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Christopher M. (Chris) Millard is a New York Times Bestselling author. A veteran observer of the American sports scene, he has covered golf as a writer/columnist/editor at Golf World Magazine; as an executive editor at GOLF Magazine Properties and as an author for nearly 25 years. His work has also appeared in Golf Digest, The New York Times, Masters Journal and hundreds of publications worldwide. Mr. Millard, who also served as communications director for golf legend Jack Nicklaus, has had his work recognized five times by the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA). In April 2012, he accepted the organization’s First Prize for magazine feature articles for “Maybe YesSIR!” a profile of CBS Sports’ Verne Lundquist and the famed announcer’s memorable call of the 1986 Masters. In recent years Mr. Millard has also been a contributor to Golf Channel both as a writer for golfchannel.com and as a researcher for the popular program, “Feherty.”

His book, “The Golf Book: Twenty Years of the Players, Shots and Moments That Changed the Game,” co-published in 2014 by HarperCollins and Golf Channel, was a New York Times Bestseller. His most recent book, the history of the National Golf Links of America--five and a half years in the making—was published in January 2017. In a 2019 review, the website valuablebooks called it definitively “the best golf club history ever published.”

His other books include:

·     “Nicklaus By Design: Golf Course Strategy and Architecture” (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002), co-authored with Jack Nicklaus

·     “How to Grow a Winning Quarterback featuring Peyton Manning and Drew Bledsoe,” a collaboration with Jerry Rhome (Cool Springs Press, 2003)

·     “Golf’s 100 Toughest Holes” (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2004)

·     “Awesome Bill From Dawsonville: My Life in NASCAR,” a collaboration with auto racing icon Bill Elliott (HarperCollins, 2006)

·     “My Life Was This Big and Other True Fishing Tales,” a collaboration with fly-fishing legend Lefty Kreh (Skyhorse, 2008)

·     “Southampton Bathing Corporation,” A Club History (Edgeworth Editions, 2009)

·     Official Program of The 44th Walker Cup Match, Editor-in-Chief (2013).

A native of the Greater New York area and a 1982 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA (where he serves on the board of trustees), Mr. Millard resides with his wife Eileen and two children in Atlanta and spends summers in New England. He serves on the advisory board of the First Tee of East Lake (Atlanta, GA) and recently stepped down from the executive committee of the East Lake Invitational.