Jim Ducibella

I'm the author of the International Network of Golf's 2012 book of the year. It's entitled King of Clubs: The Great Golf Marathon of 1938, and it's the result of six years of amazingly rewarding work. The reviews remain great, and I wish I had a penny for every time someone told me that the true story of J. Smith Ferebee and his bizarre golf wager would make s great movie.

Anyway, I'm originally from Washington, D.C., attended college in Cincinnati at Xavier University and graduate school for journalism in Milwaukee at Marquette. Thank God I didn't go for a Ph.d., or I might have wound up in Alaska, since I seemed to be doing a lean to colder climes.

After grad school at Marquette, I started a career as a sportswriter; first back in D.C., then in Norfolk, VA after the demise of The Washington Star.

After twenty-nine years, mostly with The Virginian-Pilot -- 20 of them covering the Washington Redskins, all of them spent writing golf at every every level of competition -- I was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in April 2010. I also was named sportswriter of the year in Virginia seven times by my peers. During that segment of my career, I covered more than two hundred professional and amateur golf tournaments.

I retired in 2019, but continue to provide columns for The Virginia Golfer magazine and The Command Post, a newly renamed publication focused on the NFL's franchise in Washington. I've been a contributor to Sports Illustrated, GolfWorld, Pro Football Weekly, and The Met Golfer, among others.

In addition to King of Clubs, I'm also the author of "Par Excellence: A Celebration of Virginia Golf (2000)." My wife and I live in Williamsburg, VA, but neither of us has ever worn a tri-cornered hat or hoop skirt.

Well, I shouldn't speak for her.