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How Did LIV’s Dallas Debut Stack Up to North Texas PGA Tour Institutions?

Mike Piellucci — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:36:10 +0000

Few regions in the country approach North Texas when it comes to top-tier talent, fan support, and infrastructure in the sport of golf. It’s why the PGA of America moved its headquarters from Florida to Frisco in 2022, where the organization now has two championship courses and a golf-centric entertainment district. And why North Texas … Continued

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What Is Tom Kim Becoming?

Mike Piellucci — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 15:16:05 +0000

As a rule, those of us who follow professional golf tend to pounce quickly on early-career slumps. So many phenoms have come and gone that it gets easy to presume that a young player’s first missteps are the end of their PGA road far more than a pothole toward the beginning. Lately, though, that cynicism … Continued

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Dallas Golfers Have Won Two of the First Three PGA Majors. Can They Claim a Third?

Mike Piellucci — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Dallas golf is on something of a major championship heater. Hometown boy Scottie Scheffler took the Masters in April. Then SMU grad and Dallasite Bryson DeChambeau stole the U.S. Open last month. Pair those with Yuka Saso’s second U.S. Women’s Open victory, and we’re in the middle of a real run. The question on the … Continued

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Bryson DeChambeau’s UnderPar Life Inks Second Venue en Route to National Expansion

Ben Swanger — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 18:34:01 +0000

Dallas-based UnderPar Life, a venture backed by professional golfer and two-time major champion Bryson DeChambeau, is rolling out its Topgolf-style venues across the country with a goal to have 30 locations under contract in the near future. After coming out in October with its first venue at Hawks Creek Golf Course just west of Fort … Continued

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On the Links With: State Fair of Texas President Mitchell Glieber Talks Revenue, Safety Budget, New Attractions

Ben Swanger — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:17:08 +0000

Don’t challenge Mitchell Glieber to a fairway-hitting competition. On a perfect spring day at Royal Oaks Country Club, the State Fair of Texas president brought his A-game from the tee box. And it’s not like the 57-year-old was bumping it 180 yards down the fairway—the former SMU wide receiver was ripping it 250. As the … Continued

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A One-Sentence* Synopsis of the Absolute Heater Scottie Scheffler Is On

Mike Piellucci — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 16:39:09 +0000

Scottie Scheffler won again on Sunday, because of course he did. The 28-year-old’s playoff victory over fellow Dallasite Tom Kim in the Travelers Championship marks Scheffler’s sixth win in 10 starts this season, which is evidence that Highland Park’s favorite golfer is on a rampage this PGA season, but also nowhere near a sufficient explanation … Continued

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On the Links With: How CEO David McKillips Led Chuck E. Cheese Out of Bankruptcy

Ben Swanger — Tue, 28 May 2024 13:22:47 +0000

Just a couple of feet off the 10th green at Cowboys Golf Club, the downhill putt is swinging right to left. I roll it on the line but leave it short—a cardinal sin in a golf scramble. Up steps David McKillips, the CEO of CEC Entertainment, a holding company headquartered in Irving that owns and … Continued

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One Member’s Assessment of the Renovated Colonial Course

Tim Rogers — Thu, 23 May 2024 15:10:36 +0000

The Charles Schwab Challenge gets going today at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, which, as you might know, recently underwent a $20 million renovation. A friend of mine named Jay Pritchard sent me a text yesterday saying that the new course literally had him in tears. So I asked for more detail. Jay wrote … Continued

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LIV Golf Is Coming to North Texas

Ben Swanger — Wed, 22 May 2024 14:23:05 +0000

LIV Golf is on its way to Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton for this year’s team championship tournament Sept. 20–22. The course, owned by oil baron Albert Huddleston, was evaluated as a prospective host for the 2022 PGA Championship, but fell short to Southern Hills Country Club. Now, Huddleston gets his prize thanks to the … Continued

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Byron Nelson Leadership Provides Details on New Sponsorship, Charitable Giving, More

Ben Swanger — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0000

The Byron Nelson is back. This go around with a new title sponsor CJ Group, a South Korea-based holding group with a presence in food, retail, logistics, media, and biotechnology. Now dubbed the CJ Cup Byron Nelson—after AT&T’s title sponsorship ended after last year—the tournament at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney is coming off a … Continued

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First Look: PopStroke, Tiger Woods’ Mini Golf Concept at Grandscape

Ben Swanger — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000

After breaking ground last August, mini-golf ‘eatertainment’ concept PopStroke—co-owned by CEO and founder Greg Bartoli, Tiger Woods’ TGR Ventures, and TaylorMade Golf Co.—is slated to open March 28 at Grandscape in The Colony. The 36-hole indoor-outdoor locale is the latest entertainment concept to cut the ribbon in a flurry of new projects at Grandscape, including Fireside Surf, … Continued

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Oak Cliff’s Cedar Crest Golf Course Gets a Piece of Its History Back

Matt Goodman — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:36:27 +0000

Dallas’ Cedar Crest Golf Course opened in 1919, and since that time, the original design of the course has evolved. Because of a clubhouse fire in the 1980s, the city lost many of the original documents, including the original topographical maps. Last week, Stuart A. Markussen, CEO of RLG Consulting Engineers, presented Ira Molayo, the … Continued

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