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Ward Clayton
Joined: Jun 30, 2021
Ward Clayton is an accomplished and respected Communications Professional, author and editor with 20-plus years’ experience. He has served as the Communications Director for Signature Group and owner of Clayton Communications and is involved annually as the Editorial Director of Masters Digital. Clayton is a Producer for the 2019 documentary, Loopers: The Caddie’s Long Walk, and the author of Men on the Bag: The Caddies of Augusta National, the 2004 book that gave a first-ever glimpse at the life and impact of the famed caddies at the world’s most famous golf course, home of the Masters Tournament. He is formerly a sports writer with the Durham Morning Herald, the sports editor of The Augusta Chronicle and Director of Editorial Services for the PGA Tour.
Golf
Getting On As a Single at the Old Course In St. Andrews is a Singular Experience
Golf
Little Sandy's Debut Continues a Short-Course Trend
Golf
A Masters Family: North Carolina's Whitfields and a Half-Century of Stories
Golf
More People Should Know How the Greensboro Six Helped Change Golf Forever
Morning Read's Ward Clayton tells the story of the Black men who were arrested for trespassing after they dared to play whites-only Gillespie Golf Course in 1955. Their effort to integrate the club is a bright spot in golf's history that persists to today
Golf
For Tim O’Neal and Black Golfers, Motown, Rocket Mortgage Classic Sing Loud With Opportunities
Tim O’Neal, Shasta Averyhardt, Anita Uwada earn PGA Tour, LPGA Starts with victories at the first John Shippen National Invitational in Detroit. Rocket Mortgage leading the charge with its charitable efforts.
Golf
Hope Valley preserves past, fosters future
DURHAM, N.C. — There’s an uninterrupted historical presence at Hope Valley Country Club, from the moment entering the neighborhood on Dover Road through white brick gates to the standalone pro shop still staffed by a member of the Crichton family and on t
