Last Wednesday, the USGA and San Diego Country Club unveiled a bronze statue of the late LPGA legend Mickey Wright ahead of the U.S. Senior Women’s Open, which will be contested at the club later this month.
Wright, who won 82 LPGA titles including 13 majors during her career, grew up playing at the Chula Vista, California, club and later won the 1964 U.S. Women’s Open there. The statue is the result of an estate bequest from Wright’s longtime companion, former LPGA player Peggy Wilson, according to a Golf Digest report. READ MORE
Asterisk Talley and Lunden Esterline won the girls’ and boys’ titles, respectively, at the Junior PGA Championships in West Lafayette, Indiana, on Friday.
Talley, a Californian ranked 14th in the women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking, finished at 12-under-par 273 on the Ackerman-Allen Course at Purdue University’s Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex, one stroke ahead of Zoe Cusack. Esterline, of Andover, Kansas, finished at 19-under 266, six strokes clear of Giuseppe Puebla and Tyler Mawhinney.
With their victories, Talley and Esterline secured berths on the 2025 U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team.
Charlie Woods, the 16-year-old son of Tiger Woods, was in contention for the boys’ title through three rounds but faded with a final-round 74 and finished T9. READ MORE
Topgolf CEO Artie Starrs has resigned his post, Topgolf Callaway Brands announced in a news release Thursday. Starrs’ exit means the planned separation of Topgolf into a separate company, originally expected to be completed by the second half of 2025, likely will not occur until 2026, the release said.
Starrs, who has been CEO of the golf entertainment company since 2021 and was formerly CEO of Pizza Hut, has accepted another CEO position with an undisclosed business but is expected to remain with Topgolf through September 2025 to assist with an orderly transition, the release said. READ MORE
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Two-time U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau has been named chair of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition. READ MORE
Connecticut-based private equity firm L Catterton has bought a majority stake in putter maker L.A.B. Golf in a deal that values the company at more than $200 million, The Wall Street Journal first reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The niche brand received wide exposure in June when J.J. Spaun used an L.A.B. putter to win the U.S. Open, sinking a 64-foot putt on the 72nd hole to clinch the title. READ MORE
The Hooters restaurant on Washington Road in Augusta, Georgia, a longtime gathering place for Masters patrons and the place John Daly annually parked his RV to sell merchandise during the tournament, has closed. READ MORE
Compiled by Mike Cullity