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Six scores of 30-under or better have been recorded in 72-hole PGA Tour events since 1950 and five of the six have come at The Sentry, with the Plantation Course at Kapalua using a par-73 layout.
Most strokes under par in 72-hole event (since 1950)
34 under: Cameron Smith, 2022 Sentry
33 under: Jon Rahm, 2022 Sentry
32 under: Matt Jones, 2022 Sentry
31 under: Ernie Els, 2003 Sentry
30 under: Dustin Johnson, 2020 FedEx St. Jude Championship
30 under: Jordan Spieth, 2016 Sentry
IN THIS ISSUE
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What one area of your golf game — or golf as a sport — would you like to see improved in 2024?
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> Read responses to last week's question.
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Gary Van Sickle's Barky Awards recognize 2023’s achievements (and other dubious accomplishments).
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Concert Golf Partners: Acquires The Club at Pasadera, located in Monterey, California, from a group of local investors. The acquisition marks Concert Golf Partners' entry into the California market.
McLemore: Appoints Greg Lecker as its new director of golf for the Lookout Mountain, Georgia, club. Lecker joins McLemore from Columbia Country Club in Maryland, where he served as the assistant golf professional for over five years.
Noteefy: Names Michael Dwyer as director of business development of the technology company. Dwyer will interface with daily-fee golf courses and resorts throughout North America to adopt the Noteefy system whereby golfers desiring tee times already taken by others at their favorite courses receive real-time text and e-mail alerts when those slots open due to cancellation. They then book tee times online per the normal process.
PGA Tour: Scottie Scheffler wins the Jack Nicklaus Award as PGA Tour Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Scheffler, No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking, is the first player to win Player of the Year honors in back-to-back seasons since Tiger Woods won the award three successive years (2005-2007). Also, Eric Cole, the only rookie to advance to the 2023 BMW Championship, wins PGA Tour Rookie of the Year honors and receives the Arnold Palmer Award. Both awards are determined by a member vote — Scheffler received 38% of the vote for the Jack Nicklaus Award; Cole received 51% of the vote for the Arnold Palmer Award.
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How the new year will unfold remains unclear, but The First Call readers have a few opinions on what they would like to see. Plus, the proposed golf rollback continues to roil readers
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PGA Tour: The Sentry
Site: Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Hawaii.
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THE MODGOLF PODCAST
MyGolfSpy: Becoming the Consumer Reports of the golf industry
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Setting the pace
Tagmarshal CEO Bodo Sieber joins co-hosts Jon Last and David Klein to discuss pace of play optimization and how to improve the economic engine of golf facilities
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JANUARY
23-24: Golf Business Conference, Orlando, Florida | Info
23-26: PGA Show, Orlando, Florida | Info
29-February 1: GCSAA Conference and Trade Show, Phoenix, Arizona | Info
MARCH
4-8: Club Management Association of America World Conference and Club Business Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada | Info
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