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The Sony Open, the PGA Tour's second stop of the season, has several significant notables this week, including:
> Kevin Kisner, who made his debut as an NBC Sports golf analyst last week at The Sentry, returns to playing and will make his 300th career PGA Tour start.
> Gary Woodland will make his first start on the PGA Tour since the 2023 Wyndham Championship after undergoing surgery to extract a brain lesion.
> 15 of the 36 rookies in the 2024 PGA Tour class are scheduled to make their debuts.
> Will Zalatoris makes his Sony Open debut and return to the PGA Tour after being limited to seven starts during the 2022-23 season after undergoing a microdiscectomy on his back.
IN THIS ISSUE
> Design Notes: King-Collins draws up South Carolina’s 21 Golf Club | Read
> 'Driver$: Inside the Golf Industry' podcast: Noteefy founder / CEO Jake Gordon | Listen
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Who do you believe should be NBC Sports' new golf analyst — if not Kevin Kisner, then who?
Send replies on this question or other topics and questions you would like to have asked to shall@buffalogroupe.com. For a response to be published, you must include your first and last name, along with the city and state of residence.
> Read responses to last week's question.
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Beau Welling renovates Georgia’s Ocean Forest
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Watson Links Mentors Foundation: Names Pauly Hart as executive director, effective Jan. 2, 2024. Hart will run the nationwide Watson Links program, an inspired initiative of eight-time major champion Tom Watson, that provides opportunities for kids to learn the game.
Texas Golf Hall of Fame: Opens nominations for the 2024 Class of the Texas Golf Hall of Fame. The public can nominate qualified individuals before the deadline on Feb. 21, 2024. Nominations for individuals and courses can be made in six categories: Amateur Player, Golf Professional/Teacher, Lifetime Achievement, Professional Services (new in 2024), Professional Player, and the Texas Registry of Historic Golf Courses. This will be the Texas Golf Hall of Fame’s 30th class to be inducted since the Hall’s inception in 1978.
> Canadians vie for 2 spots to play golf in the Olympics. They also have a Presidents Cup in Montreal
[Doug Ferguson | Associated Press | Read]
> Martin Slumbers to retire at end of the year as R&A chief executive
[Associated Press | Read]
> After signing Jason Day, Malbon Golf adds LPGA star Charley Hull to its team
[Riley Hamel | Golfweek | Read]
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DRIVER$: INSIDE THE GOLF INDUSTRY
An app that cracks the code on optimizing tee-time availability
Noteefy founder Jake Gordon joins co-hosts Jon Last and David Klein to discuss the platform that fills last-minute cancellations with close-in demand
[Listen | More 'Driver$: Inside the Golf Industry' episodes]
BEHIND THE GOLF BRAND
SuperStroke stakes its claim to No. 1
SuperStroke's executive vice president Ian Zubkoff joins host Paul Liberatore to discuss the putter grip company's position in the marketplace
[Listen | More 'Behind the Golf Brand' episodes]
THE MODGOLF PODCAST
MyGolfSpy: Becoming the Consumer Reports of the golf industry
MyGolfSpy founder Adam Beach joins host Colin Weston to share his motivation for creating the website that offers unbiased golf equipment reviews
[Listen | More 'The ModGolf Podcast' episodes]
PGA Tour: Sony Open
Site: Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Television: Today-Friday, 7-10:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 4-6 p.m. (NBC), 6-8 p.m. (Golf Channel).
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Fairborn, Ohio | Info
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Hoover, Alabama | Info
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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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