Finding/pursuing a golf writing job?

Cosmo · Jul 11, 2008

TwoGloves said:

SF_Express said:

zebracoy said:

Cosmo said:

No, that's not what I'm saying. Of course you spend a good deal of time in the press tent. But if you ONLY spend time in the tent, you're not covering the tournament the right way. Simon seems to think covering golf means just sitting in the tent and waiting for every interview to be spoon fed to you.
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At the local PGA Tour stop, I was surprised to find out that writers from 90% of the area newspapers decided that hanging out in the press tent and getting their information "spoon fed," as you correctly said, was enough for them. I can't tell you how much they missed out on the course.

But hey, to each his own.
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To be fair, if it's a close tournament and a lot going on in various places on the course, it's not like other sporting events -- the action isn't all in front of you in one place.

On the other hand, following the last group on Sunday, at least until everybody in it goes far south, is kind of a no-brainer.
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In my case, I coordinate our coverage so I tend to stick close to the tent and dole out the assignments while texting the photogs on the course to tell them what we need and where to go. Also, the powers that be want constant Internet updates so I do a lot of that. Can't do that from the course.
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Good point there. Most larger shops will have more than one person out there, so that's a good way to handle it. I'm a one-man show when I cover these things, and we don't staff them with our own photogs so I don't have the same issues you do.

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