Friday Jul 26, 2024
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What are your thoughts on the 2024 British Open that was won by Xander Schauffele?

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BUSINESS
Live online series presented by Dr. Heather Penny will be held Sept. 3, 10, 17 and 24
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Five Iron Golf sponsoring Team USA, providing practice facilities and serving as the off-course clubhouse throughout the Detroit, Michigan-area tournament
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Advocacy program amplifies golf’s voice on Capitol Hill
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More than 150 top and emerging golf and golf lifestyle brands will fill exhibit spaces at the Omni PGA Frisco Resort and Monument Realty PGA District, July 29-31
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The Universal Golf Rankings adds educational tools for CGX camp participants and coaches
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Three-year agreement establishes a new national home for Youth on Course’s Careers on Course Program
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Troon: Selected to manage Brookside Golf Club, a 36-hole municipal facility in Pasadena, California. Indigo Sports, a Troon company, will manage the golf operations, agronomy, retail, food and beverage, and sales and marketing.

Troon: Selected to manage The University Club of Milwaukee, a member-owned club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Troon Prive, the private club operating division of Troon, will manage club operations, agronomy, food & beverage, and membership marketing.

CLUBS / COURSES
Brainerd, Minnesota, resort destination will host the event, Aug. 25 – Sept. 1
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Post St. Lucie, Florida, club to host the PGA Professional Championship, Senior PGA Professional Championship and Assistant PGA Professional Championship
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COMPETITION

BallenIsles Country Club: The West won the 11th BallenIsles Junior Cup, 13.5-4.5, at the Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, club. The two-day, Ryder Cup-style tournament was played July 20-21 on the club’s East Course and featured the area’s top junior golfers, ages 18 years and younger. 

DESTINATIONS
The Leesburg, Virginia, destination was named winner in the Best Golf Resort category by Smart Meetings Magazine
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GEAR
Southern Californian captures second major championship of 2024 with Zenergy Pistol 2.0 putter grip
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The Opus and Opus Platinum wedges are the most tour-tested and tour-validated shapes in Callaway history
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PEOPLE
Jim Pavonetti, David Robinson and JC Chi have been selected as at-large members to its board of directors
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Six-year GCSAA member took an unconventional path to turf management
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PGA of America Hall of Famer, past president to lead 12-member U.S. team in New York, Sept. 23-25, 2025
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Three-time U.S. Ryder Cup team member is Captain Keegan Bradley’s first appointment
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Current president David Glod will move to the CEO role
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American Society of Golf Course Architects: Names Hunki Yun as executive director of the ASGCA and ASGCA Foundation. An award-winning journalist and a long-time staff member and administrator with the United States Golf Association, Yun will begin his new role Sept. 1, taking over for Chad Ritterbusch, who served in the role for 20 years and will remain involved as Executive Director Emeritus.

TECHNOLOGY
Technology used throughout PGA Tour signature events is the same that Golftec reports it has used to help millions improve by an average of 7 shots
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