Monday Mar 13, 2023
FIRST THOUGHT

Seven times this PGA Tour season Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler have played the same week, per No Laying Up. On five occasions either Rahm (three times) or Scheffler (twice). Scheffler's win on Sunday at the Players Championship moved him back ahead of Rahm in the Official World Golf Ranking.

IN THIS ISSUE

> The ModGolf Podcast: For Jillian Foss, no risk equals no fun | Listen
> Golf Innerview with Ann Liguori: Preserving Arnold Palmer's legacy | Listen
> The Players Championship isn't the only big-money game in town | Read
> The latest industry news | Read

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

In observance of March Madness, if a true 64-player, survive-and-advance format tournament existed — and included players from all tours — who would be your top eight seeds?

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 city and state of residence. Read last week's responses.

TFC PODCAST NETWORK

THE MODGOLF PODCAST
For Jillian Foss, no risk equals no fun
Foss, founder of #LEGS (Ladies Executive Golf Society), joins host Colin Weston to discuss how she combines her entrepreneurial passion with a sense of purpose
[Listen | More 'The ModGolf Podcast' episodes]

GOLF INNERVIEW WITH ANN LIGUORI
Preserving Arnold Palmer's legacy
Ken Boehner, president and chairman of the Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation, joins host Ann Liguori to discuss the 'Arnie's Army Legacy Experience'
[Listen | More 'Golf Innerview with Ann Liguori' episodes]

DRIVER$
An early outlook at the 2023 golf market
Co-hosts Jon Last and David Klein look at how this season could defy macro market level trends
[Listen | More 'Driver$' episodes]

INDUSTRY NEWS
Company grew by more than 50% last year due to the popularity of home golf simulators; Straits Research valued golf simulator market at $1.3 billion in 2021
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LeBlanc will exclusively wear the brand’s golf lifestyle apparel in tournaments and at off-course activities
Read More

2K: Announces that Matt Fitzpatrick is now available for in-game play on PGA Tour 2K23, along with fictional Mastercard Mountain Valley Country Club.

LPGA: In Gee Chun wins the inaugural Velocity Global Impact Award based on a fan vote that ran on LPGA.com between February 21-March 6. The award recognizes Chun’s dedication to growing the sport of golf and inspiring the next generation of athletes through her efforts through the In Gee Chun Lancaster Country Club Educational Foundation. Chun and the Foundation will each receive $100,000 compliments of Velocity Global.

READ, WATCH, LISTEN

> Scottie Scheffler turns in masterpiece at Sawgrass to win Players
[Doug Ferguson | Associated Press | Read]

> A nifty 50: Players Championship will celebrate its Golden Anniversary in 2024
[Gary Smits | Florida Times-Union | Read]

> Better-than-most boy
[Bill Fields | The Albatross | Read]

> Saudi Arabia’s golf case threatens to spill kingdom secrets
[Ellen Knickmeyer | Associated Press | Read]

> Golfweek/USA Today reporter Steve DiMeglio returns to Players Championship amid battle with cancer
[Gene Frenette | Florida Times-Union | Read]

#QOTD
"Confidence creates the future because it is grounded in action."
— Ian Robertson
ICYMI
The Yards: Home to the 'world's largest skins game'
Friday skins games at the 15-hole course just down the road from the TPC Sawgrass' Stadium Course are no less pressure packed than at this week's Players Championship
CALENDAR

MARCH
18-19: Niagara Golf Show and Sale, Niagara Falls, Ontario | Info

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