James Dodson (author) explained

James Dodson (born 1953) is an American sports writer. He is currently a Writer-in-Residence for The Pilot (Moore County) newspaper, an editor of PineStraw magazine in Southern Pines, North Carolina, and an editor of the arts and culture magazine of the Carolina Sandhills. He also serves as Founding Editor of O. Henry Magazine, the arts and culture sister publication in Greensboro, North Carolina, Dodson's hometown, and Salt Magazine in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Dodson is a Distinguished Alumnus of East Carolina University.[1] Over the course of a 30-year golf writing career, his work has earned awards from the Golf Writers of America and other industry organizations. For two decades, he was a contributing editor and regular columnist for Golf Magazine, as well as golf and travel correspondent for the Departures magazine of American Express. In 2006, he was the Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Writer-in-Residence at Hollins University in Virginia.[2]

Bibliography

Awards

Television

In 2008, Dodson was a featured commentator in the award-winning HBO documentary "Back Nine at Cherry Hills.”American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and the Age of Modern Golf was selected as one of the 100 notable books of 2012 by The New York Times[8] and inspired a documentary of the same name on the Golf Channel, with a script by Dodson.

Controversy

In 2017, Dodson controversially stated that in August 2013 Eric Trump said Russians financed Trump golf courses. Trump disputes Dodson's statement.[9] [10] [11]

Personal life

Dodson and his wife, Wendy, divide their time between Southern Pines and Greensboro, North Carolina.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming - Author Information. ecu.edu.
  2. Web site: Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Writer-in-Residence. Hollins.edu.
  3. Web site: Herbert Warren Wind Book Award Winners. USGA.
  4. Web site: Media Awards . International Network of Golf.
  5. Web site: USGA: 'American Triumvirate' Wins USGA Book Award . usga.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518101025/http://usga.org/news/2013/March/-American-Triumvirate--Wins-USGA-Book-Award/ . May 18, 2015 .
  6. Web site: Donald Ross Award Winners. Kevin Kahler. asgca.org.
  7. Web site: The Long Leaf Pine Society - View Roster. longleafpinesociety.org.
  8. News: 100 Notable Books of 2012. The New York Times . November 27, 2012. NYTimes.com.
  9. Web site: Eric Trump said Russians financed golf courses, author insists . . May 15, 2017 . . 12 December 2017 . That’s when he said Eric Trump told him, “We have pretty much all the money we need from investors in Russia,” Dodson said. ... “This story is completely fabricated and just another example of why there is such a deep distrust of the media in our country #FakeNews,” Eric Trump said..
  10. Web site: A Day (And A Cheeseburger) With President Trump . Bill Littlefield . May 11, 2017 . . 12 December 2017. He said, 'Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.' I said, 'Really?' And he said, 'Oh, yeah. We’ve got some guys that really, really love golf, and they’re really invested in our programs. We just go there all the time.' Now that was [a little more than] three years ago, so it was pretty interesting.".
  11. Web site: Author who said Eric Trump told him Russians financed golf courses defends statement . Joseph Marusak . May 14, 2017 . . 12 December 2017 .

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