[Mike_Young]

What is required to be an imaginary golf writer?

I know in the golf design business there are plenty of imaginary golf designers often in the form of green chairs or professional golfers.  I've always defined a true golf architect as one that can take a raw site and take it to a finished product without having to ask 15 or 20 other specialties how it needs to be done.  (Not to say that one would not heed their suggestions.)   You often see cases of someone having an idea and then not knowing how to implement it or if it would work so they just hire a contractor and say "can I do this?" I don't really call that a golf designer....so...

Anyway, when it comes to golf writing and with the printed media shrinking, I see more and more imaginary golf writers.  Does it just take a blog?  Or is there another requirement?

[BCowan]

You often see cases of someone having an idea and then not knowing how to implement it or if it would work so they just hire a contractor and say "can I do this?

Ideas are beautiful.  You are killing Kramerica....   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycjjkAPhhsQ

[Carl Johnson]

Conceptual art?

[Mike_Young]

Conceptual art?

[JR Potts]

Ha!   This one is just too easy.

Seems as if anyone with a golf dedicated blog and Twitter account; with free time and money to spend traveling from PGA event to PGA event, now qualifies for a golf media badge.  Over the last few years, it seems that the barrier to entry to the golf journalism world is zero to less than zero - and the quality of reporting has clearly proven that.

[Peter Pallotta]

Mike - only a very insecure and second rate imaginary golf writer needs a blog. The best of us don't even need an audience. Heck- the very best of us actually refuse to write! If the knuckle-heads out there can't intuit our genius without having to read our words, it's their problem...

Peter

[Mark Bourgeois]

Just confirm with multiple sauces before hitting send and you're a real live Internet Reporter.

[Mike_Young]

Mike - only a very insecure and second rate imaginary golf writer needs a blog. The best of us don't even need an audience. Heck- the very best of us actually refuse to write! If the knuckle-heads out there can't intuit our genius without having to read our words, it's their problem...

Peter

Peter,
I hope to read something from you and maybe BC soon....I hope you know what I am trying to express.  The press passes and travel trips are often loaded with fakes...no other way to put it...and many of these types are arrogant for no reason....
Cheers

[Tom_Doak]

Mike:

When I was 18, I was both.  The qualifications are basically the same.  But it was easier to get over the bar as a writer, there you only need to convince one editor you're worthy, and they don't need to invest any money to find out if you'll be okay.

[Mike_Young]

Mike:

When I was 18, I was both.  The qualifications are basically the same.  But it was easier to get over the bar as a writer, there you only need to convince one editor you're worthy, and they don't need to invest any money to find out if you'll be okay.

TD,
I think it worked out.

For me, I still have two chairs in my den where my imaginary friends sit and watch golf on TV with me.....they are really nice guys...

[RJ_Daley]

Gee Mike, I didn't know we had mutual imaginary friends.  But the one guy gets on my nerves when he won't shut up when we are trying to concentrate on the Packer game. 

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