The story of golf in Texas is, in many ways, the story of Texas itself — a history of ambition, character, and the enduring pull of the land. On Wise About Golf, host Ken Wise brings the discipline of a trained historian and the ear of a seasoned storyteller to that history, exploring the courses, the players, the architects, and the moments that shaped the game across the Lone Star State and beyond.

Ken Wise is a well-known Texas historian.  He holds a Bachelors Degree from Texas A&M, a Masters in History from Sam Houston State, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Houston.  He has served as a professor at both the University of Houston and Houston Christian University. He is a past President of the Texas State Historical Association — the longest-tenured president in the organization’s history — and a past President of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society. His commitment to the history of the game runs just as deep. Ken is a member of the Society of Golf Historians, the Golf Heritage Society, and the Donald Ross Society..

Ken is a prolific writer and lecturer whose scholarship has appeared across the leading journals and publications of Texas history. His work has been published in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly, the Journal of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society, the Texas Bar Journal, the East Texas Historical Journal, and Texas Wildlife, the official magazine of the Texas Wildlife Association, for which he writes a quarterly history feature. His articles range widely across the Texas past — from the earliest courts of the Republic to the frontier trials of the plains — and he has delivered hundreds of lectures and keynote addresses to historical societies, universities, museums, and civic organizations throughout the state, including annual meetings of the Texas State Historical Association and keynote programs state celebrations at the San Jacinto Museum and Washington-on-the-Brazos.

He is also a familiar voice and interviewer in the world of Texas letters, having shared the stage with acclaimed authors and historians such as Stephen Harrigan, S.C. Gwynn, Jeff Guinn, and Brian Kilmeade, and having appeared as a featured guest on numerous podcasts, radio programs, and television broadcasts. His scholarship and public history work have earned him, among other honors, a resolution of recognition from the Texas House of Representatives and the Media Award of the Texas Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Listeners may already know Ken as the creator and host of Wise About Texas, the award-winning Texas history podcast heard by more than 1.9 million people across 178 countries and ranked among the top one-half of one percent of podcasts worldwide. That same combination of journal-level scholarship and genuine entertainment is the foundation of Wise About Golf.

Professionally, Ken Wise serves as a Justice on the Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas, where he is in his twenty-second year on the bench. Yet whether from the bench, the stage, or behind the microphone, his purpose remains constant: to preserve the past, to tell its stories faithfully, and to bring history vividly to life.

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