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112-619: Annual US collegiate golf award The Haskins Award is presented annually by the Haskins Commission to honor the most outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States. The award is named in memory of Fred Haskins , former golf teaching professional at the Country Club of Columbus (Georgia). Votes are tabulated by the Haskins Commission from select writers , golf coaches , and collegiate golfers. It

224-516: A consultant to organizers of major events who need guidance on media requirements as well as seeking to represent its members' interests in a range of activities. In March 2008, Martin Samuel , then the chief football correspondent of The Times , was named British Sportswriter of the Year, the first time any journalist had won the award three years in succession. At the same awards, Jeff Stelling , of Sky Sports,

336-520: A factor behind poor performance in the 2012 Majors. Donald signed with sports management company IMG in 2003. In January 2014, Donald left IMG and signed with agency Lagardère Unlimited . He has a multi-year contract with Mizuno Corp. As part of this sponsorship Donald plays with Mizuno Fairway Woods, Irons and Wedges. He also wears his trademark Mizuno visor as part of his sponsorship. It has been reported that he receives $ 1 million just for wearing his Mizuno visor, and this could quadruple if he wins

448-481: A four-man playoff with Robert Garrigus , Bae Sang-moon and Jim Furyk . Donald had earlier shot a bogey-free round of 66, which included 5 birdies in his first 11 holes to make the playoff. After a loose tee shot found the rough, Donald hit a brilliant seven iron approach to within six feet on the 18th, the first extra hole. Garrigus also knocked his close, while Furyk and Bae left themselves lengthy birdie putts. There had only been 5 birdies all day in regulation play on

560-602: A major event such as the Masters. Donald also has a sponsorship deal with Jordan, who supply his personal and golf shoes. He formerly had tour sponsorships with Royal Bank of Canada as well as Zurich Insurance . Donald was sponsored by Polo Ralph Lauren for more than a decade but he announced on Twitter on 30 December 2017 that he would no longer be wearing Polo Ralph Lauren RLX on the golf course. On 2 January 2018, Donald announced that he would be sponsored by Greyson Clothiers going forward. In 2007, Luke Donald entered into

672-633: A major, the other being fellow Englishman Lee Westwood . Donald captained the European team in the 2023 Ryder Cup side to a 16 1 ⁄ 2 -11 1 ⁄ 2 victory over the United States at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club. Although his father was from Stranraer in southwest Scotland , Donald was born in Hemel Hempstead , Hertfordshire , England. He has described himself as "half Scottish". Nevertheless, Donald plays golf as an Englishman and represented England in golf's World Cup. Donald attended

784-652: A member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. His golf coach at Northwestern University was Pat Goss. He won the individual NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships men's title in 1999, beating the scoring record formerly held by Tiger Woods . He and David Lipsky share the Northwestern University school record of 202, for a 54-hole tournament score. Luke also became the first amateur to win the Chicago Open in 2000. Donald turned professional in 2001, making his debut as

896-832: A partnership with Terlato Wines to create a collection of bespoke wines. The first wine released (in April 2008) was a Claret-style red wine blend and a Carneros Chardonnay was released in spring 2009. Since then, a Viognier (2010) was added to the Luke Donald Collection, produced in the Central Coast of California. The wines reflect Donald's personal interest in and passion for food and wine. Donald met his future wife, Chicago native Diane Antonopoulos, while attending Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He proposed in June 2006, and

1008-715: A professional at the Reno-Tahoe Open on the PGA Tour courtesy of a sponsors exemption. He missed the cut in his debut, but managed to earn invitations into six more events on the PGA Tour in 2001, making three cuts. He earned his tour card for the 2002 season by finishing T23rd at the Q-School. In 2002, Donald made his first start as a member of the PGA Tour at the Sony Open in Hawaii , finishing tied for 13th. Donald won his maiden title on

1120-522: A putt of no more than six feet for birdie. Westwood's approach shot to the green spun back into the water hazard. Westwood chipped out from the drop zone and made double bogey, leaving Donald to hole out for a birdie to win the title and become the new world number one. Donald was the third Englishman to hold the number one position in the Official World Golf Ranking since its inception in 1986. In July 2011, Donald won his first tournament as

1232-516: A service also employed by golfer Martin Laird , which created a résumé for him and sent it to all the major colleges and universities in the United States. Several coaches responded, including Wally Goodwin at Stanford University . Goodwin recruited Donald to join his golf squad, but Donald was not admitted to the university. Donald subsequently took a golf scholarship at Northwestern University in 1997, where he studied art theory and practice, and became

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1344-407: A very fast and convenient way to access sports news on the go no matter where you are. The applications on smartphones that contain information about sports news and events are generally free. Fans ability to access sports on their smartphones allows them to personally engage (i.e. fantasy sports) and/or absorb sports information. Smartphones have truly increased the spread of sports news, typically in

1456-762: Is also home to the Associated Press Sports Editors. In more recent years, sports journalism has turned its attention to online news and press release media and provided services to Associated Press and other major news syndication services. Through the 1970s and 1980s, a rise in "citizen journalism" in Europe was witnessed in the rapid growth in popularity of soccer "fanzines" - cheaply printed magazines written by fans for fans that bypassed often stilted official club match programs and traditional media. Many continue today and thrive. Some authors, such as Jim Munro , have been adopted by their clubs. Once an editor of

