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Media Awards Winners Announced by INGMA
KEYSTONE, CO - Golf Magazine and Golf
Illustrated Magazine each took home two INGMA 2002 Media Awards presented
at the 13th Annual ING Spring Conference & Championship Awards
Banquet at Keystone Resort in Colorado.
Golf Magazine¹s John Feinstein won in the Opinion¹ category,
and Alan Shipnuck won the Profile¹ category. Laurie Lee Dovey
of Golf Illustrated won the Equipment¹ category, as did Mike
Okamoto in the Illustration¹ category.
Nearly 200 golf industry and media leaders were in attendance at the
annual gathering held to enhance and promote communication and education
in golf. It is conducted on behalf of the International Network of
Golf Members Association, a media-based networking organization.
The awards are given annually to INGMA members for an outstanding
story or contribution in the following categories: Book, Travel, Equipment,
Business, Opinion, Competition, Instruction, Profiles, Television,
Radio, Illustration, and Photography. The winners are chosen by independent
judges in the respective fields.
Other first-place winners were: ³Photography² - Warren Grant,
Links Magazine; ³TV² - Tony Leodora, Inside Golf; ³Competition²
- Mike Stinton, PubLinks Golfer Magazine; ³Instruction²
-Parker Smith, Foresight; ³Travel² - Dove Jones, Affluent
Golfer Magazine; ³Business² - Ronnie Musselwhite, Golf Business
Magazine; ³Radio² - Robin Brown/Mark Crawley, CBC Canada;
³Book² - William Quirin, Clock Tower Press.
Each first-place winner received a handsome ³Fluid Swing² INGMA Media Awards trophy from EMI and $400 cash. Outstanding Achievement
winners received a plaque.
Golfweek led the way in Oustanding Achievement with four winners,
including two by Editor Dave Seanor, and Golf Illustrated had three.
Outstanding Achievement winners were:
Photography: John Rizzi, Colorado Avid Golfer; Chris John, Links;
Equipment: Adam Brady, NCGA News; Tim O'Connor, EquipGolf; Opinion:
Tony Leodora, Times Herald; Tim O'Connor, Ontario Fairways; Profile:
Dave Seanor, Golfweek; Don Shell, Great Lakes Golf;Book: George Bahto,
The Evangelist of Golf; Reid Spencer, 50 Greatest Golfers; Travel:
Dave Seanor, Golfweek; Business: Mike Purkey, Golf Magazine; Gene
Yasuda, Golfweek; Peter Finney, Golf Product News; Laurie Lee Dovey,
Golf Illustrated; TV: Summertime Communications for The Summertime
Golf Show; Dave Lockhart/Chris DeLira, The Golf Scene; Competition:
Ron Balicki, Golfweek; Mike Kern, Philadelphia Daily News; Instruction:
Kevin Sprecher, Golf Illustrated; Tom Dorsel, Golf Illustrated.
Sponsors included: Bettergolf.net, Callaway, C-Thru Grips, Nike, PGA
Worldwide Golf Exhibitions, Razor Golf, TaylorMade-adidas, Tour Edge,
True Temper, USGFA-Sea Silver.
For more information, call Candice Nethercott at 407-328-0500.
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