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Deal ups PGA Tour cards to 10 Euro tour golfers

As part of an extended partnership between the PGA Tour and European tour through 2035, the leading 10 players from the European tour will get PGA Tour cards. Also returning will be a direct path to the PGA Tour through Q-school.

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The Alliance Strikes Back! PGA Tour And DP World Tour Announce Enhanced Partnership

After rumors of a possible deal with Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf, the DP World Tour has leveraged the perceptions—all the media’s fault—to get a better deal with the PGA Tour. Namely, ten cards, several hundred million dollars and more joint events promised through 2035.

The situation remains bizarre that so much boilerplate language is thrown about with so few details after nearly two years of disruptive possibilities. Nor do the sides seem to be addressing the oversaturation of their products and market forces indicating a desire to tighten things up. The market may address that in time. For now, and For Immediate Release with interruptions:

DP WORLD TOUR, PGA TOUR EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN ALLIANCE

* Move is a significant boost to a global pathway for competitive golf 

*PGA TOUR to provide operational support and additional investment to the DP World Tour

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"LIV Golf faces hurdles in applying for world ranking points"

Bobby Jones said that you must win at St Andrews to make your golf life complete, and I took that to heart. JACK NICKLAUS

/ Geoff Shackelford

In his weekly notes column, AP’s Doug Ferguson details the issues facing the LIV golf quest to get world ranking points for players, vital for its younger stars to earn access to major championships.

While there are currently conflicting reports on whether an application has been submitted by LIV and received by the OWGR, Ferguson notes all of the ways the 54-hole, limited field size schedule will not qualify.

One is that every tournament be contested over at least 54 holes with a 36-hole cut or be in line with eligible formats. LIV Golf has no cut.

The OWGR guidelines indicate a standard format of 72 holes, with 54 holes acceptable “for those tournaments earnings fewer than 12 minimum first-place points.” In other words, a steady diet of 54-hole events is typically for developmental tours or offseason series, such as the Vodacom Origins of Golf in South Africa.

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Red Rooster Gloves: The Story Behind the Chicken

Red Rooster Gloves is the answer to an age-old question you may have never asked yourself. As in:

What do you get when you cross two Canadians – one a pro golfer and one a serial entrepreneur – with a big red chicken?

The answer should be obvious: Red Rooster gloves.

“I used to have red hair, and my dad used to call me the Red Rooster,” says co-founder Kerry Moher. “We tried to come up with ‘golfy’ names for the company. I threw Red Rooster Gloves into the mix when we started. If we could come up with something better, we’d use it.”

Starting a business during a worldwide pandemic/supply chain nightmare isn’t easy, but Moher and his partner and longtime friend/former PGA Tour pro Brad Fritsch have seemingly pulled it off.

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ESPYS 2022 -- Best Athlete, Men's Golf

Does Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Smith, Justin Thomas or Jon Rahm get your vote for the 2022 ESPYS?

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"The Saudis and Fallon Smart"

Nature was its only architect; its design owed little to the hand of man and has stood the test of of centuries apart from occasional apart from occasional alterations as equipment became more powerful and sophisticated. PAT WARD-THOMAS on the Old Course

/ Geoff Shackelford

Steve Duin tells the story of Fallon Smart’s death not far from Pumpkin Ridge and the young Saudi national who was ushered out of the United States to avoid prosecution. Senator Ron Wyden is trying to get the killer brought back for prosecution and like all things in the United States-Saudi Arabia relationship, it’s complicated.

The backstory:

Abdulrahman Sameer Noorah, a Saudi national, swerved around the cars that had stopped so Fallon could cross the street at its intersection with 43rd Avenue.

Noorah had already racked up 17 parking tickets and a suspended drivers’ license in his two years at Portland Community College. Near graduation, he didn’t think the bills would ever come due.


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Net Central: June 13-June 23

 

The post Net Central: June 13-June 23 appeared first on Northern California Golf Association.

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Cabot Group Purchases Castle Stuart, To Add Second Course By Tom Doak

Nature was its only architect; its design owed little to the hand of man and has stood the test of of centuries apart from occasional apart from occasional alterations as equipment became more powerful and sophisticated. PAT WARD-THOMAS on the Old Course

/ Geoff Shackelford

Erik Matuszewski reports on Ben Cowan-Dewar and Mike Keiser’s Cabot operation has taken on Castle Stuart. Already home to Hanse Design’s incredible design that hosted two Scottish Opens, the late Mark Parsinen’s development will now get a second course by Tom Doak.

