Education and career
After graduating from Choate Rosemary Hall in 1974, Steinbreder attended Franklin University in Lugano, Switzerland, receiving an Associate of Arts degree in 1976. After studying at the University of Nairobi, he transferred to the University of Oregon, where he earned a B.A. in Journalism in 1979. He later worked as a reporter for Fortune magazine from 1983 to 1988 and then moved to Sports Illustrated, where served as a writer and reporter from 1988 to 1991 and after that a special contributor from 1991 to 1994. Steinbreder then joined the staff of Golfweek in 1999, as a senior writer, and was employed there until 2008. A year later, he helped found Global Golf Post.
Through the years, Steinbreder has also contributed to a number of prominent publications, among them The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Departures, Forbes Life, Golf Digest, Time, Masters Journal and The Weekly Standard.
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