1568-562: Is an English professional golfer and former world number one . He plays mainly on the U.S.-based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour . Donald had an outstanding year in 2011, winning several tournaments and awards. He won the PGA Tour money list and European Race to Dubai to complete a historic double, becoming the first player to win both money lists on the PGA and European Tours in

1680-3113: Is college golf's equivalent to college football's Heisman Trophy . Winners [ edit ] Year College Winner 2024 Auburn Jackson Koivun 2023 Texas Tech Ludvig Åberg 2022 Oklahoma Chris Gotterup 2021 Florida State John Pak 2020 Pepperdine Sahith Theegala 2019 Oklahoma State (8) Matthew Wolff 2018 Oregon Norman Xiong 2017 Ole Miss Braden Thornberry 2016 Texas (7) Beau Hossler 2015 Stanford (3) Maverick McNealy 2014 Stanford (2) Patrick Rodgers 2013 California Michael Kim 2012 Alabama Justin Thomas 2011 UCLA (2) Patrick Cantlay 2010 Georgia Russell Henley 2009 N.C. State Matt Hill 2008 UCLA Kevin Chappell 2007 So. California (3) Jamie Lovemark 2006 Oklahoma State (7) Pablo Martín 2005 UNLV Ryan Moore 2004 Wake Forest (3) Bill Haas 2003 Oklahoma State (6) Hunter Mahan 2002 UAB Graeme McDowell 2001 Georgia Tech (4) Bryce Molder 2000 Oklahoma State (5) Charles Howell III 1999 Northwestern Luke Donald 1998 Georgia Tech Matt Kuchar 1997 Texas (6) Brad Elder 1996 Stanford Tiger Woods 1995 Georgia Tech Stewart Cink 1994 Texas Justin Leonard 1993 Georgia Tech David Duval 1992 Arizona State (3) Phil Mickelson (3) 1991 Arizona State (2) Phil Mickelson (2) 1990 Arizona State Phil Mickelson 1989 Arizona Robert Gamez 1988 Texas Bob Estes 1987 Arizona State Billy Mayfair 1986 Oklahoma State (4) Scott Verplank 1985 So. California (2) Sam Randolph 1984 North Carolina John Inman 1983 Furman Brad Faxon 1982 Oklahoma State (3) Willie Wood 1981 Oklahoma State (2) Bob Tway 1980 Brigham Young (2) Bobby Clampett (2) 1979 Brigham Young Bobby Clampett 1978 Oklahoma State Lindy Miller 1977 So. California Scott Simpson 1976 Florida Phil Hancock 1975 Wake Forest (2) Jay Haas 1974 Wake Forest Curtis Strange 1973 Texas (3) Ben Crenshaw (3) 1972 Texas (2) Ben Crenshaw (2) 1971 Texas Ben Crenshaw See also [ edit ] Ben Hogan Award References [ edit ] ^ "The AGCP Masters of Golf Club Technology: Roy Nix" . Archived from

1792-497: Is different from Wikidata Sports journalist Modern sports journalism found its roots as content started to appear in newspapers in the early 1800s. At the start, the sports sporadically covered were horse racing and boxing. The focus of the coverage would be less on the event itself and more on the greater social context. Horse races between the North and South and boxing bouts between US and England garnered much interest from

1904-404: Is often accessible on various applications on the smartphone. These apps include ESPN, Bleacher Report, Global Sports Media, House of Highlights, and YouTube. The rise of mobile streaming has led to approximately 65% of sports followers streaming sports on a mobile device. Smartphones also allow for 24 hour access to sports news via social media apps such as Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. They are

2016-745: The 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational , four shots behind winner Adam Scott . He won his fourth title of the year at the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic in October 2011. With the win, he secured the PGA Tour money list title , the Vardon Trophy , the Byron Nelson Award , and the PGA Player of the Year . He later was voted the PGA Tour Player of the Year . In December, Donald finished third at

2128-410: The 2012 Open Championship , Donald equalled his best finish at the event of tied 5th. After rounds of 70-68-71, he produced a final round of 68 on a difficult day for scoring to advance up the leaderboard nine places to equal his best finish. On 12 August 2012, McIlroy won the 2012 PGA Championship . Donald finished in a tie for 32nd place at the tournament and again lost the world number one position to

2240-607: The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in October 2018 and finished T61. He also played in the Sky Sports British Masters , missing the cut. At the end of 2018 Luke Donald's world ranking had fallen to 609. Donald playing in only his second event of 2019 on his come back from injury, was in contention at the Valspar Championship . He shot rounds of 67-70-70 over the first three rounds to begin

2352-685: The BMW PGA Championship in May. He failed to make the European Ryder Cup team after losing out on a wild card pick from captain Paul McGinley . In November, Donald announced that he had switched back to his old coach Pat Goss as he believed that he was not making any progress under Cook after facing the disappointment of missing the Ryder Cup. In the first event of the 2015 European Tour season at

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2464-583: The Dubai World Championship and therefore secured the European Tour Race to Dubai for 2011, becoming the first golfer to officially claim top rank on both PGA Tour and European Tour money lists in the same year (although if Tiger Woods had ever taken up official membership of the European Tour, he would have also achieved this accolade on a number of occasions). At the first WGC event of

2576-587: The Dunlop Phoenix on the Japan Golf Tour , cruising to a six shot victory over the field. This was his first win of the 2013 season. Late in 2013, Donald changed from long-time swing coach Pat Goss, to Chuck Cook, who coached Jason Dufner to the 2013 PGA Championship. Donald started the season promisingly, with top-10s in the Honda Classic and the Valspar Championship before missing the cut by one shot at

