Golf Writers Association of America Turns 70

Founded on this date in 1946.

That’s a pretty sweet number for the GWAA, as 70 is generally equivalent to par or a couple of strokes under on an 18-hole course.

As Golf Digest archives editor Cliff Schrock notes, one man was the driving force of an organization that now counts more than 800 members:

The GWAA was founded on the Sunday prior to the 1946 PGA Championship, played at Portland, Ore. Golf Club and won by Ben Hogan. The GWAA was finally formed 17 years after The New York Times’ William D.

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