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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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Julie Kliegman is a writer and editor in Queens, New York. They wrote <a href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538168066/Mind-Game-An-Inside-Look-at-the-Mental-Health-Playbook-of-Elite-Athletes">Mind Game: An Inside Look at the Mental Health Playbook of Elite Athletes</a> and are at work on a biography of Renée Richards. Their work has also appeared in outlets including The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, The Washington Post, Bookforum, Slate, The Ringer, Texas Monthly, Vulture, BuzzFeed News, and The Verge.

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Julie Kliegman

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Golf

Hailey Davidson Loves Golf, And Golf Wants To Get Rid Of Her

Investigations Editor. You can reach her at diana@defector.com or, if you prefer protonmail, dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. If security is a concern, download the Signal app and send her a text at 929-251-8187.

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Diana Moskovitz

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - MAY 17: Louisville police badge is seen during the second round of PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club on May 17, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Policing

Louisville Police Have Very Little To Say

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Tom Ley

Scottie Scheffler arrives to the course during the second round of PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club on May 17, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky.

PGA Championship

This Is So Stupid

Officer’s Pants Tragically Struck Down In Confrontation With Scottie Scheffler

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Don’t Worry, Scottie Scheffler Will Make His Tee Time. He Just Had To Get Arrested Real Quick

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Defector Staff

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Golfers, Stop Addressing The Ball And Start Addressing Your Spouse’s Concerns

Visual Editor. Runs <a href="http://defectorstore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">defectorstore.com</a>. Philadelphia-based, if you couldn’t tell.

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Dan McQuade

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA - FEBRUARY 09: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains nudity.) A fan dressed in costume as William Wallace from Braveheart, runs on the course during the second round of the WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale on February 09, 2024 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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The Rowdy Golf Tournament Got Too Rowdy This Year

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Chris Thompson

A photo of PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan.

The PGA Tour Is Casting Around For Plan B

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Animals

I Ate All Your Precious Golf Worms And I’d Do It Again

Signage during the LIV Golf Invitational -Miami at Trump National Doral Miami on October 20, 2023 in Doral, Florida.

39,000 Steps At A LIV Golf Party In Trumpland

Dustin Johnson crouches on the green during a LIV Golf event, with a large "LIV GOLF" sign in the background. He is wearing shorts.

World Ranking Body Formally Shoos LIV Golf Back To The Kids’ Table

Patrick T. Dorsey is the writer of and a producer on the feature film FUTURE DATE, which had its world premiere at the 2024 Cinequest Film Festival and won the Audience Award for Best Comedy Feature. You can hear him Thursdays on Defector Trivia, whenever Diana Moskovitz shouts, “Baaaaaaabe!”

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Rose Zhang of the United States plays a shot from the 18th tee during the second round of the Dana Open at Highland Meadows Golf Club on July 14, 2023 in Sylvania, Ohio.

Dana Open – Round Two

Rose Zhang, Golf’s Next Phenom, Is Doing Her Own Thing

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Ray Ratto

Liv Golf Commissioner Greg Norman rects after the 2023 Liv Golf tournament in Adelaide on April 23, 2023. (Photo by Brenton Edwards /

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The PGA Tour-LIV Golf Merger Floated Up From A Sea Of Desperate Ideas

Yasir Al-Rumayyan at a Donald Trump-owned golf club.

Golf’s Emerging Behemoth Might Be Too Big To Exist And Too Rich To Stop

Ben Orbison is a writer living in Los Angeles

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Ben Orbison

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 15: Tommy Fleetwood of England plays a second shot on the first hole during the first round of the 123rd U.S. Open Championship at The Los Angeles Country Club on June 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

123rd U.S. Open Championship – Round One

The Los Angeles Country Club Owes L.A. More Than Just A Good U.S. Open

Greg Norman stands with Yasir Al-Rumayyan at a LIV Golf event.

The PGA Tour Couldn’t Beat ‘Em, But LIV Golf Won’t Join ‘Em

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Samer Kalaf

Jimmy Dunne speaks during Golf Channel interview

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PGA Tour Board Member Vows To Kill Any 9/11 Perpetrators Involved In LIV Golf Merger

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David Roth

LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman at a press conference during the LIV event in Adelaide, Australia, in April of 2023.

Liv Golf – Adelaide: Previews

Podcasts

The Money Will Not Shut Up, With Ray Ratto

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan smiles.

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The PGA Tour’s High Ground Was Just A Bargaining Position

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Patrick Redford

DeChambeau begins his interview with Collins, minutes before he gets to the 9/11 stuff

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The LIV-PGA Shit-Eating Tour Is A Marvel To Behold

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Israel Daramola

A scoreboard at the LIV Golf event at Broken Arrow, Oklahoma on May 13.

LIV Golf Invitational – Tulsa – Day Two

The PGA Tour Has Suddenly Merged With LIV Golf

THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS - APRIL 30: A general view of a golf ball on the green of the first hole during the final round of the Insperity Invitational at The Woodlands Golf Club on April 30, 2023 in The Woodlands, Texas.

Insperity Invitational – Final Round

I Demand These Two Awful, Heroic Golfers Be Given A Hefty NIL Deal

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Luis Paez-Pumar

Old timey photo of golfers with 'How Golf Can Save Your Life' book cover in the bottom left corner

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Interviews

“I’m Usually Thinking About Other Shit”: Drew Millard On The Healing Power Of Golf

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