Far Hills, N.J. – The UnitedStates Golf Association has announced that its top literary prize,previously known as the USGA International Book Award, will be renamed inhonor of famed writer Herbert Warren Wind.
The Award, which willhenceforth be known as the Herbert Warren Wind Book Award, was establishedin 1987 to recognize and honor outstanding contributions to golfliterature while attempting to broaden the public’s interest and knowledgeof the game of golf. The Award is presented annually by the USGA Museumand Library Committee.
Wind, who passed away in Mayof 2005, is the only writer to win the USGA’s highest honor, the Bob JonesAward. He received the honor in 1995, during the Association’s centennialcelebration. For nearly 30 years he was a volunteer on two USGA committeesdedicated to celebrating the best values of the game: the Bob Jones AwardCommittee and the Museum and Library Committee. His portrait hangs in theUGSA Library, where one can also find his 14 books, countless essays andarticles, and numerous introductions to reproductions of the classicliterature of the game. He was a long-time essayist for bothThe New YorkerandSports Illustrated. Among his manycontributions to golf, he is credited with naming "Amen Corner" at AugustaNational Golf Club, site of The Masters Tournament.
The first winner of the USGABook Award was Al Barkow’sGettin’to the Dance Floorin 1987, and the most recent recipient was JohnStrege, forWhen War PlayedThrough: Golf During World War II.
Formore information regarding the Herbert Warren Wind Book Award, contactDoug Stark, USGA Librarian at (908) 234-2300 ordstark@usga.org.
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