The Sugar Daddies of the PGA Tour

Only a handful of aspiring tour professionals land the type of lucrative endorsement contracts that allow them to just focus on golf when first starting out. For others, it takes a wealthy individual to cover the significant up-front costs of life on tour. In this episode, Daniel Rapaport examines the unique arrangements between tour players and their golf “sugar daddies."

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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.