2688-542: The FA Cup and England international matches from the BBC to rival broadcasters ITV. One of the reasons cited was that the BBC had been too critical of the performances of the England football team . Increasingly, sports journalists have turned to long-form writing , producing popular books on a range of sporting topics, including biographies, history and investigations. Dan Topolski was

2800-551: The Honda Classic in Florida, a victory which moved him into the top ten of the World Rankings for the first time. Donald finished tied for 3rd at the 2006 PGA Championship . To date, his third-place finishes at the 2006 PGA Championship and at the 2005 Masters are his best performances in major championships. In September 2006, Donald won his singles match 2&1 against Chad Campbell in the 36th Ryder Cup to help ensure Europe won

2912-681: The IAAF , the international track and field body. The first statutes of AIPS mentioned these objectives: For horse racing the Horserace Writers and Photographers’ Association was founded in 1927, was revived in 1967, and represents the interests of racing journalists in every branch of the media. In Britain, the Sports Journalists' Association was founded in 1948. It stages two awards events, an annual Sports Awards ceremony which recognizes outstanding performances by British sportsmen and women during

3024-487: The Nedbank Golf Challenge , Donald led the tournament after 36 holes after a 63, and again after 54 holes. He was unable to hold onto that lead after 72 holes and had to settle for third place behind Danny Willett and Ross Fisher . Donald had to face sectional qualifying for the U.S. Open for the first time in 11 years due to his fall to 66th in the world ranking. He managed to finish at the top of his qualifier at

3136-456: The RBC Heritage . This was the fourth time he had been runner-up at the event, without have yet captured the title. It was also Donald's best PGA Tour result since 2014 at the same event. Donald had held the 54-hole lead by a single stroke, but was beaten by Grace who carded a final round 66 to win by two strokes. In April 2017, Donald finished runner-up at the RBC Heritage , one stroke behind

3248-583: The Rudolf Steiner School in Kings Langley and later the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe . He played junior golf at Hazlemere and Beaconsfield Golf Clubs. He was twice the club champion of Beaconsfield, first winning the championship at the age of 15. Donald's brother Christian also played junior golf and caddied for Luke. Coming from England, he joined College Prospects of America,

3360-586: The Scandinavian Masters on the European Tour. In the same year he was a member of the victorious European Ryder Cup team and also won the WGC-World Cup for England in partnership with Paul Casey . In 2005, Donald made his debut at the Masters Tournament and finished tied for 3rd place. He described his debut at Augusta National as "a great performance – I am very happy with that". Donald rose in

3472-547: The West Ham United fanzine Fortune's Always Dreaming , Munro was hired by the club to write for its matchday magazine and is now sports editor of The Sun Online. Other titles, such as the irreverent monthly soccer magazine When Saturday Comes , have effectively gone mainstream. The advent of the Internet has seen much of this fan-generated energy directed into sports blogs. Ranging from team-centric blogs to those that cover

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3584-513: The White City Stadium to cover the finish of the Marathon . Such was the drama of that race, in which Dorando Pietri collapsed within sight of the finishing line when leading, that Conan Doyle led a public subscription campaign to see the gallant Italian, having been denied the gold medal through his disqualification, awarded a special silver cup, which was presented by Queen Alexandra . And

3696-514: The 11th rookie in PGA Tour history to earn more than $ 1 million in his first season. The 2003 season was less successful for Donald. He played solidly and made 17 of 25 cuts on the PGA Tour, but only two of these were top-10 finishes. He did however finish in a tie for third at the Scandinavian Masters on the European Tour in August 2003. In 2004, Donald won the Omega European Masters and

3808-515: The 18th and when Furyk, Bae and Garrigus all missed their putts, Donald brushed his in for the victory and the number one ranking. On 15 April 2012, Donald lost the number one ranking to McIlroy when he failed to finish inside the top 8 at the RBC Heritage . This cut short his second term as the world's number one player, ending after a four-week spell. Donald finished third at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans two weeks later to once again reclaim

3920-444: The 20th century, several important changes occurred that lead to the increased saturation of sports journalism in the mainstream . The first was the advent of the penny press which allowed for cheaper and more tabloid style of newspaper production. Newspapers also began using advertising to pay for their production costs instead of relying on circulation. The 1920s has been called the "Golden Age of American Sports". Baseball became

4032-532: The 60s, including a final round 68 with five birdies and only one bogey to claim victory. He became only the third player to successfully defend the European Tour's flagship event, alongside Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie . The victory was Donald's seventh title on the European Tour and resulted in a return to World Number One for the fourth time. Donald missed the cut at the 2012 U.S. Open , finishing +11 with rounds of 79 and 72. In his next major appearance, at

4144-461: The Bears Club to seal a spot. In his first 10 events of the 2016 season, Donald failed to record a single top-10 finish and had only one top-25 in this time. This lack of form caused Donald to fail to qualify for the Masters in April, for the first time since 2004, due to falling down to 90th in the World Rankings. The following week, Donald finished in a tie for second place behind Branden Grace at

4256-658: The European Ryder Cup team for the 2023 matches in Italy, replacing Henrik Stenson who had been removed from the role due to his decision to join LIV Golf . Europe went on to win the cup 16 1 ⁄ 2 –11 1 ⁄ 2 . Donald worked with Pat Goss as coach from his time at Northwestern University until 2013. He added Dave Alred from 2010 to 2012, during which period he reached World Number 1 . Donald stopped working with Alred after citing an 'over-analysis' of his game as

