Brendan Quinn on the PGA Championship, writing for different sports, and growing up on Hawk Hill

About this episode

Brendan Quinn discusses his experience covering the PGA Championship and his journey as a sportswriter.

The Athletic sportswriter Brendan Quinn joined Make A Difference with Phil Martelli to discuss his experience covering the PGA Championship at Aronimink, how he started writing, and his origins on Hawk Hill. How does Brendan Quinn Make A Difference? Listen to find out! Produced by Jared Phillips. Music by Nick Capperella. Watch the full episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/vYG30eR4mrc Check out our website and social media here: https://linktr.ee/makeadifferencepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Phil Martelli

Guest: Brendan Quinn

Topics covered

• PGA Championship
• sportswriting
• basketball
• personal origins
• career development

Keywords

• Brendan Quinn
• PGA Championship
• sportswriting
• Hawk Hill
• The Athletic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Athletic

Places: Aronimink, Hawk Hill

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