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Podcast: Drop Zone - GOLF Podcast
Episode: The U.S. Open and a career of covering it
Description: Alan Shipnuck and Michael Bamberger are back to recap the U.S. Open and their careers covering the event. If you’re looking exclusively for a breakdown of the most recent major, well, you’ll be getting that and a whole lot more, including stories of U.S. Opens and Sports Illustrated from the 2010s, 2000s, 90s and 80s.
Topics include:
Why Erin Hills became the story of the event — 1:10
What should the U.S. Open be? — 9:00
How Bamberger caddied at his first Open — 17:30
Shipnuck’s first Open — 23:55
Bamberger 1999 flight alongside Fred Couples — 36:30
Senior writers being on TV — 42:15
How the Masters eclipsed t...