4368-519: The German Martin Kaymer 3&2 in the final. During the final, Donald built a three-up lead over the first five holes. However, Kaymer pegged him back and won three of the next four holes meaning the match was all square entering the back-nine. Donald was able to regain his lead with two successive wins at holes 11 and 12, then followed that up with a birdie on hole 15 to re-build his three-up lead with three holes to play. Both players then parred

4480-405: The Masters in April. Just prior to Augusta, Donald had lost a place in the world's top 30 for the first time since 2008. He returned at RBC Heritage , where he held a two-shot lead after 54 holes, only to be narrowly beaten by Matt Kuchar , but he finished 2nd and returned to the world's top 20. Several weeks later, and Donald finished in 38th at The Players Championship . He also tied for third at

4592-649: The New York Yankees for not allowing her to interview players in the locker room during the 1977 World Series. A federal judge ruled that this ban was in violation of the Equal Protection Clause in the 14th Amendment. Some female reporters include Adeline Daley (whom some consider the "Jackie Robinson of female sportswriters" ), Anita Martini , Mary Garber , Lesley Visser , Marjorie Herrera Lewis , Sally Jenkins , and Holly Rowe . Luke Donald Luke Campbell Donald MBE (born 7 December 1977)

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4704-708: The No. 1 Female Sportscaster of all time. There has been an ongoing debate as to whether or not female reporters should be allowed in the locker rooms after games. If they are denied access, this gives male reporters a competitive advantage in the field, as they can interview players in the locker room after games. If locker room access is denied to all reporters - male and female - because of this controversy, male journalists would likely resent female reporters for having their access taken away. It wasn't until 1978 that female sports journalists were allowed to enter locker rooms for interviews. Sports Illustrated reporter, Melissa Ludtke, sued

4816-696: The Northern Irishman. In November, Donald won his third tournament of 2012, the Dunlop Phoenix tournament in Japan. In doing so he overtook Tiger Woods and returned to second place in the world rankings. In March 2013, as defending champion at the Tampa Bay Championship , Donald finished in a tie for fourth. He missed his first-ever cut in a European Tour event at the Maybank Malaysian Open . It

4928-480: The Olympics and one on FIFA , the world football body. Likewise, award-winning writers Duncan Mackay , of The Guardian , and Steven Downes unravelled many scandals involving doping, fixed races and bribery in international athletics in their 1996 book, Running Scared , which offered an account of the threats by a senior track official that led to the suicide of their sports journalist colleague, Cliff Temple . But

5040-759: The Open Championship, the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup that year. In May 2010, Donald won the Madrid Masters by one shot for his first title in four years. In October 2010, Donald was a member of the European team that won the 2010 Ryder Cup with a one-point win over the USA. Donald's biggest win to date came in February 2011 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship when he defeated

5152-641: The PGA Tour in November 2002 at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic . The tournament was reduced to 54 holes after significant rain meant unplayable conditions and washed out play on the Sunday. He was two strokes back at the halfway stage, but birdied holes 15, 16 and 17 on Saturday for a 67 and a one stroke advantage over South African Deane Pappas . After the final round was cancelled, Donald was crowned champion on Monday morning. With this success he became only

5264-562: The RSM Classic after experiencing chest pains before his first round. Donald was rushed to hospital but was later released. His premature end to the season meant he finished outside the world's top 100 for the first time since his rookie year. During the 2018 PGA Tour season, Donald entered eight tournaments and missed the cut in all but two of them. His best finish was a T37 at the Genesis Open at Riviera Country Club . He finished 214th in

5376-404: The World Rankings from 130th at the turn of the year to 13th in the world in April 2005 after his top-3 finish at the Masters. Later in the year Donald, along with Tom Watson , was one of two players to play with Jack Nicklaus in the final two rounds of golf in his career, at the 2005 Open Championship at Old Course at St Andrews . In March 2006, Donald won his second U.S. PGA Tour event at

5488-565: The analysis these teams are conducting. New metrics have been created to study the quality of player performance. The metrics have also been used to compile rankings of players and teams. Blog sites like FiveThirtyEight began to sprout as full-time sport analytic sites that took available data and constructed analytic heavy articles pertaining to sports. ESPN has implemented a segment in their shows called ‘Sports Science’ where stars of every sport come in to test how advanced analytics affect field performance. There has been much pushback by many over

5600-676: The contributors. This can lead to a lack of quality as there is no editorial element, however their reach is large. There are also editorially managed sites that do pay their contributors in a similar fashion to traditional publishers. I.e. a price per word or per article. Examples of these are Athlon Sports and The Sporting Blog. Other sports blogs such as Fansided and SB Nation suggest a combination of traffic and results based incentives with regards to recompense for contributions. More recently, investment vehicles like Rocket Sports Internet have emerged that provide capital for sports journalists and news creators to run their own businesses and leverage

5712-416: The country. The Tour de France was born, and sports journalism's role in its foundation is still reflected today in the leading rider wearing a yellow jersey - the color of the paper on which L'Auto was published (in Italy, the Giro d'Italia established a similar tradition, with the leading rider wearing a jersey the same pink color as the sponsoring newspaper, La Gazzetta ). After the Second World War,

