Sean Zak
@seanzak.bsky.social
Golf writer, author of ‘Searching in St. Andrews’
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Sean Zak
@seanzak.bsky.social
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Searching in St. Andrews: Finding the Meaning of Golf During the Game's Most Turbulent Summer
Searching in St. Andrews: Finding the Meaning of Golf During the Game's Most Turbulent Summer [Zak, Sean] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Searching in St. Andrews: Finding the Meaning of Golf During the Game's Most Turbulent Summer
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Last-minute gift inspo!
These 272 pages of a summer spent in St. Andrews www.amazon.com/dp/1637273320
These 272 pages of a summer spent in St. Andrews www.amazon.com/dp/1637273320
The Ryder Cup is so damn fun. There's no event like it. But it's also so damn BIG.
Some thoughts on how it might be... too big: golf.com/news/1-ryder...
Some thoughts on how it might be... too big: golf.com/news/1-ryder...
1 Ryder Cup dilemma is hiding in plain sight
One Ryder Cup dilemma is hiding in plain sight as this year's event, at Bethpage Black, looks to be its biggest ever.
golf.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Ryder Cup is so damn fun. There's no event like it. But it's also so damn BIG.
Some thoughts on how it might be... too big: golf.com/news/1-ryder...
Some thoughts on how it might be... too big: golf.com/news/1-ryder...
Right now is the most complex, fascinating era of LIV Golf
- pricey contract extensions?
- relegated captains... helps?
- TV ratings bad; on-site attendance good?
- South Africa event! But LIV being sued for Stinger trademark use
Wrote about it all here: golf.com/news/liv-gol...
- pricey contract extensions?
- relegated captains... helps?
- TV ratings bad; on-site attendance good?
- South Africa event! But LIV being sued for Stinger trademark use
Wrote about it all here: golf.com/news/liv-gol...
Why LIV Golf is in its most fascinating, complex era
As LIV Golf wraps up its third season, there are endless ways to dissect its future as a rival golf league.
golf.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Right now is the most complex, fascinating era of LIV Golf
- pricey contract extensions?
- relegated captains... helps?
- TV ratings bad; on-site attendance good?
- South Africa event! But LIV being sued for Stinger trademark use
Wrote about it all here: golf.com/news/liv-gol...
- pricey contract extensions?
- relegated captains... helps?
- TV ratings bad; on-site attendance good?
- South Africa event! But LIV being sued for Stinger trademark use
Wrote about it all here: golf.com/news/liv-gol...
As he walked to scoring on Sunday, Collin Morikawa let out a three-word assessment of his game:
'Pathetic f--king golf'
An hour later, we chatted about it:
golf.com/news/collin-...
'Pathetic f--king golf'
An hour later, we chatted about it:
golf.com/news/collin-...
It's tough to leave a major happy. Collin Morikawa explained why
The PGA Championship was a reminder about the intensity of major championships. An emotional Collin Morikawa told us all about it.
golf.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
As he walked to scoring on Sunday, Collin Morikawa let out a three-word assessment of his game:
'Pathetic f--king golf'
An hour later, we chatted about it:
golf.com/news/collin-...
'Pathetic f--king golf'
An hour later, we chatted about it:
golf.com/news/collin-...
Does the PGA Championship need a vibe-shift?
Yes it does!
Yes it does!
May 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Does the PGA Championship need a vibe-shift?
Yes it does!
Yes it does!
In one year, Lydia Ko went from crying in hotel rooms to crying atop the Olympic podium.
I met her in Orlando to talk about those tears, why her best golf arrived at 27 and ... how long she wants to keep going:
golf.com/news/lydia-k...
I met her in Orlando to talk about those tears, why her best golf arrived at 27 and ... how long she wants to keep going:
golf.com/news/lydia-k...
How did Lydia Ko summit the mountain again? She explains everything
In just one year, Lydia Ko went from crying in hotel rooms to crying on the Olympics podium. But how? She explains it all.
golf.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In one year, Lydia Ko went from crying in hotel rooms to crying atop the Olympic podium.
I met her in Orlando to talk about those tears, why her best golf arrived at 27 and ... how long she wants to keep going:
golf.com/news/lydia-k...
I met her in Orlando to talk about those tears, why her best golf arrived at 27 and ... how long she wants to keep going:
golf.com/news/lydia-k...
Here are some things from Sunday at the Masters that I'll never forget. Like watching the 15th hole with AJ McCarron: golf.com/news/7-momen...
