EDITOR’S LETTER
CONTRIBUTORS
A senior writer at Sports Illustrated, Alan Shipnuck has been covering professional golf since 1994. He is the author of four books, including the national best-seller The Swinger (co-written with Michael Bamberger.) Shipnuck lives in Carmel, California and carries a 6.8 handicap, which he rarely plays to. PLAY FOR ME = Watching my four kids (all 9 and under) whack balls at the range, a riot of flailing limbs and a cacophony of squeals.
Christopher T Martin is a commercial
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count my late introduction to golf as one of those great life surprises that you don’t see coming. I was fascinated by the complexity of the game, the richness of its history and the wonderful way it brings people together. That was more than a decade ago, and I still find myself mesmerized. As a writer, I have been extremely lucky to get an inside look and spend time with so many colorful characters in and around the greens. I have skied with David Duval as he snowboarded in Sun Valley (on assignment for Sports Illustrated), talked shop with Golf Channel’s hilarious Brandel Chamblee in an Arizona Steelers bar, and accompanied Charles Barkley for a round at Michael Jordan’s Celebrity Invitational. I met one of my best friends, Judy Street—a former Curtis Cup player—now 72—because at age 60, she went back to college and played for the Barry University golf team. She was the oldest NCAA competitor ever. Together we spent a magical two weeks golfing in Scotland, and a wager-winning bogie on the Road Hole at St. Andrews scores high on my life’s highlight reel. Last year, she was the maid of honor at my wedding. I have an entire shelf of golf books written by people I now call friends. Alan Shipnuck and Gary Van Sickle, both fabulous national magazine writers and both in this issue, have been pals since the days we met … covering golf. I am grateful for the long list of wonderful people I have experienced through the game. And I am thrilled that the Sequoia Golf family has asked me to help them bring some of the joy that is their everyday world to IN PLAY. My hope is that in these pages you will experience and enjoy those same things that we alI love about the sport—and especially the people who make it great.
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photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia. His subjects include lawyers, educators, scientists, movie stars, musicians and athletes. PLAY FOR ME = Lego building, swimming, biking and defending the family home from an invasion of zombies, with my two young boys.
Rakhee Bhatt is an editor, writer and
blogger covering the luxury market in Los Angeles. Her experience includes Us Weekly magazine, National Geographic Adventure and the local blog Style Section L.A. PLAY FOR ME = Running, biking, sinking my toes in the sand, cooking for my loved ones and trying to write the next great romantic comedy. Scotland-born Brian Morgan will return to the birthplace of golf (and himself) when he heads to Muirfield this July to photograph his 49th consecutive Open Championship. In his 50-year career, he has photographed 17 Masters and 14 U.S. Open and PGA Championships, as well as more than 100 courses in more than 50 countries. PLAY FOR ME = A champagne picnic overlooking the Salton Sea with my wife, Linda.
VP, BRANDED MEDIA Emily S. Baker
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