Category: News
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Truist named title sponsor of PGA Tour event at Quail Hollow
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, and PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC), Quail Hollow Club and the PGA TOUR today announced a seven-year agreement for Truist to become title sponsor of the PGA TOUR’s Charlotte, North Carolina, event — renamed the Truist Championship. The announcement was held at the Truist Innovation & Technology…
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GWAA announces inaugural Herbert V. Kohler Scholarship recipients
ORLANDO, Fla. (August 1, 2024) – Amanda Vogt, a rising junior at Penn State University, and Aman Misra, who is pursuing a doctorate in journalism and media at the University of Tennessee, have been named the first two recipients of the inaugural Herbert V. Kohler Jr./GWAA Scholarship. Vogt and Misra, who were chosen by a seven-person…
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Mark Carnevale, PGA Tour winner and broadcaster, dies at 64
Sad news to report: Mark Carnevale, a PGA Tour winner in 1992 who went on to earn the Rookie of the Year honors that year and later became a popular broadcaster, died unexpectedly on Monday. He was 64. Carnevale worked the Genesis Scottish Open a week ago for PGA Tour Radio and was scheduled to…
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Keegan Bradley named U.S. Ryder Cup captain for 2025 matches
From the PGA OF AMERICA NEW YORK, NEW YORK (July 8, 2024) – PGA of America President John Lindert today announced that Keegan Bradley will serve as Captain of the United States Ryder Cup Team for the 45th Ryder Cup, which will be played September 26-28, 2025, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York. The Woodstock,…
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Doug Ferguson’s speech as Memorial Tournament Journalism Honoree
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Tiger Woods Accepts Special Exemption Into U.S. Open
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (May 2, 2024) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that three-time U.S. Open champion Tiger Woods has accepted a special exemption into the 124th U.S. Open Championship, which will be contested June 13-16 on Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course No. 2, in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. Woods,…
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Public Event to Honor the Late Pete Brown Scheduled May 1
(Burneyville, OK, April 11, 2024) The residents of Falconhead Resort in Burneyville, OK, are holding a public event on May 1 to honor the late Pete Brown, who was the first African American member of the PGA to win a Tour event. Brown made history in the 1964 Waco Turner Open, when Falconhead was known…
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Ben Parris is the 2024 Ron Balicki Scholarship Recipient
NORMAN, Okla. — The GCAA announced today that Ben Parris is the recipient of the 2024 Ron Balicki Scholarship. The Sports Journalism sophomore minoring in Political Science at Arizona State University will receive a $5,000 grant. “Being honored with the Ron Balicki Scholarship means so much because it represents an investment in my future as I…
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Complete Video from the 2024 GWAA Dinner
A wonderful evening. Here is the video for the full ceremony.
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GWAA Podcast, Ep. 1: Beth Ann Nichols
Exciting news … we launched a podcast. And here is our first episode. This brand-new pod from the GWAA gives listeners an in-depth look at the inner workings of golf’s biggest stories. Host Amy Rogers interviews content creators from across the media landscape to find out how they learned about their story, where they found…