ames McAfee is a freelance writer. After his retirement as editor of the Know Knox News-Courier in 2021 he beecame a regular contributor to Hometown Living Magazines in Texas, Golf Vacations Magazine and Divot Magazine in Colorado.

He has been a member of the Golf Writers Association of America for 50 years. He’s served as an editor with Golf Digest (1973-78) and worked more than 25 years as a sports writer and editor at newspapers in Texas and Oklahoma.

James served as executive director of the Northern Texas PGA for 17 years (1978-1994) and as executive director/secretary of the Dallas District Golf Association (2001-2008).

James has written golf and golf-travel articles on  Spain, Morocco, Ireland, Scotland, Hawaii, Canada, Bermuda, Aruba, the Dominican Republic and Mexico.

Some of James’s work:

The Men Who Built the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail

Florida: Hammock Beach Golf

Tampa Golf: Innisbrook Resort

Orlando Golf: Grand Cypress Resort

Reunion: Golf by Three Legends

Golf in  Ireland: The Easy Way

Golf on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast

Costa Baja: A Mexican Hidden Gem

Bang for Your Golf Buck in Northwest Ireland