- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Furman Bisher
- Date of Original:
- 2000
- Subject:
- Sportswriters--Georgia--Augusta
Journalists--Georgia--Augusta
Chairs--Georgia--Augusta
Oak--Georgia--Augusta
Masters Golf Tournament
Augusta National Golf Club
Clubhouses--Georgia--Augusta
Golf--Georgia--Augusta
Bisher, Furman - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Sportswriter Furman Bisher is pictured during the Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in 2000. Bisher began his career in 1938 and covered the Masters each year for the rest of his life.
Photograph of sportswriter Furman Bisher at the Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia in 2000. Bisher is shown sitting outdoors in a chair under an oak tree. He is wearing a hat, a green sports jacket, and golf shoes. The clubhouse at the Augusta National Golf Club is pictured behind him.
Bisher began his career in 1938 and since that time has covered the Masters, as well as every Kentucky Derby since 1950 and each Super Bowl but the first. Among his many honors are membership in the Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame and the International Golf Writers Hall of Fame. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/furman-bisher-1918-2012/m-10321/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/furman-bisher-1918-2012
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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