Wonderful to read this (“GGP’s Mair receives Lifetime Achievement Award,” January 14, GGP+). Many, many congratulations. I remember having hysterical “off the record” chats with Lewine. Her reporting was a joy to read! Did I once say her plastic mac [waterproof rain jacket] put me off a shot? What a ridiculous thing for me to say!! She took it with a smile! I recall she asked me, “Did you hear the butterflies?”
Jill Thornhill
Reigate, Surrey, England
Thornhill won the 1986 English Women’s Amateur and was leading amateur in the 1985 Women’s British Open.
Many, many congratulations Lewine Mair and so rightly deserved (“GGP’s Mair receives Lifetime Achievement Award,” January 14, GGP+). What a staunch supporter she was in moving the women’s game to where it is now. Thank you.
Caroline Hall
Bristol, England
Hall is a former LET winner (1995 Danish Open), 1992 English Women’s Amateur champion and earned the clinching point for GB&I in the 1992 Curtis Cup.
This made us so happy to read this morning (“GGP’s Mair receives Lifetime Achievement Award,” January 14, GGP+). So well deserved for all these years of being in the field, staying curious, asking good questions and writing great stories. Be proud :)
Pia Nilsson
Scottsdale, Arizona
Nilsson is a former tour player, Swedish National Teams coach and co-founder of Vision54 Golf Academy.
That is awesome and so deserving (“GGP’s Mair receives Lifetime Achievement Award," January 14, GGP+). Lewine has broken barriers for women in journalism, especially across the pond.
Renee Powell
East Canton, Ohio
Powell was the second Black woman to play on the LPGA Tour, is enshrined in the PGA of America Hall of Fame and received (with her family) the Old Tom Morris Award in 2019.
Just read Scott Michaux’s 2025 article (“What should happen in 2025 to heal golf’s rifts,” January 11, GGP+) with interest. I had just read another forecast in a financial letter I take and I thought you would appreciate this excerpt:
“Here’s the problem with forecasts: some of them are right, and some of them are wrong, and by the time we find out which is which, it’s too late.
“This leads to what we might call the forecasting paradox: the test of a useful forecast is not whether it turns out to be accurate, but whether it turns out to prompt some sort of useful action in advance. Accuracy may help, but then again it may not. Forewarned is not necessarily forearmed…
“Thinking seriously about the future can be a worthwhile exercise, not because the future is knowable but because the process is likely to make us wiser.”
Scott’s story correctly pointed out the antipathy of Australia towards the PGA Tour. I spent most of last February down there (my third trip) and have many friends in Sydney and Melbourne. When our tour started the “wrap-around” schedule, it gutted their tour. That, and the fact that some popular Aussies joined LIV, caused them to embrace LIV like no other place.
Al Jamieson
Burlingame, California
Agree with Ron Green’s assessment completely (“TGL delivers fun departure,” January 8, GGP+). Certainly isn’t going to replace tour golf but it sure was fun to watch!!
Glenn Perry
Charlotte, North Carolina
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