The bootstrapping life of an LPGA Tour player

It’s fair to assume if you’re one of the top 100 in the world at your profession, you might not be scrambling to pay the bills. But even for successful women golfers, the expense of traveling the world to play the LPGA Tour is met with only a fraction of the tournament purses and sponsorship opportunities PGA Tour start enjoy. As Keely Levins reports, however, harsh financial reality comes with a surprising upside: the best women players are arguably more driven to win than their male counterparts.

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The best golf stories have multiple layers to them. In each episode, Local Knowledge dives deep into a subject golfers want to know about, whether it’s about the game they play, the competition at the highest level, or the surprising ways golf factors into larger conversations throughout society. Hosts Alex Myers, Keely Levins, Shane Ryan and Sam Weinman weave together original interviews, Golf Digest reporting, and additional elements to tell the type of compelling stories that have been a Golf Digest staple for decades.