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The PGA Tour is going to have quite a few new faces in 2026 — 12 to be exact. On Sunday, 20 PGA Tour cards were awarded to the top 20 players on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List. Johnny Keefer clinched the No. 1 position on the points list, earning exemptions for the 2026 Players Championship and 2026 U.S. Open. In addition to Keefer, fellow rookies will be Zach Bauchou, Chandler Blanchet, Davis Chatfield, Emilio Gonzalez, Kensei Hirata, Jeffrey Kang, Christo Lamprecht, S.T. Lee, Pontus Nyholm, John VanDerLaan and Sudarshan Yellamaraju.
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What is your personal favorite golf memory?
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Readers of The First Call are divided on a solution, but most believe tweaks are in order.
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▪️ Tiger Woods undergoes Lumbar disc replacement surgery amid Achilles recovery
[Tim Schmitt | Golfweek | Read]
▪️ Tiger Woods: A timeline of his injuries the last 3 decades
[Doug Ferguson | Associated Press | Read]
▪️ Long Island’s most exclusive tee time isn’t quite what you think
[James Colgan | Golf.com | Read]
▪️ This Tour pro took a psychedelic drug. It led to a new business
[Kevin Cunningham | Golf.com | Read]
▪️ Historic Cape Cod Country Club set to close
[Matt Rouches | The Fried Egg | Read]
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King Collins Dormer to design Marcella Club’s Ambush in Utah; Singapore Island reopens its Island course after a Neil Haworth renovation
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OCTOBER
14-15: Golf Business TechCon 2025, Frisco, Texas | Info
NOVEMBER
18-20: Golf Business Canada Conference and Trade Show, Niagra Falls, Ontario | Info
JANUARY
20-23: PGA Show, Orlando, Florida | Info
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