2025 PGA Championship Week is drawing ever nearer, with preparations well underway at North Carolina’s Quail Hollow Club for the May 12–18 festivities. Charlotte Business Journal recent ran a story following a site visit from PGA of America Chief Championships Officer Kerry Haigh providing a state-of-the-state for this year’s event. The story points out that premium tickets and corporate sales have set records by surpassing last year’s then-record sales at Kentucky’s Valhalla Golf Club. As of early February, there were still some general tickets available for Thursday, Friday and Sunday rounds. The story also points out that while ticket prices are higher than the last time the PGA Championship was played at Quail Hollow Club in 2017, the general admission tickets now feature all-inclusive food and non- alcoholic beverage, allowing attendees to enjoy a full day at the course without many additional expenditures. Check out the full story for more details on the 2025 PGA Championship as it approaches.
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Staying in the Carolinas, one of the country’s biggest golf getaway areas – South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach – is reporting that 2024 continued the trend of rising play and revenue during golf’s post-COVID boom. On the Green magazine shared stats from Golf Tourism Solutions, which works with 64 courses in Myrtle Beach, showing that while rounds were up a modest 1 percent in 2024, revenue from green and golf car fees was up more than 7 percent. Jeff Monday of Golf Tourism Solutions is quoted as saying that courses and travel providers continue to tell golfers about the need to book earlier than in years past to make sure they get the dates and packages they want, and that golf tourism continues a hot streak that is expected to continue throughout 2025.
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The new Executive Director of the PGA of America REACH Foundation, Jenny Lewis, was recently profiled by Dallas’ D Magazine as she took the helm of her new position. The story recounts Lewis’ 15 years at the Kimberly-Clark Foundation, and how she started her career working at the Swedish telecom company Ericsson, where she eventually became Vice President of Sales. Lewis is a graduate of the University of North Texas and a longtime golfer, and her love of the game and experience with non-profits makes her a great fit for the PGA REACH role. Read the full story to learn more about Lewis and her goals for PGA REACH, including plans to expand the PGA HOPE program to impact more Veterans around the country.
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2015 PGA Teacher & Coach of the Year Cameron McCormick has worked with Jordan Spieth for nearly two decades now, and the pair are now navigating a new era as Spieth comes back from wrist surgery after his worst year as a professional. The Athletic ran a story extensively quoting McCormick at the outset of February’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am as Spieth is getting back to competitive golf, and it has interesting insights into how their long and fruitful coaching relationship is evolving. McCormick in particular talks about how Spieth’s surgery and recovery is making him a more patient athlete at age 31. Check out the full story to read more and see how the preparation could help Spieth complete a career Grand Slam at the PGA Championship in May.
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