Alabama Golf News
Editor, online golf news/travel; freelance golf travel writer
Location: Albuquerque, N.M.
Email: dan@newmexicogolfnews.com
Phone(s): (505) 350-3805
Dan Vukelich is a freelance journalist who writes about travel, with a specialty in golf travel. He is online editor of Alabama Golf News, a site for Alabama golfers. He is aso a senior writer for Pro Golf Weekly and NewEngland(dot)golf.
Dan recently has written for the Chicago District Golf Association magazine, Golf Chicago, Golf Oklahoma, First Call Golf, Morning Read, and the NGCOA newsletter.
He has previously written for The Met (NYC) Golfer, the Chicago Tribune Sunday Travel Section, the Chicago-Sun-Tmes Sunday Travel Section, Sun Country Golf (N.M.) magazine, AZ Golf Insider, Southern New England Golfer, the Ventura County (Los Angeles) Star, Golf Getaways Magazine (formerly Fairways + Greens), New England Golf Monthly, and Hawaii Golf and Travel News.
Dan spent his career as a reporter and editor for multiple news outlets, including ABQ (N.M.) Free Press, The Albuquerque Tribune, The Washington Times, City News Bureau of Chicago, Santa Fe New Mexican, Daily Southtown (Chicago) Economist and several Chicago-area community newspapers.
He also produced “New Mexico Golf Tour,” a travelogue broadcast in 19 PBS TV markets in the early 2000s. He was a long-time host of political affairs shows on New Mexico PBS. He also edits New Mexico Golf News, a sguide for New Mexico golfers.
Dan is a member of the Golf Writers Association of America and the Society of Professional Journalists, and he has served on the boards of several New Mexico journalism organizations. He is a winner of an Investigative Reporters and Editors award.
Links to some of Dan’s golf-travel articles:
Nebraska’s Hidden Links Revealed
How to Plan that Pinehurst Resort Golf Getaway
The End of the Scottsdale Media Classic
Looking to Play Bucket-list Golf Post-pandemic? Take a Number
Where to Golf Next: Greater Zion’s Other Worldly Vibe
Where to Golf Next: Kohler, Wisconsin, Much More than Golf
Where to Golf Next: Golf in Panama (the One with the Canal)
Golf Chicago Magazine: Utah’s Red Ledges: Beauty in the High Desert
AZ Golf Insider: Nicaragua, the New Golf Frontier