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Charley Hoffman gets some points for trying to mop things up…
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Scottie Scheffler outlasted Ryder Cup teammate Patrick Cantlay on the third hole of a playoff Sunday in the WM Phoenix Open for his first PGA Tour win in 71 starts.
Ryan Fox secured the biggest title of his career by winning the Ras Al Khaimah Classic by five shots on Sunday.
After a sparkling third round 79, sponsor invite Charley Hoffman met with media to clarify his various charges against the rules, governing bodies and PGA Tour. It’s quite a bizarre transcript.
While I realize we’re talking about someone who will never be confused as a former Oxford and Cambridge man, a few things become clear after reading Hoffman’s remarks. If you are paired with him, watch him like a hawk. And if this is the best the PGA Tour can do for its Policy Board when all bright hands are needed on deck, the future is not bright.
Q. Things often get sort of lost on social media, so I just wanted to ask what you really meant with the Instagram last night.
CHARLEY HOFFMAN: What I meant and what I said, I mean I think I explained it fairly well, but obviously not a huge fan of the USGA and how they govern us all the time.
“Govern us all the time.”
Sam Ryder hit the first hole-in-one at the Phoenix Open since 2015 after he aced the 16th hole during Saturday's third round.
Sahith Theegala rallied from a double bogey early in the third round to keep a one-stroke lead over Brooks Koepka at the Phoenix Open on Saturday.
Ryan Fox will take a six-shot lead into the final round of the Ras Al Khaimah Classic as he goes in search of his first win on the European tour.
The perfectionist who tries to play golf for a living usually ends up saying to hell with it. I'm a perfectionist, and I had some success, but only because I was persistent and had some talent. In the end the game ate me up inside, and I retired earlier than a lot of guys do. Perfectionists are determined to master things, and you can never master golf. TOM WEISKOPF
Charley Hoffman went off on the PGA Tour in a lengthy Instagram post Friday night, saying that it's "mind blowing that a group of amateurs rule the professional game of golf."
Sahith Theegala has a two-stroke lead over defending champion Brooks Koepka and Xander Schauffele at TPC Scottsdale.
Zach Johnson has done this before. It's four times now that a ball has gotten in the way of a practice swing or a twirling club on the tee box. "I got an issue," he said, smiling.
Ryan Fox shot 3-under 69 to open a three-stroke lead after two rounds of the Ras Al Khaimah Classic on Friday.
The Desert Sun’s Larry Bohannan considers the latest players v. brass showdown in golf. He highlights some of the differences between the last 1960’s battle the players had with the PGA of America that led to the breakaway PGA Tour and brings up a key point.
While the stakes and issues have changed—no TikTok and NFT’s back then—Bohannan notes that this time the leadership has listened and made adjustments with more money that comes in going out to players. While it’s debatable whether PIP’s and Comcast Biz Solutions Top 10’s do much to make the sport more fan friendly, they have satisfied some players into supporting the PGA Tour model.
However, something else may be driving player thinking (or greed?).
Mickelson’s point is that images of Mickelson, or any player playing in a tour event, are controlled by the PGA Tour. If you want to use a photo of a PGA Tour player for commercial purposes, well, the PGA Tour controls that image, not the player. So the tour has to be paid for use of the image.
That might seem normal, since other sports have similar regulations. But in a day when college athletes are making hundreds of thousands of dollars since the U.S. Supreme Court announced it is the athletes that control their name, image and likeness, should PGA Tour players have the right to control their NIL rights, or is that something the tour must control to operate successfully?
I’m not going to quibble with Nickelodeon’s success in reimagining live sports in a way that’s fun for the kids since their NFL reviews have been glowing slime green.
Still, I’m not envisioning a scenario where the Lords of Augusta
Brian Steinberg of Variety reports on Nickelodeon teaming up with producer Bryan Zuriff of The Match fame, Excel Sports and players like Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas and Lexi Thompson to bring us the Slime Cup. The final “match” will be played in the Rose Bowl and the winner is to receive a Slime Green jacket .
“We are inventing our own golf match,” says Brian Robbins, president and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon, in an interview. “It’s definitely different.”
Confirmed participants include: top-ranked professional golfers like Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas and Lexi Thompson; NFL superstars, Saquon Barkley and Justin Herbert; Terry Crews; and Nick stars Isaiah Crews, Kate Godfrey, Jaidyn Triplett and Tyler Wladis. Nickelodeon’s Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, who has provided commentary for the network’s Wild Card game-casts, will do the same for “Slime Cup.” Other participants could be named at a later date.
Callaway’s 2021 Financial Report – Key Takeaways
2021 full-year sales over $3.1 billion, nearly double 2020Topgolf revenue more than $1 billionGolf equipment sales top $1.2 billion2021 net profit is $322 million2022 sales expected to reach $3.8 billionCallaway’s 2021 financial report isn’t telling us anything we didn’t really expect but it’s still startling to see the numbers in print.
$3.1 billion in sales.
$3.1-freaking-BILLION.
That’s nearly twice what Callaway sold in 2020. And before you cry, “Yeah, but COVID,” it’s also 82 percent more than 2019.
We’ve often said in our past dives into Callaway’s financial reports (and Acushnet’s as well) that while the headlines tell the happy story, the details provide balance. But this time, there’s not much nuance. The headline is the story.
