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Sean Zak

@seanzak.bsky.social

Golf writer, author of ‘Searching in St. Andrews’

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Bryson DeChambeau's tricky contract situation is Greg Norman's creation Bryson DeChambeau is negotiating his future with LIV Golf, but he wants to see changes. This is the ecosystem Greg Norman asked for.

Bryson DeChambeau’s contract situation could get weird. The only person to blame would be Greg Norman: golf.com/news/bryson-...

08.01.2026 13:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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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.

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...

24.09.2025 13:48 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Because I write for a golf publication that cares a great deal about pro golfers. This was all about Bryson and his busy schedule and where his interests take him. Don’t worry — will cover it in greater detail as more is released about it!

03.09.2025 23:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Buddy, what?

03.09.2025 16:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Make it happen Quinn!

15.08.2025 21:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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.

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...

12.08.2025 14:21 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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.

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-...

20.05.2025 14:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Does the PGA Championship need a vibe-shift?

Yes it does!

14.05.2025 14:53 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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.

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...

30.04.2025 14:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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.

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...

16.04.2025 14:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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...

14.04.2025 12:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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.

This Masters feels like a video game. Rory has been respawning for a decade. Bryson is the final boss. golf.com/news/bryson-...

13.04.2025 02:56 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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My one, tiny fix for The Masters:

11.04.2025 19:53 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Very much enjoyed this

02.04.2025 19:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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?

One PGA Tour thing I can’t stop thinking about:

How MEAN do fans want to be?

golf.com/news/how-mea...

18.03.2025 20:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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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.

Everyone is freaking out at The Players: golf.com/news/players...

16.03.2025 12:15 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Followed this round of golf today. It was very fun!

14.03.2025 23:23 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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.

Q&A: Jay Monahan on the state of negotiations, the role of Donald Trump, and learning from his critics.
golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports...

05.03.2025 20:12 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 3
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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.

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-...

07.02.2025 16:29 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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.

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-...

31.01.2025 16:06 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Chris Hayes on Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and His New Book "The Sirens' Call" | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT Chris Hayes on Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and His New Book "The Sirens' Call" | PTFO

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...

28.01.2025 23:06 — 👍 64    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1
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Something very Spiethian — or wistful Rory — in how Viktor Hovland looks back longingly at how he “used to play golf.”

15.01.2025 13:28 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
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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.

What was it like last night at the TGL launch?

Just as weird as we had hoped: golf.com/news/tgl-mat...

08.01.2025 15:50 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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?

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...

07.01.2025 19:18 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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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

Last-minute gift inspo!

These 272 pages of a summer spent in St. Andrews www.amazon.com/dp/1637273320

19.12.2024 17:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Always love when Viktor Hovland goes home for the holidays and shares it with us

17.12.2024 17:53 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Nine months ahead of the Ryder Cup, the top of the world is ominously European...

09.12.2024 15:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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.

02.12.2024 16:41 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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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.

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...

22.11.2024 18:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0