“It’s building on the foundation we started years ago,” says Cabot CEO Ben Cowan-Dewar, who partnered with Bandon Dunes owner Mike Keiser in establishing the Cabot brand. “These things, they take time. But the chance to build in an amazing location and continue to get to work with amazing people is what it’s all about.”

While Castle Stuart checks the Cabot boxes for world class golf and phenomenal surrounds, more is on the way. Cowan-Dewar and the Cabot team have brought in architect Tom Doak to build a second 18-hole championship course on a property that spans almost 500 acres. The new course, which will begin construction later this year and has a planned 2024 opening, will play around Castle Stuart’s 400-year-old castle, weaving through hillsides and expansive open land. There are also several holes dramatically set on the water further southwest of the current course.

With rumblings of a revived Coul Links and so many other greats in the greater (and stunning) Inverness area, the future as a destination is looking bright.


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Pelley Vents About "What is transpiring right now across all media platforms"

Now, even though he’s largely been in hiding, only denied one small part of a recent Golf Digest story via a DP World Tour statement, was the proud instigator of golf getting in bed with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, and was not mentioned in Jay Monahan’s prepared opening remarks last week, it still appears DP World Tour chief Keith Pelley is blaming media for speculation about a possible Saudi deal.

From Andrew Wright’s report on an in-house video message to his players and partners includes this:

"There's been a lot of speculation, a lot of rumours swirling," Pelley said. "There’s been very little fact and lots of fiction. Factually, I can tell you we're partners with the PGA Tour in our strategic alliance that has been very beneficial since we signed that back in November 2020. 

"There is a tremendous amount of fiction and you have to be careful with what is transpiring right now across all media platforms and I encourage everyone to again deal with the fact. 

"The one fact is that we will always concentrate on doing the best for our membership, our sponsors, and our stakeholders, and for our players and our members that is prize fund and playing opportunities."

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2022 MOST WANTED UTILITY IRON

OUR JOB IS YOUR GAME

Here are the results of our 2022 Most Wanted utility iron test.

Utility irons are not everyone’s cup of tea. But if a utility iron suits your game, it can be extremely beneficial.

Read on to find out if a utility iron can help your game.

MOST WANTED SCORING

We have reformulated our 2022 Most Wanted results to a 100-point scoring system. This new system better identifies golf clubs to potentially help you shoot lower scores.

For utility irons, we’ve split our key metrics into three categories: accuracy, forgiveness and distance. Each category is weighted through proprietary methodologies.

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The Quadrilateral: Wrapping A Wacky Weekend In Golf

The Old Course has for a century and a half been regarded as the sceptre of the game; it is the symbol par excellence of real golf. It became and still is the Mecca of the golf-playing world both from tradition and the sporting appeal of its natural and accidental layout. ROBERT HARRIS

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Harrington holds off Stricker to take Senior Open

Padraig Harrington holed a 30-foot birdie putt on the 15th right when the last of his five-shot lead was about to vanish, and he closed with three tough pars for a 1-over 72 to hold off Steve Stricker and win the U.S. Senior Open on Sunday.

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Schauffele wins Travelers as Theegala falters on 18

Xander Schauffele finished with a 2-under 68 at TPC River Highlands on Sunday to beat Sahith Theegala and J.T. Poston by two strokes in the Travelers Championship.

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Wolff latest to defect to LIV Golf, sources say

Matthew Wolff, among the most popular young players on the PGA Tour, is departing for the LIV Golf Invitational Series, sources confirmed.

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Chun rallies past Thompson, wins Women's PGA

In Gee Chun rallied after losing the rest of her once-sizable lead, overcoming a bogey-filled front nine to win the Women's PGA Championship on Sunday.

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Officials in Oregon oppose upcoming LIV event

Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf is getting a chilly reception in Oregon, its first stop in the United States, and there are concerns that the event could bring protests to North Plains, a town of just 3,400 people.

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Li bounces back to win BMW International

Less than a year after he nearly retired from golf, Li Haotong achieved his third career European tour win and first since 2018 at the BMW International Open on Sunday.

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Harrington still 'tearing it up' at U.S. Senior Open

Padraig Harrington put himself on the verge of a U.S. Senior Open championship on Saturday when his dominant 5-under 66 enabled him to open a 5-shot lead going into the final round in Pennsylvania.

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Cantlay closes on Schauffele, 1 back at Travelers

Xander Schauffele saw his five-shot lead at the Travelers Championship shrink to one Saturday after Patrick Cantlay shot a bogey-free 63 that was the best of the day.

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Chun sees lead shrink to 3 at Women's PGA

In Gee Chun shot a 3-over 75 on Saturday, and saw her 6-shot lead shrink to 3 strokes heading into the final round of the Women's PGA Championship.

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