The six players who will represent the USA in the 2023 World Amateur Team Championships, to be played Oct. 18-21 for the men and Oct. 25-28 for the women at Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) Golf Club, have been finalized.
The players are Anna Davis, 17, of Spring Valley, Calif., Rachel Kuehn, 22, of Asheville, N.C., Megan Schofill, 22, of Monticello, Fla., Nick Dunlap, 19, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., David Ford, 20, of Peachtree Corners, Ga., and Gordon Sargent, 20, of Birmingham, Ala.
After a thrilling conclusion to the 2023 U.S. Senior Women’s Open, the USGA announced today that it will return to Portland for two more senior championships. Portland (Ore.) Golf Club will be the host site for the 2026 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur and 2034 U.S. Senior Amateur. The club has previously hosted three USGA championships.
“We are excited to return to Portland Golf Club, which not only has a fantastic golf course, but a supportive and engaged membership familiar with USGA championships," said Mark Hill, USGA managing director, Championships. “We are appreciative of the invitation and look forward to welcoming the best male and female senior amateurs from around the world."
How about a Walker Cup appetizer before the actual main course. Medalist and top seed Todd White, 55, of Spartanburg, S.C., who competed on the winning USA side in 2013, will face 1995 Great Britain and Ireland competitor Jody Fanagan, 58, of the Republic of Ireland, in Thursday’s 18-hole final of the 68th U.S. Senior Amateur Championship at Martis Camp Club.
White, a high school history teacher and champion of the 2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball with his teammate from the 2013 Match at National Golf Links of America, Nathan Smith, and Fanagan, who went 3-0 in a GB&I victory at Royal Porthcawl in Wales, each won a pair of matches on another chamber-of-commerce day in the Lake Tahoe area Wednesday to become the last two standing.
Golf Digest ranks Ozarks National, Payne’s Valley, and Buffalo Ridge among the top 10 in its list of “America’s Greatest Courses by State, 2023-24.”
All three are amenities of Big Cedar Lodge, the sprawling luxury wilderness resort in the Branson Ozarks. This marks the debut of Payne’s Valley (Tiger Woods design) on the exclusive list.
Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the TOUR Championship held at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, GA was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD DI 85-X Stiff flex hybrid shaft in his Titleist U505 #3 Utility Iron. The champion carded an incredible 4-day score of 68, 64, 66, 63 for a total score of 27 under par, capturing the season ending TOUR Championship and the coveted FedEx Cup.
“Congratulations to the 2023 FedEx Cup champion. What a fantastic season for the champion and we are excited that he chose to use a Graphite Design Tour AD shaft in his Utility Iron”, stated Bill McPherson, Vice President of Sales, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.
PXG LPGA Tour Professional Megan Khang triumphed in a one-hole playoff to win Canada’s 2023 CPKC Women’s Open. Finishing the tournament at 9-under, Khang poured in her playoff putt to close out the thrilling afternoon and claim the much-anticipated title.
“Megan is an exceptional player and so much fun to watch,” said PXG Founder and CEO Bob Parsons. “We knew it was just a matter of time before she would snag her first win, and the entire PXG team was thrilled to watch her seal the deal on Sunday. Way to go, Megan!”
Officials at Dormie Network, a national network of private destination golf clubs has announced that Brad Wilson has been named General Manager of Victoria National Golf Club in Newburgh, Indiana. After starting at Victoria National Golf Club as the head golf professional 18 months ago, Wilson was elevated to assistant general manager earlier this year before being named as general manager.
Prior to joining the Victoria National Golf Club team, Wilson served in golf professional roles at a number of prestigious private golf clubs including Stone Eagle in Palm Desert, California, The Country Club of Indianapolis in Indiana, and most recently Sutton Bay in Agar, South Dakota.
Effortlessly combining heritage and tradition with contemporary surroundings and luxurious finishing touches, Dundonald Links is fast becoming one of the most sought-after golf resorts in Scotland.
