Death, Misery To Reassess Place In Pantheon As 2014 Golf Writers Awards Focus On Actual Golf Writing

I'd like to thank the judges who rewarded golf writing over the usual maudlin stuff.

Here are the annual GWAA Writing Contest Results, with as many links to the originals that I could find. The winners, from 485 entries:

2014 GWAA WRITING CONTEST RESULTS

DAILY
DAILY COLUMNS -- 1. Ron Green Jr., Global Golf Post, Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt;  2, John Garrity,  Golf.com, Groundhog Day for Mickelson; 3, Dave Kindred. GolfDigest.com, Some Kind of Wonderful.

Honorable mention: Ryan Lavner, Golfchannel.com, Phil’s Best Wins British; Alan Shipnuck, USGA Stands Tall on Ban; Mike Purkey, Global Golf Post, Meeting a Challenge.

DAILY NEWS – 1, Ian O’Connor, ESPN.com, Rose Arrives on Father’s Day; 2, Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, Hail the Great Seizer; 3, Alan Bastable, Golf.com, Masters What-if for Tiger.

Honorable mentions: Michael Bamberger, Golf.com, The Story Behind Tiger’s Masters Ruling; Doug Ferguson, Associated Press, Mickelson’s Claret Jug; Jim McCabe, golfweek.com, Legends Turn Out for Quigley; Randall Mell, Golfchannel.com, Inbee

DAILY FEATURES – 1, Gary Van Sickle, Golf.com, Courage After Fire, Jason’s Story; 2, Gary D’Amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Danielsons Stay on Course; 3, Mike Kern, Philadelphia Daily News, Remembering Hogan’s Caddie.

Honorable mention – Hank Gola, New York Daily News, Annie Park’s Wild Ride; Ian O’Connor, ESPN.com, LaCava Proud Newtown Native; Jason Sobel, Golfchannel.com, Curious case of Chris Couch.

NON-DAILY COLUMNS – 1, Jerry Tarde, Golf Digest, Tiger’s Mulligan; 2, Alan Shipnuck, Sports Illustrated, Case for Jason Dufner; 3, Alan Shipnuck, Sports Illustrated, Golf With Steph Curry

Honorable mention – Michael Bamberger, Sports Illustrated, Tiger Rules; Martin Kaufman, Golfweek, Julian’s Message of Dignity; Jim McCabe, Golfweek, Tears Flow for Bones.

NON-DAILY NEWS – 1 , Alan Shipnuck, Sports Illustrated, Inside Rory’s Big Deal; 2, Michael Bamberger, Sports Illustrated, Bishop Rocks (The Boat); 3, Jim Moriarty, Golf World, Mickelson’s Masterpiece.

Honorable mention – John Garrity, Sports Illustrated, Adam’s Reign; Jim McCabe, Golfweek, Rose, Merion Validated; Geoff Shackelford, Golf World, Muirfield Frustrates Tiger.

NON-DAILY FEATURES – 1, Alan Bastable, Golf Magazine, Wally’s World; 2, Jeff Silverman, Golf World, Golf in a POW Camp; 3, Jim Moriarty, Golf World, Spieth Rocks Golf World.

Honorable mentions – Michael Bamberger, Sports Illustrated, Life with Bub; John Feinstein, Golf World, Tim West, Mr. Monday; John Garrity, Golf Magazine, Feherty on Feherty.

SPECIAL PROJECTS – 1. Gabriel Thompson, Jaime Diaz, Max Adler and Bob Carney, Golf Digest, How Latinos Impact American golf; 2. Alan Tays, Mercer Baggs and Bailey Mosier, Golfchannel.com, Remembering Francis Ouimet; 3, Jeff Ritter, Golf.com, Course Survives Drug War.

Honorable mention – Mike Kern, Philadelphia Daily News, U.S. Open at Merion, Preview; Alan Schupak, Golfweek, Mini-tours, Big Promises; Ron Sirak, Golf Digest, The Fox and The Peacock.