Industry news
20TH AUSTRALIAN GOLF
MEDIA AWARD WINNERS
ANNOUNCED
T
he Australian Golf Media
Association (AGWA)
announced the winners
of this year’s Australian Golf
Media Awards at a function
held in conjunction with the
Australian Open at The Lakes
Golf Club in Sydney.
The night was well supported
by many of the major people
in the Australian golf industry
including Australian Open
defending champion Cameron
Davis and rising stars Harrison
Endycott and Travis Smyth.
The evening also saw the 20th presentation
of the Australian Golf Media Awards, with
Golf Australia magazine feature writer and
columnist Brendan Moloney being the big
individual winner.
Other winners included:
The Australian’s Nick Tabakoff for his
exclusive back page report revealing
Emirates’ review of its sponsorship of the
Australian Open Championship;
He won the Best Long Form Story for his
moving tribute to Peter Thomson, who
passed away in May. Moloney was also
presented the Tom Ramsey Memorial Award
For Excellence in a career that has spanned
more than four decades. PGA TV collected the gong for Best Visual
Presentation for its “World’s Biggest Bunker”
video, while SEN radio presenter Andy
Maher received the award for Best Aural
Presentation for his compassionate live
interview with Jarrod Lyle shortly before he
passed away.
Golf Victoria Magazine collected three
gongs with Karen Harding awarded for best
reportage on women’s golf, columnist Mike
Clayton winning the Best Opinion Piece for
his thought-provoking ‘Money The Answer To
Open’, while artist Paul Harvey was awarded
Best Photographic/Illustration presentation. Source: Golf Australia.
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