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| Tuesday May 07, 2024 |
Nelly Korda seeks history at this week's Cognizant Founders Cup in Clifton, New Jersey, at Upper Montclair Country Club, seeking to become the first LPGA player to win six successive starts. Korda, 25, has been absolutely dominant in 2024, as Golfweek's Beth Ann Nichols points out. One of the more eye-popping numbers is Korda's record against the field — 507-20-1. Korda lost to 15 players at the season-opening Tournament of Champions and finished sixth in the stroke-play portion of the T-Mobile Match Play, which she ultimately won.
IN THIS ISSUE
> Records are meant to be broken ... but will these be? | Read
> Design Notes: Streamsong opens Coore & Crenshaw’s The Chain | Read
> Myrtle Beach adds the missing golf piece | Read
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK
If you could choose a team of four current players (regardless of Tour) to play in the TGL, which will launch in January, who would you choose?
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.
LIV Golf: Introduces Adam Harter as its chief marketing officer. In this role, Harter will lead all marketing activities, including developing the league and team brands, growing the size and engagement of the global fan base, delivering unique and dynamic marketing initiatives for LIV Golf and The International Series.
Avenue Sports Fund: Reveals The Bay Golf Club as TGL's sixth founding team ahead of the league’s debut in January 2025. The team's inaugural roster features four players all ranked inside the top 40 in the Official World Golf Ranking — world No. 6 Ludvig Aberg, No. 3 and reigning U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, Min Woo Lee and 2019 British Open champion Shane Lowry.
United States Golf Association: Partners with the Carolinas golf community to expand its Greenkeeper Apprenticeship Program. The USGA, along with long-term financial commitments from Ewing Outdoor Supply, the Dedman Foundation and Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, the Carolinas Golf Association and several private donors, will fund the program for the next five years with a $1 million commitment and dedicated instructors and in-class/on-course education at Sandhills Community College in the Pinehurst area. Also, a new program at Horry-Georgetown Technical College in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, area, and a hybrid-learning opportunity will be established and funded.
> Sweetens Cove, the top public course in Tennessee, to close all summer
[Jason Lusk | Golfweek | Read]
> NBC will stick with dual announcers and analysts for the US Open
[Doug Ferguson | Associated Press | Read]
> Ludvig Aberg joins TGL's Bay Golf Club in announcement of final of six teams
[Adam Schupak | Golfweek | Read]
"A person's a person, no matter how small."
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South Carolina's Grand Strand finally adds a PGA Tour event, the Myrtle Beach Classic, to its extensive golf resume
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The First Call readers believe some records — such as Byron Nelson's 11 consecutive wins — are safe from ever being surpassed
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David McLay Kidd updates the bunkers at Idaho’s Tributary; Hawaii’s Princeville Makai gets a refresh
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DRIVER$: 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
28 – June 4: Women’s Golf Day | 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
AUGUST
24-27: African American Golf Expo and Forum, Palm Beach, Florida | Info
SEPTEMBER
30-October 2: Golf Inc. Strategies Summit, Hilton Head Island, S.C. | Info
To submit events for the calendar, please include the event name, date, location and informational link to info@firstcallgolf.com.
