Category: News
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Weiskopf, Harrington, LPGA Founders lead list of 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees
This appears on the World Golf Hall of Fame website. PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (March 8, 2023) – Padraig Harrington, Sandra Palmer along with the late Johnny Farrell, Beverly Hanson, Tom Weiskopf and the 13 LPGA Founders will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2024. Final…
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World Golf Hall of Fame Announces Finalists for 2024 Induction Class
From a new release from the World Golf Hall of Fame: ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (February 22, 2023) – The World Golf Hall of Fame released the names of 12 finalists who will be considered for induction in 2024. Final selections for the 2024 World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Class will be announced the week…
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Honda Classic Names Randall Mell Recipient of Tim Rosaforte Distinguished Journalist Award
From a news release… (separately, Craig Dolch was awarded entrance into the South Florida PGA Hall of Fame today too.) Randall Mell, a fixture in South Florida and national golf media for the past 25 years, has been named the 2023 recipient of the Tim Rosaforte Distinguished Journalist Award. Mell is the third honoree of…
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Suzann Pettersen Named Captain for 2024 European Solheim Cup Team
Posted from the Ladies European Tour website. Suzann Pettersen has been named captain of the 2024 European Solheim Cup Team for next year’s competition at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va., on Sept. 10-15, 2024. The two-time Major winner, who is already preparing to lead the top 12 European female golfers at the 2023…
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John Paramor: 1955-2023
This article originally appeared on the DP World Tour’s website. The European Tour group is today deeply saddened by the passing of John Paramor, one of the most respected rules officials in the history of golf and a hugely popular figure across the entire Tour family. He was 67. John’s remarkable career spanned six different…
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Stacy Lewis Named Captain for 2024 U.S. Solheim Cup Team
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 13, 2023 – Two-time major champion Stacy Lewis has been named captain of the 2024 U.S. Solheim Cup Team. Lewis is already hard at work as captain for the 2023 Team and will now also lead the top 12 American female golfers as they represent their country at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in…
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Angela Stanford, a Generous Giver, Honored with GWAA’s 2022 Charlie Bartlett Award
By Jeff Babineau, GWAA (ORLANDO, Fla., Feb 1, 2023) – Angela Stanford accomplished some mighty things during a career on the LPGA that stretched beyond two decades. She won seven times, including a long-awaited major championship at age 40 (2018 Evian Championship), and represented her country six times in the Solheim Cup. After a…
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Ron Green Jr. to Receive PGA of America Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism
This piece appears on the PGA of America’s website. FRISCO, Texas (Jan. 23, 2023) ー The PGA of America today named Ron Green Jr. of Charlotte, North Carolina, as the 2023 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism. Green Jr. and his work will be celebrated on April 5 at the Golf Writers Association…
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Steve Stricker, Bob Ford, Peter Jacobsen to be honored at April’s ISPS/GWAA Dinner in Augusta
By Jeff Babineau, GWAA (ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 19, 2023) – In a matter of weeks, Steve Stricker went from the high of captaining a 2021 U.S. Ryder Cup team to victory on home-state soil in Wisconsin to beginning the 2022 PGA Tour Champions season bedridden, fighting a mysterious illness that would deplete his strength and…
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Zach Johnson Names Davis Love III as Vice Captain for U.S. Ryder Cup Team
This appears on RyderCup.com. United States Ryder Cup Captain Zach Johnson today named Davis Love III as one of his Vice Captains for the 2023 Ryder Cup, which will take place Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome, Italy. Johnson previously appointed former Ryder Cup Captain Steve Stricker as a…