TFC: Quick Reads | 05.28.24
INDUSTRY NEWS
KemperSports: To manage Quarry Pines GC
MGI Golf: Unveils USA brand ambassador program
Discover Puerto Rico: Visitor profile shows 30% are family travelers
American Century Championship: Baseball, football stars join field
SuperStroke: Davis Riley wins the Charles Schwab Challenge
Cherry Hills CC: Names Bryan Nicholson as club’s head professional
PGA of America: 12 Corebridge Financial team members make Senior PGA cut
INDUSTRY NOTES
Bushnell?Golf: Introduces the Phantom 3 Slope GPS device, which includes slope compensated distances, auto-prompt score entry, auto course and hole recognition, a round timer and an odometer. Offered in four colors, the Phantom 3 Slope will be available at Bushnell Golf retailers in June and will retail for $149.99. ... United States Golf Association: The U.S. National Junior Team will host Australian High Performance July 2-3 at SentryWorld in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, creating the first-of-its-kind competition for the newly-developed U.S. National Development Program.?A World Amateur Golf Ranking-sanctioned event, the match will feature 12 players representing each nation in a mixed Ryder Cup-style format. ... Dragon Golf: Launches a patented line of Dragon Skin grips, a collection that provides improved grip stability and orientation for the lead and trail hands. The butt-end grip portion of Dragon Skin grips feature a convex protrusion that conforms to the hand to provide an advanced grip connection to increase grip strength and prevent twisting at impact. It also has a progressive ergonomic design being larger on the lead hand and regresses to a smaller size on the trail hand. Dragon Golf grips are available in two models (standard and firm) and colors (navy and black), four sizes and retail for $17.99.?
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HEADLINES
?? Lexi Thompson, a 15-time winner on the LPGA Tour, is retiring from full-time golf at 29 | Associated Press
?? Nelly Korda is head and shoulders over her peers. She hopes winning is enough to help golf grow | Associated Press
?? Keiser brothers, founders of Sand Valley, to create new Wild Springs Dunes resort in East Texas | Golfweek
?? Angel Cabrera granted a visa, set to return to U.S. with plan to play PGA Tour Champions | Golfweek
?? Stephen Curry wants to make golf blacker and browner, and raise his game, too | Golf Digest]
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