Category: News
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Episode 15, GWAA Podcast – Bill Hobson, Michigan Golf Live
GWAA Podcast, Ep. 17 Amy Rogers speaks with Bill Hobson of Michigan Golf Live and the Fore Golfers Network Podcast who had his credential revoked from covering the LIV Golf team event after doing an interview with Pat Perez. Bill discusses how he was approached by LIV to do the interview, what the issues were…
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Masters, Open Championship tweak qualifying criteria
Augusta National Golf Club and The R&A announced jointly today plans to align aspects of the qualification criteria for the Masters Tournament and The Open, awarding invitations to winners/top finishers of select national opens beginning immediately. This approach builds on The R&A’s longstanding and successful Open Qualifying Series and will ensure strong international pathways into…
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Past GWAA president Parascenzo dies at 95
GWAA members, It’s with great sadness that I pass along news that Marino Parascenzo, a past GWAA president, a longtime GWAA member and a PGA of America Lifetime Achievement Award winner, died Sunday. He was 95. Marino was a golf writer and editor with decades of experience covering the game at every level. He was…
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GWAA, Kohler announce 2025-26 scholarship recipients
(August 11, 2025) — Nolan Clay, a sophomore at the University of Texas, and Daniel Polce, a senior at Florida Gulf Coast University, have been named recipients of the Herbert V. Kohler Jr./GWAA Journalism Scholarship, the GWAA and Kohler Co. announced. Clay and Polce, who were selected by a seven-judge panel, will receive $5,000 apiece…
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Episode 15, GWAA Podcast – Golf Channel’s Brentley Romine
The June episode of the GWAA Podcast is now live. Amy Rogers sat down with Golf Channel’s Brentley Romine to talk about his tense exchange with Tyrrell Hatton following the final round of the U.S. Open. Romine describes what he was feeling during the interview, shares some insights into what he would have done differently…
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Vogt: A ‘surreal’ experience at Oakmont
By AMANDA VOGT OAKMONT, Pa. — Bryson DeChambeau won last year’s 124th U.S. Open dramatically out of a bunker with a shot that shocked the world. I stood on the right side of the fairway, behind the ropes, just across from where he hit his second shot, trapped next to the tree. The electricity of…
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Misra: Teachable moments from the U.S. Open
By AMAN MISRA OAKMONT, Pa. – “You rascal, you. How did you get here?” exclaimed longtime writer Alan Shipnuck as we fist-bumped on the media dining patio overlooking the range at Oakmont Country Club. It felt like a full-circle moment, one I didn’t dare imagine two decades ago from across the world when I’d badger…
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Kohler Journalism Scholarship recipients join us at Oakmont
We’re thrilled to have our first Herbert V. Kohler/GWAA Journalism Scholarship recipients join us this week at Oakmont. Here are a few photos of Aman Misra and Amanda Vogt enjoying their time. Aman Misra (left) and Amanda Vogt scout the setting for the 125th U.S. Open at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club, with the famous “church…
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Episode 14, GWAA Podcast – USGA’s Julia Pine
Julia Pine joined Amy Rogers in the latest episode of the GWAA Podcast from the U.S. Women’s Open media center while she’s in the midst of 27 days on the road leading up to the U.S. Open. She talks about her journey to the USGA, her roles and responsibilities at some of the biggest championships…
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Craig Kessler named new LPGA commissioner
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 22, 2025) – The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) announced today that its Board of Directors has elected Craig Kessler as the organization’s 10th Commissioner. The appointment comes during the LPGA’s landmark 75th anniversary season, marking a pivotal moment of global growth and opportunity for one of the most enduring and respected…