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You don’t have to jet around the globe to experience some of golf’s most revered courses. Simply make your way to World Tour on your next trip to Myrtle Beach and play 18 incredible holes inspired by layouts from Augusta National to the Old Course at St. Andrews. Play re-creations of Amen Corner, the Postage Stamp at Royal Troon and much more. Every facet of this course is artfully crafted to transport you to these one-of-a-kind places, right here in Myrtle Beach.

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• World Tour’s golf course and pro shop both have received numerous awards over the years, including being named among the “Top 100 Golf Shops” for five years.
• World Tour’s well-trained Ambassadors guarantee that you will enjoy the most unique golf experience possible.
• World Tour’s first-class facilities and services enhance your experience, while both nine-hole courses consistently boast tournament-quality conditions.

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Saturday 6:18 PM | Classic Chronicles: Concert on The Beach Name another TOUR event where you get a concert on the beach after Saturday’s round? After watching an epic day of golf and soaking in the sunshine, ocean breeze and salty air, spectators made their way to the front lawn for a concert with country music’s @thompsonsquare. The vibes around town are going crazy over this first-year event - The Myrtle Beach Classic. Word on the street is record numbers of people attended today… I think we can say this with confidence… The Myrtle Beach Classic is here to stay in The Golf Capital of the World. ...

Saturday 3:44 PM | Classic Chronicles: Patience Pays Off   These kids waited patiently as finishing golfers worked their way down the autograph line. Their perseverance paid off just a moment later as the pride of St. John’s University, Ryan McCormick, happily obliged and spent a few moments with these appreciative kids.   McCormick shot a 2-under 69 to finish the day at 8-under. When you play each of your first three rounds under par and get welcomed by a group of appreciative young fans, you’ve got plenty of reason to smile! ...

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my favorite course, simply due to the historic nature of each of the holes, which make it a thrill to play.

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Very welcoming from entire staff but the condition of the house was disappointing compared to my memory of playing there 7 yrs ago. Practice range was great. I may repeat if the conditions were better..

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PGA Championship 2024: Michael Block on his 'Year of Blockie' and what happens when your 15 minutes of fame are up

Michael Block reacts after his shot from the 15th tee during the third round of the 2023 PGA Championship.

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Michael Block has snuck into his office and he reminds himself to shut the door. This is his home, a room tucked away in the ranch-style clubhouse surrounded by the rolling foothills of Southern California. But Block prefers an open entryway so he can keep an eye on the assistants running Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club’s pro shop, to say hello to those checking in and to deliver a good-natured jab to the regulars. Yet Block has to be hidden now, after the “photo requests and autographs and conversations” made it impossible for the staff to get any work done. He’s uncomfortable being sequestered from “my guys,” but the door must remain closed.

That Block is rarely here makes the isolation harder. He rushed back from Frisco, Texas, where he competed at the Club Pro Championship, to be at Arroyo Trabuco’s two-day member-guest. It will be the only two days he’s at the club this month. He’ll get a week of practice and preparation before heading to Louisville for the PGA Championship, followed by a return to Texas for the PGA Tour’s Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial, which he will play for the second straight season on a sponsor exemption. As Block recounts his itinerary he realizes, with a mix of incredulity and resignation, it’s been a year since he’s given a teaching lesson. Chasing a dream has made home a foreign place.

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It was this time last May that Block captivated the golf world, the 46-year-old public course club pro with a friendly demeanor and self-deprecating humor contending at Oak Hill during the 2023 PGA Championship while winning over the crowds in Rochester and those watching from home. On a macro level there was something palliative about Block’s Cinderella success against the backdrop of the prevalent greed, entitlement and self-interest from professional golf’s civil war. In a micro sense, it was endearing to see a man have the time of his life in a moment he thought would never come.

This wonder crescendoed on Sunday, when Block, paired with Rory McIlroy, made a slam-dunk hole-in-one late on the back nine, a shot that left Block seemingly feigning disbelief as the gallery chanted his name. He made a nifty up-and-down for par at the final hole to finish tied for 15th, earning an invite into this year's PGA.

The “Block Party” was one of the feel-good stories of the year. Then the damndest thing happened. The party continued. Much, much longer than anyone—including Block—could expect.

Michael Block, who was the low PGA professional, is congratulated by 2023 PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka at Oak Hill.

