Spring Is Just Around the Corner FRED ALTVATER PUBLISHER Back 9 Media Group Also Publishes: Ohio Golf Journal Indiana Golf Journal American Golf Journal Back 9 Report It’s Only a little over 60 days until the Masters! Hi Golfaholics. I have returned to the land of ice and snow. While most of you were freezing your tushies off in Michigan, I was able to spend a few weeks in Florida and enjoyed it immensely. I had a delightful time attending the 71st PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, visiting the Villages, Cabot Citrus, Mission Resort + Club and made several other stops around the Sunshine State. The Villages is home to over 150,000 senior citizens and it exceeded all of my expectations. It is clean, well organized and friendly. Any activity that you can think of is available at The Villages and they do a wonderful job of keeping senior adults active and vibrant. There are over 50 golf courses throughout the community and all of the courses I saw were busy with golfers. In this issue, Len Ziehm lists his ‘Most Noteworthy’ items from the PGA Show. Dave Theoret updates the happenings at Treetops, plus there are articles on new golf rules for 2024, French Lick, Pinehurst and TRUE Linkswear. Our good friend Jack Barrett has become very involved in the Pickleball scene in Florida and provides some interesting facts and figures about the latest sports craze raging in the U.S. Back 9 Report received an award from the International Network of Golf and we hope you will visit our Back 9 Report TV channel on YouTube. Spring can’t get here fast enough. I hope I see you on the Back 9 sooner than later. Michigan Golf Journal
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