Craig Dolch

Last updated

Craig Dolch (b. Nov. 11, 1958, Jacksonville, Florida) is an American sportswriter and broadcaster for radio and television. Dolch has written articles for many national and international publications, and has appeared numerous times on the Golf Channel.

Contents

Career

Born in Florida, Dolch graduated from the University of Florida Journalism School in 1980. In 1982, he started working for the Palm Beach Post. Dolch covered professional golf, the Miami Dolphins and the Florida Gators.

In 2008, after taking a buyout from the Post, Dolch became a freelance journalist. He has contributed sports articles to The New York Times, the London Times, Sports Illustrated, Golf World and USA TODAY.

Dolch has appeared over 200 times on Golf Channel shows, including Viewer’s Forum and Grey Goose 19th Hole. He co-hosted a two-hour radio golf show, Golf Exchange, from 2011-1018.

In 2011, Dolch wrote a book “Lost Tree” on the 50-year history of the North Palm Beach that is home to Jack Nicklaus.

Encephalitis Foundation

In 2005, Dolch’s son, Eric, then 14, contracted encephalitis while Dolch was covering the U.S. Open at Pinehurst Country Club. [1] Eric spent a 115 days in a medically-induced coma at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and was left severely disabled after a pair of 10-hour brain operations. [2]

In 2006, Dolch created the Eric Dolch Children’s Encephalitis Foundation, a non-profit that has raised more than $100,000 for special needs children and adults in South Florida.

Recognition

Related Research Articles

Jupiter, Florida Town in Florida, United States

Jupiter is the northernmost town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. According to a 2019 Census Bureau estimate, the town had a population of 65,791. It is 87 miles north of Miami, and the northernmost community in the Miami metropolitan area, home to 6,012,331 people in a 2015 Census Bureau estimate. Jupiter was rated as the 12th Best Beach Town in the United States by WalletHub in 2018, and as the 9th Happiest Seaside Town in the United States by Coastal Living in 2012.

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida City in Florida

Palm Beach Gardens is a city in Palm Beach County in the U.S. state of Florida, 77 miles north of downtown Miami. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 48,452. The city has a number of gated communities. Palm Beach Gardens is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6 million people at the 2018 census.

Jack Nicklaus American golfer

Jack William Nicklaus, nicknamed The Golden Bear, is an American retired professional golfer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. He won 117 professional tournaments in his career. Over a quarter-century, he won a record 18 major championships, three more than second-placed Tiger Woods. Nicklaus focused on the major championships—Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship—and played a selective schedule of regular PGA Tour events. He competed in 164 major tournaments, more than any other player, and finished with 73 PGA Tour victories, third behind Sam Snead (82) and Woods (82).

Horton Smith

Horton Smith was an American professional golfer, best known as the winner of the first and third Masters Tournaments.

The Honda Classic

The Honda Classic is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in south Florida. It was founded in 1972 as Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic, and is usually the first of the Florida events in late winter following the "West Coast Swing."

Pat Bradley is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974 and won 31 tour events, including six major championships. Bradley is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Elizabeth May Jameson was an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) in 1950. She won three major championships and a total of thirteen events during her career, one as amateur and twelve as a professional. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Angelo Argea was best known as the caddie for Jack Nicklaus.

Craig Wood (golfer)

Craig Ralph Wood was an American professional golfer in the 1930s and 1940s, the winner of 21 PGA Tour titles including two major championships and a member of three Ryder Cup teams (1931, 1933, 1935).

Gardner Dickinson

Gardner Edward Dickinson, Jr. was an American professional golfer.

Paul Dye Jr., known as Pete Dye, was an American golf course designer and a member of a family of course designers. He was married to fellow designer and amateur champion Alice Dye.

Kelly Tilghman is a former broadcaster for Golf Channel, and NBC Sports, and is the PGA Tour's first female lead golf announcer. On July 29, 2020, it was announced that Tilghman was hired by CBS Sports to host The Clubhouse Report on CBS Sports Network.

Stephen Paul Marino, Jr. is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

1963 PGA Championship

The 1963 PGA Championship was the 45th PGA Championship, played July 18–21 at the Blue Course of Dallas Athletic Club in Dallas, Texas. Jack Nicklaus won the first of his five PGA Championship titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Dave Ragan. It was the second major win of the year for Nicklaus, and the third of his eighteen major titles.

Delray Beach, Florida City in Florida

Delray Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population of Delray Beach was estimated at 69,451 in 2019, up from 60,522 according to the 2010 United States Census. Located 52 miles north of Miami, Delray Beach is in the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,198,782 people in 2018.

The PGA National Champion Course is an 18-hole golf course located at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States.

Donald Trump and golf Donald Trumps association with golf

Donald Trump is closely associated with the sport of golf. As a real estate developer, Trump began acquiring and constructing golf courses in 1999. By the time of his election as United States President in 2016, he owned 17 golf courses worldwide through his holding company, the Trump Organization. Courses owned by Trump have been selected to host various PGA and LPGA events, including the upcoming 2022 PGA Championship. A spokesman for the Trump Organization said that "This is a breach of a binding contract and they have no right to terminate the agreement".

Gary Wiren

Gary Wiren is a PGA Master Professional instructor. Wiren was the Director of Education, Learning, and Research for the PGA of America between 1972 and 1985, during which time he produced the "Laws, Principles, and Preferences" of golf swing instruction. He is the founder of three golf schools, and is now the senior director of instruction for Trump Golf Properties. Wiren is a member of both the PGA Hall of Fame and the World Golf Teachers' Hall of Fame. As an author, he has written fourteen books, and Wiren is also the founder of Golf Around the World.

The Benjamin School is a coeducational, college-preparatory independent school with two campuses in Palm Beach County, Florida. It serves 1,084 students in pre-K 3 through twelfth grade.

The 1971 World Cup took place November 11–14 at PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. It was the 19th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 46 teams, which was a record high number of participants. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino won by eight strokes over the South Africa team of Harold Henning and Gary Player. The individual competition was won by Nicklaus seven strokes ahead of Player. This was the 11th team victory for the United States in the history of the World Cup, founded in 1953 and until 1967 named the Canada Cup.

References

  1. ↑ "News About The Eric Dolch Children's Encephalitis Foundation". www.ericdolchfoundation.org.
  2. ↑ Minor, Emily J. "Understanding Eric". The Palm Beach Post.
  3. ↑ "2014 Father of the Year: Optimist, caregiver Dolch". June 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ George, Dave. "Hall of Fame honors Craig Dolch's career spent delivering for readers". The Palm Beach Post.
  5. ↑ Dolch, Craig. "Opinion: Our failure to wear a mask is costing my son dearly". Naples News.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.