Our 2025 winner:
Steve Wheatcroft, “When the Game Stops Answering”
1st Runner-Up: Joseph O'Malley, “Who the Hell is Bobby Jones?”
2nd Runner-Up: Andrew Lava, “Never Forget to Live Gratefully”
Our 2024 winner:
Dave Duberstein, “The Judge and the Jumper”
1st Runner-up: Matt Filner, “Losing Vic”
2nd Runner-up: Hunter Kendrick, “Back to School”
Our 2023 winner:
Jason Way, “Yard Golf”
2023 Runner-up: Mark Wagner, “Where It’s Never Not Beautiful”
The Coyne Prize is made possible by the following:
By recognizing and celebrating the best storytelling in golf, the Coyne Prize endeavors to ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE, and ADVANCE the careers of both new and established voices in the game.
The Coyne Prize is awarded annually to the most exciting golf writers and creators, as deemed by a panel of golf and creative industry professionals.
Tom Coyne
Tom Coyne is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author who has been publishing golf stories since 2001.
What is the Coyne Prize
The Coyne Prize is an annual award and grant that aims to highlight and celebrate creators across mediums, including writers, filmmakers, digital content creators, who are actively engaged in creating stories that are either golf-focused or in some way related to the themes and elements of the game.