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Block received two PGA Tour sponsor exemptions in the ensuing three weeks, with one of his rounds at Colonial receiving featured group coverage, and was given an invite into the Australian Open. After failing to qualify for the U.S. Open he was on the grounds of Los Angeles Country Club anyway, promoting Dewar’s Scotch whisky. There were countless other promotional events, including a hole-in-one challenge with Michelob and working a drive-thru shift at Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers restaurant. He was invited to Tiger Woods’ charity invitational, rubbed shoulders with Brooks Koepka, Max Homa and Bubba Watson. He still competed in his local PGA competitions—including winning the Southern California PGA Professional Championship—but he also became a fixture on the celebrity circuit. The 46-year-old “nobody” was suddenly receiving texts from Michael Jordan and hanging out with Hollywood stars.

“I literally spent a year living a dream, feeling like I just woke up from a dream. I'm like, no, I was just on FaceTime with [actor] Mark Wahlberg sitting next to [rapper] DJ Khaled having lunch in his backyard,” Block says. “And it makes no sense to me. But at the same time I've been going with it. One of the things that Khaled told me while sitting in his backyard was, ‘This is your year Blockie and don't say no to anything.’”

This guiding principle spurred a Block backlash of sorts. Inaccessibility to professional athletes has been a growing problem in sports, yet Block was perhaps too available. He did 30 interviews between Sunday at Oak Hill and a press conference two days later at Colonial, and he’s lost count of how many podcasts, interviews and videos he’s done since. A lot of those platforms aided Block’s popularity, amplifying his story and persona to a public that mostly couldn’t get enough. In that same breath, Block’s willingness to partake in the hagiography of his life could be construed as thirsty. This culture loves celebrities, but it doesn’t want its celebrities to want celebrity.

Provoking that agitation was Block’s response to a podcast host's question about the biggest difference between his game and Rory McIlroy’s. Block responded, “Oh my God. What I would shoot from where Rory hits it would be stupid. I think I'd be one of the best players in the world. Hands down. If I had that stupid length, all day. My iron game, wedge game, around the greens and my putting is world class.”

Never mind this is exactly the type of conviction needed by any golfer, let alone a club pro contending at a major championship. Block’s words were seen as cavalier and brash , sentiments that while celebrated in other sports are considered cardinal sins in golf.

Not helping was Block’s performance. He finished dead last the week after Oak Hill at the Charles Schwab Challenge and didn’t do much better at the RBC Canadian Open. In fact, of the eight PGA Tour starts Block made the past two seasons, Oak Hill was the only one where he made the cut. Without the game to back his story up, Block went from a scene stealer to side show. The line is thin and the standards are harsh, but that is the reality.

He was enjoying the spoils of his newfound stardom, but Block admits the negative reaction got to him.

“The hate part of it, the social media part got us nasty, man,” Block says. “I'm sure some people talk trash behind my back in my life, but I'm literally seeing people that hate me and I'm going, ‘What in the world did I ever do to this human being?’ I didn’t understand it. That was definitely the toughest part.

“I was trying to defend myself and trying to be like, ‘Hey, you don't know me.’ I remember I saw someone say, ‘I heard Michael doesn’t treat club pros well.’ Bro, I’m a club pro, what are you talking about? People just hate people just to do it and just to get likes and all this other stuff. So I understand that's what just kind of comes around with the territory in this world.”

After his PGA Championship performance, Michael Block got numerous opportunities to play in pro events, and tried to qualify for the Open Championship.

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It’s worth remembering how unchartered this territory was for Block. He didn’t become a PGA member until 35 years old, too busy trying to get Arroyo Trabuco off the ground in the early-to-mid Aughts to worry about playing against fellow club pros and the opportunities that come with it. Eventually the Arroyo Trabuco regulars, who played against Block in a Tuesday morning money game, pushed him to get his PGA license to compete, and in his first year he won the PGA’s Professional Championship. Even before Oak Hill, Block had become something of a SoCal PGA legend; he’s won his district’s Player of the Year honor in 10 of the last 11 years. Still, the expanse between who he was to what he had become was wide, and he had to make that tightrope walk where every misstep was now noted.

If Block’s sensitive about the criticism, it’s because he’s a people-pleaser. It’s what got him into the club pro business. He loves being social, and loves that it’s his job to help make others happy. It’s why Block acted like such a showman in Rochester (although, he would like to add, he truly didn’t know he made that hole-in-one with Rory). Fans enjoy when he hams it up, and frankly, he does, too.

“I've noticed that I love the crowd,” Block says with a laugh, when answering what he’s learned about himself. “I really do. They really inspire me to hit better shots. I really love making putts, whether it's for a birdie part or bogey, I don't care. Just to have the crowd roar and to cheer for me, what a rush.”

