Those we lost in the world of golf in 2025
As the year 2025 comes to a close, we take a look back at some of the prominent figures in the golf world that we lost.
And that includes one of our own. Steve DiMeglio, who covered golf for USA TODAY and Golfweek, lost his battle with cancer at the beginning of the year.
A graduate of Mankato West High School in Minnesota and later Minnesota State University, DiMeglio began his professional career as a journalist in 1994 at the Palm Springs Desert Sun. He moved to the media company Gannett in 1999, joined USA TODAY in 2000 and a couple of years later took over as the full-time golf beat writer. Gannett acquired Golfweek in 2016, and DiMeglio’s byline began to appear under the Golfweek banner in 2019. He continued to write for Golfweek until 2023.
Steve DiMeglio
Mary Bryan
Tom Place
Kultida Woods
John Feinstein
Peter McEvoy
Jay Sigel
J.C. Snead
Jim Dent
Jo Ann Prentice
Tom Cousins
Junior Bridgeman
Peter Kuchar
Ed Fiori
Dan Baker
Bob Bubka
Jim Carras
Marion Herrington
Mike Hill
John Harris
Frank Wharton
Cody “Beef” Franke
Fuzzy Zoeller
‘Jumbo’ Ozaki
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Famous people in golf who died in 2025
