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Where "Saturday Night Live" has its Five-Timers Club for hosts making their fifth appearance, the PGA Tour has the 500 Club for players making their 500th career start. Ryan Palmer and Charley Hoffman joined the club earlier this year and Zach Johnson is poised to join them at this week's CJ Cup Byron Nelson. According to the PGA Tour, only about 6% of the players who have totaled 20 or more starts have reached the 500-start mark. Johnson, 48, made his first start at the 2001 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill and his first start as a PGA Tour member at the 2004 Sony Open in Hawaii.
IN THIS ISSUE
> Golf continues to rise in the Georgia clouds | Read
> Revolutionary Bandon Dunes turns 25 | Read
> How an affinity for Bandon Dunes turned into an annual affair | Read
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What golf record do you believe will never be broken?
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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McLemore Club executive vice president Charlie Rymer discusses updates to Cloudland at McLemore Resort Lookout Mountain’s second course, The Keep
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> World Golf Village in St. Augustine sold to county in Florida for $5.5 million
[Lucia Viti | Golfweek via St. Augustine Record | Read]
> Player director Jordan Spieth says mixed reaction for PGA Tour’s Player Equity Program
[Rex Hoggard | Golf Channel | Read]
> Tom Kim dreams big
[Chris Jones | Golf Digest | Read]
"Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious."
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In 1999, Chicago businessman Mike Keiser created a remote golf destination along Oregon's southwest coast and forever altered the golfing experience in the process
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Since the Oregon golf resort opened in 1999, Brian Kruhlak has shepherded a growing contingent of golfers on a yearly trip that are short for time, but long on memories
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PGA Tour: CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Site: TPC Craig Ranch, McKinney, Texas.
Television [ET]: Today-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).
GCSAA Fact Sheet
LIV Golf League: LIV Golf Singapore
Site: Sentosa Golf Club (Serapong), Singapore.
Television [ET]: Today-Saturday, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. (CW app); Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (The CW Network-Tape Delay).
European Tour: Volvo China Open
Site: Hidden Grace Golf Club, Shenzhen, China.
Television [ET]: Today-Friday, 12-5 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 12-4:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 11:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).
PGA Tour Champions: Insperity Invitational
Site: The Woodlands Country Club (Tournament), The Woodlands, Texas.
Television [ET]: Friday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).
GCSAA Fact Sheet
DRIVER$: INSIDE THE GOLF INDUSTRY
Callaway continues to push the boundaries of equipment marketing
Jason Finley, of Callaway, joins co-hosts Jon Last and David Klein to discuss his nearly two decade front-row seat of golf product marketing innovation
[Listen | More 'Driver$: Inside the Golf Industry' episodes]
GOLF INNERVIEW WITH ANN LIGUORI
Caddie Joe LaCava talks golf — and he's got plenty of stories
Longtime looper joins host Ann Liguori to talk about his deep appreciation of working for Fred Couples and Tiger Woods
[Listen | More 'Golf Innerview with Ann Liguori' episodes]
THE MODGOLF PODCAST
Turning a homemade golf game into a global business
Tyler Simmons, CEO and founder of BucketGolf, joins host Colin Weston to share the story of his creation
[Listen | More 'The ModGolf Podcast' episodes]
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MAY
8-9: National Golf Day, Washington, D.C. | Info
13-15: IAGTO European Convention, Andalucia, Spain | Info
JUNE
17-19: IAGTO North America Golf Tourism Convention,
Boyne Falls, Michigan | Info
JULY
29-31: PGA Buying Summit, Frisco, Texas | Info
30-31: Multi-Course and Resort Operators Retreat, Monterey, California | Info
SEPTEMBER
30-October 2: Golf Inc. Strategies Summit, Hilton Head Island, S.C. | Info
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