John Clarke's profile photo

John Clarke

Freelance Reporter at Freelance

Freelance Journalist at The Wall Street Journal

Freelance Journalist at The New York Times

Journalist

Articles

  • Feb 6, 2025 | golfdigest.com | John Clarke

    The Beer Snake—that magnificent slinky plastic stretch of hundreds of emptied beer cups stacked up by golf fans at the 16th party hole at the WM Phoenix Open—might be viewed as the poster child for celebratory waste. That could be especially true considering that the PGA Tour event is ironically sponsored by Waste Management. There's a debauched pageantry to the Beer Snake, and the showering of beer cups down upon the green. It's fun. And it's also a proudly deviant accomplishment.

  • Dec 5, 2024 | wsj.com | John Clarke

    Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 05:40This article is in your queue. Hans Brings was fishing in Cape Cod in the middle of the night as a thunder and lightning storm approached. Around 1 a.m., the college student from Mashpee, Mass., got lucky, landing a four-and-a-half-foot sand tiger shark. It was quiet for the next few hours. Then came another bite. This one felt different. He could feel the fish breaking the surface, shaking its head, trying to throw the hook free.

  • Oct 11, 2024 | golfdigestme.com | John Clarke

    This week’s inaugural Black Desert Championship in Utah won’t feature a small army of pre-dawn turf tenders cutting fairways, or lawn jockeys perfecting cross stripes, skip rows, circle cuts, 50-50 or push-and-pull patterns. In fact, nobody will be doing any fairway mowing—it will be the first time fully automated electric machines will mow a PGA Tour course.

  • Oct 10, 2024 | msn.com | John Clarke

    Continue reading More for You   Continue reading More for You

  • Oct 10, 2024 | australiangolfdigest.com.au | John Clarke

    This week’s Black Desert Championship in Utah won’t feature a small army of pre-dawn turf tenders cutting fairways, or lawn jockeys perfecting cross stripes, skip rows, circle cuts, 50-50 or push-and-pull patterns. In fact, nobody will be doing any fairway mowing—it will be the first time fully automated electric machines will mow a PGA Tour course.

Contact details

Socials & Sites

Try JournoFinder For Free

Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.

Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →

Coverage map

X (formerly Twitter)

Followers
813
Tweets
2K
DMs Open
Yes
John Clarke
John Clarke @johnmclarkejr
7 Feb 25

Can beer kegs save golf? https://t.co/xJgv3hX2Az

John Clarke
John Clarke @johnmclarkejr
27 Jan 25

My house in New Castle, NH just got rocked by that earthquake in York, Maine, just 12 miles away. #earthquake

John Clarke
John Clarke @johnmclarkejr
5 Dec 24

RT @radamsWSJ: A 280-pound trophy fish that usually prefers Florida is roaming New England waters, shocking fishermen and mystifying scient…