TFC: Quick Reads | 11.02.23
Good evening. Here are tonight's quick reads. Have a good weekend.
INDUSTRY NEWS
Hideoki Bespoke, Ping: Debut new limited-edition collection
Shade Headwear: Brand to launch at 2024 PGA Show
Gentle Creek CC: Completes multi-million dollar transformation
Phoenix CC: Set to host Charles Schwab Cup Championship
Monarch Beach GL: California course celebrates 40th year
Rain or Shine Golf, Par2Pro: Announce international partnership
Tobacco Road GC: Hires Scooter Buhrman as GM
Farmers Insurance Open: Individual tickets for 2024 on sale starting Nov. 2
INDUSTRY NOTES
LPGA:?Awards the Heather Farr Perseverance Award to Jane Park and the Founders Award to Lexi Thompson. Both players, who were chosen and voted on by LPGA Membership, will accept their respective awards at the LPGA Tour’s season finale, the CME Group Tour Championship, during the 2023 Rolex LPGA Awards on Thursday, Nov. 16. ... The Country Club of North Carolina:?Names award-winning Savanna Brodar as executive pastry chef. Brodar, who was the runner-up in the North Carolina Pastry Chef of the Year competition in 2023, joined CCNC, located in Pinehurst, North Carolina, in July after working as executive pastry chef at The Ballantyne Hotel in Charlotte.
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HEADLINES
? After halting future projects, BigShots Golf purchased by Topgolf Callaway for $29 million | Golfweek
? Jon Rahm abruptly pulls out of participating in Tiger Woods' and Rory McIlroy's upstart TGL venture | Golf Digest
? Trial testimony reveals gambling giant Bally’s paid $60 million to take over Trump’s NYC golf course | Associated Press
? Boston Common Golf announces four-man roster, including Rory McIlroy | Boston.com
? Critics blast plan to remove 1,200 trees from Rock Creek Park golf course | Washington Post
? Abandoned golf courses are being reclaimed by nature | CNN
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
If the goal of the men's majors is to have the world's best players, then shouldn't the qualification standards for LIV players be reviewed — and possibly changed?
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