Alan Shipnuck is one of the most prominent sportswriters in the country.
He is the author of 9 books, including best-sellers Phil; LIV and Let Die; The Swinger; and Bud, Sweat & Tees.
Shipnuck has won 13 first-place awards from the Golf Writers Association of America, breaking the record of Dan Jenkins, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Shipnuck lives in Carmel, California, where he is the head coach of the Carmel High girls varsity basketball team.