historians of the game Stephen no different
1:58.5	Just seems like he has an encyclopedic knowledge and
2:02.3	His new book is just so well researched and written. I think folks will really enjoy it
2:07.7	Before I bring him on and start that discussion though
2:11.0	I want to thank one of our sponsors today and that is our good friends at Gooder this episode is brought to you by Gooder
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