Friday Aug 30, 2024
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK

The Tour Championship marks the end of the 2024 PGA Tour season. What have been your favorite moments, including the majors?

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.

Read responses to last week's question.

INDUSTRY NEWS
Association of Golf Merchandisers' 2025 awards will recognize the top 100 golf shops worldwide
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Company opens a 3,300-square foot facility, which includes five hitting bays, in Nebraska's largest city
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Headwear manufacturer adds Cam Smith, Maddy Smith, Adam Piratzky, Mike Holub, Wendy Warmolts, Todd and Teri Martin-Fontaine, Greg and Debbie Lawrence, and Darin Little as representatives
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NBC Sports Next: Partners with Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Department of Parks and Recreation for Prince George’s County, Maryland, to showcase its three golf courses on the GolfNow tee-time platform. The courses are Enterprise, Paint Branch and Henson Creek.

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READ, WATCH, LISTEN

> Jim Furyk answers the questions you need to know about his upcoming Presidents Cup captain's picks
[Adam Schupak | Golfweek | Read]

> How these golf-TV castoffs are finding their unfiltered voices again
[James Colgan | Golf.com | Read]

> Ron DeSantis downplays anger over state park golf courses plan; it's part of "left wing" narrative
[Anne Geggis | Palm Beach Post | Read]

#QOTD
"The negative is just as important as the positive."
— Ellsworth Kelly
TUNING IN

PGA Tour: Tour Championship
Site: East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia.
Television [ET]: Today, 1-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-7 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, noon to 1:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 1:30-6 p.m. (NBC).
GCSAA Fact Sheet

LPGA Tour: FM Championship
Site: Norton, Massachusetts.
Television [ET]: Today, 7-9 p.m. (Golf Channel, tape delay). Saturday, 2:30-5:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 1:30-4:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).
GCSAA Fact Sheet

USGA: Curtis Cup
Site: Sunningdale Golf Club, Sunningdale, England.
Television [ET]: Today, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 12:30-1:30 p.m. (Peacock); Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel), noon to 1 p.m. (Peacock); Sunday, 5-10:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).

TFC PODCAST NETWORK

DRIVER$: INSIDE THE GOLF INDUSTRY
Industry legend Barney Adams looks forward
Adams Golf founder, former executive remains an innovative thinker about equipment and the state of the game, which he discusses with co-hosts Jon Last and David Klein
[Listen | More 'Driver$: Inside the Golf Industry' episodes]

GOLF INNERVIEW WITH ANN LIGUORI
Talking Lydia Ko: Olympic gold, LPGA Hall of Fame
Longtime golf writer Ron Sirak joins host Ann Liguori to discuss the 27-year-old New Zealander's recent double accomplishment at the 2024 Paris Olympics
[Listen | More 'Golf Innerview with Ann Liguori' episodes]

TFC Golf Job / Internship Board

> Head Golf Professional
Marlborough Country Club
Marlborough, Massachusetts | Info

> Sales Representative (Arizona)
Antigua
Peoria, Arizona | Info

> Golf Performance Coach
Urban Golf Performance
Los Angeles, California | Info

The First Call Job Board

CALENDAR

SEPTEMBER
30-October 2: Golf Inc. Strategies Summit, Hilton Head Island, S.C. | Info

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