And who could blame him? He was a regular guy being treated like royalty, so you’re damn right he was going to say “yes” to every opportunity. That many came with financial benefits didn’t hurt, but in truth, Block says he knew how ridiculous all this was, and also understood it had a shelf life. He didn’t want to view this once-in-a-lifetime stretch with regret.

Block gets that next week the "Year of Blockie" will likely conclude at Valhalla. What happened last spring hasn’t bestowed fantastical aspirations of winning the Wanamaker. Block simply wants to make the cut, and considering he owns a share of the Valhalla course record, he likes his chances. However, the Block Party’s one-year anniversary has allowed him to look through the window of the past. Block says he has watched the highlights from his final round at Oak Hill; when he ultimately returned to California, Escalade gifted him a car to use for the rest of the year (the company had a suite right next to his ace at the 15th), and preloaded on a TV headrest the broadcast from Rochester.

“It was surreal,” Block says. “I’m sitting in an SUV watching myself on television. Like, come on .” He also doesn’t need to watch it again.

“It’s imprinted in my head,” Block says. “I can’t tell you what I did yesterday. But I can tell you every shot, every interaction, every minute of that experience. I still remembering going into the merchandise tent early Saturday and there’s a huge reaction to me being there. Or at night, when me and my friends are having wine and beer and running up the largest bill I’ve ever seen, and some stranger took care of it for us. I remember everything, because I didn’t want it to end.”

The one thing that sticks out the most is a scene that happened across the country from Arroyo Trabuco’s clubhouse, moments after Block made his hole-in-one. That’s where Block’s family was, including his mom and dad and his sons. After the ace, the owner of the course jumped on a table and bought a round for everyone.

“Man, I started crying when I saw that watch party,” Block says. ‘I had no idea that watch party was happening when I played on that Sunday. When I got back, you know, all the servers, the line cooks, everyone in the restaurant was just like, you can tell that they look at me differently now 'cause they've seen me on the TV and watching that stuff.”

Now 47, Block never wanted to be staring down a six-footer to pay for his mortgage, and he’s not obtuse to his playing results post-Oak Hill. He’s wary of the road. He wants to be with his family, especially as his sons are becoming serious golfers. He’s looking forward to Valhalla where “I promise to take as many autographs and photos to anyone that asks,” Block says, “and to thank everyone for what they’ve given to me over the past year.”

But he knows who he is and where he belongs. Michael Block wants to be home, preferably with the door open.

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2024 PGA Championship Field Includes Tiger Woods, All of World's Top 100 Players

John schwarb | may 7, 2024.

The field is out for next week’s PGA Championship, and as expected the top 100 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are all on the list.

Actually, the top 103 in the world are in the 156-player field for Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., as well as a couple of intriguing names at No. 644 and No. 801 in the world.

No. 801 is Tiger Woods, the four-time PGA champion who won in 2000 at Valhalla in a thrilling playoff over Bob May. Woods set the consecutive-cuts-made record last month at the Masters before fading on the weekend to 60th, but left Augusta National optimistic for the rest of the majors this season. He accepted a special exemption to the U.S. Open last week.

No. 644 is LIV Golf’s Talor Gooch, who confirmed his special exemption from the PGA of America on Monday via his social media. His spot appears to underline the PGA of America’s desire to have the strongest possible field in its major; Gooch was a three-time winner and LIV Golf’s player of the year in 2023.

LIV Golf’s David Puig and Dean Burmester also received exemptions. Puig has won twice on the Asian Tour in the last seven months and is 106th in the world, while Burmester won back-to-back DP World tour events to end 2023 and won on LIV last month in Miami.

There are 15 LIV golfers in the field. Brooks Koepka is the defending PGA champion, a three-time PGA winner overall and coming in off a win last week in Singapore. Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Martin Kaymer, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed and Cameron Smith are other past major champions from LIV Golf in the field.

Scottie Scheffler, the world No. 1 who won last month at the Masters, is scheduled to compete but is on baby watch at home with wife Meredith. He is skipping this week’s Wells Fargo Championship, a signature event on the PGA Tour.

As usual, the field also includes 20 PGA professionals who qualified via the annual PGA Professional Championship. The total PGA professional count is 21, as Michael Block returns after a T15 finish last year at Oak Hill which earned him a spot at Valhalla.

