GOLF WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
The following is a full list of the winners, including honorable mentions. There were 492 entries in the contest. (Note: *Category with fewer than 10 entries had first place only.)
(We will add URLS as they become available)
DAILY
DAILY COLUMNS – 1, Scott Michaux, Augusta Chronicle, Remembering Seve; http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2011-05-07/golf-loses-genius-game 2, Scott Michaux, Augusta Chronicle, Wild final round at the Masters; 3, Ron Green, Jr, Charlotte Observer, McIlroy handles Masters collapse with grace.
Honorable mention: Dave Anderson, The New York Times, Seve Ballesteros’ death; Gary D’Amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sherri Steinhauer pushes on after her mother’s death; Dave Hackenberg, Toledo Blade, USGA setup as soft as the conditions at U.S. Senior Open.
DAILY NEWS – 1, Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, A Toast to Darren Clarke; http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/17/sports/la-sp-dwyre-british-open-20110718 2, Doug Ferguson, Associated Press, Mystique eroding, Tiger goes on like nothing has changed; 3, Adam Schupak, The New York Times, U.S. wins The Presidents Cup.
Honorable mention: Gary D’Amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, McIlroy makes U.S. Open look easy; Hank Gola, New York Daily News, Keegan Bradley wins PGA; Mike Kern, Philadelphia Daily News, McIlroy wns U.S. Open going away.
DAILY FEATURES – 1, Steve Adamek, The Record, Stacy Lewis overcomes scoliosis http://www.northjersey.com/sports/121875404_Lewis_making_waves_on_Tour.html 2, Tim Cronin, Southtown Star, Legally blind golfer on varsity; 3, Gary D’Amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Steve Stricker searches for major.
Honorable mention: Doug Ferguson, Associated Press, Money games Phil Mickelson plays; Hank Gola, New York Daily News, The state of American golf; David Westin, Augusta
Chronicle, Masters caddie Carl Jackson celebrates milestone.
* DAILY SPECIAL PROJECTS – 1, Scott Michaux, Augusta Chronicle, Team Mickelson revisits 2010 Masters.http://old.augusta.com/stories/2011/04/01/mas_611057.shtml http://old.augusta.com/stories/2011/04/01/mas_611051.shtml http://old.augusta.com/stories/2011/04/01/mas_611047.shtml http://old.augusta.com/stories/2011/04/01/mas_611050.shtml
INTERNET
INTERNET NEWS – 1, Mike McAllister, PGATOUR.COM, Masters winner calm amid the chaos; http://www.majorschampionships.com/masters/2011/news/calm-mcallister-041011.cfm
2 (tie), Dave Shedloski, Golf World Monday, Internationals searching after U.S. wins Presidents Cup again; Jason Sobel, GOLFCHANNEL.COM, The Rory McIlroy Era. Honorable mention – Mick Elliott, ESPNw.com, Yani Tseng wins LPGA Championship; Melanie Hauser, PGATOUR.COM, Cabrera jumps into contention at the Masters; Cameron Morfit, Golf.com, McIlroy cruises to first major title.
INTERNET COLUMNS – 1, Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com, The slowest player on the planet; http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=6252185&sportCat=golf
2, Dave Kindred, GolfDigest.com, Rory’s remarkable growth captured in a single shot; 3, Alan Bastable, Golf.com, Open letter to Rory McIlroy from the media. Honorable mention: Jeff Babineau, Golfweek.com, Phil Mickelson’s exciting adventure in opening round of the U.S. Open; Michael Bamberger, Golf.com, Seve tribute; Cameron Morfit, Golf.com, An obit for Tiger’s aura.
INTERNET FEATURES – 1, Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com, Rory McIlroy Goes Home; http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&page=wojcie chowski-110711&sportCat=golf 2, Jay Flemma, Cybergolf.com, Dan Jenkins goes into the World Golf Hall of Fame; 3, Jeff Ritter, Golf.com, Gallery guards at Augusta National. Honorable mention – Rhonda Glenn, USGA.org, Remembering Babe Zaharias; Dave Shedloski, USGA.org, Ken Venturi recalls his 1964 U.S. Open victory; Mike Walker, Golf.com, The
Siller brothers remember their firefighter brother.