From just £199 per person, visit Dundonald Links between the Oct. 16, 2023 and Feb. 29, 2024 and enjoy the excellent value Winter Stay & Play package. The £199 rate is for 1 night stays from Monday to Thursday or £219 for 1 night stays from Friday to Sunday, based on 2 people sharing a twin room.
Extracurricular and 4Aces GC, one of the 12 teams competing in the LIV Golf League, are proud to announce a new partnership wherein the cutting edge clothing brand will debut as the team’s official on-course apparel sponsor. This collaboration marks an exciting chapter for both organizations as they join forces to enhance the team’s performance and style on the course.
Extracurricular – founded by Chris Rosaasen, former CEO of Travis Matthew – creates performance apparel that seamlessly combines functionality, comfort, and style. The partnership with 4Aces GC reflects Extracurricular’s dedication to supporting athletes in their pursuit of excellence, and will see 4Aces GC team members Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Pat Perez, Peter Uihlein and their caddies, sporting Extracurricular apparel on the course and at all LIV Golf events.
PXG has unveiled its latest apparel and accessory offerings designed to carry golfers and lifestyle enthusiasts through the upcoming fall and winter seasons. This drop features a curated series of must-have classic and new silhouettes that boast technical innovations and thoughtfully crafted details for enhanced performance on and off the golf course.
The newest wave of apparel is comprised of 64 trend driven, performance-based designs – 32 looks for men and 32 for women. This seasonably smart collection elevates classic golf-wear, and introduces layering essentials and innovative, lightweight, easy to pack outerwear. PXG’s classic black, white, and gray colorways anchor monotone, color block, and printed styles, while military green, blue, and purple hues add variety and depth to the series.
In collaboration with Ambassador Erik van Rooyen, ECCO – a golf footwear innovator – introduces a new signature edition BIOM® H4 for the AW23 collection. Paying homage to his individual style, the new iteration of the shoe includes a partial redesign and showcases van Rooyen’s renowned passion for fashion and music.
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ECCO GOLF and van Rooyen launched the South African’s first signature edition model last summer, and the new design is equally bold and eye-catching with nods to the style icon’s love for guitar, his iconic jogger pants, and his enviable moustache.
If there was one thing in ample supply at the 5th U.S. Senior Women’s Open, it was experience. On Sunday, a trio of players with a handful of near-misses in this championship staged an epic battle at Waverley Country Club, ultimately won by Trish Johnson by one stroke over Leta Lindley and two ahead of Catriona Matthew.
Johnson, who has played in all five of these championships, was T-2 in 2019 and third in 2018. Lindley was second last year and Matthew was T-3 in 2022 and T-4 in 2021. The Englishwoman took a one-stroke lead over Matthew into the final round and was two ahead of Lindley. The three stayed locked in a duel right down to the last hole, with Johnson closing with an even-par 72, Lindley a 71 and Matthew 73.
Another beautiful day greeted the competitors for the second and final round of stroke play in the 68th U.S. Senior Amateur Championship at Martis Camp Club. Weather-wise, the contestants could not have asked for better conditions – gentle breezes, temperatures barely reaching into the 70s with no humidity, and not a cloud in the sky.
The Tom Fazio-designed golf course, however, proved for a second consecutive day to be no pushover. The longest course in championship history – it measured 7,251 yards on Day 2 – yielded just two sub-par scores on Sunday, a day after just six players bettered the par of 72. This rough and adjusting to the altitude attributed to a scoring average of 78.8.
The 68th U.S. Senior Amateur Championship could not have started any better at picturesque Martis Camp Club, a Tom Fazio design situated not far from Lake Tahoe. Clear blue skies, a gentle breeze and temperatures in the 70s with a relative humidity of less than 30 percent was the kind of Chamber-of-Commerce weather anyone would want for an 18-hole round.