The winners of this week’s Wells Fargo and Myrtle Beach Classic on the PGA Tour will receive spots in the field if they’re not in already.

Below is the full field for the the PGA Championship, which is May 16-19.

Åberg, Ludvig - SWEDEN An, Byeong Hun - REPUBLIC OF KOREA Beem, Rich - Austin, TX Bevell, Josh - Nashville, TN (CFT) Bezuidenhout, Christiaan - SOUTH AFRICA Bhatia, Akshay - Wake Forest, NC Björk, Alexander - SWEDEN Blair, Zac - Orem, UT Block, Michael - Mission Viejo, CA (CFT) Bowser, Evan - Naples, FL (CFT) Bradley, Keegan - Woodstock, VT Burmester, Dean - SOUTH AFRICA Burns, Sam - Shreveport, LA Cantlay, Patrick - Jupiter, FL Clark, Wyndham - Denver, CO Cole, Eric - Tequesta, FL Cole, Preston - Charlotte, NC (CFT) Collet, Tyler - Vero Beach, FL (CFT) Conners, Corey - CANADA Daly, John - Cleawarter Beach, FL Davis, Cameron - AUSTRALIA Day, Jason - AUSTRALIA DeChambeau, Bryson - Dallas, TX Detry, Thomas - BELGIUM Dobyns, Matt - Glen Head, NY (CFT) Donald, Luke - ENGLAND Dufner, Jason - Auburn, AL Dunlap, Nick - Tuscaloosa, AL Eckroat, Austin - Edmond, OK English, Harris - Sea Island, GA Finau, Tony - Lehi, UT Fitzpatrick, Matthew - ENGLAND Fleetwood, Tommy - ENGLAND Fowler, Rickie - Murrieta, CA Fox, Ryan - NEW ZEALAND Garnett, Brice - Gallatin, MO Glover, Lucas - Jupiter, FL Gooch, Talor - Oklahoma City, OK Griffin, Ben - Chapel Hill, NC Grillo, Emiliano - ARGENTINA Gross, Larkin - Center Cross, VA (CFT) Hadwin, Adam - CANADA Harman, Brian - Saint Simons Island, GA Harrington, Pádraig - IRELAND Hatton, Tyrrell - ENGLAND Henley, Russell - Columbus, GA Herbert, Lucas - Orlando, FL Hisatsune, Ryo - Japan Hodges, Lee - Athens, AL Hoffman, Charley - San Diego, CA Hoge, Tom - Fort Worth, TX Højgaard, Nicolai - DENMARK Højgaard, Rasmus - DENMARK Homa, Max - Scottsdale, AZ Horschel, Billy - Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Hoshino, Rikuya - JAPAN Hossler, Beau - Mission Viejo, CA Hovland, Viktor - NORWAY Hubbard, Mark - The Woodlands, TX Hughes, Mackenzie - CANADA Im, Sungjae - REPUBLIC OF KOREA Jaeger, Stephan - GERMANY Johnson, Dustin - Jupiter, FL Jones, Jared - Houston, TX (CFT) Kanaya, Takumi - JAPAN Kaymer, Martin - GERMANY Kellen, Jeff - Rockford, IL (CFT )Kim, Si Woo - REPUBLIC OF KOREA Kim, Tom - REPUBLIC OF KOREA Kirk, Chris - Watkinsville, GA Kitayama, Kurt - Las Vegas, NV Knapp, Jake - Costa Mesa, CA Kobori, Kazuma - NEW ZEALAND Koepka, Brooks - West Palm Beach, FL Kohles, Ben - Dallas, TX Lawrence, Thriston - SOUTH AFRICA Lee, Kyoung-Hoon - REPUBLIC OF KOREA Lee, Min Woo - AUSTRALIA List, Luke - Augusta, GA Lowry, Shane - IRELAND MacIntyre, Robert - SCOTLAND Malnati, Peter - Knoxville, TN Marek, Brad - Berkeley, CA (CFT) Matsuyama, Hideki - JAPAN McCarthy, Denny - Jupiter, FL McIlroy, Rory - NORTHERN IRELAND McNealy, Maverick - Stanford, CA Mendoza, Kyle - Oceanside, CA (CFT) Meronk, Adrian - POLAND Micheel, Shaun - Colliersville, TN Mickelson, Phil - Rancho Santa Fe, CA Mitchell, Keith - Saint Simons Island, GA Molinari, Francesco - ITALY Montgomery, Taylor - Las Vegas, NV Moore, Taylor - Southlake, TX Morikawa, Collin - La Canada, CA Mueller, Jesse - Phoenix, AZ (CFT) Murray, Grayson - Raleigh, NC Nakajima, Keita - JAPAN Niemann, Joaquin - CHILE Noren, Alex - SWEDEN Norrman, Vincent - SWEDEN Oakley, Zac - King of Prussia, PA (CFT) Ogletree, Andy - Alpharetta, GA Olesen, Thorbjorn - DENMARK Otaegui, Adrian - SPAIN Pavon, Matthieu - FRANCE Pendrith, Taylor - CANADA Perez, Victor - FRANCE Phillips, Tracy - Tulsa, OK (CFT) Polland, Ben - Teton Village, WY (CFT )Poston, J.T. - Sea Island, GA Puig, David - SPAIN Putnam, Andrew - University Place, WA Rahm, Jon - SPAIN Rai, Aaron - ENGLAND Reed, Patrick - The Woodlands, TX Rodgers, Patrick - Avon, IN Rose, Justin - ENGLAND Schauffele, Xander - San Diego, CA Scheffler, Scottie - Dallas, TX Schenk, Adam - Vincennes, IN Scott, Adam - AUSTRALIA Shattuck, Braden - Aston, PA (CFT) Smith, Cameron - AUSTRALIA Smith, Jordan - ENGLAND Soderberg, Sebastian - SWEDEN Somers, John - Clearwater, FL (CFT) Speight, Josh - Dallas, TX (CFT) Spieth, Jordan - Dallas, TX Straka, Sepp - AUSTRIA Stricker, Steve - Madison, WI Svensson, Adam - CANADA Svensson, Jesper - SWEDEN Svoboda, Andy - Oak Brook, IL (CFT) Taylor, Nick - CANADA Theegala, Sahith - Spring, TX Thomas, Justin - Louisville, KY Todd, Brendon - Watkinsville, GA Tosti, Alejandro - ARGENTINA Valimaki, Sami - FINLAND van Rooyen, Erik - SOUTH AFRICA van Velzen, Ryan - SOUTH AFRICA Villegas, Camilo - COLOMBIA Walker, Jimmy - Terrell Hills, TX Wallace, Matt - ENGLAND Wells, Jeremy - Estero, FL (CFT) Widing, Tim - SWEDEN Woodland, Gary - Topeka, KS Woods, Tiger - Jupiter, FL Worthington II, Wyatt - Las Vegas, NV (CFT) Yang, Y.E. - REPUBLIC OF KOREA Young, Cameron - Jupiter, FL Zalatoris, Will - Dallas, TX CFT -- Corebridge Financial Team/PGA Professionals

JOHN SCHWARB

John Schwarb is the Senior Editor of SI Golf. He has covered golf for the St. Petersburg Times (now Tampa Bay Times), PGATour.com and Visit Florida; and has also written for ESPN.com, The Golfers Journal and several magazines. He lives in Indianapolis and graduated from Indiana University.

Schedule announced for 2024 DP World Tour Qualifying School

The 2 024 DP World Tour Qualifying School schedule has been announced and includes five new venues, an increase in First Stage opportunities and a return to INFINITUM for its dramatic conclusion, as professionals and amateurs from across the world look to secure their place on golf’s Global Tour.

Hopefuls will compete through three stages, as they look to add their name to a growing list of Major Champions, World Number Ones and Ryder Cup stars that have been produced at Qualifying School since its inception in 1976.

The Qualifying School will visit 15 venues from August to November and will once again conclude with Final Stage at Costa Dorada’s award-winning INFINITUM resort.

All five venues making their Qualifying School debuts will act as First Stage hosts, as the number of First Stage opportunities increases from nine to ten, giving additional players the chance to earn one of the DP World Tour cards on offer.

Golf Nazionale in Italy will make its Qualifying School bow fresh from hosting the Junior Ryder Cup last year, while Moonah Links is also a new venue and sees Qualifying School return to Australia for a third successive year. There are debuts on the schedule too for Golf de Léry Poses in France, Huddersfield Golf Club in England and Horsens Golfklub in Denmark.

Second Stage will take place across Spain, with the same four venues returning to the schedule; Desert Springs Resort in Almeria, Isla Canela Links in Huelva, Golf Las Pinaillas in Albacete and Fontanals Golf Club in Girona.

Mike Stewart, DP World Tour Qualifying School Director, said: “We’re excited to be able to share the full schedule for the 2024 DP World Tour Qualifying School, and we’re delighted to welcome our five new host venues.

