Philip Reid (born 12 November 1961) is a sports journalist. As of 2017 he worked for ''

The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...

'' newspaper. His articles on golf are widely quoted by other media outlets.

Career

Reid is a journalism graduate of

Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT, ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath) was a major third-level institution in Dublin, Ireland. On 1 January 2019 DIT was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the Technological Un ...

. He began his journalistic career with

The Irish Press ''The Irish Press'' (Irish: ''Scéala Éireann'') was an Irish national daily newspaper published by Irish Press plc between 5 September 1931 and 25 May 1995. Foundation The paper's first issue was published on the eve of the 1931 All-Ireland ...

newspaper group in 1985. He joined ''The Irish Times'' as a staff writer in 1996. Reid is the secretary of the Irish Golf Writers' Association and is a committee member of the UK-based Association of Golf Writers. He lives in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

. Reid has covered every

Ryder Cup The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. The Ryder Cup is named af ...

since 1993. His coverage of the 2006 Ryder Cup, a notable victory by Europe over the US, was the basis of his book ''The Cup,'' published by Maverick House. He was one of four international golf journalists invited by the ''

International Herald Tribune The ''International Herald Tribune'' (''IHT'') was a daily English-language newspaper published in Paris, France for international English-speaking readers. It had the aim of becoming "the world's first global newspaper" and could fairly be said ...

'' to a sports forum assessing US and European chances in the 2008 Ryder Cup.

Works

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"Ryder Cup Books"
Ryder Cup Diary, 2010. "The Irish Majors" (Gill and Macmillan) was published in October 2012.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Philip 1961 births Living people Irish sportswriters The Irish Times people Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology