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Guy Cipriano, Senior Editor of Golf Course Industry magazine, was among the winners in the prestigious 2018 Golf Writers Association of America awards program.
Cipriano earned second-place honors in the Special Projects category for his three-part series on the flooding and rebuilding of The Old White TPC at The Greenbrier. It marks the first time in memory that a writer from a trade publication has been selected for a GWAA award.
“I’m ecstatic for Guy because he worked his butt off on the Greenbrier series and did an amazing job,” said GCI Publisher Pat Jones. “But I’m also not the least bit surprised because he’s incredibly talented and dedicated. He very much earned this award and I suspect it won’t be the last one he wins.”
Cipriano will accept his award at the 46th annual GWAA Awards Dinner during Masters week.
Here are the three stories the GWAA recognized:
http://www.golfcourseindustry.com/article/greenbrier-flood-creek/
http://www.golfcourseindustry.com/article/greenbrier-golf-construction-flood/
http://www.golfcourseindustry.com/article/stories-behind-the-miracle/
2018 GWAA WRITING CONTEST RESULTS
The following is a full list of the winners, including honorable mentions.
There were 423 entries in the 2018 contest
DAILY COLUMNS – 1, Max Adler, ‘The best part of Masters week could be the one thing that’s missing’, golfdigest.com, https://tinyurl.com/dailycolumns18; 2, Michael Bamberger, Rules changes disappoint, golf.com; 3, Jason Sobel, I want the U.S. Open back, ESPN.com.
Honorable mention - Ron Borges, Life handcuffs Woods, Boston Herald; Bob Oliver, Stop the insanity of rules call-ins, The Golf Insiders; Geoff Shackelford, Inside story of Spieth's bogey, golfweek.com
DAILY FEATURES – 1, Michael Bamberger, ‘The Other Arnold: Palmer's daughter reflects on the chasm between the brand and the man’, si.com; https://tinyurl.com/dailyfeatures2018; 2, Randall Mell, Secret war, forbidden love, golfchannel.com; 3, Helen Ross, How Michael Jordan became a golfer, PGATour.com.
Honorable mention -- Rex Hoggard, Woodland's toughest year, golfchannel.com; Ian O'Connor, The improbable rise of DJ, ESPN.com; Garry Smits, Day rises to No. 1, Florida Times-Union; Jason Sobel, Tiger and his famous Scotty, ESPN.com
DAILY NEWS – 1, Beth Ann Nichols, ‘Stacy Lewis Earns Emotional Win for Houston’’, golfweek.com, https://tinyurl.com/dailynews18; 2, Jaime Diaz, Payne, a man with a plan, golfdigest.com; 3, Dave Kindred, Sergio had to do it the hard way, golfdigest.com.
Honorable mention -- Alan Bastable, US on cusp of President's Cup win, Golf.com; Rex Hoggard, Spieth silences doubters, golfchannel.com; Alan Shipnuck, They look like America, Golf.com; Jason Sobel, Leishman's harrowing journey, ESPN.com.
NON-DAILY COLUMNS – 1,Jerry Tarde, “Sandy Tatum: He never surrendered”, Golf Digest; https://tinyurl.com/nondailycolumns18; 2, Michael Bamberger, Ernie and Sam, Golf Magazine; 3, Ken Van Vechten, So, are we better golfers?, FORE Magazine.
Honorable mention – 1, Tom Callahan, Confessions of an enabler, Golf Digest; Tom Coyne, The push and the pull, The Golfer's Journal; Jerry Tarde, Forgive us our press passes, Golf Digest.
NON-DAILY FEATURES – 1, Sean Zak, “We were watching greatness: An oral history of the 1997 Masters”, Sports Illustrated; https://tinyurl.com/nondailyfeature18;
2, Gary Van Sickle, William McGirt isn't supposed to be here, Memorial Tournament Magazine; 3, Josh Sens, Collision course, Sports Illustrated.
Honorable mention -- Michael Bamberger, The last man who grew up at The National, Sports Illustrated; Jaime Diaz, The new Sergio, Golf Digest; Alan Shipnuck, Donald Trump, Golfer-in-Chief, Sports Illustrated; Guy Yocom, Hello Mickey Wright, Golf Digest.
NON-DAILY NEWS – 1, Jaime Diaz, “Fred Ridley takes the lead at Augusta”,
https://tinyurl.com/nondailynews18; 2, Alan Shipnuck, Viva Sergio!, Sports Illustrated; 3. Alan Shipnuck, Koepka outmuscles Erin Hills, Sports Illustrated.
Honorable mention -- Michael Bamberger, Trump, the new First Golfer, Sports Illustrated,; Jaime Diaz, Players date may change, Golf Digest; Beth Ann Nichols, Lewis win, donation highlight 2017, Golfweek.
SPECIAL PROJECTS – 1, Gary D'Amato, “The Making of Erin Hills”, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel; https://tinyurl.com/specialprojects18 ; 2, Guy Cipriano, When the creek rises, Golf Course Industry; 3, Al Tays and Matt Adams, Best equipment innovations, golfchannel.com.
Honorable mention -- Jaime Diaz, Ron Whitten, Guy Yocom, Ron Sirak, Jerry Tarde, Donald Trump, Golfer-in-Chief, Golf Digest; Mike McAllister, The man who inspired an army, PGATour.com; Ryan Lavner, Rex Hoggard, Mercer Baggs, Will Gray, The class of 2011, golfchannel.com.
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