As part of the fun surrounding our 50th anniversary, Golfweek will be walking down Memory Lane with a number of former employees who helped make the brand what it is today.

We start the series with one of the longest employees in Golfweek history, former architecture editor and the longtime head of Golfweek's Best course rating program, Bradley S. Klein.

When did you work at Golfweek?

1988-2018

What was your Golfweek title, and give us a brief description of what you did.

Architecture editor: monthly columnist, news coverage, created and ran Golfweek's Best course rating system

What's your current title and company?

Principal, Divot Designs LLC

What's the one moment you're proudest of while working with Golfweek?

Created the ratings criteria for Golfweek's Best and quickly secured equal if not superior industry status as a nationally recognized course ratings platform with other big golf publications

What's the 'hair-on-fire' moment you remember most vividly?

In October of 1999, the death of Payne Stewart on a Monday afternoon. We tore up the first four pages of an edition about to go to print and stayed up all night, completely rewriting those pages. Was very proud of the team for that classic journalistic achievement.

What's your favorite golf course you've played and why?

Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Scotland — been a member since 1988, amazing setting and it means I'm in northern Scotland again.

(Editor's note: We appreciate all the former employees who have contributed time and effort to this feature. The golf journalism community is a small one and we're proud of the achievements of all our former colleagues.)

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