Welcome to the NCG Top 100s Podcast, the ultimate audio companion for golf course lovers, rankings enthusiasts, and those who just can’t get enough of the game’s greatest venues.
We dive deeper into the history of golf's most celebrated courses, featuring interviews with the game's most prominent figures and stories from our adventures.
Available on your preferred podcast platform and YouTube.
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Welcome to the NCG Top 100s Podcast, the ultimate audio companion for golf course lovers, rankings enthusiasts, and those who just can’t get enough of the game’s greatest venues.
We dive deeper into the history of golf's most celebrated courses, featuring interviews with the game's most prominent figures and stories from our adventures.
Available on your preferred podcast platform and YouTube.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How did golf course bunkers become such a defining — and sometimes divisive — feature of the game?
In this episode, NCG Top 100s chairman Dan Murphy and host Tom Irwin dig into the origins of bunkers and what the golden age architects really intended when they carved them into their designs.
We explore how bunkers have evolved over time, what they cost to maintain, whether they truly pose a hazard, and why they’ve become such a talking point in modern course design.
From history to controversy to creative solutions, we go deep into the sand to find out why the golf world has gone stark raving bunkers.
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