“Increasing First Stage opportunities from nine to ten is an important change for 2024, as we hope to give more players the opportunity to clinch one of the coveted DP World Tour cards that are up for grabs.

“All 15 venues will provide a true test to those teeing it up and those that do come through the three-stage process will be ready to compete on the DP World Tour in 2025.

“INFINITUM has provided the perfect setting for Final Stage over the past five years, and we’re looking forward to returning there for a sixth time. It is a truly first-class venue and we’re grateful for their continued help and hospitality. It is a true highlight of our schedule.”

Joaquín Mora Bertrán, Deputy General Manager of Golf, Beach Club and F&B at INFINITUM, said: “We are delighted to welcome one of golf’s most exciting events back to INFINITUM.

“This is a very exciting time for INFINITUM, with major investment across the entire resort making the experience for visiting players, DP World Tour hopefuls and our members and residents even better.

“Earlier this year, we announced major improvements to the Lakes, and we are excited to see how the players react when they take on the renovated course – along with the equally enjoyable Hills - in November.

“Part of what makes INFINITUM the perfect stage for Qualifying School is the line-up of amenities on offer for golfers of all levels, from the new Callaway Fitting Studio to the nine-hole Ruins course where players can hone their skills.

“We look forward to working with the DP World Tour once again to make sure this unique event is as unforgettable as ever.”

The Final Stage of Qualifying School will take place at INFINITUM from November 8-13, 2024, where 156 players will compete over six rounds.

Each player will play two rounds at the Lakes Course and the Hills Course at INFINITUM, before the top 65 and ties play the final two rounds at the Lakes Course.

After six rounds, the leading 20 players and ties will earn DP World Tour playing privileges for 2025. This number has been reduced from the leading 25 players and ties that were awarded playing privileges last year as part of an overall review of DP World Tour playing categories.

Entries for the DP World Tour Qualifying School will open in June, with an official date yet to be confirmed.

A full list of this year’s dates and locations are as follows:

FIRST STAGE

August 27-30

The Players Club, Bristol, England

Golf Nazionale, Sutri, Italy

September 3-6

Millennium Golf, Paal, Beringen, Belgium

Huddersfield Golf Club, Huddersfield, England

September 10-13

Arlandastad Golf (Masters Course), Rosersberg, Sweden

September 11-14

Golfclub Schloss Ebreichsdorf, Ebreichsdorf, Austria

September 17-20

Donnington Grove Golf Club, Newbury, England

September 24-27

Horsens Golfklub, Horsens, Denmark

Golf de Léry Poses, Poses, France

October 1-4

Moonah Links Resort (Open Course), Victoria, Australia

SECOND STAGE

October 31 – November 3

Desert Springs Resort, Almeria, Spain

Isla Canela Links, Huelva, Spain

Golf Las Pinaillas, Albacete, Spain

Fontanals Golf Club, Girona, Spain

FINAL STAGE

November 8-13

INFINITUM Golf Resort (Lakes & Hills Courses), Tarragona, Spain

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LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman envisions following PGA Tour model, purchase golf courses

LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman wants his league and every team to purchase golf courses across the world.

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LIV Golf may soon have its own network of golf courses, similar to the Tournament Players Club (TPC) model employed by the PGA Tour .

The tour currently owns and operates 38 courses across its TPC network, with one of them—TPC Craig Ranch—playing host to this week’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson . Many have or continue to host PGA Tour events, some open to the public while others are private.

TPC Sawgrass , the most famous of these courses, hosts The Players Championship every year. In 2020, TPC Harding Park in San Francisco became the first of its kind to host a major championship. Collin Morikawa won the PGA Championship there.

Now, LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman, in an interview with Bloomberg, revealed he wants to bring this model to the tour he runs.

“Man United owns their stadium. Indian Premier League, they own their stadiums. NFL, they own their stadiums,” Norman explained.

“Think about LIV owning all its own golf courses, each team having a home venue and hosting. And now you can build out around that. It’s not just a golf course. You bring in education, hospitality, real estate, merchandise, management, and all these other different opportunities that the game of golf has to deliver to a community or to a region. We are going to be doing that.”

LIV Golf currently has 13 teams and employs a 14-event schedule. Theoretically, each team could purchase a golf course and host one event each year. Perhaps Rippers GC, an all-Australian squad led by Cameron Smith, could buy The Grange Golf Club in Adelaide, which has hosted LIV Golf’s two most successful events over the past two years.