7 Masters Sunday moments you couldn't see on TV
The 2025 Masters was extra chaotic in person as Rory McIlroy claimed his green jacket. Here are 7 scenes you missed at home.
golf.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Here are some things from Sunday at the Masters that I'll never forget. Like watching the 15th hole with AJ McCarron: golf.com/news/7-momen...
665 days ago: LACC
1,001 days ago: St. Andrews
301 days ago: Pinehurst
5,117 days ago: 2011 Masters
Rory McIlroy’s journey felt like forever. And that somehow made it better:
golf.com/news/rory-mc...
1,001 days ago: St. Andrews
301 days ago: Pinehurst
5,117 days ago: 2011 Masters
Rory McIlroy’s journey felt like forever. And that somehow made it better:
golf.com/news/rory-mc...
golf.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
665 days ago: LACC
1,001 days ago: St. Andrews
301 days ago: Pinehurst
5,117 days ago: 2011 Masters
Rory McIlroy’s journey felt like forever. And that somehow made it better:
golf.com/news/rory-mc...
1,001 days ago: St. Andrews
301 days ago: Pinehurst
5,117 days ago: 2011 Masters
Rory McIlroy’s journey felt like forever. And that somehow made it better:
golf.com/news/rory-mc...
This Masters feels like a video game. Rory has been respawning for a decade. Bryson is the final boss. golf.com/news/bryson-...
Bryson DeChambeau is the perfect villain in Rory McIlroy’s game
No golfer has thwarted Rory McIlroy in more ways than Bryson DeChambeau. At the Masters, he is the perfect villain.
golf.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This Masters feels like a video game. Rory has been respawning for a decade. Bryson is the final boss. golf.com/news/bryson-...
My one, tiny fix for The Masters:
April 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My one, tiny fix for The Masters:
One PGA Tour thing I can’t stop thinking about:
How MEAN do fans want to be?
golf.com/news/how-mea...
How MEAN do fans want to be?
golf.com/news/how-mea...
How MEAN do golf fans want to be? We’re about to find out
Recent moves by the PGA Tour, its players and its fans lead us to this question: How mean do spectators want to be?
golf.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
One PGA Tour thing I can’t stop thinking about:
How MEAN do fans want to be?
golf.com/news/how-mea...
How MEAN do fans want to be?
golf.com/news/how-mea...
Everyone is freaking out at The Players: golf.com/news/players...
Players are freaking out at TPC Sawgrass. It’s a proper Players Championship
If it seems like players are panicking a bit at the Players Championship, that's because they are. It's that time of year.
golf.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Everyone is freaking out at The Players: golf.com/news/players...
Followed this round of golf today. It was very fun!
March 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Followed this round of golf today. It was very fun!
Reposted by Sean Zak
Q&A: Jay Monahan on the state of negotiations, the role of Donald Trump, and learning from his critics.
golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports...
golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Exclusive Q&A: Jay Monahan on the Saudi talks, reshaping golf and engaging his critics
Golfweek sat down with PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan at Bay Hill to discuss the state of negotiations.
golfweek.usatoday.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Q&A: Jay Monahan on the state of negotiations, the role of Donald Trump, and learning from his critics.
golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports...
golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Reposted by Sean Zak
l spent a day at Pebble Beach with CBS’s Dottie Pepper, where I learned about a secret knee replacement, a wordless language, and a hidden repository of sticky notes.
Mostly, though, I learned the secret to her on-air brilliance isn’t where, but *why* golf.com/news/dottie-...
Mostly, though, I learned the secret to her on-air brilliance isn’t where, but *why* golf.com/news/dottie-...
How Dottie Pepper became CBS Golf's unflinching voice of reason
Dottie Pepper is CBS's brilliant, fearless on-course analyst, but the key to her success has little to do with TV.
golf.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
l spent a day at Pebble Beach with CBS’s Dottie Pepper, where I learned about a secret knee replacement, a wordless language, and a hidden repository of sticky notes.
Mostly, though, I learned the secret to her on-air brilliance isn’t where, but *why* golf.com/news/dottie-...
Mostly, though, I learned the secret to her on-air brilliance isn’t where, but *why* golf.com/news/dottie-...
I’m not sure pros have ever been chattier than this week at Pebble.
But why?
They actually had an offseason.
golf.com/news/hidden-...
But why?
They actually had an offseason.
golf.com/news/hidden-...
Those chatty pros at Pebble Beach? Here's 1 theory why they're talking
This Pebble Beach Pro-Am is a welcome-back party for many top pros. Their time away has led to a hidden benefit this week.
golf.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I’m not sure pros have ever been chattier than this week at Pebble.
But why?
They actually had an offseason.
golf.com/news/hidden-...
But why?
They actually had an offseason.
golf.com/news/hidden-...
