Golf

6/2/2026 |  NGF Study Highlights Surge in Female Golfers (SGB UPDATE) Over the past six years (2020 to 2025), the U.S. golf industry has seen a 45 percent rise in the number of on-course female golfers, according to new analysis by the National Golf Foundation (NGF). 
During that same six-year span, there’s been a corresponding 12 percent rise among the male golfer population, a net increase of 2.3 million players. 

6/2/2026 |  Callaway Golf Company Repays Term B Loan in Full (SGB UPDATE) Callaway Golf Company has reportedly repaid in full the remaining approximately $163 million outstanding under its Term Loan B Facility, following its voluntary prepayment of $1 billion of Term Loan B debt in January 2026, following the sale of 60 percent of its stake in Topgolf to Leonard Green & Partners for $1.1 billion. 

6/1/2026 |  Iconic Venues Are Becoming the New Normal for Women’s Golf (Front Office Sports) The second major championship of the LPGA season will be played this week as women’s golf continues to level up and share more iconic locations with the men’s game.
For the first time, the U.S. Women’s Open is being played at the famed Riviera Country Club—the longtime home of the PGA Tour’s annual stop in Los Angeles. 

5/27/2026 |  Doral to move back to the Florida swing in March as part of PGA Tour reshuffle (Associated Press (AP)) The Cadillac Championship at Doral is getting its old spot on the schedule, moving back to March next year as part of a reshuffle on the Florida swing that moves the Valspar Championship to early May.

5/27/2026 |  Blades Brown is going places in a hurry. The teenager just isn’t sure which direction (Associated Press (AP)) Blades Brown is four months removed from graduating high school and already well-schooled in golf axioms.
“Good golf takes care of everything,” Brown said.
There has been plenty of good golf from the Tennessee native who turned 19 during the first round of The CJ Cup Byron Nelson last week. He celebrated with a 66 at TPC Craig Ranch, followed with rounds of 68-65-67 and tied for 14th.