Name Geoff Shackelford
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB As of 2025, he seems to be in his early-fifties.
Wedding & Marriage / Wife / Engaged / Spouse / Partner No confirmed information is available.
Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Geoff Shackelford is a senior writer for Golfweek magazine. He also contributes weekly to Golf Channel’s shows Morning Drive and Golf Central, and has authored eleven books. Geoff publishes in-depth golf analysis through his Substack newsletter, The Quadrilateral.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Geoff Shackelford was born in the early 1970s to Adrienne (mother) and Lynn Shackelford (father). Lynn played professional basketball at UCLA.
- He attended Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, where he was on the golf team and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications in 1994.
- Geoff’s father Lynn noted that golf became a shared interest between them and joked that basketball wasn’t ideal for Geoff given the Shackelford legacy.
- Lynn now works with Touchstone Golf, a company that manages and develops golf courses, and resides in Austin, Texas.
- Geoff studied classic golf courses worldwide, focusing on those from the 1920s. He has consulted on course designs, taught golf restoration classes at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, and collaborated with architect Brian Silva.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- After college, Geoff traveled with his father to many of Scotland’s great golf courses and studied George C. Thomas Jr.’s book Golf Architecture in America cover to cover, which helped launch his golf writing career.
- Geoff later connected with golf architect Gil Hanse, who invited him to collaborate. In 2000, Geoff worked with Gil and Jim Wagner on Rustic Canyon in Ventura County, later named “Best New Affordable Public Course in America” by Golf Digest in 2002.
- He worked again with Hanse and Wagner on the Horse Course at the Prairie Club in 2009.
- Geoff expanded his course design portfolio by restoring George Thomas’s North Course at Los Angeles Country Club in 2010 and renovating the South Course in 2016.
- Geoff authored eleven books, including The Golden Age of Golf Design, Grounds for Golf: The History and Fundamentals of Golf Course Design, and The Captain: George C. Thomas Jr. and His Golf Architecture.
- In 2011, he published his first non-golf book, detailing visits with racing legend Zenyatta.
- Besides writing and golf-course design, he has appeared on multiple golf-related TV shows and podcasts.
Launching his Website :
- Geoff launched his website, GeoffShackelford.com, in 2003, covering major tournaments, golf news, and course design analysis. The website was named one of the Internet’s 10 best golf websites in 2004 by Sports Illustrated’s Gary Van Sickle.
- The site has a Twitter (now X) page publishing a “Quote of the Day” in partnership with GolfWeek and USA Today. In 2017, it joined the USA TODAY Sports Media Group network.
- Geoff splits his professional time roughly “50-50” between writing and course design. His blog operates as a “loss leader,” costing him money but serving as a platform to promote his books and design projects.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Geoff enjoys Santa Monica beaches, working out, reading, hiking across Southern California, bird watching (learned from Ben Crenshaw), attending music concerts, and discovering new artists.
- He is active on his verified Twitter (X) account, with over 60,000 followers.
- In one incident, Geoff sarcastically referred to a coach as a “van driver” during the NCAA Golf Championship on Twitter, drawing critical replies from PGA players.