Welcome To Our New Blog
My old poli sci professor claimed he didn't read the newspaper. "If the news is important enough, it will seek me out," he said, forecasting the demise of the newspaper business. Another of my mentors was the Chicago Tribune sportswriter Bill Jauss, who lectured me once about how he decided what to write in his game stories while covering the Chicago Cubs. He said, "Imagine yourself going into a bar after watching a game, and the bar is filled with your friends. The thing you'd tell them first is what happened that was funny. Everybody already knows the score; tell them what's funny."
So in a nutshell, those are the two things you can expect to find in Local Knowledge. What's important that you need to know? What happened that was funny?
We think we're capable of doing this better than anyone else because Local Knowledge unleashes the combined resources of Golf Digest and Golf World. More than 50 writers, editors and contributors will be on this blog, seeking you out with the news you need to know.
But the best conversations go both ways. We'll depend on your thoughts and comments and make it as easy as possible for you to share them.
Enjoy.
-- Jerry Tarde, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief
