Golf For Women Senior Editor Stina Sternberg, who joined the magazine in 2000 after a one-year stint as Assistant Editor of Golf Digest Woman, is a former teaching pro and professional clubfitter. A 2001 recipient of the International Network of Golf’s Equipment Writing Award, Sternberg heads up GFW’s instruction and equipment coverage and writes the popular “Let’s Talk Golf” advice column. She also has a column in Golf Digest called “Mixed Foursomes” and is a member of GD’s equipment panel as one of four judges of Golf Digest’s Equipment Hot Lists. In 2004, Sternberg became the host of “Two Days in Paradise,” a monthly travel segment on USA Network’s PGA Tour Sunday. In 2006, she took over the hosting reins on The Golf Channel’s travel show Golf With Style. She is also regularly featured on ESPN2’s morning show Cold Pizza.

Prior to entering the publishing industry, Sternberg was owner and head pro of the Great Golf Pro Shop and Indoor Teaching Center in Westport, CT. Simultaneously, she was also the co-owner and pro shop director of Sisjo Golf Club in Gothenburg, Sweden.

In 1993, Sternberg spent a year as host and field reporter for the Sportnytt sports show on Swedish Network Television in Stockholm, Sweden. In the years following, she worked as a freelance New York correspondent for Swedish television and radio, reporting on American sports and entertainment news and hosting a weekly radio segment called Stina’s report from New York.

Sternberg was a member of the PGA of Sweden’s teaching division from 1996 to 2000. She began playing golf at the age of 7 and entered the golf industry as a 14-year-old, repairing golf clubs in her father’s pro shops on weekends and during summers.