In 32 years as a journalist, Charles Happell has covered many of the world’s leading sports events, including the Italia’90 World Cup, the Sydney Olympics and US Masters golf. At Melbourne’s Age newspaper, he wrote about golf and covered 10 majors, including five Masters, before being appointed the paper’s sports editor in 2002. He later became Crikey’s sports columnist and has authored two best-selling books as well as a short biography of Australian golfer Karrie Webb. A modestly performed batsman in his time, he has no trouble in racking up big scores on the golf course.
Mike Clayton is a modern golf renaissance man – a student of the game, as well as historian, course architect, former touring pro and journalist. Mike played on the Australasian Tour for 26 years, winning seven times, and also competed on the European Tour for 18 years, winning the 1984 Timex Open. For many years he wrote a golf column in The Sunday Age. He is now a course architect, partnering with 2006 US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy along with Mike Cocking and Ashley Mead in their Melbourne-based design business.
In 32 years as a journalist,
Charles Happell has covered many of the world’s leading sports events, including the Italia90 World Cup, Sydney Olympics and US Masters golf. At Melbourne’s
Age newspaper, he wrote about golf and covered 10 majors, including five Masters, before being appointed the paper’s Sports Editor in 2002. He later became
Crikey’s sports columnist and has authored two best-selling books as well as a short biography of Australian golfer Karrie Webb.
