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Davis Love III is serving as host for this week's RSM Classic in St. Simons Island, Georgia, and he is showing the field how it's done. Love III, 59, shot an even-par 70 in the suspended first round at the Plantation Course. Love's longevity is something to behold. This week's start is his 790th on the PGA Tour, which ranks third all-time behind Mark Brooks (803) and Jay Haas (799).
IN THIS ISSUE
> 'Golf Innerview with Ann Liguori' podcast: Ottavio Coppola, golf manager at Argentario Golf & Wellness Resort | Listen
> Tiger, Tiger, Tiger ... it's Tiger time | Read
> Camilo Villegas is in a blessed state | Read
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
With Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the holidays rolling around, what one golf item is on your gift list to receive this year?
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.
GOLF INNERVIEW WITH ANN LIGUORI
A look at Italy's one-of-a-kind course
Ottavio Coppola, golf manager at Argentario Golf & Wellness Resort, joins host Ann Liguori to talk about the country's lone PGA National course — and Italy, as well
[Listen | More 'Golf Innerview with Ann Liguori' episodes]
BEHIND THE GOLF BRAND
Seamus Golf: More than meets the eye
Co-founder and CEO Akbar Chisti joins host Paul Liberatore to discuss his company's origins as a clubhead manufacturer and its growth
[Listen | More 'Behind the Golf Brand' episodes]
DRIVER$
Technology innovation fuels 'smart ranges'
Toptracer national sales director Alex Goodman joins co-hosts Jon Last and David Klein to talk about how technology is driving on-course revenue
[Listen | More 'Driver$' episodes]
LPGA, ESPN: Sign a new two-year agreement to stream Featured Group coverage at eight LPGA Tour events live and exclusively on ESPN+ through the 2025 season. ESPN+ will cover each day of selected LPGA Tour tournaments with one feed showcasing the rounds of four Featured Groups, two in the morning and two in the afternoon. The agreement includes this week’s CME Group Tour Championship.
LPGA: Announces that its 2024 schedule will include 35 events (33 official events) for a total prize fund of more than $118 million, with $116.55 million in official money. The 2024 total prize fund represents the highest ever in Tour history, up from approximately $70 million in 2021, a 69% increase. A record 16 tournaments will have purses of at least $3 million. The global schedule will also include two multi-event swings in Asia and three new events — the LPGA Drive On Championship in Bradenton, Florida, in January, the Arizona Championship in March and the FM Global Championship in Norton, Massachusetts in September.
> LPGA, Ladies European Tour closing in on groundbreaking merger pending LET player vote
[Kent Paisley | Golf Digest | Read]
> Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend Erica Herman drops sexual-assault lawsuit
[James Colgan | Golf.com | Read]
> Rory McIlroy on leaving PGA Tour policy board: ‘Something had to give’
[Ryan Lavner | Golf Channel | Read]
> Lanto Griffin pulls no punches as Rory McIlroy leaves PGA Tour Policy Board, but who should replace him?
[Adam Schupak | Golfweek | Read]
> The future of the DP World Tour is unclear, but its demise has been greatly exaggerated
[John Huggan | Golf Digest | Read]
"Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare."
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The TGL, a simulator-based team golf league that Tiger Woods helped create, will debut in January. It's way too early to determine its fate, but it has one major reason why it will succeed, writes TFC's Gary Van Sickle, and that's Tiger.
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The 41-year-old has resurrected his PGA Tour career and is stronger as a result of some low personal and professional struggles as TFC's Gary Van Sickle writes
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European Tour: DP World Tour Championship
Site: Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Television [ET]: Today-Saturday, 2-8 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 1:30-7:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).
Leaderboard
LPGA Tour: CME Group Tour Championship
Site: Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, Fla.
Television [ET]: Today, 3-5 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (NBC).
Leaderboard | GCSAA Fact Sheet
PGA Tour: RSM Classic
Site: Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island, Georgia.
Television [ET]: Today, noon to 3 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (Golf Channel).
Leaderboard | GCSAA Fact Sheet
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JANUARY
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MARCH
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