@AlanShipnuck

30+ years on the golf beat, now Writer at Large @Skratch. Author of 10 books including RORY; PHIL; LIV AND LET DIE; THE SWINGER; BUD, SWEAT & TEES.

 Between Pebble and Pasatiempo.
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Joined March 2009
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Tough but fair.
qb analyst@qbanalystOct 14
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It's good to be the king...carbon footprint be damned.
Joy Chakravarty@TheJoyofGolfOct 13
The new @McIlroyRory sponsorship with @DP_World will see the Dubai company transporting two personalised fitness and recovery trailers for Rory. Mcllroy also becomes a global ambassador for DP World.
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Ben is a world-class editor, and human. So thankful we got to be partners-in-crime over the last two years. For anyone needing help in planning and executing every form of digital media, this is your guy.
Ben Boskovich
@benboskOct 13
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I also got to work with one of my heroes in @AlanShipnuck. We published a lot of stories that filled up my cup. We won an award for one of them last year, and published one this year that might be the biggest piece I’ve ever been a part of. It’s thousands of words of written copy from world-class reporting and is still probably the most impactful thing we made in my entire tenure. It gives me hope that an awful lot of you still value what it takes to make something like that in our world of Artificial Everything.
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I think about Abe Ancer a lot as a guy whose career cratered on LIV. He won a WGC in 2021 and had back-to-back top-10s at the PGA Championship in '21 and '22. He went to LIV in June '22 as the 20th-ranked player in the world...and then vanished. Didn't play a major in '25 or '26
Josh Carpenter
@JoshACarpenterOct 12
Abraham Ancer will not be competing on LIV 2.0, per sources. Ancer’s contract expired after this season, and he plans to play on the DP World Tour in 2027. Ancer made the decision not to renew this spring. He made his debut with the league at its second event in 2022.
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Mark Grady@mrgradysOct 4
Replying to @SethLeibsohn
@SethLeibsohn reading “Rory” by Shipnuk. Great line: “The United States is a place. America is an idea.” @AlanShipnuck PERFECT…
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I am chuffed!
William Hill Sports Book Of The Year
@BookiePrizeOct 1
⛳ RORY - ALAN SHIPNUCK The triumphs. The heartbreaks. The controversies. The man behind the golfer. Alan Shipnuck traces Rory McIlroy's journey from a young Northern Irish prodigy to one of the defining figures of modern golf, exploring the career and character of one of the game's most compelling stars. Rory by Alan Shipnuck is on the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2026 Longlist. 🏆📚 @simonschusterUK I @AlanShipnuck #SBOTY #SportsBookOfTheYear #Golf #RoryMcIlroy
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I came up at SI with @LarsAnderson71. Proud of this mofo for delivering yet another scintialling read.
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Played the @GolfPartyMRY with Gary Hallberg. Might be the nicest guy in the whole world and, at 68, still a straight flusher. He spent the back 9 yesterday filming my swing and giving me a playing lesson. He’s my new favorite player, by a mile.
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This is epic.
Alex Myers
@AlexMyers3Sep 16
Holy ball knower! This might be @McIlroyRory’s biggest fan!
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@AlanShipnuckSep 10
Jack is one of my closest friends - it was an honor to help him tell his story. It’s a beautiful, wrenching book that is ultimately a love story, times two. a.co/d/08tQmNs8

Like A River To The Sea

The story of heartbreak to triumph in the wake of a tragedy. Their first date in college was a U2 concert and after that Lauren and Jack Grandcolas were inseparable. He was mesmerized by her sweetn...

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Scarlett Grace
@ScarlettGrace92Sep 10
The final voicemail left by 38-year-old Lauren Grandcolas for her husband, Jack, from aboard United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. She was three months pregnant with the couple’s first child.
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Jack is one of my closest friends - it was an honor to help him tell his story. It’s a beautiful, wrenching book that is ultimately a love story, times two. a.co/d/08tQmNs8

Like A River To The Sea

The story of heartbreak to triumph in the wake of a tragedy. Their first date in college was a U2 concert and after that Lauren and Jack Grandcolas were inseparable. He was mesmerized by her sweetn...

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Scarlett Grace
@ScarlettGrace92Sep 10
The final voicemail left by 38-year-old Lauren Grandcolas for her husband, Jack, from aboard United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. She was three months pregnant with the couple’s first child.
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Jack always says he was motivated to do the book to help others who suffer a traumatic loss. 9/11 was extreme, but we all lose loved ones, and the book has a lot of wisdom on transcending grief.
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The PIF found $49 million between Yasir’s couch cushions to buy out all of the remaining player contracts. Rahm alone is owed more than double that.
Sujeet Indap@sindapSep 8
LIV ch 11 petition hits the docket. Here are the top 10 unsecured creditors starting with Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau: ecf.njb.uscourts.gov/doc1/11…
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2011 Ok St Snub=24 Teamer@t_five_osuSep 5
Another masterpiece by @AlanShipnuck. Rory is a must read.
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This is all Jon Rahm's fault.
Open Source Intel
@Osint613Aug 31
Saudi Arabia has pledged nearly $1 trillion in U.S. investment. But Saudi itself is under very heavy financial pressure. Saudi Arabia posted a $9.1 billion budget deficit in Q2, while its oil sector contracted 24.7%. The government is now seeking a $6 billion to $8 billion loan from international banks. Separately, Saudi Aramco is seeking another $4.7 billion bank loan. The kingdom entered 2026 already expecting roughly $58 billion in financing needs.
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In honor of the new FedEx Cup champ, sending this around again....
Skratch
@SkratchAug 30
Before he was World No. 1, Scottie Scheffler was the sixth man. @AlanShipnuck shares more on the dog in him. ow.ly/9rAu50ZH4aj

Before He Was Scottie, He Was The Sixth Man

And a defensive specialist who once held Trae Young (yeah, that one) to three points. This is the story of the dog inside Scottie Scheffler.

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Attaboy!
Matt King@mdk1719Aug 26
Replying to @AlanShipnuck @barbarasbooks
Might have snagged the last one!
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Legit felt wistful at the last LIV event. What a ride.
Dan on Golf
@DanOnGolfShowAug 26
You never know the good days until they’re gone.
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I like the new Tour playoff structure. Don’t love it - do we really need 2 weeks to crown a champion from among only 32 players? But, hey, we’ve been complaining about the points system for decades so at least now we have something bold and different to bitch about!
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Evin Priest@EvinPriestAug 25
. @AlanShipnuck compels me quite often to make a coffee and sit down for a long read.
Alan Shipnuck
@AlanShipnuckAug 24
During the first two seasons of LIV, I'm pretty sure I covered more tournaments than any other reporter. I felt compelled to be in Indy to witness the end of an era. My dispatch for @Skratch on a tense season finale and what comes next: skratch.golf/news/pro-golf/l…

LIV Long and Prosper: Dispatches from the End of an Era

Loathe it or love it, LIV Golf was a gift from the content gods. Lives were changed, fortunes amassed, legacies elevated and reputations shattered. It all came to an unceremonious end on Sunday night...

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