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No rush, no noise, no one else on the golf course: solo golf is an entirely different game, offering physical, mental, and spiritual benefits that playing with others, can’t. Listen as author and former editor of ESPN The Magazine Gary Belsky and EconTalk’s Russ Roberts discuss how golfing alone can create flow, develop physical mastery, and enhance self-awareness. Along the way, they explore what makes golf different from other sports, what it reveals about our character, and why even non-golfers may love its solo version for the lessons it imparts about life.
Listen to the episode here.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gary Belsky, the former editor in chief of ESPN The Magazine, is the president of Elland Road Partners, a media consulting firm, and the New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including most recently, Solo Golf: The Zen of Playing Alone and How it Can Transform Your Life.
Before joining ESPN, Gary worked at Money, Crain’s New York Business and St. Louis Business Journal. A longtime contributor to ABC's Good Morning America and CNN's Your Money, Gary won the Gerald Loeb Award for his investigation (with Phyllis Furman) of the Crazy Eddie consumer electronics chain.
RELATED SOURCES
- Belsky, Gary. Gary Belsky Website.
- Belsky, Gary. Solo Golf: The Zen of Playing Alone and How It Can Transform Your Game. New York: Hatchette, 2024
- Turcotte, Sarah. “The Long Shot.” ESPN Page 2, December 5, 2007.
- EconTalk. Sports Archives. Library of Economics and Liberty.
