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Tyler Watts is having a high school senior year to remember. Earlier this fall, the University of Tennessee commit finished T53 at the PGA Tour's Procore Championship amongst a field that included 10 U.S. Ryder Cup members. This week, Watts is playing his second Tour event, the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. He qualified by being the top performer in the 2025 Men’s Elite Amateur Cup, a collective series of seven of the top amateur events contested throughout the summer. Watts is no fluke. He was the youngest to win the 2023 Alabama State Amateur Championship (15), runner-up in the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur and youngest in tournament history to win the 2025 Sunnehana Amateur (17).
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What is your opinion of the The Annika, this week's LPGA event, extending a sponsor exemption to Kai Trump? Trump, 18, is a University of Miami commit who is No. 461 in the American Junior Golf Association rankings, and has finished no higher than 24th in three 2025 AJGA starts. Her average score for nine rounds is 83.56.
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Private club boards are reevaluating their food and beverage strategies to address rising costs and evolving member expectations.
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▪️ LIV Golf now has an eye on a bigger prize
[Bob Harig | SI | Read]
▪️ Will new PGA stop in North Carolina kill future of Jackson, Mississippi golf tournament?
[Ross Reily | Mississippi Clarion Ledger | Read]
▪️ Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler announce 4-man teams for Optum Golf Channel Games
[Golf Channel | Read]
▪️ Nicklaus golf development in Scotland gets major investment, should open by 2027
[Kristy Dorsey | Golfweek | Read]
▪️ After initially disliking Kai Trump LPGA exemption, I've changed my mind
[Beth Ann Nichols | Golfweek | Read]
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There is a beef to be had with the USGA. Missing from its robust schedule is the U.S. Parent-Child Championship, which would be immensely popular if it weren't for the logistical nightmares.
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Readers of The First Call are in agreement that Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods vie for top honors, but break somewhat with Gary Player's assertion that he is golf's third greatest player.
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