Steve Scott Author & Illustrator

Steve Scott is a former number-one-ranked amateur golfer in the world, a two-time United States Walker Cup Team member, and a three-time All-American at the University of Florida. In addition to his famous 1996 U.S. Amateur Championship showdown with legendary Tiger Woods, Steve also competed in two professional major championships as a teenager, the 1996 U.S. Open Championship and the 1997 Masters Tournament. Today, Steve is a proud member of the PGA of America and now serves as Head Professional for the Outpost Club as well as the founder of the Silver Club Golfing Society. Steve also has extensive experience in the golf broadcasting world, and to this day still keeps his game sharp in PGA section events as a member of the Carolinas PGA Section. Steve was the 2018 PGA Section Champion as well as Player of the Year. The game of golf plays a large role in the Scott family, as his wife Kristi is an LPGA Professional. They have two wonderful children, J.C. and Kaylie, and reside in North Carolina.

Tripp Bowden is a former Augusta National caddy, the first full-time white caddy in the history of the elite private club. He’s also a former collegiate golfer and alum of Augusta University and a former copywriter, first with McCann Erickson New York and later with his own company, Creative Wizards. Tripp is the author of the New York Times-praised Freddie & Me: Life Lessons from Freddie Bennett, Augusta National’ s Legendary Caddy Master, All the Memorable Rounds: Golf Adventures and Misadventures from Augusta National to Cypress Point and Beyond, and The Caddy's Cookbook. A frequent speaker at prominent golf clubs and sports venues across America and beyond, Tripp lives with his wife Fletch and children Arrie B. and Holly Mac in Augusta, Georgia.