Category: News
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President Joe Biden Accepts Role as Honorary Chairman for Presidents Cup
From PresidentsCup.com CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States of America, has accepted an invitation to be Honorary Chairman of the 2022 Presidents Cup when the competition returns to the United States for the 14th staging at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 20-25. “We are thankful for…
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USGA, World Golf Hall of Fame Collaborate to Showcase Golf’s Legendary Figures at Golf House Pinehurst
Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies to be held at Pinehurst Resort & C.C. in 2024, 2029 VILLAGE of PINEHURST, N.C., and ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (July 20, 2022) – Building on their longstanding partnership and shared passion to elevate the stories of golf’s legends, the USGAand the World Golf Hall of Fame will create a new…
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Cannon’s Lifetime Mark in Photojournalism has been Full Frame, and in Perfect Focus
Posted with permission from our friends at the PGA of America. Click here to see the original story, written by our own Jeff Babineau. TULSA, Okla. – David Cannon was asked to look after the cameras belonging to a family friend at a rugby match between Midland Counties and the famed New Zealand All…
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Longtime Golfweek Columnist James Achenbach Dies at 78
(This article appears on Golfweek.com. Written beautifully by Jason Lusk.) James Achenbach – a wily, funny and infuriatingly clever golf writer who worked full-time for Golfweek for 24 years – passed away Friday, April 15. He was 78. His daughter, Omalley Ehren Abel, posted about his death on Facebook. Achenbach’s initial forays into the pages of Golfweek began…
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Tribute: Nick Seitz, Retired Golf Digest Editor/Writer
Editor/writer Nick Seitz, an integral part of building a gifted staff at Golf Digest, has died, the magazine has reported. Seitz was 83. Seitz joined Golf Digest in 1967 and was the magazine’s chief editor from 1973-82. He later worked as editorial director of Golf Digest and Golf World before retiring in 1999. Golf Digest Editor Jerry Tarde wrote that Seitz shared a deep…
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Larry Dorman Wins Tim Rosaforte Distinguished Writers’ Award
Larry Dorman and Tim Rosaforte groomed their skills as reporters and writers in big-city South Florida publications at roughly the same time, starting in the late 1970s. Dorman didn’t quite know what to make of the hulking Rosaforte the first time he ever saw him. Dorman was playing golf on a chilly morning, and Rosaforte…
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Morikawa, Korda, Mickelson Voted GWAA Players of the Year
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GWAA Lost an Icon
Sportswriting and the GWAA lost an icon yesterday with the passing of Dan Jenkins. Jenkins, 90, was a legend, reinventing sportswriting and teaching a generation or two along the way. Our prayers are with his family. To borrow a tweet from past GWAA President Doug Ferguson: "Massive loss of His Ownself, Dan Jenkins. "I never…