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| Tuesday Apr 23, 2024 |
Another week and another Scottie Scheffler win, this time at the RBC Heritage. Here are some notables that came with the win, his 10th in 121 PGA Tour starts:
> His 10th win since the start of the 2021-22 season to become the first player to win 10 (or more) times on the PGA Tour in the span of three seasons since Dustin Johnson won 10 titles between 2015-16 and 2017-18;
> Matches his career-high with four wins in a season (2021-22);
> Fourth player with multiple four-win seasons since the start of 2000, joining Phil Mickelson (2), Vijay Singh (3) and Tiger Woods (10);
> Each of his last seven wins have come with at least eight of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking in the field: 8, 2024 RBC Heritage; 10, 2024 Masters; 9, 2024 Players Championship; 9, 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational; 9, 2023 Players Championship; 8, 2023 WM Phoenix Open; and 10, 2022 Masters.
IN THIS ISSUE
> TFC Inbox: Who is to blame for LIV, PGA Tour divide? | Read
> Design Notes: Tom Doak's No. 10, Pinehurst Sandmines, opens | Read
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Is newly minted Masters champion Scottie Scheffler on a hot streak of late or is he establishing himself as the game's most dominant player in the mold of the game's greatest players?
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.
> Scottie Scheffler finishes off another win at Hilton Head to extend dominant run
[Doug Ferguson | Associated Press | Read]
> How Nelly Korda’s inner circle has helped power her historic run
[Jack Hirsh | Golf.com | Read]
> Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club, on shores of Lake Michigan, to open new 12-hole course
[Jenna Prestininzi | Detroit Free Press | Read]
> Why didn't the PGA Tour move up Sunday tee times at the 2024 RBC Heritage due to weather concerns? It's complicated
[Adam Schupak | Golfweek | Read]
"Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness."
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Ocean Point at South Carolina’s Fripp Island gets a Dye Designs makeover; Ty Butler to conjure up Texas’ abandoned Cape Royale
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The First Call readers respond to Sergio Garcia's assertion that the media is the root of the divisiveness, and offer a few lingering Masters reflections
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Golf’s new take on the customer service imperative
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GOLF INNERVIEW WITH ANN LIGUORI
How Anthony Netto is changing adaptive golf
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