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LIV Golf Club 54
Club 54 at the Las Vegas Country Club offered a perfect view to watch Dustin Johnson finish off a comeback victory at the LIV Golf event on February 10, 2024. Photo by Justin Shaw/SportsTravel
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LIV Golf Sees Success in Las Vegas, Eyes More U.S. Stops in Future

Since its inception in June 2021, LIV Golf has been a lightning rod of conversation in the golf and sports world. No organization has ever challenged the PGA Tour, nor had anybody come along with the resources that LIV boasts financially. So as the Saudi-backed alternative to “traditional” golf plows ahead into its third season, […]

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KemperSports Tabs Jim Boedecker as SVP of Golf Strategy and Growth

Jim Boedecker, a sports marketing and golf industry veteran with more than 20 years experience, will join KemperSports as senior vice president – golf strategy and growth. Boedecker will be responsible for leveraging KemperSports’ portfolio of golf and sports properties and assets to create new revenue streams for the company. He will also look to […]

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Underrated Golf

Stephen Curry’s Underrated Golf Announces Four U.S. Tour Stops

The Underrated Golf U.S. Tour, owned by four-time NBA champion and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry, will begin its third season at the Old Barnwell Golf Course in Aiken, South Carolina. After the opening event in South Carolina from June 21–23, the Tour will move to Pumpkin Ridge Ghost Creek Golf Club in […]

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Shinnecock Hills to Host U.S. Open for Men and Women in 2036

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club will host both the 2036 U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open with the championships taking place in consecutive weeks at the historic club in Southampton, New York. One of the five founding member clubs of the United States Golf Association, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is the oldest incorporated golf club in […]

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Disney Lede
Since it opened in 1997, the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex has hosted athletes from more than 70 countries with dozens of sports organized across the venue, which spans more than 220 acres. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Sports and Resorts: A Weekend at ESPN Wide World of Sports

The name is an icon around the world. Between its various locations, there could be a creditable claim that every country in the world has had at least one person visit one of its parks. It is Disney, and one of its flagships is Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Within Walt Disney World, big […]

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2023 TOUR Championship East Lake Atlanta NetJets First 1st Tee Bleachers
The TOUR Championship at East Lake Atlanta NetJets First Tee Bleachers will be one of the premium hospitality spots for the Tour Championship this year.

Tour Championship Debuts New Shared Hospitality Option for 2024

The Georgian will be a new upscale shared hospitality option to round out the full hospitality program for the PGA Tour’s 2024 Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta from August 28 through September 1. Alongside East Lake Golf Club’s full-scale course renovation, the tournament will have a reimagined hospitality program with the […]

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PGA Tour, Omni Hotels & Resorts Extend Partnership

The PGA Tour and Omni Hotels & Resorts have extended its official marketing partnership designating Omni as the official hotel and resort of the Tour and Champions Tour, both through 2028. “Omni Hotels & Resorts is proud to continue our partnership with the PGA Tour,” said Dan Surette, chief sales officer at Omni. “Our growing […]

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US Women’s Open

Qualifying Sites Revealed for the 79th U.S. Women’s Open Championship

The United States Golf Association has announced qualifying sites for the 79th U.S. Women’s Open Championship, which will be staged at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania, from May 30 through June 2. The 36-hole qualifying will be held at 23 sites across the United States plus Canada, Japan and Germany, between April 15 and May […]

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APTOPIX PGA Championship Golf
Phil Mickelson celebrates after winning the final round at the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Kiawah Island, S.C. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

LIV Golf Reveals 2024 Regular Season Format Changes

LIV Golf has released league format enhancements ahead of this week’s 2024 season-opening event at LIV Golf Mayakoba in Mexico. LIV has instituted new rules effective for the 2024 season spanning across field size, counting scores, individual points distribution, season-long individual standings and qualification for the Team Championship. “The competition updates for 2024 reflect a […]

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