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| Tuesday Aug 15, 2023 |
The obvious goal of every player on the PGA Tour is to win tournaments, but England's Tommy Fleetwood, 32, can attest that it's not always easy. While Fleetwood earned his 22nd top-five finish on Tour at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, he can take some satisfaction in the fact that he is the first player in PGA Tour history to surpass $20 million in official career earnings without a victory on Tour.
IN THIS ISSUE
> TFC Inbox: Are the FedEx Cup Playoffs delivering the best format? | Read
> 'The ModGolf Podcast': Paul McEldon, CEO, ClubFace-Golf | Listen
> 'Golf Innerview with Ann Liguori' podcast: Alison Metcalfe, vice president, Tourism Ireland | Listen
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
If budget was not a concern and you had a week, what would be your ideal golf buddy trip outside of the United States?
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.
Long Bay Golf Club: The Jack Nicklaus design in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, reopened August 14 following a comprehensive greens restoration project. Founders Group International, Long Bay’s parent company, closed the course May 17 for an effort highlighted by the installation of TifEagle bermudagrass and the restoration of the layout’s greens to their original specifications. Prior to the project, Long Bay, which opened in 1988, had approximately 70,000-square-feet of putting surface, a number that now stands at nearly 110,000-square-feet.
LPGA: Lilia Vu officially clinched the 2023 Rolex Annika Major Award after winning the AIG Women’s British Open. The award recognizes the player who has the most outstanding record in all five major championships during the LPGA Tour season. She is the second American to win the award since its inception in 2014, joining Michelle Wie West, who won the inaugural award. Vu won both the 2023 Chevron Championship and the AIG Women’s Open, becoming the first player since Jin Young Ko (2019) to win two major championships in a single season and the first American to do so since Juli Inkster in 1999. In other major championships this season, Vu earned a tie for 42nd at the Amundi Evian Championship and missed the cut in both the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and the U.S. Women’s Open.
> A missed 18-inch putt didn’t deter Lucas Glover. Neither did years of putting woes. Now he’s playing the best golf of his life
[Dave Shedloski | Golf Digest | Read]
> DP World Tour releases 2024 schedule with major changes following LIV Golf alliance
[Bob Harig | Sports Illustrated | Read]
> How Olympia Fields — once the world’s largest country club — remains important today
[Stephen Hennessey | Golf Digest | Read]
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination."
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The PGA Tour's playoff system was instituted in 2007 and has undergone numerous tweaks to make it better. Readers of The First Call offer their opinions on what would make the postseason better
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THE MODGOLF PODCAST
ClubFace-Golf creates an engaging space for like-minded golfers
CEO Paul McEldon joins host Colin Weston to share how his team envisions the 'Facebook for golfers'
[Listen | More 'The ModGolf Podcast' episodes]
GOLF INNERVIEW WITH ANN LIGUORI
The rising star that is golf in Ireland
Alison Metcalfe, vice president, Tourism Ireland, joins host Ann Liguori to share the best ways to plan and book an Irish golf trip, and why it's such a hot spot
[Listen | More 'Golf Innerview with Ann Liguori' episodes]
BEHIND THE GOLF BRAND
How Robert Winskowicz continues to evolve Sqairz
The footwear company's founder and CEO joins host Paul Liberatore to discuss how and why Sqairz was created, and what's in its future
[Listen | More 'Behind the Golf Brand' episodes]
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AUGUST
19-22: African American Golf Expo and Forum, Louisville, Ky. | Info
SEPTEMBER
20-22: Golf Inc. Strategies Summit, La Quinta, Calif. | Info
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