Reposted by Sean Zak
This is the best chat I've heard in a long time. @pablo.show and @chrislhayes.bsky.social talking about attention is 100% worth 100% of your attention.
Having worked in TV, the idea of competing for people's focus vs. literally everything ever made rings really true. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Vv...
Having worked in TV, the idea of competing for people's focus vs. literally everything ever made rings really true. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Vv...
Chris Hayes on Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and His New Book "The Sirens' Call" | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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January 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is the best chat I've heard in a long time. @pablo.show and @chrislhayes.bsky.social talking about attention is 100% worth 100% of your attention.
Having worked in TV, the idea of competing for people's focus vs. literally everything ever made rings really true. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Vv...
Having worked in TV, the idea of competing for people's focus vs. literally everything ever made rings really true. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Vv...
Something very Spiethian — or wistful Rory — in how Viktor Hovland looks back longingly at how he “used to play golf.”
January 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Something very Spiethian — or wistful Rory — in how Viktor Hovland looks back longingly at how he “used to play golf.”
What was it like last night at the TGL launch?
Just as weird as we had hoped: golf.com/news/tgl-mat...
Just as weird as we had hoped: golf.com/news/tgl-mat...
What’s a TGL match really like? We were there on opening night
Tiger Woods' arena golf league, TGL, launched Tuesday night in Florida. Here's what it felt like in person.
golf.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
What was it like last night at the TGL launch?
Just as weird as we had hoped: golf.com/news/tgl-mat...
Just as weird as we had hoped: golf.com/news/tgl-mat...
Four years ago, the PGA Tour created a $40 million bonus pool for its most important players. It became known as the PIP.
RIP to the PIP. Here's what we learned from it: golf.com/news/pga-tou...
RIP to the PIP. Here's what we learned from it: golf.com/news/pga-tou...
The PGA Tour’s PIP Era is over. Here’s what we learned
The PGA Tour created the Player Impact Program four years ago to pay its biggest stars. Now that it's over, what did we learn?
golf.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Four years ago, the PGA Tour created a $40 million bonus pool for its most important players. It became known as the PIP.
RIP to the PIP. Here's what we learned from it: golf.com/news/pga-tou...
RIP to the PIP. Here's what we learned from it: golf.com/news/pga-tou...
Last-minute gift inspo!
These 272 pages of a summer spent in St. Andrews www.amazon.com/dp/1637273320
These 272 pages of a summer spent in St. Andrews www.amazon.com/dp/1637273320
Searching in St. Andrews: Finding the Meaning of Golf During the Game's Most Turbulent Summer
Searching in St. Andrews: Finding the Meaning of Golf During the Game's Most Turbulent Summer [Zak, Sean] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Searching in St. Andrews: Finding the Meaning of Golf During the Game's Most Turbulent Summer
www.amazon.com
December 19, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Last-minute gift inspo!
These 272 pages of a summer spent in St. Andrews www.amazon.com/dp/1637273320
These 272 pages of a summer spent in St. Andrews www.amazon.com/dp/1637273320
Always love when Viktor Hovland goes home for the holidays and shares it with us
December 17, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Always love when Viktor Hovland goes home for the holidays and shares it with us
Nine months ahead of the Ryder Cup, the top of the world is ominously European...
December 9, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Nine months ahead of the Ryder Cup, the top of the world is ominously European...
LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan is stepping down. Her tenure lasted 3.5 years, and she'll be replaced in the interim by Liz Moore, the LPGA's Chief Legal Officer.
December 2, 2024 at 4:41 PM
LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan is stepping down. Her tenure lasted 3.5 years, and she'll be replaced in the interim by Liz Moore, the LPGA's Chief Legal Officer.
When you write a book, you tend to care how it ranks on Amazon.
Well, the best-selling golf book this week and last week is the best-selling golf book… AT ALL TIMES.
On Golf’s Bible: Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons
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Well, the best-selling golf book this week and last week is the best-selling golf book… AT ALL TIMES.
On Golf’s Bible: Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons
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Golf’s best-selling book just got even better. Here's what's inside
Ben Hogan's iconic golf-instruction book "Five Lessons" has sold more than a million copies. But it's not resting on its laurels.
golf.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:57 PM
When you write a book, you tend to care how it ranks on Amazon.
Well, the best-selling golf book this week and last week is the best-selling golf book… AT ALL TIMES.
On Golf’s Bible: Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons
golf.com/lifestyle/go...
Well, the best-selling golf book this week and last week is the best-selling golf book… AT ALL TIMES.
On Golf’s Bible: Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons
golf.com/lifestyle/go...