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Hey, I Was in Golf Digest This Month!
This morning, I was alerted by reader Frank Iovine (who has some pub cred in his own right) that I was in this month's issue of Golf Digest. Thanks, guys!
The (Self) Decider: What Would You Shoot at Pebble Beach?
For the third year now, the USGA and Golf Digest have teamed up for their US Open Challenge. The challenge gives three celebrity hackers (with an affinity for quarterbacks) and one average Joe or Jane the opportunity to play that year's host course for the national championship under conditions...
iPad & the Future of Golf Journalism
Last Thursday at the PGA Show, Golf Digest unveiled their vision of Golf Digest and Golf World magazines on the newly-announced iPad or other similar tablet technology. The tablet revolution is coming. It will likely transform how people interact with Web content on a daily basis because of...
Anna Rawson Could Be Golf Digest's New Playing Editor
This week, I got the most recent issue of Golf Digest in the mail. It's the Hot List issue where every new golf club gets rated as incredible because every new golf club is made in a CAD program and is perfect before a physical copy is ever made. (The pictures are nice, though I am going to hear...
Conde Nast Purge Finally, Sadly Hits Golf World
While out on the course yesterday, I saw Tom Dunne's mention of a Gawker report that confirmed that Conde Nast has let go "at least 10" staffers at their Golf World and Golf Digest operations. Reportedly, the news was sudden and shocking for many, though some circumstantial data that I'm aware of...
I Tried Out Microsoft Tags Inside November's Golf Digest
This month's Golf Digest magazine features a technology called Microsoft Tags. The tags are 2-D barcodes that can be photographed with a camera-enabled smart phone and read by a program developed by Microsoft. Once read, the tag directs a user to extra content to supplement what is in the...
Golf Coverage Shows Evolution at US Open
In the past couple of years, coverage of professional golf - particularly major championships - has been transformed by the advent of online technologies. The Masters and the US Open have been stellar in using streaming online video for the past several years to deliver extra or targeted coverage...
The Aging of Golf, Part 2: Golf and the Media
For the future health of the game, there have to be more young voices that are prominent guide the game. The way that the game is sold and marketed to the public has to appeal to an audience that skews younger. And, the media that cover the sport and present it to fans and the public alike has to...
Golf Digest US Open Challenge Celebs Set
There's still a contest going on to determine who will play as the elected amateur in the 2009 Golf Digest US Open challenge. Remember, that's the contest where three celebs and someone elected online gets to play the setup of the US Open course - this year, Bethpage Black. Well, the three celebs...
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