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QUESTION OF THE WEEK

By winning the Tour Championship, Scottie Scheffler became the first player to win seven times on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods in 2007. Was Scheffler's feat diminished by the the absence of Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka and other top LIV Golf players?

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LPGA: Announces that the FM Championship, which made its debut with a $3.8 million purse in 2024, will return to TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts, in 2025. Specific dates will be released with the LPGA's 2025 schedule later this fall. The purse was the largest non-major, non-tour championship purse on the LPGA and in addition to offering complimentary hotel accommodations to players, FM provided a $1,000 stipend to athletes who missed the cut for the weekend rounds. 

Sacks Parente Golf: Effective immediately, the golf equipment company will restructure its putter and shaft divisions under the new name Newton Golf, with the subtitle, "A Sacks Parente Company.” The company’s stock symbol will remain the same. The original Sacks Parente Golf putter division will now be called Newton Gravity within Newton Golf, while Newton Motion Shafts will keep its segment name. In the coming weeks, the Newton Gravity putter division will unveil five new putters.

MyrtleBeachGolfTrips.com: Fourteen men’s college teams will compete in the inaugural MyrtleBeachGolfTrips.com Intercollegiate, Sept. 8-10 at the Grande Dunes Resort Course in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The 54-hole event, hosted by Coastal Carolina University, will include Campbell University, East Carolina University, Elon University, Appalachian State University, James Madison University, Old Dominion University, Florida Atlantic University, Western Carolina University, University of Maryland, University of Texas at El Paso, Jacksonville University, Santa Clara University and Texas State University.

Imperial: Headwear manufacturer will be the official hat supplier of the 2024 U.S. Solheim Cup Team. This marks the second successive year that Imperial has worked with U.S. Captain Stacy Lewis to create custom headwear for the American squad.

Eastside Golf: Introduces its fall collection, “Everyone’s Game,” which includes its debut footwear collaboration with Nike. The collection will be previewed at Eastside Golf’s New York City pop-up shop Sept. 12-15, and will have as a cornerstone the release of two Eastside Golf x Nike footwear models — the Nike Air Max 1 ‘86 OG’, a hybrid non-spiked golf shoe, and the spiked Nike Air Zoom Victory Tour 3, Eastside Golf’s first performance shoe. The shoes will be available for purchase on Oct. 4 via Eastside Golf’s app and later on Nike.com on Oct. 7.

LPGA Professionals: Announce that Marvol Barnard and Cindy Miller will be inducted into the LPGA Professionals Hall of Fame Class of 2024. Barnard, of Green Valley, Arizona, is LPGA Professionals' national president and director of instruction at the Country Club of Green Valley. Miller, of Buffalo, New York, is an LPGA Professional and former LPGA Tour player, and an author, radio co-host, speaker and corporate trainer.

Presidents Cup: International Team Captain Mike Weir and U.S. Team Captain Jim Furyk finalize their respective 2024 team by each selecting six players to round out their 12-player team. Weir selected South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Canada’s Corey Conners, Taylor Pendrith and Mackenzie Hughes, South Korea’s Si Woo Kim and Australia’s Min Woo Lee. This marks the first time in Presidents Cup history in which three Canadian players will compete for the International Team. Furyk selected Keegan Bradley, who was chosen as an assistant captain earlier, Sam Burns, Tony Finau, Brian Harman, Russell Henley and Max Homa. The Presidents Cup returns to The Royal Montreal Golf Club in Montreal, Sept. 24-29.