GWAA Podcast

Longtime sports reporter Jimmy Roberts joins the GWAA Podcast to discuss his career, lessons learned, and the advice he's passed along to his own three sons. Roberts opens up about his new venture, Big Swing Media, and explains how an interesting fact about McDonald's led to the creation of the new media endeavor. Roberts also discusses whether he has a formula for crafting interview questions and shares the details about one interview he conducted that took an unexpected turn.

Veteran sports journalist Gene Wojciechowski, who spent more than two decades at ESPN, joins the podcast to discuss his 13th book, All Carry. Wojciechowski explains why he wanted to write a novel and the inspiration behind the book. He also discusses his career and says that its been defined by a series of leaps of faith and that ending up on ESPN was a complete accident. The longtime sports writer also explains how his longtime friend, Rick Reilly, inspired him to start writing books.

Tod Leonard is a Senior Editor at Golf Digest who recently published stories covering Nelly Korda's victory at the U.S. Women's Open at Riviera Country Club while also being a part of the team that broke the story about Phil Mickelson being accused of inappropriate contact at a golf club in San Diego. Leonard joins this month's GWAA Podcast to talk about his stories on both Korda and Mickelson and also details his journey to working at Golf Digest.

A panel of GWAA members from across the golf media landscape met with students, who have applied for the 2026 Herbert V. Kohler Jr./GWAA Journalism Scholarship, to share their background, insights into their careers, and lessons learned. This episode features highlights from this year's panelists:Jeremy Friedman, OutlyrRex Hoggard, Golf ChannelJulia Pine, USGABeth Ann Nichols, GolfweekAmy Rogers, Golf Channel

Veteran golf journalist Bill Fields details the process that went into writing his memoir, A Quick Nine Before Dark, A Life in Golf. Fields shares the reasons for wanting to share not just his professional journey but the details of his personal life, the challenges that came with writing a book, and what he hopes readers will take away from reading his memoir. Fields begins his book with a fascinating story about Tiger Woods, and later describes experiences flying with Arnold Palmer, covering the 1986 Masters, and the misadventure that came after covering Jean van de Velde's misfortune at The Open in 1999.