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So much for a major celebration. Just four days after defeating Will Zalatoris in a three-hole aggregate playoff at the PGA Championship, Justin Thomas will seek his 16th PGA Tour victory at this week's Charles Schwab Challenge. Thomas' appearance may also be a precursor to future winners at Colonial Country Club as he is the second player PGA Championship winner to play the following week’s Charles Schwab Challenge. Phil Mickelson turned the trick a year ago.
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Announced: By the Epson Tour, a three-year sponsorship agreement to make Ascensus the title sponsor of the Ascensus Race for the Card, the season-long competition for LPGA Tour membership. This partnership represents the first sports-related sponsorship investment for Ascensus, which provides tax-advantaged savings technology and services.
Averaged: By CBS, 5.27 million viewers for Sunday’s final round of the PGA Championship, according to Sports Media Watch. The number of viewers who watched Justin Thomas defeat Will Zalatoris in an aggregate three-hole playoff was down 21% from the 6.6 million average viewers who watched Phil Mickelson's historic win a year ago. On a positive, the PGA opened with its largest first-round audience in 20 years and largest second-round audience in 13.
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Steve Tooshkenig, founder of ST Golf and a Canadian PGA member, joins 'The ModGolf Podcast' to discuss how to keep the game of golf viable and make it more accessible for indigenous people
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