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5824-580: The couple married on 24 June 2007 in Santorini , Greece. They have three daughters. The couple owns homes in Northfield, Illinois , Evanston, Illinois , and Jupiter, Florida . Donald studied art theory and practice in college, and enjoys painting and drawing when not on tour. In 2002, one of his oil paintings was auctioned by the PGA Tour for charity. Donald and his wife are also avid collectors of contemporary art. His brother Christian Donald caddied for him through to 2009. Donald's father, Colin Donald, died on 8 November 2011, just three days before

5936-416: The creation of journals like Sports Illustrated , first published in 1954, was one of the first publications to solely focus on sports. Sports Illustrated was the brainchild of Henry Lucre who felt that the established publishers at the time were not taking advantage of the public's massive appetite for sports. With weekly issues, Sports Illustrated was able to produce more classic journalistic pieces as

6048-480: The day and closer to the deadlines many organizations must observe. Yet they are expected to use the same tools as news journalists, and to uphold the same professional and ethical standards. They must take care not to show bias for any team. Twitter and other social media platforms became sports information providers. Twitter became a platform for sports in 2009 during the NBA playoffs. By the end of April, tweeting by television sports analysts, announcers, and journalists

6160-449: The digital space which has increased advertising revenue has not balanced out the losses from print journalism. The importance of click count has gone up as these sites are being funded by online advertisers. This has led to many shorter journalistic pieces offering controversial opinions in order to generate the most clicks. Sportswriters regularly face more deadline pressure than other reporters because sporting events tend to occur late in

6272-428: The editors of the Wisden cricket almanac, and Hayters . Sportswriting in Britain has attracted some of the finest journalistic talents. The Daily Mirror' s Peter Wilson, Hugh McIlvanney , first at The Observer and lately at the Sunday Times , Ian Wooldridge of the Daily Mail and soccer writer Brian Glanville , best known at the Sunday Times , and columnist Patrick Collins, of the Mail on Sunday , five times

6384-422: The ethics of his actions. Kaepernick cites that his position as a quarterback in the National Football League gives him a unique opportunity to carry out his message. Kaepernick's actions have inspired a wave of athletes using their position to take on social issues ranging from abortion to college athletes getting monetary compensation. Sports journalism plays a significant role in how these views are conveyed to

6496-443: The final round after shooting rounds of 68, 72 and 71. Donald then shot a final round of 75 (+5) to finish in a tie for eighth, recording the first top 10-finish of his career in a U.S. Open tournament. Donald missed the halfway cut at both the 2013 Open Championship and 2013 PGA Championship , marking the first time in his career that he missed cuts at consecutive majors in a single year. In November 2013, Donald defended his title at

6608-430: The final round, three behind the leader. When he then eagled the first hole, he was temporarily one off the lead, however he struggled during the rest of the final round which resulted in a 73 and T9 finish. This result moved Donald from 919th to 548th in the world rankings. Later in the season, Donald finished T10 at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship . Donald's medical exemption ended in February 2020. He did not meet

6720-411: The final; however, he did not add the Volvo World Match Play title to his WGC-Accenture Match Play title he won earlier in the year. This defeat ended Donald's run of 14 consecutive match play wins. In May 2011, Donald beat Lee Westwood in a playoff to win the European Tour's flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship at the Wentworth Club . This was Donald's fifth victory on the European Tour and in

6832-468: The first 10 holes. It was indeed Donald's form on the front-nine all week that took him to this title, as apart from the final when Kaymer came back to square the match, Donald was able to build unassailable leads en route to victory. As a result of this tournament victory, Donald climbed to his highest ever World Ranking position of number three in the world. Donald continued his early-season form at The Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links when he held

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6944-469: The first mass spectator event for journalistic coverage. The Race, an annual rowing event between the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford , has been held annually from 1856. Cricket , possibly because of its esteemed place in society, has regularly attracted the most elegant of writers. The Manchester Guardian , in the first half of the 20th century, employed Neville Cardus as its cricket correspondent as well as its music critic. Cardus

7056-558: The first recipient of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award in 1989, which has continued to reward authors for their excellence in sports literature. Most countries have their own national association of sports journalists . Many sports also have their own clubs and associations for specified journalists. These organizations attempt to maintain the standard of press provision at sports venues, to oversee fair accreditation procedures and to celebrate high standards of sports journalism. The International Sports Press Association, AIPS,

7168-477: The form of videos, highlights, scores, and articles. Applications on smartphones, especially Twitter and ESPN, tend to be the platforms where sports breaking news first emerge. Overall, smartphones provide readily available sports news that can be accessed during the course of a sports fan's everyday life. Women have not always been in the sports reporting field. Women such as Jane Chastain and Lesley Visser are considered pioneers in women's sportscasting. Chastain

7280-448: The hole, giving Snedeker the win with a par. Donald continued his excellent match play form in May, reaching the final of the Volvo World Match Play Championship , which he eventually lost 2&1 to fellow Englishman Ian Poulter . He knew that had he had won this tournament he would have gone to world number one for the first time in his career. Donald had previously beaten Ross Fisher , Charl Schwartzel and Martin Kaymer to reach

7392-429: The increasing number of ways that creators can more easily generate revenue streams outside of the conventional organisational structures. Early successes include BenchWarmers, Empire of the Kop and caughtoffside. The rise of smartphones have recently taken off and altered the way sports media has been presented. Smartphones have had a big influence on how the public perceives sports entertainment and content. Sports media

