Skip to main content
Gary Van Sickle on Muck Rack

Gary Van Sickle

Pittsburgh
As seen in: Sports Illustrated, Substack, Flipboard, Miami Herald, The Charlotte Observer, KTLA-TV (Los Angeles, CA), The Sacramento Bee, Kansas City Star, Lexington Herald-Leader, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and
Covers:  Golf
Golf World, Sports Illustrated & Golf.com alum still writing golf. 40+ Masters. Dinosaur still roaming golf.

Get in touch with Gary Van

Contact Gary Van, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Gary Van Sickle’s Biography

Read Full Bio →

Attended Midland (Mich.) High & Waupaca (Wis.) High... Univ of Wis grad... joined Milwaukee Journal sports staff 1977... Golf World magazine in 1989... Sports Illustrated (Golf Plus, Golf.com, Golf Magazine) in 1996... past beats include Univ Wis football and basketball; golf; Green Bay Packers... writing golf only since '89 move to Golf World... assorted awards incl Wis Sportswriter of Year; appeared in Best Sports Stories; numerous Golf Writers Assn America and Intl Network of Golf writing aw…

Articles

MAJORS: U.S. OPEN

|
By Gary Van Sickle
| the-golf-show.com
by gary van sickle McIlroy Brings Career Slam Home AUGUSTA, Ga.—It was a Monday unlike any other 18 years ago in the Open Championship at Scotland’s Carnoustie Golf Links. Seve Ballesteros, Europe’s greatest and most electrifying player, walked into the press center at Championship and announced the unthinkable. The Spaniard, considered Europe’s Arnold Palmer for his swashbuckling style of play and panache, said he was making the painful decision to retire.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

the-golf-show.com

|
By Gary Van Sickle, Gary VanSickle
| the-golf-show.com
By Gary Van Sickle OAKMONT, Pa.—The 125th United States Open’s final round turned into The Agony and The Ecstasy. Of course, it was eight hours of mostly agony followed by five minutes of ecstasy but hey, a good dessert makes you forget a tough steak ten times out of time.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Omit, Permit, FitBit, Let's End It -- PGA's First Day

|
By Gary Van Sickle
| the-golf-show.com
RBC Heritage takes its best shot every year By Gary Van Sickle HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.--The RBC Heritage has the best opening ceremony in golf. I hereby apologize to the Masters Tournament and its Honorary Starters, a beloved tradition. But seriously, you make the call. You can watch three aging legends struggle to tee up a ball and then send a creaky drive not very far.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 3,231 articles

Interview

See all →

What was your first job as a journalist?

Part-timer at Milwaukee Journal covering prep sports

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I was a Wisconsin state high school typing champion.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Be responsible for the truth and as late sportswriting great Dan Jenkins said, "I never wrote anything I didn't believe."