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| Friday Nov 21, 2025 |
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POLL
▪️ What is your level of viewing interest in golf's Silly Season events? | Vote
▪️ Previous: When searching for golf-related products, services or courses/resorts, how often do you only read the AI-created summary at the top of your search to help inform your decisions? | Results
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
If you could create a made-for-television Silly Season event, what format would it be and what players would it attract?
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.
▪️ Previous: 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. | Read
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Country Club of Spartanburg celebrates new cupola amenity; Private club wait lists beginning to thin out
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Scot Sherman to restore South Carolina’s historic Camden Country Club; Work begins on a Peter Matkovich makeover of Zimbabwe’s Warren Hills
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▪️ U.S. Ryder Cup team member suggests drastic changes for 2027 tour schedule are on the way
[Jay Coffin | Golf Digest | Read]
▪️ USA Sports president outlines Versant’s business strategy
[Drew Lerner | Awful Announcing | Read]
▪️ LPGA great Lorena Ochoa named honorary member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews
[Beth Ann Nichols | Golfweek | Read]
▪️ VR golf sim Golf 5 receives major multiplayer update
[Marco Wutz | ESPN | Read]
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Peter Cafaro has found that clubs often talk about supporting staff members — sometimes going as far as considering them "family" — but the conditions in which they work are sometimes lacking.
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RECENT DROPS
🎧 DRIVER$: INSIDE THE GOLF INDUSTRY
How technology is transforming course ownership, operations
Guest: Whitey O'Malley, incoming president of the National Golf Course Owners' Association.
Listen | Archives
🎧 / ▶️ CONTENT CLUBHOUSE
The Divot Dudes: Exceptionally average golf
Guests: Adam McLean and Conner Sibley, The Divot Dudes.
Listen / Watch | Archives
LPGA Tour: CME Group Tour Championship
Site: Tiburon Golf Club (Gold), Naples, Florida.
Television [ET]: Today, 2-3 p.m. (NBC Sports app), 3-5 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 2-5 p.m. (CNBC); Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (NBC).
GCSAA Fact Sheet
PGA Tour: RSM Classic
Site: Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside, Plantation), St. Simons Island, Georgia.
Television [ET]: Today, noon to 3 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (Golf Channel).
GCSAA Fact Sheet
Asian Tour: PIF Saudi International
Site: Riyadh Golf Club, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Television [ET]: Today-Saturday, 3:30-8 a.m. (Golf Channel).
JANUARY
20-23: PGA Show, Orlando, Florida | Info
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