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In 2022, keeping pace with last year's golf retail boom was going to be a lot to ask. Seven months into the year, though, the golf retail is holding its own, according to Golf Datatech. Equipment sales for the year are only 4.7% less than in 2022, and are 40.3% ahead of 2019 pre-pandemic totals.
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Awarded: By the USGA and R&A, Keita Nakajima, of Japan, the Mark H McCormack Medal as the leading men’s player in the 2022 World Amateur Golf Ranking. Nakajima, who has been the No. 1 player in the WAGR for a record 83 weeks, is the first male player to receive the McCormack Medal twice. He also receives exemption into 2023 U.S. Open and British Open.
Extended: By Sentry, its sponsorship of the PGA Tour's Tournament of Champions through 2035. Sentry has served as title sponsor since 2018. The tournament will kick off the 2023 portion of the season at The Plantation Course at Kapalua, Jan. 2-8, and feature a purse of $15 million, up from $8.2 million in 2022. The event will then lead off 2024 when the PGA Tour transitions back to a calendar-year season.
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The pair, along with respected sports industry executive Mike McCarley, forms TMRW Sports to create technology-based experiences and could be a PGA Tour counter punch to LIV Golf
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Georgia’s refreshed Club at Savannah Harbor reopens; Rees Jones completes Phase 2 renovation at Vermont’s Equinox; Ray Hearn continues Donald Ross Memorial refinements at Michigan’s Highlands at Harbor Springs
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PGA Tour: Tour Championship
Site: East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia | GCSAA Fact Sheet
Television: Today-Friday, 1-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-7 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, noon-1:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 1:30-6 p.m. (NBC).
LPGA Tour: CP Women's Canadian Open
Site: Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, Ottawa, Ontario | GCSAA Fact Sheet
Television: Today-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 2:30-5:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (CBS).
Korn Ferry Tour: Nationwide Children's Hospital Open
Site: Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet), Columbus, Ohio | GCSAA Fact Sheet
Television: Today, 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel-Tape Delay); Friday, 9-11 p.m. (Golf Channel-Tape Delay); Saturday, 5:30-7:30 p.m. (Golf Channel-Tape Delay); Sunday, 1:30-4 p.m. (Golf Channel).
European Tour: Omega European Masters
Site: Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans Montana, Switzerland.
Television: Today-Friday, 7:30-9:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 7-11:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).
PGA Tour Champions: The Ally Challenge
Site: Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan.
Television: Friday, 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Saturday, 8:30-10:30 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Sunday, 4-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).
OCTOBER
11-13: Golf Inc. Strategies Summit, Kiawah Island, S.C. | Info
NOVEMBER
6-9: International Association of Golf Administrators, Point Clear, Ala. | Info
JANUARY
23-25: Golf Business Conference, Orlando, Fla.
24-27: PGA Show, Orlando, Fla. | Info
FEBRUARY
6-9: GCSAA Conference and Trade Show, Orlando, Fla. | Info
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⚡️ @TigerWoods + @McIlroyRory + @TMRWSports = TGL, a new tech-infused, team golf league in partnership with the @PGATOUR. Kicking off January 2024.
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— TGL (@TGL) August 24, 2022
