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Steve Pike

SR. Writer
Steve “Spike” Pike is a lifelong journalist whose career covers Major League Baseball, the NFL, and college basketball. For the past 26 years, Spike has been one of the more respected voices in the golf and travel industries, working for such publications as Golfweek, Golf World, and Golf Digest for The New York Times Magazine Group. In 1998, Spike helped launch the PGA.com website for the PGA of America. As a freelance travel and golf writer, Spike’s travels have taken him around the world. He has played golf from Pebble Beach to St. Andrews, walked the Great Wall of China, climbed an active volcano in the Canary Islands, been on safari in South Africa, and dived with sharks off Guadalupe, Baja California.

McConnell Golf Hosting Consecutive Korn Ferry Events

McConnell Golf to host back-to-back Korn Ferry events at Holston Hills Country Club (Knoxville) and Raleigh (NC) Country Club

2024 PGA Champion: Xander Schauffele

Round 1 of the 2024 PGA Championship is in the books! Xander Schauffele leads with a record-breaking score. Who will chase him in Louisville?

Seth Waugh’s Numbers Game

PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh discusses the current state of recreational golf and its growth, especially among female players.

Seth Waugh: A Quiet Pragmatist on Ball Changes

PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh shares insights on the controversial USGA/R&A decision to roll back golf ball distance.

Arnie and Jack

Arnie and Jack

ARNIE AND JACK: STORIES OF MY LONG FRIENDSHIP WITH TWO REMARKABLE MEN Charlie Mechem, one of golf’s true “nice...

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The Tesoro Club

The Tesoro Club

Marco Schlenz thought he had seen it all during his career in the private club world, but the Tesoro Club in Port St....

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PGA Frisco

In his then-role as president of the Northern Texas Section of the PGA of America,  Paul Earnest, along with the...

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