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Full Speed into the Past

After taking a few days to think about the implications of a proposed rules change announced Tuesday, March 14, by golf’s governing bodies, the USGA and R & A, the conclusion is clear. By decreasing the distance standard for golf balls played by so-called elite golfers, in effect rolling back the ball to the performance characteristics of twenty years ago, it is a solution in search of a problem.

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Taylor Moore Captures First PGA Tour Win

The 2023 edition of the Valspar Championship is in the books, and for the first time in three years, a new name will be added to the winner’s trophy. After taking on all comers on a cool and windy afternoon on Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course, Taylor Moore finished 10-under par to end up on top after an exciting, ever-changing final-round leaderboard.

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2023 Valspar Championship

The Valspar Championship, the most colorful PGA TOUR tournament in the world, is the fourth and last stop on the PGA Tour’s “Florida Swing” at the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort (just outside of Tampa) March 16-19.

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The Players Championship

The Players Championship – This event has long been known for the deepest field in golf, and Rahm, already a 3-time winner this season, does not expect that to change despite the new era the PGA TOUR is ushering in.

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2023 Inova Mission Inn Resort & Club Championship

In what’s become an annual tradition in Central Florida, the EPSON Tour returns for the Inova Mission Inn Resort & Club Championship, May 26-28th. The future stars of the LPGA will tee it up on the El Campeón Golf Course in a field of 144 golfers competing in a 54-hole, stroke-play format for $200,000 and a winner’s share of $30,000.

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The Real Arnold Palmer

During the first throes of my lifelong love affair with golf, Arnie was my idol, my first favorite, a hero to me then, and far more than a King. Arnie was God.  My dad had bought me an Arnold Palmer golf glove, its smooth, white cabretta leather emitting a pungent odor that I find impossible to name or compare with anything else. I would sleep wearing that multi-colored/umbrella-embroidered Arnold Palmer golf glove. One could say Arnie and the game of golf had an equal grip on me.

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5 Takeaways from The Valspar Championship Media Day

Only a handful of pro events these days go to the effort and expense of hosting what’s commonly known as a media day and actually invite influencers to lose a few golf balls in the rough and then hear from the defending champion, title sponsor, and community leaders. Learning of all the plans that will soon come to fruition was a treat.

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Honda Classic

Eight of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Rankings will tee it up in the Sunshine State as The PGA TOUR only visits South Florida for the last-ever Honda Classic. Last November

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