Articles by Alan Shipnuck

April 14th, 2025

You just won the Masters. Here’s what happens next

So you’ve just won the Masters. Now what? After a tearful hug with loved ones behind the final green, and a quick trip to the scoring area to avoid any De Vincenzoesque shenanigans, you are whisked to Butler Cabin for the always awkward green jacket ceremony. The cabin is much bigger than it appears on Read more…

November 22nd, 2023

Exclusive Book Excerpt: ‘I think they’re just now starting to get a feel for what LIV is’

Why LIV Golf’s inaugural Australian tournament, held in Adelaide this past April, provided the breakaway circuit’s moment of enlightenment.

June 21st, 2023

PGA Tour & LIV Golf: The Fight is Over

What now becomes of men’s professional golf? Ask Yasir Al-Rumayyan.

May 5th, 2023

Thoughts on Rahm’s future, Big Tony’s ceiling, Gooch vs Homa, the politicisation of the OWGR and more

Golf writer Alan Shipnuck discusses the hottest topics in golf, including how great Jon Rahm can be, how to rank LIV golfer Talor Gooch’s form, and the politisation of the world rankings.

April 27th, 2023

Thoughts on Tiger on the Senior Tour, Rory’s new swing coach (?), an apology for Greg Norman and more

Thoughts on Tiger on the Senior Tour, Rory’s new swing coach (?), an apology for Greg Norman and more

March 24th, 2023

Death of Match Play, Masters predictions, Tiger and new ball, LIV’s financial future and more

Golf writer Alan Shipnuck answers all your questions from the death of the WGC Match Play, Masters predictions, Tiger and new ball, LIV’s financial future and more.

March 21st, 2023

Questions surface about LIV Golf’s evolving business plan in lively players meeting

After a lively players meeting in Arizona, questions grow about the upstart tour’s financial model.

January 10th, 2023

Jay Monahan meets the press as the PGA Tour’s ongoing battle with LIV Golf enters Year 2

The PGA Tour commissioner was light on detail but heavy on diplomacy in Hawaii during a rare interaction with the media.

December 22nd, 2022

When will Charlie Woods turn pro? Will Tiger play the senior tour? Is Norman out of LIV?

Golf writer Alan Shipnuck answers all your quesyions (submitted via Twitter) about current issues in the game, from Tiger Woods and his son to LIV Golf chief executive Greg Norman.

July 3rd, 2022

An inside look at how the money works on LIV Golf

As with many other issues surrounding this upstart tour, the details around all the money are shadowy. In an effort to get more granular, the Fire Pit Collective spoke with four managers/agents who represent LIV golfers; they were granted anonymity to facilitate candour.

December 21st, 2021

Go behind the scenes of Pro golf’s coolest town: Jupiter, Florida

#JUPFLIFE

June 21st, 2021

US Open 2021: Jon Rahm’s late heroics produce the Major title he seemed fated to win

Sometimes, if we’re lucky, the man and the moment collide on the 72nd hole, producing transcendence. Think Seve at St Andrews or Tiger at Torrey or Phil at Augusta. Time will tell if Jon Rahm deserves to share the same sentence as those legends.

June 17th, 2021

US Open 2021: Guess who isn’t worried about his game at Torrey Pines? Try Dustin Johnson

As he heads into a US Open on a brutish golf course tailor-made for his talents, it is fair to ask what the heck is going on with the world No.1?

May 24th, 2021

PGA Championship 2021: Phil Mickelson’s most incredible win came by staying true to himself

Phil Mickelson didn’t just win the PGA Championship a month shy of his 51st birthday, he exploded our notion of what is possible.

April 12th, 2021

Masters 2021: Hideki Matsuyama, quiet star, makes a loud statement for his nation and for himself

Matsuyama, 29, becomes only the second man from Asia to win a Major championship.

April 11th, 2021

You just won the Masters. Here’s what happens next

This is part of the reflexive awe so many players have for the Masters; it is rare for them to be the poorest person in a room.

April 8th, 2021

Masters 2021: Angel Cabrera missed the Champions Dinner as he sits in a gaol cell thousands of kilometres away

Another Masters champ is absent this week but it has provoked little discussion and no sentimental tributes.