by Steve Pike | Apr 10, 2024 | Equipment, Events, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour, The Masters
It’s an oddity when any PGA Tour switches to a long – or broomstick putter – but Akshay Bhatia seems to have made it work. Bhatia and his 44-inch putter – with an Odyssey Versa Jailbird 380 head – won this past week’s Texas Valero Open in a...
by Steve Pike | Apr 10, 2024 | Events, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour
In the world of sports – or any business – the best way to succeed is to keep a cool head while others are losing theirs. In professional golf, nobody has his head on better than Jon Rahm. And nowhere is that evident than at this week’s Masters, where the...
by Steve Pike | Apr 9, 2024 | Events, Hotels, Restaurants
Hilton West Palm Beach will present “The Social,” a pop-up speakeasy inspired by the musical, HAMILTON, for a limited-time during the musical’s much-anticipated performance run at the nearby Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The Social speakeasy will be open...
by Steve Pike | Apr 8, 2024 | Events, golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour
Former McConnell Golf Junior Scholar Akshay Bhatia captured a thrilling Valero Texas Open this past Sunday to secure the final spot in this week’s Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. The 22-year-old left-hander withheld a jaw-dropping late run by Denny McCarthy and...
by Steve Pike | Apr 3, 2024 | Events, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, PGA Tour, Resorts
The LIV Golf League is looking to create its own history. That’s nearly impossible for any start-up in any professional sport or business, but it helps when that professional sport – in this case LIV Golf – goes to history. That is, LIV Golf this week...
by Steve Pike | Apr 2, 2024 | Events, golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Privare clubs
On Sunday, April 7, 11-year-old Simon Myers will become the second McConnell Golf member to compete in the Drive, Chip and Putt national finals at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., annual site of the Masters Tournament. The 10th annual Drive, Chip and...