7504-400: The internet became more widespread, bloggers and location and team specific websites started taking over the market. A majority of these smaller websites did not charge a subscription fee as it was funded on advertising. This lower cost to the consumer as well as increased access to variety of very specific content led to the shift away from print and towards digital. However, the growth seen in

7616-408: The lead going into final round with Jim Furyk . With the pressure of knowing that he would become the new world number 1, he shot a one under par 70 to finish tied with American Brandt Snedeker , who fired a 64 (−7). In the playoff, both players birdied the first hole and then parred the second hole. However, at the third extra hole, Donald made bogey when his chip ran narrowly past the outside edge of

7728-533: The moment. There has been a major shift within sports in the last decade as more sports teams are switching to using analytics . A large reason for this shift is due to many articles being published about the increased benefit of using analytics to make strategic decisions in a game. As there is data collected about every instance in every sport, sports data analysis has increased. Sports publications are now hiring people with extensive background in statistics and mathematics in order to publish articles detailing

7840-437: The national pastime, college football became popular, and radio and newspaper coverage increased. The New York Herald was the first newspapers to publishing consistent sports coverage. The New York World in 1883 was the first newspaper to have a full times sports department. The following period from 1880 to 1920 saw a massive increase in sports coverage in publications. A study showed that in 1880 only 0.4 percent of space in

7952-399: The news pages. Recently, the issue of Colin Kaepernick 's protest of injustice shown to people of color by the police by kneeling during the performance of the national anthem before his football games has created diverse and varied coverage. His actions have taken his discussion from the sports field and into the national scope as major political pundits and even the Presidents commenting on

8064-462: The newspaper was dedicated to sports. By the 1920s, that proportion had risen to 20 percent. During this time, newspapers focused mainly on play by play coverage and game recaps of the sport events. Local publications started hiring beat reporters who were tasked with following all developments pertaining to the team. This included traveling with the team and interviewing the players. Teams also started constructing dedicated sections called press box in

8176-478: The number of publications which leads to more people unsubscribing from the content. The fall in print sports journalism can be tied to the rise of internet and digital sports journalism. Digital sports journalism serves as both a complement and a competitor of newspaper sports journalism. Digital sports journalism began in the mid 1990s with ESPN creating the first website in 1995. At first digital sports journalism covered broad topics in scope, but as time went on and

8288-488: The number one golfer in the Official World Golf Ranking after winning the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club . He held the number one position for 40 weeks between May 2011 and March 2012 before Rory McIlroy briefly took over as world number one. The pair then exchanged the number one position a further four times in the following two months. On 27 May 2012, Donald regained the world number one ranking after successfully defending his BMW PGA Championship title. He held

8400-486: The number one position for a further 10 weeks before McIlroy displaced him again. Donald has spent a cumulative total of 56 weeks as the World Number One and has spent over 200 weeks in the top-10. He was awarded an MBE in 2012 for services to golf. Donald has had eight top-10 finishes in major championships, with two third-place finishes. He is one of two golfers to achieve the world number one ranking without winning

8512-587: The number one ranking. He lost the number one spot the following week after McIlroy's runner-up finish at the Wells Fargo Championship . On 23 May 2012, Donald was awarded honorary life membership of the European Tour in recognition of his achievements in the 2011 season. In the same week, Donald retained his title at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on 27 May 2012, with a four stroke victory over Justin Rose and Paul Lawrie . He shot all four rounds in

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8736-588: The pace of modern electronic media - would produce special results editions rushed out on Saturday evenings. Some newspapers, such as The Sunday Times , with 1924 Olympic 100 meters champion Harold Abrahams , or the London Evening News using former England cricket captain Sir Leonard Hutton , began to adopt the policy of hiring former sports stars to pen columns, which were often ghost written. Some such ghosted columns, however, did little to further

8848-427: The par-3 16th, ensuring Donald's first World Golf Championship title and the biggest victory of his career. Donald had been in exceptional form all week and held an unprecedented record of having never trailed at any point during the week. He started the tournament off in fine fashion with a 6&5 win over American Charley Hoffman . In the second round Donald faced fellow Ryder Cup teammate Edoardo Molinari . It

8960-770: The previous year, and the British Sports Journalism Awards, the industry's "Oscars", sponsored by UK Sport and presented each March. Founded as the Sports Writers' Association, following a merger with the Professional Sports Photographers' Association in 2002, the organization changed its title to the more inclusive SJA. The SJA represents the British sports media on the British Olympic Association 's press advisory committee and acts as

9072-437: The process achieving one of the game's highest accolades of becoming the world number one. Westwood had entered the tournament as number one in the world and the sudden-death playoff at the end of 72 holes provided a subplot of world numbers one and two contesting for the championship. On the first playoff hole, the par-five 18th, after both laying up with their second shots, Donald played a pitch for his third shot to leave himself

9184-535: The public imagination was so well caught by the event that annual races in Boston , Massachusetts, and London, and at future Olympics, were henceforward staged over exactly the same, 26-mile, 385-yard distance used for the 1908 Olympic Marathon , and the official length of the event worldwide to this day. The London race, called the Polytechnic Marathon and originally staged over the 1908 Olympic route from outside

9296-409: The public. The author creates a story from the raw quotes provided by the athlete and this is published to thousands of viewers. Inherent in the publication will be the biases of the author and this will be passed on to the reader (cite). As sports moves more and more into the political discussion space, sports journalist will have increasingly more power over the public sentiment of the hottest issues at

