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Jim Dodson is currently Writer-in-Residence for The Pilot newspaper and Editor of PineStraw Magazine in Southern Pines, North Carolina. His regular Sunday column was recently awarded top prize by the North Carolina Press Association. Over the course of a 25-year golf writing career, his writing has won more than a dozen awards from the Golf Writers of America and other industry organizations. He recently served as Distinguished Charles Rubin Writer-in-Residence at Hollins University in Virginia. For two decades he was a Contributing Editor and regular columnist for Golf Magazine, and Golf and Travel Correspondent for Departures Magazine of American Express.
Dodson’s journalism awards include the prestigious William Allen White Award for Public Affairs Journalism from the University of Kansas, plus numerous newspaper industry awards. His work has appeared in over 50 magazines and newspapers worldwide. He is member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews and the official historian of Seminole Golf Club. His bestselling books include Final Rounds, The Dewsweepers, Beautiful Madness, The Road to Somewhere, Faithful Travelers, A Golfer’s Life (with Arnold Palmer), and Ben Hogan – An American Life, which won the USGA International Book Award in 2005. In 2008, he was a featured commentator in the award-winning HBO documentary “Back Nine at Cherry Hills.”
Jim Dodson and his wife, Wendy, currently reside in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
His Sunday column can be accessed online at: www.thepilot.com
He can be contacted throught this website at: www.jamesdodsonauthor.com