Magazines and newsletters preserve the sport as people experienced it: results, interviews, club news, event notices, photographs, and reports from the field. The Hall maintains scanned publications for ongoing Florida-history research and lookup.
What the printed record can reveal
A tournament report may preserve the name an event used that year, its location, divisions, and winners. A club newsletter may identify the volunteers behind a course or a new league. Interviews and photographs can connect a familiar name with an earlier stage of a career. Advertisements and event notices also help explain the community surrounding the competition.
Reading an issue in context
We record the publication title, issue or date, and page when citing printed sources. Scans are checked against the visible page; searchable text can misread names and scores. An announcement establishes what was planned, while a subsequent report or result sheet may establish what actually happened.
The Hall’s biographies already draw on period reporting. Explore Steve Slasor’s biography and Gregg Hosfeld’s biography for connections between the published record and the people it documents.
Request a historical lookup
Provide a person, tournament, club, city, or topic and the likely year or date range. If you remember a publication title, issue, page, photograph, or distinctive phrase, include it. Call (727) 888-4420 to discuss a request and how to share the details.
A complete public issue index and self-service scan search are not yet available on this site. This page introduces the research resource; it does not claim a complete run of every publication. Access and reproduction depend on the particular material.
Have an issue we may be missing?
Old club newsletters, regional magazines, event programs, newspaper clippings, and result sheets can help close gaps. Tell us the title, issue date, and what you have before sending originals. Clear scans of covers and complete pages preserve more context than cropped excerpts.
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