Seven appears to be Jon Rahm's lucky number this season. Rahm, No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings, winner of the 2020 BMW Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club and in search of his first career FedEx Cup title, is in his seventh season on the PGA Tour and will make his seventh consecutive appearance in the Tour Championship next week. He has also won on Tour in seven straight seasons, the longest active streak of any player that has won in 2022-23 — Justin Thomas won in each season from 2015-16 through 2021-22 and can still extend his streak in the FedEx Cup Fall.

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> MegaCorp's right place, right time good fortune | Read
> Design Notes: Cabot Highlands proceeds with new Tom Doak course | Read

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.

Waynesville Inn & Golf Club: Announces the reopening of its Waynesville, North Carolina, course that was transformed from 27 holes into an 18-hole resort facility by Bobby Weed Golf Design. Also, a new wedge course, driving range, short-game complex and lighted Himalayan putting green were added.

USGA, R&A: Ingrid Lindblad, of Sweden, has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the leading female player in the 2023 World Amateur Golf Ranking. The McCormack Medal winner receives exemptions into the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open and 2024 AIG Women’s British Open. Lindblad, who will begin her fifth year at Louisiana State University as a graduate student this fall, has won 11 individual titles with the Tigers, including the 2022 Southeastern Conference individual championship, as well as two SEC Player of the Year honors. Also, Lindblad has won the 2021 European Ladies Amateur Championship and earned low-amateur honors at the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open. She won the World Amateur Team Championship with Sweden in 2022, earned a runner-up finish at the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur and a runner-up finish at the 2023 European Ladies Amateur.

> PGA of America lays off more than 20 employees
[Alex Miceli | Sports Illustrated | Read]

> In letter to senator, Yasir Al-Rumayyan says he would be 'inappropriate witness'
[Rex Hoggard | Golf Channel | Read]

> Acclaimed craft brewery opens nine-hole golf course in Massachusetts
[Coleman Bentley | Golf Digest | Read]

> Jon Rahm explains how Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TGL ‘can appeal to a different audience’
[Adam Woodard | Golfweek | Read]

PGA Tour: BMW Championship
Site: Olympia Fields Country Club (North), Olympia Fields, Illinois.
Television [ET]: Today-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, noon to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2-6 p.m. (CBS).
Leaderboard | GCSAA Fact Sheet

European Tour / LPGA Tour / Ladies European Tour: ISPS Handa Invitational
Sites: Galgorm Castle Golf Club and Castle Rock Golf Club, Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Television [ET]: Today-Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 6-11:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).
Men's Leaderboard | Women's Leaderboard

PGA Tour Champions: Shaw Charity Classic
Site: Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club, Calgary, Alberta.
Television [ET]: Friday, 4-6 p.m. (Peacock), 9-11 p.m. (Golf Channel-TD); Saturday-Sunday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel).
GCSAA Fact Sheet

U.S. Golf Association: U.S. Amateur
Site: Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado.
Television [ET]: Today, 6-7 p.m. (Peacock), 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel); Friday, 5-6 p.m. (Peacock), 6-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-4 p.m. (Golf Channel), 4-6 p.m. (NBC).
Leaderboard | GCSAA Fact Sheet

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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Los Angeles, California | Info

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Whitsett, North Carolina | Info

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Golftec – Houston Galleria
Houston, Texas | Info

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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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