Ryder Cup 2025
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How to jump-start the U.S. Ryder Cup team selection process
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Columns
The Starter: Is Paul Azinger America's Ryder Cup savior?
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Design Notes
Iowa’s Finkbine preps for a Scott Hoffman makeover
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Columns
Lanny Wadkins speaks out on Ryder Cup
Industry Headlines
  1. PGA HOPE: National Golf and Wellness Week honors veterans
  2. GolfNow: On pace for record 2025 with online bookings growth
  3. SuperStroke: Xander Schauffele wins the Baycurrent Classic
  4. USGA: Selects Colorado GC to host 2030 U.S. Junior Amateur
  5. Marriott Golf: The ideal Bermuda resort getaway
  6. SuperStroke: Releases 2025’s limited-edition Halloween grips, putter headcovers
  7. Industry Notes: Monday, October 13, 2025
  8. Tour Edge: Staff player Alex Cejka wins SAS Championship
  9. Upper Deck Golf: Yankee Stadium to host 1st-ever golf event
  10. Marriott Golf: Showcases 3 Arizona destinations
  11. Sea Pines Resort: Win the 1st tee time at the newly restored Harbour Town GL
  12. LPGA | Dow: Fan voting is open for the inaugural Dow Impact Award
BUSINESS
PODCASTS
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Content Clubhouse
Emma Carpenter: The next Jim Nantz?
The former collegiate golfer joins Content Clubhouse to talk about her multifaceted career, how she juggles her schedule and navigates modern and traditional media.
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THE FIRST CALL | EXTRA
  • 2025 Ryder Cup, Bethpage Black
    A Ryder Cup state of mind
    So many questions will be answered this weekend; Bethpage's Black Course to play differently; Influencers who flexed for the Cup; Jim Furyk gets the course design bug.
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    The Ryder Cup's GOAT influencers
    Winning matters, but there is more that impacts this United States-Europe rivalry that reaches a crescendo every few years. Gary Van Sickle looks beyond the Ws to find the biggest difference makers.
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  1. Golf Industry Job / Internship Board
DESIGN NOTES
  1. Kettle Forge cooks up all-star design, development team
  2. Big Foot sizes up phase 2 of Dave Zinkand master plan
  3. Champion Hills reopens after triumphant Tom Fazio fix
  4. Tamarack debuts Mark Mungeam’s West Course refresh
THE FIRST CALL POLL
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GCSAA
  1. Tournament Course Fact Sheets
MORE INDUSTRY NEWS
  1. USGA: Announces 14 new state junior team programs
  2. PGA Show: Enters new era with refreshed branding, expanded programming
  3. True Linkswear: Resurrects Dead Golfer Month
  4. Club Champion: Opens custom clubfitting studio at Streamsong Golf Resort
  5. PXG: To make inaugural appearance at 2026 PGA Show
  6. PGA Jr. League: Teams ready for 13u, 17u championships
  7. LPGA: Sanrio agrees to a multiyear global partnership
  8. Skechers World Champions Cup: Announces USA, International and Europe rosters
  9. The Indoor Golf Shop: How two friends turned their passion into a golf hotspot
  10. Tour Edge: Introduces all-new Exotics irons
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