January 14, 2025 4:26pm – Media – This article was updated on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
The PGA of America has named Lewine Mair the recipient of the 2025 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in the Journalism category.
Mair and her outstanding career will be recognized at the 51st ISPS Handa GWAA Dinner in Augusta, Georgia in April.
The PGA of America’s Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award recognizes media professionals who have consistently promoted golf. Mair, 78, who is currently a senior writer for the Global Golf Post, is the 34th person and second woman to receive the PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in journalism.
“Lewine Mair has had an incredible impact on golf journalism while covering our great game,” said Don Rea, Jr., president of the PGA of America. On behalf of the more than 30,000 PGA Golf Professionals across the country, I congratulate Lewin on this award, which highlights a remarkable career. ”
Born and raised in Birmingham, England, Mair is a talented junior golfer who played for Great Britain and Ireland at Under-21 level, playing against France. She became interested in writing after seeing three-time British Women’s Amateur Champion Enid Wilson’s cover event for the Daily Telegraph.
“I remember wanting to do her job,” Mair said.
Mair’s journalism career began at the age of 17 when he was hired to write a golf column for the Birmingham Planet. She was a teenager and a prominent golf and rugby writer for The Scotsman when she met her future husband, Norman. She was just 20 years old when the Times asked her to do various golf jobs.
Mair accepted a job as a sports feature writer for the Daily Telegraph in 1992, after her four children had gone to university.
In 1997, Mair was promoted to golf correspondent to great acclaim, becoming the first woman to hold that role at the Daily Telegraph and the first to secure a specialist position on the sports side of a British national newspaper. This was a breakthrough moment for her. Career and Sports Journalism.
In his new role, Mair traveled the world covering the biggest happenings in golf. Her focus was often on the behind-the-scenes stories of the day, events that unfolded off the course or in unexplored angles of the sport.
“As much as I just loved golf,” Mair said. “I liked the little digression. This day’s story may not have had anything to do with golf. In fact, it wasn’t that long ago that I remembered a tournament at Chapman Golf Club in Zimbabwe. There, a crocodile made headlines when a European Tour powerhouse refused to cross the only bridge to the green.
One year, while covering the Masters, Mair read some headlines that said there wasn’t a single room available at Augusta, and immediately called the local jail to find out if that was true. The Governor assured her that was not the case and invited her to come and see the empty cell for herself. It got even better a day or so later when she was able to reassure the wide-eyed writer, who had spent a night in jail for drunk driving, that she had been there too. It became.
Mair was the Daily Telegraph’s golf correspondent for 12 years before joining Global Golf Post in 2010. She continues to cover men’s and women’s events in Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East.
The Association of Golf Writers (AGW) appointed Mair as president in 2021, making her the first female president in the organization’s then-83-year history. Ms. Mair previously served as AGW’s first female president from 2007 to 2010, where she was instrumental in expanding membership to countries outside Europe, including India.
She has twice been shortlisted for British Sports Writer of the Year, was runner-up in the American Golf Writers News Awards and won a Rolex Award for her coverage of women’s golf. Additionally, Mair is the author of several books, including the autobiographies of Colin Montgomery and Laura Davis.
Looking back on a career as a sportswriter spanning more than 50 years and countless memorable stories, Mair remains grateful for his experiences and passionate about his work.
“It is a great honor to receive this PGA Award,” said Mair. “Writing isn’t always easy, and the fact that, as one of the few women in this industry, I tended to be a little lonely and not ‘one of the boys,’ made this job even more special.” I am. Today, this work continues to mean as much to me as ever. When I wake up every morning, I think, “What should I write today?” ”
