and Dow Jones joint venture-as articles editor in 1992, was named executive editor in 1995 and became editor in 1999. He started at the magazine-a Hearst Corp. His “Buddies” package from December 2004-a collection of stories and photographs about friends playing golf in Scotland and elsewhere-was a finalist for a 2005 National Magazine Award, presented by the American Society of Magazine Editors.įinch, who has a bachelor’s degree in communication from Stanford University, is active in the National Magazine Awards program, often serving as an awards judge.įinch was previously editor of SmartMoney. Several articles by Finch have won Golf Writers of America Association awards. The new look debuted with the June 2014 issue. In 2014 he led an effort to redesign and reenergize the Golf Digest front-of-book sections.
In 2012, Finch began a monthly column on golf and business. He won the College of Communication & Information's 2015 Lecturer Award.Īmong his projects at Golf Digest: overseeing the spinoffs Golf Digest Index (aimed at the magazine’s most affluent readers) and Golf Digest STIX (a weekly digital-only magazine for golf-equipment junkies). Finch taught JEM 415: the Magazine Workshop, which creates the student-led publication Scoop. In the fall of 2014, he also became a lecturer in the University of Tennessee's Department of Journalism and Electronic Media. He joined the magazine, published by Conde Nast, as a Senior Editor in February 2003. Peter Finch is a Contributing Editor at Golf Digest.