In 32 years as a journalist, Charles Happell has covered many of the world’s leading sports events, including the Italia90 World Cup, Sydney Olympics and US Masters golf. At Melbourne’s Age newspaper, he wrote about golf and covered 10 majors, including five Masters, before being appointed the paper’s Sports Editor in 2002. He later became Crikey’s sports columnist and has authored two best-selling books as well as a short biography of Australian golfer Karrie Webb.