But Martis Camp, with its thick rough, tree-lined fairways and elevation changes, wasn’t quite as nice as Mother Nature on Saturday for the opening round of stroke play.
What looked like it was going to be a table for one at the 5th U.S. Senior Women’s Open turned into an open party. Catriona Matthew took a three-stroke lead into Saturday’s third round at Waverley Country Club, but by day’s end Trish Johnson sat atop a leaderboard that was suddenly crowded by a slew of players that went low in an exciting third round.
After yielding only one round in the 60s over the first 36 holes – a 69 by Matthew on Thursday – Waverley surrendered a 67 by Johnson, 68 by Leta Lindley and 69s by Moira Dunn-Bohls, Patricia Meunier-Lebouc and Silvia Cavalleri as what promises to be a dynamic championship weekend began.
Brilliant skies hugged the Williamette River just south of Portland, Ore., on Thursday as historic Waverley Country Club served as both a stern test of championship skill and a startling reminder of how the U.S. Senior Women’s Open succeeds on so many levels. Most prominent in the opening round was the competitive intensity as Catriona Matthew and Michelle McGann both shot 3-under-par 69 to lead the field of 120 after 18 holes.
Matthew, who includes the 2009 AIG Women’s Open among her 11 professional victories, gave herself an early birthday present – she turns 54 on Friday – with six birdies and three bogeys over an extremely challenging layout, missing only four greens on the day and turning in a rock-solid 29 putts.
Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the BMW Championship was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD DI 85-X Stiff flex hybrid shaft in his Titleist U505 #3 Utility Iron. The champion’s stellar 4th round score of 61 set a new course record and resulted in his 5th PGA Tour win.
“Congratulations to the 2023 BMW Champion for setting the course record 61 to win the second event of the 2023 FedEx Cup and move to 2nd in the FedEx Cup standings. With seven birdies on the back nine the champion was #1 in driving accuracy and was able to secure his 2nd win of the 2022-2023 PGA Tour Season”, stated Erik Boysen, Vice President of Tour Promotions, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.
Shot Scope (www.shotscope.com), the golf industry-leader in advanced GPS and shot tracking technology, has once again redefined the rangefinder category in golf by introducing the new and improved PRO LX+, the game’s most advanced laser rangefinder featuring the dynamic combination of GPS-powered distances and Artificial Intelligence for personalized performance tracking.
Today, with research showing that modern golfers rely on multiple GPS devices, players of all levels now have one device – PRO LX+ – that provides all of the on-course technology they need in one system. The new and improved PRO LX+ system includes three innovative devices which are sold as one unit, the PRO LX+, featuring GPS-powered distances and performance tracking, or individually as the PRO LX Rangefinder and H4 Game Tracker. The key new features of the PRO LX+ include a smaller and more compact design with enhanced stabilization, faster target-lock, a built-in extra strong cart magnet to quickly attach to cart, and an anti-slip comfort stability grip.
Forme®, a human performance company that designs patented posture and recovery wearables to correct alignment and related musculoskeletal disorders, is pleased to announce the launch of its groundbreaking product – Ace+ Polo. The Ace+ Polo is Forme®’s latest and most innovative posture correcting polo, and is specifically designed to be worn while playing golf.
Maintaining perfect posture and body connection are paramount biomechanics to achieving peak performance in golf. The Ace+ Polo is intelligently crafted to address spatial, spinal and scapular muscle memory engagement in golf. This helps ensure golfers maintain optimal alignment, stability, and stamina, naturally and sustainably throughout their exhausting travel and golf schedule. The advanced posture correction technology integrated into the polo discreetly supports and trains the golfer’s neck, back and shoulders. This promotes a natural, ideal set up, with less arm and back tension which helps achieve a more consistent, sustainable swing and putting stroke.
The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced tee times for the first two rounds of the 5th U.S. Senior Women's Open.
Play begins Thursday (Aug. 24) and Friday (Aug. 25), at 6,104-yard, par-72 Waverley Country Club.
