A view of the eighth and ninth holes at Augusta National's Par 3 course on Wednesday April 5, 2023. The Par 3 Masters Contest is played on a short, nine-hole layout nestled in the northeast corner of the Augusta National grounds. An estimated 50,000 patrons line the course on practice days. (Joyce Bassett / Special to the Times Union)

Jon Rahm, his wife Kelley and son Kepa on the seventh hole of the Masters Par 3 contest at Augusta National on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.

LPGA Teaching Professional Kellie Edelblut, center, surrounded by young players at Longleaf Golf and Family Club and the U.S. Kids National Academy in Southern Pines, North Carolina. (U.S. Kids Golf photo)

John Feinstein, a novelist and terrific sportswriter for the Washington Post, died this week.

“Season on the Brink,” the book he wrote while embedded with Bobby Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers, is one of my all-time favorite sports books.

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“A Good Walk Spoiled,” another critically-acclaimed Feinstein book and personal favorite, was the result of him spending 15 months — days and nights — with players on the PGA Tour.

Feinstein was a member of the Golf Writers Association of America, an organization I’ve been thinking about this week because of its upcoming annual meeting on Wednesday of........

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