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| Wednesday Aug 07, 2024 |
Results of the The First Call poll question "At what level should Olympic golf be viewed?"
> 46%: Like an elevated signature event
> 31%: Like a major
> 23%: Like a regular tournament
Note: 261 respondents
IN THIS ISSUE
> Olympics shine light on state of pro game | Read
> Design Notes: Robert Trent Jones Jr. to receive ASGCA’s Donald Ross Award | Read
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What changes, if any, would you make to the Olympic golf competition?
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.
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Rory McIlroy may not have medaled at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but he was right on the money — or lack of — about why the Games' golf competition is special.
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PGA Tour: Truist Financial Corporation signs a seven-year agreement to become the title sponsor of the Tour's Charlotte, North Carolina, event — renamed the Truist Championship. Quail Hollow Club will continue to be the primary host facility for the event, with the exception being 2025 due to the club hosting the PGA Championship for the second time. The 2025 Truist Championship will be May 5-11 at The Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course.
Troon: Names Monique “Mo” Gesualdi, PGA and LPGA director of instruction at St. Johns Golf & Country Club in St. Augustine, Florida, as its 2024 Troon Coach of the Year as selected by Troon’s Education and Player Development team. Gesualdi oversees the golf instruction program at The Golf Academy at St. Johns. Gesualdi has been director of instruction at St. Johns Golf & Country Club since May of 2021 and is a two-time winner of the North Florida PGA Youth Player Development Award Winner (2023, 2024).
> Nelly Korda hopeful her game is trending as she bids for an Olympic repeat in women’s golf
[Doug Ferguson | Associated Press | Read]
> 3 days with the PGA Tour rules team: ‘Hours of boredom, moments of terror’
[Joshn Berhow | Golf.com | Read]
> Le Golf National's 18th hole will play as a par 5 for the women, but that doesn't make it any easier
[Mike Stachura | Golf Digest | Read]
> Castle Pines “distracted” by trademark fight before PGA tournament, VP says
[Justin Wingerter | Denver Post | Read]
"Correction does much, but encouragement does more."
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Kevin Hargrave pumps up Kentucky’s Lexington Country Club; Nicklaus Design revives Las Iguanas in the Dominican Republic
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International Olympic Committee: Women's Golf Competition
Site: Le Golf National, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.
Television [ET]: Today-Friday, 3 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel); Saturday, 3 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).
GCSAA Fact Sheet
PGA Tour: Wyndham Championship
Site: Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Television [ET]: Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).
PGA Tour Champions: Boeing Classic
Site: The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie, Washington.
Television [ET]: Friday-Sunday, 6-8 p.m. (Golf Channel).
GCSAA Fact Sheet
USGA: U.S. Women’s Amateur
Site: Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Television [ET]: Today, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. (Peacock); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. Golf Channel).
GCSAA Fact Sheet
DRIVER$: INSIDE THE GOLF INDUSTRY
Putting his best foot forward
Sqairz CEO Bob Winskowicz takes on the golf footwear category and discusses his company's emergence with co-hosts Jon Last and David Klein
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GOLF INNERVIEW WITH ANN LIGUORI
The tale of Carne Golf Club's comeback
General manager Fiona Togher and club chariman Gerry Maguire talk with host Ann Liguori about how the western Ireland club took a beating during the pandemic and now is thriving
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DRIVER$: INSIDE THE GOLF INDUSTRY
Golf’s renaissance woman
NGCOA president and PGA Master Professional Cathy Harbin joins co-hosts Jon Last and David Klein to discuss her involvement in all facets of stewarding golf’s evolution and participation surge
[Listen | More 'Driver$: Inside the Golf Industry' episodes]
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
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