Podcast Episode 6: Curtain closes on West Coast Swing | Hawk & Purk

Tiger Woods welcomes the PGA Tour to Riviera for a star-studded West Coast finale, and co-host Mike Purkey offers a green solution to the distance debate

John Hawkins and Mike Purkey | Feb 11, 2020

Podcast Episode 6: Curtain closes on West Coast Swing | Hawk & Purk /

Co-hosts John Hawkins and Mike Purkey dish on an array of topics as the PGA Tour gathers in suburban Los Angeles with a stellar field for the final stop on the West Coast Swing. Tiger Woods’ tournament, the Genesis Invitational, reaches exalted status on the Tour schedule and attracts an all-star field to storied Riviera Country Club. Also, Purkey offers a simple solution for the distance debate on the pro tours: Slow the golf course down, narrow the fairways and grow the rough. Problem solved. However, the PGA Tour will not be complicit in any such fix, Purkey contends. After all, the Tour is in the business of selling birdies.

Published Feb 11, 2020

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