TFC: Quick Reads | 12.11.23
Good evening, here are tonight's quick reads.
INDUSTRY NEWS
PGA of America: PGA National Club Championship is set
Cincoro Tequila: Named Troon Challenge National Finals' presenting partner
World Champions Cup: Team USA wins inaugural tournament
Galleri Classic: Tickets, volunteer opportunities available
GolfTrainingAids.com: Debuts the Draw Board
Bobby Jones Links: To manage Chapel Hills GC, Mirror Lake GC
GolfTrainingAids.com: Launches the Power Shift Board
Axglo Inc.: To exhibit at 2024 PGA Show
INDUSTRY NOTES
PGA Tour: Words Alive, a non-profit beneficiary of the Farmers Insurance Open, has been named the 2022-23 PGA Tour Charity of the Year. Words Alive, which provides research-based reading programs, was founded in 1999. The Charity of the Year award comes with a $30,000 grant from the PGA Tour. ... Piza Golf: Designs a Pitch and Putt short course that has opened at Club Regatas, a social and sports club located in Lima, Peru.?The was designed to International Pitch and Putt Federation specifications so that it could be recognized on the International Circuit. ... Bear the Palm: Charleston, South Carolina-based company launches a junior golf apparel line. The company's first collection features matching child and parent polos and is inspired by the Lowcountry with such regional designs as oysters, blue crabs and marsh scenery. ... PGA Tour: Jim Coleman, with more than 15 years of service at The Classic in The Palm Beaches (formerly The Honda Classic) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was selected as the 2022-23 PGA Tour Volunteer of the Year. ... PGA Tour: The BMW Championship and WM Phoenix Open share the 2023 PGA Tour Tournament of the Year honor. Both tournaments received the award for a fifth time. ... LPGA International: Hills Course reopens after a five-month project that restored the course's greens to their original size and USGA specifications, an effort that netted an additional 26,600 square feet of putting surface. ... Edison Golf:?Announces a 10% discount on all Edison gift card denominations. ... Cloudland at McLemore Resort:?Destination to open on Feb. 29 and announces Mike Burton as general manager of the mountaintop resort in Rising Fawn, Georgia.
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HEADLINES
??Louis Oosthuizen overcomes Charl Schwartzel in final-round duel to win Alfred Dunhill Championship by 2 shots | Associated Press
??PGA Tour players hope Grant Thornton Invitational is the first step toward more mixed events | Golfweek
??The best (and craziest) stories of golfers flying private never told | Golf Digest
??With partners at the negotiating table, the PGA Tour is back on track to winning golf’s war | Sports Illustrated
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