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Burned cars and homes are seen in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 18. At least 114 people died in the Aug. 8 fire, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire of the past century.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. \u2014 All eyes in the golf world for the next few days will be trained on Marco Simone Golf Club in Italy, specifically the rowdy first hole at the Ryder Cup.
\nMeanwhile, construction has begun on another golf arena halfway around the world from Rome.
\nCrews have started the buildout on the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2024 WM Phoenix Open, set for Feb. 8-11.
\nThe famous par-3 hole has become a bucket-list place for pro golfers and fans alike. The 150-yard hole is almost unrecognizable in its normal state.
\nCrews at the Stadium Course are also already building out the suites and grandstands along the par-4 17th hole as well.
\n \n", "content_text": "SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. \u2014 All eyes in the golf world for the next few days will be trained on Marco Simone Golf Club in Italy, specifically the rowdy first hole at the Ryder Cup.\nMeanwhile, construction has begun on another golf arena halfway around the world from Rome.\nCrews have started the buildout on the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale ahead of the 2024 WM Phoenix Open, set for Feb. 8-11.\nThe famous par-3 hole has become a bucket-list place for pro golfers and fans alike. The 150-yard hole is almost unrecognizable in its normal state.\nCrews at the Stadium Course are also already building out the suites and grandstands along the par-4 17th hole as well.", "date_published": "2023-09-28T19:30:00-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-10-01T13:46:34-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Todd Kelly", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/kellyt2019/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6d34543c2c8b62ab550f4bd55c0440ea?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Todd Kelly", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/kellyt2019/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6d34543c2c8b62ab550f4bd55c0440ea?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/09/IMG_1264.jpg", "tags": [ "16th hole", "16th hole TPC Scottsdale", "2024 WM Phoenix Open", "Arizona golf", "TPC Scottsdale", "WM Phoenix Open", "Courses", "PGA Tour" ], "summary": "The 2024 WM Phoenix Open isn't for another three and a half months. " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?post_type=fishburn_gallery&p=778398038", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/gallery/ryder-cup-2023-photos-marco-simone-every-hole-golf-rome-italy/", "title": "Ryder Cup 2023: Photos of every hole at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome", "content_html": "All the golf world\u2019s eyes will be on Marco Simone Golf & Country Club this week for the 2023 Ryder Cup. Before you get your first look at the course on television or online coverage, check out the following photos of each hole to see what the U.S. and European teams face.
\nMarco Simone opened in 1989 with a layout by David Mezzacane and Jim Fazio, but that course doesn\u2019t exist anymore. The whole layout was renovated and rerouted in 2018-2020 by a team from European Golf Design led by Dave Sampson, with American architect Tom Fazio II serving as a consultant.
\n\nThe current hilly layout \u2013 155 feet of elevation change in all \u2013 was designed with the Ryder Cup in mind, with several drivable par 4s. It will play to a par of 71 with a yardage of 7,181 yards for the biennial team competition.
\n", "content_text": "All the golf world\u2019s eyes will be on Marco Simone Golf & Country Club this week for the 2023 Ryder Cup. Before you get your first look at the course on television or online coverage, check out the following photos of each hole to see what the U.S. and European teams face.\nMarco Simone opened in 1989 with a layout by David Mezzacane and Jim Fazio, but that course doesn\u2019t exist anymore. The whole layout was renovated and rerouted in 2018-2020 by a team from European Golf Design led by Dave Sampson, with American architect Tom Fazio II serving as a consultant.\n\nMarco Simone yardage book\n\nThe current hilly layout \u2013 155 feet of elevation change in all \u2013 was designed with the Ryder Cup in mind, with several drivable par 4s. It will play to a par of 71 with a yardage of 7,181 yards for the biennial team competition.", "date_published": "2023-09-26T08:00:58-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-25T23:14:29-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Jason Lusk", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/jllusk/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0ef9fa589fc62892cabe2c57919bc689?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Jason Lusk", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/jllusk/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0ef9fa589fc62892cabe2c57919bc689?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/09/Marco-Simone-No.-1-USATSI_21500734.jpg", "tags": [ "Italy", "Marco Simone", "Marco Simone Golf and Country Club", "photo gallery", "Photos", "Rome", "Ryder Cup", "Tom Fazio", "2023 Ryder Cup", "DP World Tour", "Euro Tour", "PGA Tour", "Professional" ], "summary": "Check out these hole-by-hole photos of Marco Simone headed into the 2023 Ryder Cup. " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?p=778397915", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/09/25/michael-block-pga-tour-appearance-american-express/", "title": "PGA Championship star Michael Block has earned another appearance in this California tournament", "content_html": "Michael Block, one of the stars of the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill, will have another chance to show off his wares on the PGA Tour next January.
