Podcasts, etc.
In between practicing their short games, Alex Myers, Sam Weinman and Daniel Rapaport discuss the upcoming TaylorMade Driving Relief charity golf match at Seminole featuring Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Matthew Wolff and Rickie Fowler. Also, author Brett Cyrgalis talks to Golf Digest about his new book Golf’s Holy War and discusses Tiger’s duality and why courses have returned to a “minimalist” design.
You're invited into the Reading Room for a conversation between Randy and New York Post sportswriter Brett Cyrgalis on his new book, "Golf's Holy War: The Battle for the Soul of a Game in an Age of Science". The two discuss Brett's background in writing and in golf before diving into a conversation about the book and its contents. Enjoy!
In episode 9 of the Shack Show, author and sports writer in the New York Post, Brett Cyrgalis, joins Geoff Shackelford to discuss the amount of science and analytics that's overwhelmed the game of golf. Brett also shares how he approached his book releasing on May 5th called: GOLF'S HOLY WAR: The Battle for the Soul of a Game in an Age of Science.
Into the Impossible with Dr. Brian Keating
What a blast it was to talk to Dr. Brian Keating, an experimental astrophysicist at UC San Diego. He and his son just took up golf, and his golf-crazed brother sent him my book. We had a great chat, even delving into one of my newfound hobbies — physics!
Is the game of golf an art or a science? This SCGS Podcast searches for that answer with Brett Cyrgalis, NY Post writer and author of a highly touted book, "Golf's Holy War" debuting today, May 5. Cyrgalis, an excellent player in his own right, tries to make sense in both sides of the argument of how golf has transformed over the years through technology.
Golf opens itself up for debate and contradiction more than any sport. For every purist longing for the 1920's and hickory shafts, there is a grip-it-and-rip-it modern player running to his Trackman. The duality of the sport gives it great beauty and great conflict. Brett Cyrgalis set out to tell the history of that rift, how golf got technical and bridge the gap between nostalgia and modernism.
Listen to Part 1 of the chat with Will Haskett here!
Listen to Part 2 of the chat here!
Television, etc.
My live chat with the MGA on book release day, May 5, 2020
Did a spot on Golf Channel’s Morning Drive, May 2, 2020