Working on his game
State native DeKeuster toils on golf journalism’s cutting edge
ndy DeKeuster was fresh out of
college a couple years ago when he
moved from Wisconsin to Florida for a job
with a newfangled golf media operation
called Global Golf Post.
It was a good move.
DeKeuster, 24, has worked at Global Golf
Post since its launch in November 2009.
The comprehensive digital golf publication
has 100,000 subscribers in the United States
and also produces separate – yet similar –
editions for readers in Europe and Canada.
DeKeuster began as copy editor when he
joined the publication, but his title has since
been changed to competition editor.
When asked to describe his current duties
at Global Golf Post, DeKeuster answered:
“Jack of all trades, I guess.”
DeKeuster, a native of Franksville who
majored in journalism at Northwestern
University, got the job through a connection
with his former college golf coach Patrick
Goss. After graduation from NU, Goss put
DeKeuster in touch with Jim Nugent,
publisher of Global Golf Post.
Nugent’s business plan is a bold one:
Global Golf Post is a strictly online golf
publication that covers the game from top
to bottom, including news from all of the
world’s major tours. The issues are sent free
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to whomever signs up for the publication at
www.globalgolfpost.com. New issues arrive
in the email inboxes of subscribers by 7
a.m. Monday morning, 50 weeks a year.
“This opportunity sounded fun,”
DeKeuster said. “It was pretty innovative
and something that really hadn’t been done
before, so I kind of jumped on board and
here I am.”
Other publications, such as Wisconsin
Golfer, have made a similar leap to the
digital format.
If there’s a drawback to his job, it’s that
DeKeuster hasn’t been able to play as much
competitive golf as he once did because he’s
always working on the weekend. And he’s a
good player; a few months before moving
to Florida, DeKeuster tied for second at the
2009 Wisconsin State Amateur Championship.
“It’s a little bit tricky with our schedule
because Sunday is our big publishing day,”
DeKeuster said. “We’ll go to the office
around 10 (a.m.) or so and we’ll be working
there until midnight sometimes because
that’s when all the golf tournaments end.”
As for the condensed Sunday work schedule,
he adds: “We always hope for no playoffs.”
DeKeuster’s duties are wide-ranging. He
works out of the Global Golf Post offices in
Orlando, but he occasionally goes on
assignment. His favorite one so far was re-
porting from the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass
during the first round of the Players Cham-
pionship.
Andy DeKeuster,
decked out in
his Northwestern
University colors,
hits a tee shot
at the 2009
Wisconsin State
