Question of the week [January 5-11]: Looking into a crystal ball for 2026, what do you believe will be the major storylines in golf?
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President Donald Trump's acquisitions of golf courses, LIV attaining OWGR status, more whining about Brooks Koepka and other players moving between tours. Reality.
Naive hope? Good stories about golf in general, more viewership and sponsorship of women's golf, less noise in media (social or mainstream).
One can hope
Nicholas Boekdrukker
Bad Gastein, Austria
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One of the young guns on LIV wins a major.
Randy DeBolt
Fargo, North Dakota
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Will LIV players defect back to the PGA Tour and will they be allowed? Will new national / destination private golf clubs continue to arise? What new advancements in indoor golf / off-course experiences will hit the market and be successful?
Glenn Gray
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
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Contraction of the PGA Tour schedule.
Robert Denney
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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1. Scottie Scheffler's continued dominance.
2. Integration of some LIV players into the PGA Tour.
3. Whatever Tiger Woods does.
Jim Carksib
Tucson, Arizona
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Scottie Scheffler's continued dominance.
Tim King
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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LIV player’s returning to the PGA Tour.
Rick Klein
Bolivia, North Carolina
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The rising costs for golf equipment due to tariffs.
Todd Tschantz
Round Hill, Virginia
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Short course play becoming more prominent with younger golfers switching to updated, affordable, quick-play formats. Thousands are now flocking to new exciting par-3 tours ... smaller, quick in-and-out golf is the next big thing.
Duane Peterson
Loveland, Ohio
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Rory McIlroy comes back.
John Hoke
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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