The A Position

Another new website from a group of long-time golf and travel writers who have banded together to form their own media company and a linked network of Internet sites providing well-researched, irreverent, and intelligent writing about golf, travel, and related subjects. In a friendly poke at sites that simply recycle press releases or are written by amateurs, theAposition.com describes its content as “great golf and travel writing by actual journalists.”

The term “the A position” refers to the best place a golfer can land his tee shot on a golf hole; as the brand name of the company’s websites, it suggests the place readers will want to land for great golf and travel journalism.

The Content
Eight writers - who among them have written more than 20 books and thousands of articles for such newspapers and magazines as The New York Times, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, GOLF Magazine, Golf Digest, Money, Outside, Men’s Journal, and many others, and visited thousands of the world’s best golf courses - have pooled their talents and experiences to create a vast portfolio of varied and ever-evolving content. A number of the founding members have also worked as editors at several of the best golf publications, including GOLF Magazine, Travel + Leisure Golf, and Links Magazine.

The writers each publish their own websites, which include golf content as well as writing about specialty subjects - ranging from adventure travel to real estate - that they are passionate about. All their golf writing is collected at theAposition.com. The sites include articles, essays, profiles, blogs, short stories, and other content and encompass the writers’ best works published over many years in the industry, plus new content posted several times every week. Each writer also hosts a forum where readers can respond to stories and generate a conversation.

The Writers
The founding writer/members of Golf Media Network and the A position are:

• David Gould
• Larry Olmsted
• Brian McCallen
• Chris Santella
• Scott Kauffman
• John Strawn
• Tom Harack
• Jeff Wallach

For more information see their press release www.theaposition.com/Press/news-release-launch_2009-11-17

Or visit their website at www.theaposition.com/