FootJoy has announced their new 2023 limited edition 2023 Ryder Cup Collection.
Featuring jackets, hoodies, polos, and sweatshirts for men and women. This limited edition collection will gear you up and get you ready to cheer on the US team in Rome.
Titleist’s groundbreaking Radar Capture Technology (RCT) will be on full display today on the range at East Lake Golf Club, as many of the world’s best dial in their swings for the TOUR Championship.
Developed by Titleist Golf Ball R&D engineers, RCT is an embedded radar reflective technology – currently available on Pro V1, Pro V1x, Pro V1x Left Dash and AVX golf balls – that enhances the data capture of launch conditions in an indoor environment, delivering the most accurate information possible.
Fujikura, the leader in performance golf shafts, was honored to be the #1 driver and wood shaft on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour last week. This included a victory for both tournament winners, who each used all Fujikura driver and wood shafts in their bag on the way to victory.
At the second leg of the FedEx Cup at the BMW Championship, Fujikura was once again the #1 driver and wood shaft for the event. In total, over 42.0% of the field used a Fujikura driver shaft with another 38.1% of the field using a Fujikura wood shaft.
The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced that the Country Club of Buffalo (N.Y.) will be the host site for the 2027 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur and the 2032 U.S. Senior Amateur Championships. The club has previously hosted four USGA championships, including the 1912 U.S. Open.
“We are thrilled to return to the Country Club of Buffalo to conduct these two national championships,” said Mark Hill, USGA managing director, Championships. “The USGA is excited to restore our relationship with this historic club and its enthusiastic community on such a terrific golf course. We know the club and its membership will provide an exceptional experience for our players as they compete for these coveted titles.”
Bridgestone Golf, the #1 Ball-Fitter in Golf, today announced the new e9 Long Drive ($29.99/dozen) is available in gloss colors, including pink, yellow, and orange. Designed to produce extreme ball speeds, the e9 Long Drive was created with input from World Long Drive (WLD) contestants and is the official ball of WLD.
“The e9 Long Drive was engineered with direct feedback from WLD competitors using key Bridgestone technologies, and until now were only available to consumers in white,” said Elliot Mellow, Golf Ball Marketing Manager, Bridgestone Golf. “With WLD majors in Kingsport, TN, Oceanside, CA, and Atlanta, GA, rapidly approaching, we knew people would see the colored balls on the telecasts and be interested in buying them. Now they can.”
The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced that Plainfield Country Club, in Edison, N.J., will be the host site for three USGA championships: the 2025 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, the 2031 U.S. Senior Women’s Open and the 2038 U.S. Senior Open. They will be the third, fourth and fifth USGA championships held at the club.
“The USGA is excited to return to Plainfield Country Club after nearly four decades and continue to build upon a partnership that will support both professional and amateur competition,” said Mark Hill, USGA managing director, Championships. “We know that the club’s rich heritage, renowned course and comprehensive facilities will not only challenge the best players from around the world but will also provide a welcoming environment for each of the three championships.”
Tour Edge staff player Ken Duke won the Shaw Charity Classic Sunday after an emotional birdie on the last hole, giving him his first trophy in his 100th career start on the PGA Champions Tour.
Duke outlasted fellow Tour Edge staff player Tim Petrovic, both one-time PGA TOUR winners seeking their first victories on the 50-and-over tour.
Waverley Country Club will host the 5th U.S. Senior Women's Open championship next week and will be set up at 6,104 yards and play to a par of 36-36–72. Like many in the field, including past U.S. Senior Women’s Open champions Laura Davies, Helen Alfredsson, Annika Sorenstam and Jill McGill, Ward and Sorenstam have their names in golf’s record book. Like everyone competing at Waverley C.C., they relish this opportunity to compete at the game’s highest level.
Here's a closer look at the 120 golfers in the 2023 U.S. Senior Women’s Open.
