Golf

12/5/2024 |  LPGA, USGA Announce New Transgender Restrictions (Athletic Business) The LPGA and U.S. Golf Association announced in tandem Wednesday changes to their transgender policies, effective for the 2025 season, prohibiting athletes who have experienced male puberty from competing in women’s events.

12/5/2024 |  LPGA, USGA update gender role policies for competition eligibility set to take effect in 2025 season (CBS Sports) The LPGA and USGA both released statements Wednesday updating their gender policies for competition eligibility set to take effect in 2025. Under the new guidelines, eligible athletes for LPGA and USGA women's competitions must be assigned female at birth or have transitioned to female prior to going through male puberty.

12/5/2024 |  Talor Gooch Using LIV Golf Fortune to Start Building Sports Empire (Front Office Sports) Talor Gooch has made more than $43 million in individual earnings on LIV Golf since jumping from the PGA Tour in 2022. He’s using that money to try to create a sports ownership empire.
Gooch, who bought the Professional Bull Riders franchise Oklahoma Wildcatters earlier this year, is making a second professional team purchase, Front Office Sports has learned. The golfer, 33, is buying into the burgeoning Sport Fishing Championship, in which Gooch will own the Mississippi Blues Angling Club.

12/2/2024 |  Topgolf Breaks Ground on New Ohio Location (SGB UPDATE) Topgolf has broken ground on a two-level venue located in Avon, OH, approximately 20 miles west of downtown Cleveland. This will be the fifth Topgolf venue in Ohio.
Topgolf Avon is set to open in late 2025 and will employ roughly 200 Playmakers. The location will have 64 outdoor climate-controlled hitting bays spanning two levels.

11/27/2024 |  Australian Open to tee off in Melbourne after stormy buildup (Reuters Sports) MELBOURNE, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Joaquin Niemann and Ashleigh Buhai will defend their titles at the dual gender Australian Open in Melbourne from Thursday amid disappointment over the playing conditions and concerns over the scheduling of the women's event.
The sprawling event, which features separate men's and women's trophies, tees off at Kingston Heath and Victoria Golf Club on Melbourne's renowned Sandbelt after a bout of wet and wild weather.