- Only current ING members are eligible to enter this contest.
- Only entries published/aired between October 1 of the previous year and September 30 of the calendar year of the awards are eligible.
- Each ING member may submit a maximum of two entries per writing category and one entry for the TV, radio, podcast and publication categories.
- An article cannot be entered into more than one category.
- Entries must have arrived at ING by October 11 of the calendar year of the awards.
Schedule:
Entries Due To ING: By Oct. 11 of the awards year
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2025 ING Media Awards
Sponsors: Bridgestone, CertiFresh Cigar, PGA Show, Stitch Golf, Zero Friction
Charles Humphreys
AUDIO-SHORT FORM - 1 st Place: The Golf Shop Radio Network, (“Marty Smith Interview”)
Outstanding Achievers: Chuck Garbedian, Garbedian On Golf (“Matt Ginella Interview”); Ann Liguori, Talking Golf With Ann Liguori, WFAN, New York (“Joe Theismann Interview”).
Scott Kramer
BUSINESS WRITING - 1 st Place: Scott Kramer, FORE Magazine (“Indoor Golf”).
Outstanding Achievers: Tony Leodora, Golf Central Magazine (“The renovation of River Hills GC”); Ed Sherman, Chicago District Golfer (“Highland Park man boosts hot new putter”); John Steinbreder, Global Golf Post (“Evoking Ely”).
Gary Van Sickle
EQUIPMENT& APPAREL WRITING - 1st Place: SI.Com (“James Bond golf-themed grip is worth getting your hands on”)
Outstanding Achievers: Abbey Algiers, NYGOLF Magazine (“What’s new in golf this year”); Gary D’Amato, Wisconsin.Golf (“That’s the Holy Grail, right?”); John Steinbreder, Global Golf Post (“Cool and retro Munsingwear”).
Gary D’Amato
OPINION/EDITORIAL - 1st Place: Wisconsin.Golf (“Thank you Mr. B, for your fatherly concern.”)
Outstanding Achievers: Bill Fields, The Albatross (“Pain and pleasure in recalling Payne”); Tina Mickelson, FORE Magazine (“Plumber by day”); Zack Moran, FORE Magazine(“Trauma and triumph”); Jimmy Roberts, The Met Golfer (“From white whale to Green Jacket”).
FORE Magazine
PUBLICATION - 1st Place: Spring Issue (Adam Hawk, Managing Editor)
Outstanding Achievers: Chicago District Golfer, July Issue (Barry Cronin, Editor). NCGA Golf, Spring Issue (Adam Schupak, Editor); The Met Golfer, September Issue (Helen Farrelly, MGA).
Helen Farrelly
VIDEO-SHORT FORM - 1st Place: MGA (“110 th Met Open Championship Preview”).
Outstanding Achievers: Colin Weston, ModGolf (“Five Tips To Help Women Get Into Golf”); Jamie McWilliams, TheSeniorDeliquent.Com (“Uneasy Ryder”).
Ann Liguori
AUDIO-LONG FORM 1 st Place: Talking Golf With Ann Liguori, WFAN, New York (“Post-Masters Show”).
Outstanding Achievers: Chuck Garbedian, Garbedian On Golf, WRNW Wisconsin (“Season Finale”); Colin Weston, ModGolf Podcast (“Crafting Beautiful Stories”).
Sean Martin
COMPETITION WRITING - 1st Place: PGATOUR.Com (“Rory McIlroy’s resiliency rewarded with Masters win”).
Outstanding Achievers: Gary D’Amato, Wisconsin.Golf (“'It's a dream come true': Rory McIlroy caps a grand career with a Masters championship”); Bill Fields, The Albatross (“Hard until it wasn’t”); Gary Van Sickle, TheGolfShow.Com (“The agony, the ecstasy and The Putt at Oakmont”).
Len Ziehm
FEATURE WRITING 1st Place: Chicago District Golfer (“A Chicago U.S. Open 50 years ago.”)
Outstanding Achievers: Jay Coffin, PGA.Com (“Golf, healing, and heroes: the journey of Franko Poynter.”; “Tom Cunneff, The Met Golfer (“Happy Place”); Adam Hawk, FORE Magazine (“A united response”); Ed Travis, California Golf + Travel (“Happy Father’s Day”); Rick Zurak, NewEngland.Golf (“To caddy in a PGA Tour event is a great experience.”).
John Steinbreder
PROFILE WRITING - 1st Place: Global Golf Post (“A Medici of Golf”)
Outstanding Achievers: Al Barkow, NCGA Golf Magazine (“The Corica in Corica Park”); Larry Baush, Tour Backspin (They didn’t allow colored people then”); Adam Schupak, Golfweek (“The unbreakable bond”); John Steinbreder, Global Golf Post (“The man who sees around corners”); Gary Van Sickle, The First Call.com (“Jim Nantz: A voice unlike any other”).
Tom Mackin
TRAVEL WRITING - 1st Place: The Met Golfer (“Luck of the Irish).
Outstanding Achievers: Tom Mackin, FORE Magazine (“The Colors of Kaua'”) Joe Passov, FORE Magazine (“Black is the new green”); John Steinbreder, Global Golf Post (“Hill country playground”); Gary Van Sickle, The Golf Travel Wire (“A proper salute to Rock Island Arsenal Golf Course”).
Dave Lockhart
VIDEO-LONG FORM - 1st Place: Golf 360 (“Summer Special”).
Outstanding Achievers: Ryan Ballengee & Brendan Sweeney, Road To French Lick (“John VanDerLean is the man”); Jeff Gilder & Tony Leodora, The Traveling Golfer (“Valley Forge America 250”); Steve Kashul, The Golf Scene (“From Kemper Lakes”).