The forces (Tiger Woods) unleashed, through no fault of his own, led to the imbroglio the sport faces today.
summer of 1997. Getting and retaining talent has been a key reason for Golf Digest’s growth and evolution in a media landscape that has under- gone seismic changes. One cannot describe the present, while evolving into the future, without a reliable core. There is nostalgia on Tarde’s part – how can you not look fondly on the days when writers like
since. One of his first hires in the mid-’80s was to bring aboard Dan Jenkins as a contributing editor. “That turned out to be so important because it allowed us to attract so much other talent,” says Tarde, who was also responsible for one of the most important moves in Golf Digest history – outlasting Golf Magazine in a tense battle to sign Tiger Woods as playing editor in the spring and
THE ZENITH Golf history refracts through the Tiger Slam of 2000-2001.
RAINS AND POWER Bryson DeChambeau continues to push his game to new levels
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