This year, Rippers GC prevailed in a playoff there, and given that they competed in their native countries, the crowd gave them overwhelming support.

Maybe Stingers GC, Louis Oosthuizen’s South African team that lost to Rippers GC last week, purchases property in their native country.

Or perhaps another team expands somewhere else.

At any rate, LIV Golf has no sign of slowing down, as Norman hopes to bring events to even more countries in 2025 and beyond.

“The Philippines are very keen to get us there,” Norman added.

“Golf in the Philippines is doing very well. We are not just sports; we’re sports, entertainment, and culture. So no matter where we go in the world, we adjust what we need to deliver from an entertainment standpoint.”

Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore is hosting a LIV Golf event this week. Brooks Koepka leads by three shots , heading into the final round of his final event before the PGA Championship.

The circuit returns to the United States for two events, bookending the U.S. Open in June.

“Our product is received with open arms by many, but a few want to try and stop us for all the wrong reasons,” Norman added.

“They haven’t been able to sustain their position in the game of golf. What we have done brilliantly is inject more capital. Golf is finally looked upon as an asset class.”

Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough for more golf coverage. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko as well.

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What It Will Take to Win the Cognizant Founders Cup

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The LPGA’s 13 Founders would have loved Upper Montclair Country Club. The 100-year-old AW Tillinghast design tests the world’s best players in so many ways and will do so again as the Cognizant Founders Cup is contested at the venue for the third year in a row this week.

One of the few classic designs on the schedule, this historic venue has played host to three major professional tours. The first two editions of the Cognizant Founders Cup held at Upper Montclair did not disappoint. In 2022, Minjee Lee got to 19-under and won over a charging Lexi Thompson. Then, about a month later, she won the U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club.

In her title defense last year, Lee lost in a playoff to Jin Young Ko. That was Ko’s third Founders Cup win in four years, and even though each of those wins came at different venues, Ko will definitely capture some attention in Clifton, N.J. With the LPGA Tour’s next major championship taking place in nearby Lancaster, Penn., these next two weeks in the Garden State will be critical preparation leading up to one of the most lucrative tournaments on the schedule.

Can Nelly Korda win six in a row? Upper Montclair is one of the few venues she has not yet conquered. Korda did not compete here in 2022 and missed the cut a year ago. But, she’s still the favorite by a large margin and will need to navigate this design better than she has in the past if she wants to make history. Northeast golf is much like what we saw in Los Anegles two weeks ago at Wilshire Country Club. The 144-player field will have to hit the fairways if they want to contend in New Jersey.

Korda, Brooke Henderson and Linn Grant lead the LPGA Tour in strokes gained off the tee this week at Upper Montclair. A complete comparison of driving skill this statistic evaluates length and accuracy, favoring length. Seven fairways at this venue bend left to right, and the other seven tee shots move right to left, meaning this tree-lined test should favor those who can hit fairways. The par 5s are very scorable, providing another advantage for our longest hitters.

Over the next two weeks in New Jersey, and leading into Lancaster for the U.S. Women’s Open, monitor par-4 play very closely. Lee and Ko conquered the par 4s at Upper Montclair Country Club en route to winning the past two years.

The greens at this course average 7,000 square feet in size. That’s large for this region, but the reality is, they play much smaller. Proximity to the hole limits stress on putting, and this is where the best will separate themselves. Putting has been the most valuable skill for contending, evidenced by those who finished in the top 10 in the past couple of years really excelling on the greens. Angel Yin, Madelene Sagstrom and Ko have been fantastic with their putters and lead this field in those metrics, meaning they should have a decided advantage at the Cognizant Founders Cup.

Proximity to the hole helps considerably when playing this venue. Upper Montclair has three nines, and the Tour uses the South Course for the front nine and the West Course for the back nine.

If you have played Upper Montclair, then you know it will test a full complement of clubs in the bag. Ko, Albane Valenzuela and Megan Khang lead the Tour in strokes gained approach, and being able to knock it close on these unique greens is a huge advantage. Not to mention the course boasts 65 bunkers, 44 of which are deep, diabolical and sit greenside.

Scrambling and sand save capability will help a player capture the crown. The cutline average for two years is even par, telling us that players will surely make bogeys. The average winning score is 16-under in the two editions of the tournament to be held at Upper Montclair. To score, a player will need to save par when they miss greens and probably have to do so from the sand. The best at the top of the betting board who can save par with their short game are Korda, Patty Tavantanakit, Atthaya Thitikul and Celine Boutier.

