Category: News
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Catriona Matthew Selected to Captain GB&I Curtis Cup Team
From the Ladies European Tour website and the R&A Catriona Matthew, who led Europe to back-to-back Solheim Cup victories, will captain Great Britain and Ireland in the 2024 Curtis Cup at Sunningdale. Signalling a new era for the GB&I side, the Scot will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role for the…
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USGA And R&A Announce Proposal To Introduce Model Local Rule Option For Golf Balls Used In Elite Competitions
Release taken directly from the USGA: LIBERTY CORNER, N.J., USA AND ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (March 14, 2023) – The USGA and The R&A have proposed a Model Local Rule (MLR) that gives competition organizers the option to require use of golf balls that are tested under modified launch conditions to address the impacts of hitting…
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Golfweek/USA Today Reporter Steve DiMeglio Returns to Players Championship Amid Cancer Battle
With permission from Golfweek. The original piece can be read here. By Gene Frenette, Florida Times-Union, March 12, 2023 PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — For the first time in his nine-month battle with Stage 4 liver and rectum cancer, Steve DiMeglio found a perfect escape from the living hell of 720 hours of…
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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…