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| Tuesday Jul 11, 2023 |
Of the 91 respondents to The First Call's poll question, "Best golf storyline of the first half of 2023?", 34% chose Rickie Fowler ending his four-year win drought at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. The PGA Tour-Saudi PIF headline was selected by 25%, followed by Rose Zhang winning her professional debut (23%), Brooks Koepka winning his fifth major (12%) and Wyndham Clark winning the U.S. Open (5%).
IN THIS ISSUE
> Design Notes: Nick Price is right for designing Florida’s Soleta | Read
> TFC Inbox: Surprising storylines dominate golf in 2023 | Read
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What are your expectations for this year's British Open at Royal Liverpool?
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 responses to last week's question.
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Palmetto Course at The Landings in Georgia basks in a Bill Bergin renovation; Clayton, DeVries and Pont to remake Scotland’s Spey Bay
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NBC Sports, American Century Investments: Announce a six-year extension of the American Century Championship through 2029, the tournament's 40th anniversary. Owned, operated and produced by NBC Sports, this year's event will play out July 14-16 at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline, Nevada.
Nippon Shaft: Allisen Corpuz won the U.S. Women's Open while playing the brand's N.S.Pro Modus3 105 S flex shafts in her irons and wedges. Corpuz, 25, shot a 9-under-par 279 score to win her first title on the LPGA Tour. She was also the first American to win the championship since 2016.
V1 Sports: Partners with 21 Golf Range in Palisades Park, New Jersey, to offer mobile on-demand instruction and swing analysis tools directly to instructors and players. Beginning this month, V1 Sports is integrating into all instruction operations at 21 Golf Range through the V1 Golf and V1 Pro mobile apps.
NCAA: Spikemark Golf will become the provider for all golf scoring and ranking services utilized by the Association beginning with the 2023-24 season. Spikemark will transition into the service role previously provided by Golfstat. Spikemark, created and founded by former collegiate player and coach Derek Freeman, provides a new website and mobile app that was designed to meet the needs of collegiate golf at every level. Spikemark provides tournament scoring, real-time leaderboards, detailed statistics, in-depth analytics, and media through its platform, and its ranking system was developed in collaboration with Mark Broadie, the Carson Family Professor of Business at Columbia. Broadie is widely known throughout the golf community for his development of the Official World Golf Rankings algorithm.
> LIV Golf moves season finale from Saudi Arabia back to Trump National Doral
[Adam Woodard | Golfweek | Read]
> ‘A sense of belonging’: This adaptive golf clinic offers much more than just swing tips
[Josh Sens | Golf.com | Read]
> 'Local Knowledge' podcast: Young Tom Morris: Golf's tragic genius
[Shane Ryan | Golf Digest | Listen]
"There is a nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy, a grace in forgiveness."
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From the PGA Tour suddenly announcing an agreement with the Saudi PIF to Wyndham Clark holding off Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler to win the U.S. Open, golf certainly has not been predictable through the first six months
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DRIVER$: INSIDE THE GOLF INDUSTRY
A current perspective on golf course design, renovation challenges
American Society of Golf Course Architects president Brit Stenson joins co-hosts Jon Last and David Klein to discuss preserving the past, but also moving forward
[Listen | More 'Driver$: Inside the Golf Industry' episodes]
GOLF INNERVIEW WITH ANN LIGUORI
Why the 2023 U.S. Women's Open feels different
Longtime golf journalist and LPGA historian Steve Eubanks joins host Ann Liguori to discuss this year's historic championship
[Listen | More 'Golf Innerview with Ann Liguori' episodes
THE COMPETITIVE EDGE
Lie + Loft combining golf, art and the outdoors
Founder Luke Davis joins host Kelly Okun to talk about where he gets his inspiration and accomplishments along his golf journey
[Listen | More 'The Competitive Edge' episodes]
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JULY
25-27: GCBAA Summer Meeting, Lake Geneva, Wisc. | Info
AUGUST
19-22: African American Golf Expo and Forum, Louisville, Ky. | Info
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