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This time a year ago, the name Wyndham Clark was anything but a household one. He sat 151st on the Official World Golf Ranking and was winless on the PGA Tour. Today? Thanks, in part, to winning the 2023 U.S. Open and Saturday's brilliant 60 at Pebble Beach Golf Links to sneak off with a weather-shortened win at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Clark sits at No. 6 in the ranking. Clark and Viktor Hovland are tied for most PGA Tour wins since May 1, 2023, with three each.
IN THIS ISSUE
> Q&A: Matt Mooney | Assistant Tournament Chairman, WM Phoenix Open | Read
> TFC Inbox: The shots that fray your nerves | Read
> Design Notes: Fry/Straka to design Ireland’s Curracloe Links | Read
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Share your favorite story involving a golf course marshal, whether it's funny, infuriating or frustrating.
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.
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The PGA Tour's fifth-oldest tournament has evolved into most attended and raucous. Mooney discusses what has prompted the Arizona stop's popularity
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USGA: Announces E. Lee Coble, Bob Farren and Ashley Brown as the recipients of its annual awards that honor significant contributions for the good of the game in the areas of volunteerism, turfgrass advancement and golf literature. Coble, of Richmond, Virginia, receives the Joe Dey Award for his decades-long service to golf and for fostering a more inclusive game; Bob Farren, director of golf course management at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, is the Green Section Award honoree for serving as a leader in sustainable golf course maintenance practices; and Brown earns the Herbert Warren Wind Award for her book “Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson.”
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A recovery shot from a fairway bunker? A chip to a tight pin placement? A short putt just outside of gimme range? Readers of The First Call share what shots they find to be the most difficult
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Forrest Richardson draws up The Score in Arizona; Chris Wilczynski progresses at Michigan’s Forest Lake
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THE MODGOLF PODCAST
What is your superpower?
Amy Bockerstette and her father Joe join host Colin Weston to discuss her viral moment at the WM Phoenix Open and how that led to her I Got This Foundation
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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
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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
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Tinley Park, Illinois | Info
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Bakers Bay Golf and Ocean Club
Great Guana Cay, Bahamas | Info
> Head Golf Professional
Riverview Golf Course
Newton Falls, Ohio | Info
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FEBRUARY
6: Women Fore Hire Virtual Career Fair | Info
9-11: West Michigan Golf Show, Grand Rapids, Michigan | Info
MARCH
4-8: Club Management Association of America World Conference and Club Business Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada | Info
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