Kern honored for U.S. Open, Masters coverage
Two golf organizations fete Mike Kern for his coverage of the U.S. Open at Merion, and the Masters.
DAILY NEWS sports writer Mike Kern won a third-place award in the Golf Writers Association of America's annual writing contest, in the Daily Features category, for his story on Nick Ciocca, the "Caddie who carried [Ben] Hogan" at the 1950 U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club. He also received an honorable mention in Special Projects for his contribution to the Daily News' U.S. Open preview section.
Kern was the only newspaper writer to be recognized more than once.
Last month, Kern received a first place from the International Network of Golf in Opinion/Editorial for a column titled: "Long and short of it: Merion tough enough." And in Competition Writing, his story on Adam Scott winning the Masters ("Au-some Feat") earned an Outstanding Achievement.