Talk about a fast start to the new year. Hideki Matsuyama earned his 11th PGA Tour victory at the season-opening Sentry on Sunday, winning with a 35-under-par score that was the lowest score in relation to par in a 72-hole event since the start of the 1983 season. Matsuyama also completed the Hawaiian sweep, becoming just the seventh played to win the Sentry and Sony Open in Hawaii.

IN THIS ISSUE

> Ringing in the new year | Read
> Design Notes: Robert Trent Jones II reopens Hawaii’s Mauna Kea | Read
> 2024: A banner year for golf books | Read
> Podcast: "Golf Innerview with Ann Liguori" with guest Jordan Peace, Concert Golf Partners senior vice president of corporate development | Listen

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What are your opinions on the new TGL, which Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy helped create, that debuts on Jan. 7?

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> Responses to the last question: From a golf perspective, what are you most looking forward to — either personally or for the sport as a whole — in 2025?
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Uneekor: To introduce its EYE XR Launch Monitor, AI Swing Trainer and GameDay software at the PGA Show, Jan. 21-25 in Orlando, Florida.

TravisMathew: Signs two-time PGA Tour champion Akshay Bhatia to become a brand ambassador. Bhatia joins a growing list of ambassadors that includes fellow pro golfers Chris Kirk, Sam Burns, Will Gordon and Tyler McCumber. 

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> Hideki Matsuyama has record-setting start to the PGA Tour season with victory at Kapalua
[Doug Ferguson | Associated Press | Read]

> PGA Tour moves toward changes to FedEx Cup finale. Finding a solution everyone likes won’t be easy
[Doug Ferguson | Associated Press | Read]

> Golf goes indoors on prime time with high-tech TGL league
[Doug Ferguson | Associated Press | Read]

> CBS course reporter and Subpar cohost Colt Knost is living his dream — and he still can’t believe it
[Dylan Dethier | Golf.com | Read]

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PODCASTS

GOLF INNERVIEW WITH ANN LIGUORI
The rise of Concert Golf Partners
Guest: Jordan Peace, Concert Golf Partners senior vice president of corporate development
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VIDEOS

THE MODGOLF PODCAST
5 tips to help women get into golf
Birdies Babes Golf founder Courtney Campbell joins host Colin Weston to discuss ways in which the first-timer's intimidation factor can be mitigated
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THE COACH MO GOLF SHOW
LPGA*USGA Girls Golf not stopping at 1 million
LPGA Foundation's Stephanie Peareth joins host Mo Gesualdi to discuss the transformative initiative for female junior golfers
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JANUARY
20-22: NGCOA Golf Business Conference, Orlando, Florida | Info
21-24: PGA Show, Orlando, Florida | Info

FEBRUARY
3-6: GCSAA Conference and Trade Show, San Diego, California | Info
5-9: Club Management Association of America World Conference and Club Business Expo, Tampa, Florida | Info

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