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Podcast Ep 2: Hawk & Purk It’s Old School vs. New School

There's a new way of covering professional golf in the 21st century, and Hawkins and Purkey debate a few of their vocation's tenets
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Podcast Ep 2: Hawk & Purk It’s Old School vs. New School
Podcast Ep 2: Hawk & Purk It’s Old School vs. New School

Co-hosts John Hawkins and Mike Purkey ponder a boiling feud between longtime members of golf’s journalistic establishment and the game’s new-age constituency. Take upstart Barstool Sports and its Fore Play crew, for example. Purkey applauds the new-media blood at Barstool Sports … to a point. Hawkins faults the PGA Tour and any governing body that would credential them into a tournament. But as Hawkins and Purkey concede, the times are a changin’.

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John Hawkins and Mike Purkey
JOHN HAWKINS AND MIKE PURKEY

John Hawkins is a longtime sportswriter who spent 14 years covering the PGA Tour for Golf World magazine. From 2007 to 2011, he was a regular on Golf Channel’s “Grey Goose 19th Hole.” Email:johnhawkinsgolf@gmail.comMike Purkey has been writing about all things golf for more than 30 years, working at the highest level at publications such as Golf Magazine and Global Golf Post. He is an avid golfer, with a handicap too low for his ability. Purkey lives in Charlotte, N.C. Email: golfedit@gmail.com

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