Merry Christmas Golfaholics! FRED ALTVATER PUBLISHER Back 9 Media Group Also Publishes: Ohio Golf Journal Indiana Golf Journal Back 9 Report Yeah, I know it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but in trying to keep up with retailers, we are helping our readers get an early jump on their holiday shopping. If you have golfers on your Christmas list, you won’t want to miss our golf gift guide. The LIV wrapped up their 2023 season with the team championship at Trump Doral in Miami last month. Bryson DeChambeau’s Team, The Crushers, comprised of Charles Howell III, Paul Casey and Anirban Lahiri won the title and shared a $14 million payday. For those of you mathematically challenged that is $3.5 million each. By comparison Jon Rahm earned $3.24 million for winning the 2023 Masters. It appears that we should consider the LIV Team Championship on par with the Masters. We also wonder if the Official World Golf Ranking’s latest ruling disallowing world ranking points for the rival LIV Series, will lead to the top names eventually leaving that tour and look to regain membership on the PGA, or DP World Tours? Tiger Woods’ and Rory McIlroy’s TGL arena golf concept is getting closer to actual competition and have convinced several top-name players to join in the fun. See Ed Schmidt Jr.’s article about ‘5 Things You Need to Know About the TGL.’ Len Ziehm writes about the USGA’s big move to Pinehurst. Back 9 Report wonders if Ryder Cup participants should be paid, plus we have GAM tournament results from last month. As we near the end of 2023, we hope you get in a few last rounds, plus we hope we see you on the Back 9. Michigan Golf Journal
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