Michael Bamberger

Michael Bamberger is a senior writer for the Fire Pit Collective. After college, he spent a more than a decade as a newspaper reporter, followed by twenty-two years at Sports Illustrated. He has written a play (Bart & Fay) and seven books, including the New York Times bestseller Men in Green, The Second Life of Tiger Woods, and To the Linksland. His work has appeared in the annual anthology The Best American Sports Writing and other collections. In 2022, at Jack Nicklaus’s Memorial Tournament, Bamberger received the Memorial Golf Journalism Award.