After learning about the departure of Thomas Bonk from the LA Times, I figured that with only a handful of golf beat writers left in the country, it would be quite some time before another one took a buyout. Well, I was wrong.
Sal Johnson of GolfObserver reports that Jim McCabe has taken a buyout from the Boston Globe, leaving Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press, Larry Dorman of the New York Times, Leonard Shapiro of The Washington Post and Tod Leonard of the San Diego Union-Tribune as the only newspaper golf beat writers (by my count) left in the country.
Johnson takes a closer look at this trend and I recommend reading the story here.
I guess the one positive that can be drawn from all of this is that we will still be able to read McCabe's fine writing as Johnson indicates that he will start working for Golfweek in 2009--filling the void for the recent departure of Rex Hoggard to GolfChannel.com.
