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 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 8, 2024 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Privare clubs, Real Estate
Boca Woods Country Club General Manager/COO David Sweet these days is like a kid with a new toy. Understand that Sweet always has a bounce in his step to go along with a positive attitude, but each is amped up even more thanks to the beginnings of the $9 million...
by Steve Pike | Apr 8, 2024 | golf business, Golf Courses, Golf News, Personalities, Privare clubs, Real Estate
With a bit of a wry smile, Rees Jones tried to shrug off a question about the so-called “Birdie Act,’’ a bill now before Congress that – in theory at least – would make golf courses built on or after Dec. 1, 1990 eligible for copyright protection....
by Steve Pike | Apr 4, 2024 | Equipment, golf balls, golf business, Golf News, Personalities, Tiger Woods
Bridgestone Golf is celebrating Spring in Georgia with its Spring Break Georgia 2024 capsule available beginning April 5 $99.99. Bridgestone Golf is based in Covington, GA. The capsule includes: -custom lunch box -One dozen custom logoed TOUR B X golf balls (as played...
