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What were your takeaways from the U.S. Open? 

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PGA Tour, Avis: Announce a multiyear extension of their partnership as the official rental car company of the PGA Tour, PGA Tour Champions and Korn Ferry Tour. The agreement, through 2028, will continue to provide rental vehicles for players, caddies, employees and fans at PGA Tour-sanctioned events. Also, Avis announces Xander Schauffele, an eight-time PGA Tour winner and reigning PGA champion, as a brand ambassador.

Giants Ridge: Biwabik, Minnesota, destination's Quarry and Legend courses are recognized on Golfweek's Best Lists for 2024. The Quarry is No. 1 on the Best Courses You Can Play list for Minnesota for the 10th successive year, while The Legend maintained its fifth-place ranking for a second consecutive year. The Quarry also ranked No. 44 on the national list.

U.S. Golf Association: Selects Chambers Bay, in University Place, Washington, as the host site for the 2028 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship, May 20-24. This will be the seventh USGA championship awarded to the public golf course in its 17-year history. The club has previously hosted four USGA championships — the 2010 U.S. Amateur, the 2015 U.S. Open, the 2021 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball and the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur. Chambers Bay will also host the 2027 U.S. Junior Amateur and the 2033 U.S. Amateur.

Michigan Golf Hall of Fame: Greg Johnson, Stephen Kircher and Kevin VandenBerg have been elected to the 2024 Class and will be inducted on Oct. 27 at Ferris State University’s Katke Golf Club. Johnson was an award-winning sports journalist and later a media consultant for Michigan’s largest golf associations; Kircher is president and CEO of Boyne Resorts; and VandenBerg is a multiple-time amateur champion in Michigan.

Virginia State Golf Association: The Virginia Golf Hall of Fame will induct J.P. Leigh, Jane Mack, Tom Strange and Robert Wrenn as its Class of 2024 at its Induction Ceremony, Oct. 22 at Hermitage Country Club in Manakin Sabot, Virginia. Leigh, 76, is one of only eight players to win 10 VSGA championship; Mack won five VSGA titles, including four Women’s Amateur Championships over a span of three decades; Strange, father of twins Curtis and Allan, was a longtime head golf professional who won five VSGA titles and played in six U.S. Opens; and Wrenn, 64, has made his mark in several aspects of golf — as a player, broadcaster and golf-course design consultant — winning three State Open of Virginia titles and once on the PGA Tour. Mack and Strange are being inducted posthumously.