Primarily golf but many interests
I enjoy history, social causes, and the great fresh air of fall. Presently a Contributing Editor for Golf Digest, my writing has been primarily about golf for more than 35 years but I enjoy studying the game's centuries-old history. I mainly admire the 1950s to 1990s timespan. I had previously been the magazine's Assistant Managing Editor and the Editor of its Resource Center, the latter allowing me to oversee the incredible archive of Golf Digest and Golf World. My passion for golf began during middle school in my hometown of Bloomington, Illinois, and I grooved a somewhat deadly putting stroke on the tiny greens at Highland Park Golf Course, the site of my only round of par golf. It was seeing Golf Digest for sale on Highland's shop counter that put the thought of combining my dual love for golf and journalism into a dream job of working at GD. Prior to the magazine, I had followed highly esteemed sports/golf writers Dave Kindred and Ron Coffman in the same position at The Daily Pantagraph in Bloomington. My on-course achievements are minor but I did win the Editor's Putter championship at Golf Digest twice and due to a brief bit of fortunate play in the company Seitz Cup team match I earned the nickname The Terminator, a label I've long since failed to live up to. I have kept track of all my under-par holes and have more than 550 birdies, a few eagles and one lucky double eagle...at Highland's second hole.
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Golf Resume: Clifford L. Schrock
Personal Statement—Good writing is hard work. Getting the message out can be done in a flash of time, but the preparation up to hitting “send” or posting is critically important. I have been fully engaged in my career to research, write and deliver captivating content, in print, online and electronically. I am a respected, dependable and perceptive writer, editor, communicator and book author who has the skills and experience to produce quality communications.
Summary of Qualifications—Extensive writing range of long and short, simple and complicated subjects for print and online;
Experienced at writing correspondence for outside contacts (readers, requests for help);
Accustomed to managing multiple tasks simultaneously, immediate and future;
Excellent at planning and organizing editorial schedules and devising company strategies;
Recognized as a patient problem-solver who uses good judgment in tandem with a supervisor;
Great versatility in the tasks I can perform, primarily writing, copyediting, proofreading, and research. Writing experience in composing text in someone else’s “voice”;
Exceptional interpersonal skills. I am a conscientious and experienced asset who is a good face for the company as well as an ideal internal coworker. I go “all in” for the employer and its needs/goals
Professional Experience—
State of Connecticut Court Recording Monitor—August 2018 to Present
Golf Digest Magazine Conde Nast; New York Times Magazine Group—1984 to Present
Contributing Editor — January 2017 to Present
Editor, Golf Digest Resource Center — (Conde Nast years, 2002-December 2016)
Assistant Managing Editor — (The New York Times Magazine Group years, 1985-2001)
Managing Editor/Fact Checker — The Masters Journal (Golf Digest Events Publishing)
The Daily Pantagraph Sports Writer/Golf Columnist, 1981-1984
Book Author Three with Masters Press, one with Roxbury Press:
Youth Golf, Women’s Golf Handbook, Rules of Golf Applied; The Golfer’s Sourcebook
Education
Illinois State University—Bachelor of Science in English; Minor in Mass Communication