9408-552: The reputation of sports journalism, which is increasingly becoming the subject of academic scrutiny of its standards. Many "ghosted" columns were often run by independent sports agencies, based in Fleet Street or in the provinces, who had signed up the sports star to a contract and then syndicated their material among various titles. These agencies included Pardons, or the Cricket Reporting Agency , which routinely provided

9520-514: The royal residence at Windsor Castle to White City, was first sponsored by the Sporting Life , which in those Edwardian times was a daily newspaper which sought to cover all sporting events, rather than just a betting paper for horse racing and greyhounds that it became in the years after the Second World War . The rise of the radio made sports journalism more focused on the live coverage of

9632-541: The same year. He was named the PGA Player of the Year and the European Tour Golfer of the Year . He also became the first Englishman to win the PGA Tour Player of the Year award, the PGA Tour's Vardon Trophy and the Mark H. McCormack Award for the most weeks at number one during a calendar year. He was later awarded honorary life membership of the European Tour for his achievements in 2011. In May 2011, Donald became

9744-488: The season-long FedEx Cup . In April 2018, back pain forced him to take several months off. Donald was granted a major medical exemption for the 2019 PGA Tour season. He had 15 starts to earn 335.891 FedEx Cup points. European captain Thomas Bjørn named Donald as a vice-captain for the 2018 Ryder Cup . Europe regained the Ryder Cup defeating the U.S. 17 1/2 to 10 1/2 points. On the European Tour , Donald played in

9856-483: The social elite. In the early nineteenth century, popular British sportswriter Pierce Egan coined the term "the Sweet Science" as an epithet for prizefighting — or more fully "the Sweet Science of Bruising" as a description of England's bare-knuckle fight scene. During the 1820s and 1830s, the primary demographic target for newspapers was the social elite as newspaper was too expensive for the common man. Approaching

9968-631: The sporting events. The first sports reporter in Great Britain, and one of the first sports reporters in the World, was an English writer Edgar Wallace , who made a report on The Derby on June 6, 1923 for the British Broadcasting Company . In France, L'Auto , the predecessor of L'Equipe , had already played an equally influential part in the sporting fabric of society when it announced in 1903 that it would stage an annual bicycle race around

10080-561: The sports media itself, Bleacher Report , Deadspin.com , ProFootballTalk.com, BaseballEssential.com, Tireball Sports, AOL Fanhouse, Masshole Sports, the blogs in the Yardbarker Network, and others have garnered massive followings. There are now platforms that act as 'Blog hosts', which allow both amateur and professional sports writers to host their content without the need for a custom website. These include Medium , and Muckrack, which are free platforms to use, which in turn do not pay

10192-405: The sports sections of British national daily and Sunday newspapers continued to expand, to the point where many papers now have separate standalone sports sections; some Sunday tabloids even have sections, additional to the sports pages, devoted solely to the previous day's football reports. In some respects, this has replaced the earlier practice of many regional newspapers which - until overtaken by

10304-521: The sports stars he reported upon, he hired the services of IMG , the agency founded by the American businessman, Mark McCormack , to manage his affairs. Glanville wrote several books, including novels, as well as scripting the memorable official film to the 1966 World Cup staged in England. Since the 1990s, the growing importance of sport, its impact as a global business and the huge amounts of money involved in

10416-515: The stadiums for the press to sit and record notes on the game. As technology introduced new developments like the radio, television and the internet, the focus of sports coverage shifted from the play by play to statistical analysis of the game and background pieces on the players. This was also coupled with a massive increase in sports amongst the general public. The increased popularity of football, basketball and hockey meant more content to publish and more interested readers to publish to. This led to

10528-510: The staging of events such as the Olympic Games and football World Cups, has also attracted the attention of investigative journalists. The sensitive nature of the relationships between sports journalists and the subjects of their reporting, as well as declining budgets experienced by most Fleet Street newspapers, has meant that such long-term projects have often emanated from television documentary makers. Tom Bower , with his 2003 sports book of

10640-518: The terms and used a career earnings exemption for the remainder of the season. In May 2020, accidentally during an interview, the appointed Ryder Cup captain Pádraig Harrington revealed Donald as his second vice-captain for the 43rd Ryder Cup match, to be played in September 2021, after being postponed one year because of the pandemic. On August 1, 2022, Donald was announced as the captain of

10752-481: The title and Donald kept his number one status. However, he did lose his status the following week, after electing not to play at The Honda Classic . McIlroy won the tournament and took over as world number one. Two weeks later, Donald won the Transitions Championship to reclaim the number one ranking from McIlroy. This was his fifth victory on the PGA Tour and came after a solid week's play culminating in

10864-455: The trophy for the third successive time. Donald also won in the foursomes twice, with Sergio García . Donald took part in three matches in the Ryder Cup that year, winning all of them. In 2008, Donald sustained an injury to his left wrist at the U.S. Open that forced him to withdraw from the tournament during the final round. His injury resulted in him having a six-month lay-off from competitive golf which meant that he missed out on playing in

10976-587: The use of analytics in sports. Many established coaches are quick to bash analytics as narrow and ignorant of the big picture. The tradition of sports reporting attracting some of the finest writers in journalism can be traced to the coverage of sport in Victorian England, where several modern sports – such as association football, cricket , athletics and rugby – were first organized and codified into something resembling what we would recognize today. Andrew Warwick has suggested that The Boat Race provided

