John Feinstein, a best-selling author and longtime sports columnist for the Washington Post who was a member of the Golf Writers Association of America, died Thursday in McLean, Virginia, the Post reported, citing family members. Feinstein was 68. No cause of death was cited.
Some of Feinstein’s most renowned reporting occurred while covering golf, notably the books “A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour” and “Caddy for Life: The Bruce Edwards Story.” In addition to his newspaper and book work, he was a contributor for Golf Digest and Golf Channel.
Feinstein, a New York City native and Duke University graduate, joined the Post in 1977 as a night police reporter, according to his obituary in the Post, but soon became a wide-ranging sports reporter. Perhaps his most acclaimed work was the 1986 book “Season on the Brink,” which chronicled the previous season when Feinstein followed Indiana University’s basketball team and its volatile yet successful coach Bobby Knight.
Click here to read the WaPo obit, which is behind a paywall. And here are tweets below remembering John, including one from Tom Watson.