February 3, 2025A Few Extra Holes

A Few Extra HolesEly Callaway memoir due out next monthA posthumous memoir of the late Callaway Golf founder Ely Callaway will be released on March 25.“The Unconquerable Game” by Nicholas Callaway (Ely’s son) and Andrew Moorhead is written in the first person and includes information from manuscripts and interviews by Larry Dorman, John Huey, John Rothchild and Bud Shrake, whom Callaway had hired as biographers during his lifetime. “The Unconquerable Game” also will be released as an AI-enhanced audiobook, posthumously narrated in Callaway’s voice.Ely“We are honored to share Ely’s amazing life story with the world,” Nicholas Callaway said. “His story is not just a chronicle of remarkable achievements, but a testament to the power of resilience, innovation and integrity. Ely had an uncanny ability to see ahead and the insights he has to share with us are profound and resonant right now.” READ MORER&A breaks ground on new HQ The R&A has broken ground on a new global headquarters in St Andrews, Scotland. The governing body’s new base will be located at St Andrews West, a mixed-use development on the outskirts of town, and will bring together staff currently working in five different locations. The four-story headquarters is slated to open in 2026. READ MOREForest Dunes to add Hanse-Wagner layoutForest Dunes, a premier northern Michigan resort, is adding a course designed by noted architects Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner. The course, named SkyFall, will be private but allow limited resort-guest play. Hanse and Wagner’s first original design in the state will join the resort’s three other courses: Forest Dunes, designed by Tom Weiskopf; The Loop, a reversible layout designed by Tom Doak; and a short course dubbed The Bootlegger. READ MORETap-InsFlorida State junior Luke Clanton, the world’s No. 1 ranked male amateur, was among 35 players selected to the first Ben Hogan Award watch list of the year. The Hogan Award, which honors college golf’s top player, will be announced May 19 ahead of the PGA Tour’s Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial. READ MOREThe 2025 PGA Show, held last week in Orlando, Florida, expanded in multiple categories – by number of attendees, number of exhibitors, net booth space and total event space – making it the largest PGA Show in 15 years. READ MORERegistration for the 2025-26 Drive, Chip and Putt competition for girls and boys ages 7-15 is now open at DriveChipandPutt.com. Local qualifying begins May 2, and following subregional and regional qualifying rounds 80 finalists will earn invitations to compete in the National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club on April 5, 2026, preceding the Masters Tournament. READ MOREAn international private equity real estate firm has acquired PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, site of the PGA Tour’s Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches. Henderson Park, in partnership with Salamander and South Street Partners, purchased the 99-hole property from a Brookfield Asset Management private real estate fund. READ MORECompiled by Mike CullityCoverPicture ThisThe DivotIntl Callaway Elyte Fairway 020325Tour’s quest for eyeballs shouldn’t sacrifice game’s essenceIntl TPC Vacations 020325India experiences Bryson effectPic This 2Tour TalkIntl Callaway Elyte Irons 020325It's Your HonorA Few Extra HolesExcerpt GGPBizIntl Callaway Elyte Driver 020325Excerpt GGP+Range RatIntl Callaway Elyte Hybrids 020325Odyssey adorns Ai-One putter lines with Silver modelsMizuno engineers S and X golf balls worthy of the Pro nameFootJoy 020325DPWT GamerPGA GamerHot stretches lift McIlroy at Pebble BeachAsian GamerLPGA 020325LPGA GamerKim denies Korda in LPGA openerLegend’s letter influenced Randy SonnierR&A Global Headquarters breaks groundStatisticsMasthead