People who make a difference

The Computer Wiz • The Entrepreneur • The Teacher •
The Researchers • The Inspiration • The Supporters •
The King • The Mind • The Providers • The Dreamer

Golf's difference-makers come in two varieties:
the kind of people who make you feel good
about the game, and the kind of people who
make you feel good about your game. We're
grateful for both, and, it turns out, so are you.

Interviews by Connell Barrett and Steve Beslow

A year ago we presented
a list of the game's most
important innovators.
You received their
stories so positively
that we decided to do
it again in 2008 — and
believe us, the selection
process was no easier
this time around.
For nominations, we
solicited our friends
at the USGA, the PGA
Tour, the PGA of
America, the National
Golf Foundation and
the World Scientific
Congress of Golf, as
well as our own Top
100 Teachers, last
year's finalists and you,
our millions of loyal
readers at Golf Magazine
and Golf.com. After
months of increasingly
difficult decisions,
we pared down
hundreds of deserving
nominees to these 10
remarkable honorees.
Did we miss a worthy
innovator? Drop us a
line at golfletters@golf.com. Our search for
next year's winners
has already begun.