11088-984: The winner of the Sports Writer of the Year Award. Many became household names in the late 20th century through their trenchant reporting of events, spurring popularity: the Massacre at the Munich Olympics in 1972; Muhammad Ali 's fight career, including his 1974 title bout against George Foreman ; the Heysel Stadium disaster ; and the career highs and lows of the likes of Tiger Woods , George Best , David Beckham , Lester Piggott and other high-profile stars. McIlvanney and Wooldridge, who died in March 2007, aged 75, both enjoyed careers that saw them frequently work in television. During his career, Wooldridge became so famous that, like

11200-471: The winner, Wesley Bryan . This was the fifth time that Donald had finished as a runner-up at the event, without ever winning at Harbour Town Golf Links . This moved him to third on the list of players to have runner-up finishes in an event without winning, behind Jack Nicklaus 's seven at the Canadian Open and Phil Mickelson 's six at the U.S. Open . In November 2017, Donald was forced to withdraw from

11312-570: The world number one at the Barclays Scottish Open , which was held the week before the 2011 Open Championship . He shot a bogey free −9 on Sunday to finish four strokes clear of Sweden's Fredrik Andersson Hed . The tournament however, was badly affected by heavy rain in the Inverness area, with the course becoming flooded, washing out all of Saturday's play. A decision was taken to reduce the tournament to 54 holes. Donald finished second at

11424-593: The writers had more time to research and conduct longer interview sit downs with players and coaches. Since the start of the new millennium, circulation and advertising numbers of print newspapers having been falling rapidly. This has led to widespread cost cutting and layoffs across the industry. There are 29 percent fewer journalists in the workforce now when compared to the number of journalist in 1980. These developments have significantly affected sports journalism as established publications like Sports Illustrated and ESPN have had to cut content, increase prices and reduce

11536-560: The writing of such exposes - referred to as "spitting in the soup" by Paul Kimmage , the former Tour de France professional cyclist, now an award-winning writer for the Sunday Times – often requires the view of an outsider who is not compromised by the need of day-to-day dealings with sportsmen and officials, as required by "beat" correspondents. The stakes can be high when upsetting sport's powers: in 2007, England's FA opted to switch its multimillion-pound contract for UK coverage rights of

11648-649: The year Broken Dreams , which analyzed British football, followed in the tradition established a decade earlier by Andrew Jennings and Vyv Simson with their controversial investigation of corruption within the International Olympic Committee. Jennings and Simson's The Lords of the Rings in many ways predicted the scandals that were to emerge around the staging of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City; Jennings would follow-up with two further books on

11760-425: The year, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship , Donald in defence of his title he won in 2011, was eliminated in the opening round by South African Ernie Els who beat him 5&4. He was in danger of being knocked off the top of the world rankings as both Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood progressed to the semi-finals, either would have taken over the top spot by winning the tournament. However, neither could win

11872-469: Was a tight match that went down to the 17th, when Donald holed a birdie putt to seal a 2&1 victory. His third round opponent was another Italian, this time the young 17-year-old Matteo Manassero , who Donald beat 3&2. In the quarter-final on Saturday, he faced American Ryan Moore and won at the 14th with a 5&4 victory. In his semi-final match against Matt Kuchar , Donald was in magnificent form winning 6&5, having found himself seven-up through

11984-737: Was founded in 1924 during the Olympic Games in Paris, at the headquarters of the Sporting Club de France, by Frantz Reichel, the press chief of the Paris Games, and the Belgian Victor Boin. AIPS operates through a system of continental sub-associations and national associations, and liaises closely with some of the world's biggest sports federations, including the International Olympic Committee , football's world governing body FIFA, and

12096-401: Was his first missed cut in 119 career European Tour starts. As the two-time defending champion, Donald then endured the disappointment of missing the halfway cut at the 2013 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth after shooting rounds of 78 and 72, missing the cut by four strokes. At the 2013 U.S. Open held at Merion Golf Club , Donald was only two shots behind leader Phil Mickelson entering

12208-459: Was later knighted for his services to journalism. One of his successors, John Arlott , who became a worldwide favorite because of his radio commentaries on the BBC , was also known for his poetry. The first London Olympic Games in 1908 attracted such widespread public interest that many newspapers assigned their very best-known writers to the event. The Daily Mail even had Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at

12320-502: Was named Sports Broadcaster of the Year for the third time, a prize determined by a ballot of SJA members. Stelling won the vote again the following year, when the Sunday Times' s Paul Kimmage won the interviewer of the year prize for a fifth time. In the United States, the Indianapolis-based National Sports Journalism Center monitors trends and strategy within the sports media industry. The center

12432-594: Was the first woman to work for a large network (CBS) and the first woman to do play-by-play in the '60s. Lesley Visser was a sportswriter for The Boston Globe before she joined CBS in 1984 as a part-time reporter. She is the only sportscaster in history, male or female, to have worked on the Final Four, NBA Finals, World Series, Monday Night Football, the Super Bowl, the Olympics, and the US Open broadcasts. She has been voted

12544-542: Was the new trend in sports. Sports stories occasionally transcend the games themselves and take on socio-political significance: Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball is an example of this. Modern controversies regarding the hyper-compensation of top athletes, the use of anabolic steroids and other, banned performance-enhancing drugs , and the cost to local and national governments to build sports venues and related infrastructure, especially for Olympic Games , also demonstrates how sports can intrude on to

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