INTERNET SPECIAL PROJECTS – 1, Mercer Baggs, GolfChannel.com, Revisting New Orleans five years after Hurricane Katrina;http://www.golfchannel.com/news/mercer-baggs/back-to-nola-three-stories-revisited/
http://www.golfchannel.com/news/mercer-baggs/nola-golf-children-charity/
http://www.golfchannel.com/news/mercer-baggs/nola-city-parks-place/
http://www.golfchannel.com/news/mercer-baggs/back-to-nola-metairie-and-the-man/
2, Ron Whitten, GolfDigest.com, Augusta National through the years; 3, Mike McAllister,
PGATOUR.com, 40 years later: Alan Shepard’s moon shot.
Honorable mention: Mercer Baggs, Bailey Mosier, GolfChannel.com, A year with three mini- tour players; Rex Hoggard, Randall Mell, Jason Sobel, GolfChannel.com, Death of Seve
Ballesteros; Rex Hoggard, Randall Mell, GolfChannel.com, A primer for the year’s first major.
NON-DAILY
NON-DAILY COLUMNS – 1, John Feinstein, Golf World, Athletes need to remember they are accountable for what goes on in their lives; http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours- news/2011-02/gwar-john-feinstein-final-say 2, David Feherty, Golf Magazine, The sorcerer
from Santander: Seve Ballesteros; 3, Ron Sirak, Golf World, Rory McIlroy establishes himself as the anti-Tiger.
Honorable mention: ; John Huggan, Golf World, Saying goodbye to Seve.
Mike Purkey, Global Golf Post, Australia kicks John Daly out; Mike Purkey, Global Golf Post, Steve Williams goes racist; Steve Rushin, Golf Digest, Obama vs. Boehner: A wedge issue.
NON-DAILY NEWS – 1, Damon Hack, Sports Illustrated Golf Plus, Tommy Gainey and his two gloves; http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1185418/index.htm 2, Bill Fields, Golf World, Death of Seve Ballesteros; 3, Jim Moriarty, Golf World, Darren Clarke wins British Open.
Honorable mention – Jim McCabe, Golfweek, Who is Keegan Bradley?; Jim Moriarty, Golf
World, McIlroy wins U.S. Open; Alan Shipnuck, Sports Illustrated, Bill Murray wins at
Pebble.
NON-DAILY FEATURES – 1, Chris Millard, Golf World, Profile of Verne Lundquist, who delivered the call on Nicklaus’ putt at 17 in 1986; http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours- news/2011-03/golf-millard-lundquist-0321 2, Jim Moriarty, Golf World, Roger Maltbie; 3, Cameron Morfit, Golf Magazine, Erik Compton new shot at life.
Honorable mention: Jaime Diaz, Golf Digest, Tiger’s swing evolution; John Garrity, The
Memorial, Nancy Lopez reflects upon a Hall of Fame career; Steve Rushin, Golf Digest,
Police, firemen and golf.
NON-DAILY SPECIAL PROJECTS – 1, Ron Sirak, Golf World, Professional golf expands into Middle East; European Tour deepens roots there; http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/2011-02/gwar-ron-sirak-building-blocks
2, Brian Hewitt, Vartan Kupelian, Lewine
Mair, Mike Purkey, Art Spander, Global Golf Post, The Five Greatest U.S. Opens; 3 (tie)
John Garrity, Sports Illustrated Golf Plus, Hebridean villagers restore Old Tom Morris’s “ghost course; Dave Shedloski, Golf World, Jack Nicklaus’ 1986 Masters victory recounted. Honorable mention: Beth Ann Baldry, Gene Yasuda, Golfweek, Blackwelder building U.S. women’s golf; Mike Cullity, Bill Fields, Geoff Shackelford, Golf World, Golf’s rules; Mike Purkey, John Steinbreder, Global Golf Post, The Two Irelands.
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