PUMA Golf and Rickie Fowler have partnered with iconic DJ, KYGO and his lifestyle brand, PALM TREE CREW, to release a fresh drop. Whether your vacation takes you to a course or a beach, show up in style in the all-new PUMA Golf x Palm Tree Crew Collection. Vibrant colors, unique prints and premium fabrics make this collab one-of-a-kind. The print will give you a feeling of summer weather and good vibes. The drop features a fresh color palette dominated by pink, white, and black with pink Flamingos.
“This collection helps continue our mission to bring the worlds of golf and music together. This drop is vibrant and energetic. It brings the feeling of good vibes to life.” said Kygo.
I recently went through a Titleist fitting for the new T-Series irons and utilities. I hit every iron, the T100, T150, T200, and T350 as well as the U505 and T200 utilities. And I can sum up the entire fitting by telling you this T-Series is Titleist's GOAT. No exaggeration.
Something was legitimately improved in every model. In some ways even significantly improved. And more than any line in Titleist history all four iron models blend about as perfectly as possible for combo variations. I'll let you know what my ultimate set wound up being at the end.
Nick Dunlap joined exclusive company on Sunday at historic Cherry Hills Country Club, as he replicated a feat only accomplished by Tiger Woods. Dunlap, the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur champion, pulled away from Neal Shipley on the second 18 of the 123rd U.S. Amateur Championship final for a 4-and-3 victory to become just the second player to win both the Junior Amateur and the Amateur. Woods captured each championship three times in a span of six consecutive years (1991-1996).
“Well, I think it’s only a third of what Tiger’s actually done,” said Dunlap, 19, a sophomore at the University of Alabama who is No. 9 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking® (WAGR®). “But just to be in the same conversation as Tiger is a dream come true and something that I’ve worked my entire life for. It’s the hours and hours that nobody sees to try to get to this point and even have a chance to win this trophy. It’s unbelievable; can’t put it into words.”
Since the spring of 2021, Nick Dunlap, 19, of Huntsville, Ala., has amassed a 29-2 record in match-play competition. That includes a 6-0 mark on the way to the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur title, and five victories this week at Cherry Hills Country Club. On Sunday, Dunlap will seek his 30th and biggest victory in the 36-hole final of the 123rd U.S. Amateur Championship.
Dunlap, the No. 9 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking® (WAGR®), defeated Parker Bell, 19, of Tallahassee, Fla., 3 and 2, on Saturday to earn a berth opposite Neal Shipley, 22, of Pittsburgh, Pa., who earned a come-from-behind, 2-and-1 win over John Marshall Butler, 21, of Louisville, Ky. Shipley’s dramatic victory was sealed by a third shot on the par-5, island-green 17th hole that stopped inches from the hole for a birdie.
Many of the world’s best players – including major champions Scottie Scheffler, Lydia Ko, Matt Fitzpatrick, Celine Boutier, Wyndham Clark and Allisen Corpuz – mark their Titleist golf ball with a long, straight line that helps them with alignment.
Titleist’s new Performance Alignment aid – now available on Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls, the overwhelming #1 ball on the PGA TOUR, LPGA and at every level of competitive golf – provides golfers with this tour-proven marking straight out of the sleeve.
The par-4 18th hole at Cherry Hills Country Club has seen its share of heroics and heartaches through 10 USGA championships, and the lore only grew on Friday in the 123rd U.S. Amateur quarterfinals. Two matches came to the 487-yard, uphill 18th and the hole was tied with bogeys (Nick Dunlap and Jackson Koivun) and with double bogeys (Parker Bell and Ben James), setting up further drama on another historic hole here, the par-4 first, where Arnold Palmer triggered his historic comeback in the 1960 U.S. Open by driving the green.
Dunlap, 19, of Huntsville, Ala., the No. 9 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking® (WAGR®), rebounded from his three-putt bogey on No. 18 to birdie No. 1 and defeat Koivun, 18, of Chapel Hill, N.C. Dunlap, who won the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur title, was 2 down through seven holes and rallied to take the lead, but twice followed up hole wins with bogeys, on Nos. 14 and 16, to give Koivun hope.