Three weeks ago, we predicted Nelly to win her fifth in a row. Last week, and a little more impressive, Hannah Green was selected as the outright winner. The winner of the Cognizant Founders Cup should come from one of the names mentioned above.

Nasa Hataoka and Madalene Sagstrom seem like good choices to lean toward, but my official picks will be in my LPGA newsletter. Who will you choose? Two back-to-back weeks in New Jersey and then the U.S. Women’s Open. It’s time to get serious and what better event to stand out than the one that honors the LPGA’s Founders.

Keith Stewart is an award-winning PGA Professional. He covers the LPGA and PGA TOUR for Golf Digest, The Sporting News, LPGA, and PGA TOUR. If you are looking to raise your golf acumen and love inside information about the game, check out his weekly newsletter called  Read The Line .  

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Brendan Steele leads LIV Adelaide by one stroke after second round at The Grange

Brendan Steele of HyFlyers GC waves to the crowd during the second round of LIV Golf Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club Saturday, April 27, 2024 in Adelaide, Australia.(John Ferrey/LIV Golf via AP)

Brendan Steele of HyFlyers GC hits his shot during the second round of LIV Golf Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club Saturday, April 27, 2024 in Adelaide, Australia.(John Ferrey/LIV Golf via AP)

Carlos Ortiz watches a shot during the second round of LIV Series golf tournament at The Grange on Saturday, April 27, 2024 in Adelaide, Australia. (Matt Turner/LIV Golf via AP)

Jinichiro Kozuma reacts to a missed birdie putt on the third hole during the second round of LIV Golf Adelaide at The Grange on Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Adelaide, Australia. (Matthew Harris/LIV Golf via AP)

Scott Vincent watches a shot during the second round of LIV Golf Adelaide at The Grange on Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Adelaide, Australia. (Santanu Banik/LIV Golf via AP)

Captain Cameron Smith of Ripper GC hits his shot from the 14th tee during the first round of LIV Golf Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club Friday, April 26, 2024, in Adelaide, Australia. (LIV Golf via AP)

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ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Three-time PGA Tour winner Brendan Steele shot an 8-under 64 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the LIV Tour’s Adelaide tournament at The Grange Golf Club.

The 41-year-old Steele’s last PGA Tour victory came in 2017 when he won his second Safeway Open. He lost in a playoff to Australian Cameron Smith at the 2020 Sony Open in Hawaii.

Steele had a 36-hole total of 14-under 130. He had a streak of four birdies, a bogey and two birdies in the middle of his round.

Danny Lee was a stroke behind after a 67, followed by Carlos Ortiz (68) and Mito Pereira (67) in a tie for third.

First-round leader Jinichiro Kozuma shot 71 and was tied for ninth, four strokes behind Steele. The Japanese player had an eagle, three birdies and four bogeys.

Jon Rahm, who has yet to win since joining LIV in December, shot 69 and was tied for 15th, six strokes off the lead.

Steele predicted a 20-under total would be needed to win after Sunday’s final round.

“There’s good scores out there for sure,” he said. “If you’re in the fairway, then you can take on a lot of the pins.”

Smith shot 65 and was among those three behind in a four-way tie for fifth.

Enjoying the home crowd’s support, Smith said he was grateful for the lady his errant shot hit on the 17th hole. The shot rebounded kindly off the woman and Smith ended up with a birdie on the hole.

“I hit her in the back,” Smith said. “It probably wasn’t going to be in the trees, but it was going to be in the rough and a different lie, so it could have been a different outcome. But (I) made her proud and made a birdie there, and she helped me out — hopefully that eased the pain a little bit for her.”

A new friendship ensued.

“She was nice,” Smith said. “I went over there and I signed a ball, and she said ‘just give me a hug’, so I gave her a hug as well. She was sweet.”

There was also drama in another Australian’s round with Lucas Herbert’s caddie, Nick Pugh, hit in the head by a water bottle thrown from the crowd while replacing the flagstick at the 12th hole.

Herbert had just holed a birdie putt to finish his round in the shotgun format and was celebrating with fans at the par-3, known as the ‘watering hole’ with its loud music and boisterous fans, when Pugh was hit in the back of the head.

Pugh initially sunk to his knees but made his way back to the clubhouse and was reportedly uninjured and in good spirits.

The LIV tour remains in the Asia region next week for the May 3-5 Singapore event at the Sentosa Golf Club. Then there’s a month-long break before resuming in Houston from June 7-9.

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