John Steinbreder


John Steinbreder is an American writer. He has written or co-written 19 books, of which 15 were on golf and two on child custody issues. He is also a contributor to Masters.com, the officials website for the Masters Tournament, and a senior writer for Global Golf Post, the digital weekly magazine with a worldwide circulation of nearly 2 million subscribers. Steinbreder has reported on golf on five continents and received ten honors for his work form the Golf Writers Association of America and 17 from the International Network of Golf.

Education and career

Steinbreder graduated from Franklin University in Lugano, Switzerland with an Associate of Arts degree in 1976 and then attended the University of Nairobi in 1977. In 1979, he received a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Oregon. He worked as a reporter for Fortune magazine from 1983-1988 and then moved to Sports Illustrated, where served as a writer and reporter from 1988 to 1991. Steinbreder then joined the staff of Golfweek in 1999, as a senior writer, and was employed there until 2008. A year later, he helped found Global Golf Post.

Major works