Waverley Country Club will host the 5th U.S. Senior Women's Open championship next week and will be set up at 6,104 yards and play to a par of 36-36–72.
Like many in the field of 120, including past U.S. Senior Women’s Open champions Laura Davies, Helen Alfredsson, Annika Sorenstam and Jill McGill, Ward and Sorenstam have their names in golf’s record book. Like everyone competing at Waverley C.C., they relish this opportunity to compete at the game’s highest level.
Cherry Hills, one of America’s most iconic golf clubs, has announced the completion of a major multi-year renovation project to its historic clubhouse. The new clubhouse and its modern amenities will serve its new membership and generations to follow.
“I can honestly say this new clubhouse turned out magnificently in terms of design, function, flow, ambience, and dedication to preserving and advancing the club’s history. One of the reasons we hired the celebrated architect we did – Mark Finlay – is because he was very well grounded in historic architecture, particularly Tudor architecture,” said Cherry Hills President Kim Koehn. “Mark was very focused on recreating the look that the original 1923 clubhouse had, and I think he hit it spot on. It’s been incredibly rewarding to walk through the clubhouse since it’s opened and see people using the spaces, and being excited about being in them in the exact way the design and completed construction was intended to be used.”
Motocaddy, the world’s biggest-selling electric caddy brand, has boosted its powered range available to U.S. golfers to five models with the launch of the easy-to-use, entry-level M1 DHC and the feature-packed M3 GPS DHC – both offering traditional handle control.
These advanced electric caddies complement the award-winning M7 GPS REMOTE and M7 REMOTE, along with the technologically advanced M5 GPS DHC that have proven so successful for the brand in recent times.
The PGA Tour’s FedExCup Playoffs continue with the BMW Championship from Olympia Fields Country Club (North Course) in Olympia Fields, Ill., this week. The top 50 players on the FedExCup eligibility and playoff points list after last week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship advanced to play this week, including Lucas Glover, who defeated Patrick Cantlay for wins in back-to-back PGA TOUR events following his victory in the Wyndham Championship.
Live coverage begins Thursday and Friday at 2 p.m. ET on Peacock and GOLF Channel, with lead-in coverage on the weekend beginning at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday and Noon ET on Sunday on Peacock and GOLF Channel.
Women golfers seeking the most vibrant outfits for this Fall can count on the latest collection from premium hi-tech golf apparel brand Galvin Green, with a striking pallete of colors and patterns on offer in every apparel category throughout the extensive line-up.
Featuring more than 30 distinctively bold styles, including seven new garments, the 2023 Part Two range has been designed to ensure women golfers can light up the fairways over the cooler months wearing ultra-modern styles that deliver top performance.
Nick Dunlap, the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur champion, continued his hot summer on Wednesday, playing 5-under-par golf to outlast world No. 1 Gordon Sargent, 2 and 1, in the Round of 64 of the 123rd U.S. Amateur Championship at historic Cherry Hills Country Club.
“I think this was a match that a lot of people wanted to see,” said Dunlap, who captured the Northeast Amateur and the North & South Amateur earlier this summer and is No. 9 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking®(WAGR®). “Obviously he's the No. 1 player in the world for a reason. Wasn’t expecting any gifts from him. Just kind of throwing punches all day long and see who could withstand them at the end.”
FootJoy, the #1 Outerwear brand in Golf, continues its commitment to Make Every Day Playable by offering the most complete rainwear lineup in golf, proven in the harshest conditions so you can perform your best.
The HydroSeries line of rain jackets are designed to protect players in everything from light mists to heavy downpours. Featuring DryJoys Waterproof Technology, HydroSeries provides the ultimate protection for every player no matter the condition or where you tee it up.
