Mark Godich

Retired | Monday Q Info contributing ed | 22 yrs at SI | The Athletic alum | Tigers vs. Jayhawks: From the Civil War to the Battle for No. 1

[Mark Godich @MarkGodich]

She was given two to five years. Well, today marks the 12th anniversary of my wife’s brain tumor diagnosis. It has been quite the odyssey. Leigh is my hero and an inspiration to so many.

https://t.co/EMWW78uVz7

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Raising a glass to Ryan today. Might even have to break out the JW Blue. I said “might”

[Monday Q Info @acaseofthegolf1]

Eight years ago today I started a Twitter account about Monday Qs for something to do while our son recovered from brain surgery.

I don’t know what the fuck happened in between but today I’m in England filming a show. I’m not positive I’m still asleep and this is all a dream.

But I do know until I wake up I don’t take moments like this for granted.

Thank you to all of you who have made this possible.

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@SoonerVirginia @Kits_Playz Mark Mangino told me he had never been involved in rivalry where the word “hate” was thrown around so much. Crazy thing is, for so long one if not both teams were mediocre (at best) when they played. And then 2007 happened.

[Mark Godich @MarkGodich]

The sign of a dogged, tapped-in reporter? He keeps finding stories like this

[Monday Q Info @acaseofthegolf1]

Yesterday at U.S. Senior Open Qualifying Mark Knecht made a 1,2,3,4,5,6, and 7.

The 7 included cracking a windshield of truck. That truck also drove thru the maintence road and down the middle of the 12th fairway looking for him.

No, really. My story
https://t.co/3cL0LFauqt

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@Top100Rick Better than a couple of the signature events, too, if you ask me.

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Tremendous read here from Michael, and a sad day for journalism. SI produced some of the best golf content around over the years, including with its Golf Plus supplement.

[S.L. Price @bySLPrice]

All-time golf (and former Sports Illustrated) writer Michael Bamberger says Goodbye to All That (SI has become):
https://t.co/ssLPacxL8p

[S.L. Price @bySLPrice]

All-time golf (and former Sports Illustrated) writer Michael Bamberger says Goodbye to All That (SI has become):
https://t.co/ssLPacxL8p

[Flushing It @flushingitgolf]

On Friday, Sports Illustrated released their entire golf crew. That sucks.
Not only because incredibly talented and experienced journalists like Bob Harig are now (temporarily) out of work. But one of the largest sports media empires is cutting virtually their entire coverage of the sport we all love.

Storytelling is the greatest asset a sport has to drive engagement and fan interest. If there are less reporters at the events and fans have to rely on questions from tour employees, media who are financially linked to the tour they cover, or media who are represented by the same agencies as the players, then output is inevitably going to be sanitised.

Professional golf is already boring when it compares to other sports. The legendary characters of Arnie, Seve, Chi Chi etc are long gone and now the vast majority are media trained robots who offer very little in the way of a story unless it’s pulled out of them by a willing journalist. That’s only going to get worse the more great writers become unemployed.

I haven’t been in the golf media game for long, but I have learned one very important lesson. Authentic storytelling is paramount to the success of the sport and elevating stars.

I’d like to wish every single one of the great journalists that was released by SI all the best for the future and I hope they land in another important role within the sport as soon as possible.

[Mark Godich @MarkGodich]

Some breaking news: Leigh & I are going to be grandparents! Baby boy on the way in December. Couldn’t be more excited! That’s it. That’s the tweet. Health & Happiness!

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@KVanValkenburg True that. Riggins had to get to class.

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@AndyStaples From SI to AI. They should just rebrand it as that. What a sad demise.

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Sorry to hear this, Michael. SI’s loss. Whoever is smart enough to hire you will be lucky to have you.

[Michael Rosenberg @Rosenberg_Mike]

Thank you.

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@rcb05 @AmandaMAtwell If Tech was serious about this, they would’ve simply said they would come to Austin and never float Lubbock or Jerry World as the site. And they conveniently waited to throw it out there after the Week 1 TV schedules had been announced. Nice stunt, tho.

[Mark Godich @MarkGodich]

Another banger from Ryan. Most definitely worth a couple minutes of your time

[Monday Q Info @acaseofthegolf1]

At 2am TK Kim and his wife sat on their couch crying. They didn’t want to sleep, afraid they were dreaming

After injuries, financial struggles, years of near misses, and a wife who refused to let him give up…

TK Kim is headed to the U.S. Open

https://t.co/6Bc35PpbaN

[Mark Godich @MarkGodich]

Bravo, ladies! Well done.

[Mizzou Women's Golf @MUWomensGolf]

The Tigers wrapped up their best season in school history on Monday, finishing the NCAA Championship in 12th place!

📰 https://t.co/16w7rCgvU0

#MIZ 🐯⛳️

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@Top100Rick He doesn’t make putts like he used to. On Friday he led the field in SG putting. Yesterday, he was 65th of the 70 players who made the cut. Today the longest putt he made was from 11 ft. He could’ve salvaged bogey on 15 but missed from 7 ft. Missed from 7 foot for par at 18

[Mark Godich @MarkGodich]

Damn good read here. Excellent work, Joel

[Joel Lorenzi @JoelXLorenzi]

This series demands courage. Jared McCain, fearless and buoyed by Page 21 of the book he carries everywhere, is sprouting:
https://t.co/1WVxrAdn5p

[Mark Godich @MarkGodich]

This x 100 👇👇👇

[Kevin Van Valkenburg @KVanValkenburg]

I wish you kids could have been alive when Spieth did this like every other week a decade ago. We didn't know how good we had it.

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@nsottile212 @KylePorterNS Third in shots gained tee to green, second in shots gained around the green … and 79th in putting. Keep in mind that 82 players made the cut

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@acaseofthegolf1 I count 8, but maybe that’s just me (unless Kim is a duplicate). Play an eightsome, you cowards! Or a sevensome!

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Hey, @ChipotleTweets, how are you out of chips at 6:30 on a Sunday night? Not the first time this has happened. I mean, seriously?