The new Titleist LINKSLEGEND Series premium golf bags are meticulously designed to elevate the experience of dedicated golfers, combining classic design elements and modern features with the highest quality materials and craftsmanship.
All four LINKSLEGEND models – Members Bag, Classic Members Bag, Caddie Bag and Carry Bag – have been developed in collaboration with players, caddies and PGA Professionals from clubs around the world, and validated through extensive on-course play.
Arccos, the world’s largest on-course tracking system and a leader in connected A.I. golf products, has announced a strategic fundraising round featuring several of the game’s biggest brands and most impactful businesses, headlined by the PGA TOUR alongside PING, Inc., TaylorMade Golf Company, COBRA PUMA GOLF and Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. (NYSE: MODG) among others. In conjunction with this investment, Arccos has also been designated “The Official Game Tracker of the PGA TOUR.”
Arccos provides the ability for golfers to capture their performance on more than 40,000 courses worldwide and track their game just like the pros, who have access to information on the PGA TOUR through real-time data collected by ShotLink powered by CDW. The Arccos Caddie App automatically captures every shot a golfer takes, provides an A.I. powered GPS rangefinder, caddie advice and personalized analytics for all game facets.
Club Champion has been named to the Inc. 5000 list, celebrating the fastest-growing private companies in America. The prestigious ranking provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy’s independent, entrepreneurial businesses.
“Running a business has only gotten harder since the end of the pandemic,” says Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk. “To make the Inc. 5000 - with the fast growth that it requires - is truly an accomplishment. Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that are building our future.”
LA GOLF has partnered with Sportsbox AI to launch the ‘LA GOLF Fit Yourself Experience’. This is a first-of-its-kind fitting experience inside the Sportsbox 3DGolf app that allows golfers to effortlessly record their own swing and matches them to the perfect shaft for their game.
The collaboration between LA GOLF and Sportsbox AI has culminated in the development of an extraordinary experience that introduces an unprecedented AI fitting based on state-of-the-art motion science, revolutionizing the way golfers select the best equipment for their game.
Fujikura, the leader in performance golf shafts, was honored to be the #1 driver and wood shaft on the PGA Tour. This included a victory for the tournament winner, who used all VENTUS shafts in his driver and woods.
At the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Tennessee, Fujikura sealed the #1 driver and wood shaft spot with a back-to-back victory for the eventual PGA Tour winner. In total, over 37.1% of the field used a Fujikura driver shaft during the week, with another 35.0% in the wood shaft count.
The audacity of youth is on full display in the 123rd U.S. Amateur Championship. In Round 2 of stroke play on Tuesday morning, a pair of 16-year-olds in the same group, Bowen Mauss and Preston Stout, matched 7-under-par rounds of 65 at Colorado Golf Club (CGC), the stroke-play co-host for the championship. Not to be outdone, two groups later, another 16-year-old named Blades Brown, from Nashville, Tenn., did them one better with an 8-under 64, matching the course record for CGC and earning a share of medalist honors.
Brown, who turned 16 in May, joined Round 1 solo leader Sampson Zheng, 22, of the People’s Republic of China; and Jackson Buchanan, 21, of Dacula, Ga., as co-medalists at 7-under-par 136, thus becoming the youngest co-medalist in championship history. The rising sophomore at Brentwood Academy in Nashville and a two-time state high school champion, eclipses Bob Jones, who was 18 when he earned co-medalist honors in the 1920 U.S. Amateur at Engineers Country Club in Roslyn Harbor, N.Y.
Megan Schofill is a creature of habit. This week at Bel-Air Country Club, she made winning look routine. The Auburn University graduate student became the first Tiger to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur, delivering a 4-and-3 victory over longtime friend and Southeastern Conference rival Latanna Stone.
Schofill closed out the match with a dart on the par-4 33rd hole, a 6-iron from 165 yards to 8 feet which set up a winning par when Stone lipped out her 5-footer to stay alive.