\nThe 47-year-old club pro forever became part of PGA Championship lore when he aced the 151-yard par-3 15th hole on Sunday with a 7-iron and finished in the top 20, earning a check of $288,000 for his efforts.
\nAfter his triumphant showing, Block made subsequent appearances at the Charles Schwab Challenge and RBC Canadian Open, but missed the cut in both events.
\nBut by winning the PGA of Southern California\u2019s section championship last week at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Block has earned a berth in the American Express, which takes place at La Quinta.
\nAccording to a story from our network partner, the Palm Springs Desert Sun, Block closed strong in earning the berth.
\n\nBlock started the third and final round one shot off the lead, then fired a 6-under 66 in the final round for a three-day total of 11-under 205, four shots better than runner-up Steve Saunders of Temecula Creek Golf Club.
\nThe win, Block\u2019s second consecutive section title and his fourth in seven years, earns Block a berth into the two non-invitational PGA Tour events played in the section, The American Express and the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego.
\nBlock played in The American Express last January and shot a 7-under 65 in the first round at the Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West. Block eventually missed the 54-hole cut in the La Quinta event.
\nThe 2023 PGA marked the fifth time Block had qualified for that event, while also playing in two U.S. Opens.
\nThe top 10 players and ties from this year\u2019s 54-hole event at Sherwood Country Club, advance to the PGA\u2019s National Professional championship. The top 20 players from that event earn a berth into next year\u2019s PGA Championship. No desert golfer finished in the top 10 and ties this year, with Geoff Dean of PGA West in La Quinta and Nate Williams of Hideaway Golf Club in La Quinta tying for 14th at 8-over, two shots out of a qualifying berth.
Block also found lightning in a bottle again when he traveled to Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville as part of a scouting trip for next year\u2019s tournament.
\nHe carded seven birdies and an eagle during the practice round, finishing his round at 9 under and tying the course record, a mark that was set by Jose Maria Olazabal at the 2000 PGA Championship.
\n\n\n\n", "content_text": "Michael Block, one of the stars of the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill, will have another chance to show off his wares on the PGA Tour next January.\nThe 47-year-old club pro forever became part of PGA Championship lore when he aced the 151-yard par-3 15th hole on Sunday with a 7-iron and finished in the top 20, earning a check of $288,000 for his efforts.\nAfter his triumphant showing, Block made subsequent appearances at the Charles Schwab Challenge and RBC Canadian Open, but missed the cut in both events.\nBut by winning the PGA of Southern California\u2019s section championship last week at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Block has earned a berth in the American Express, which takes place at La Quinta.\nAccording to a story from our network partner, the Palm Springs Desert Sun, Block closed strong in earning the berth.\nBlock started the third and final round one shot off the lead, then fired a 6-under 66 in the final round for a three-day total of 11-under 205, four shots better than runner-up Steve Saunders of Temecula Creek Golf Club.\nThe win, Block\u2019s second consecutive section title and his fourth in seven years, earns Block a berth into the two non-invitational PGA Tour events played in the section, The American Express and the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego.\nBlock played in The American Express last January and shot a 7-under 65 in the first round at the Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West. Block eventually missed the 54-hole cut in the La Quinta event.\nThe 2023 PGA marked the fifth time Block had qualified for that event, while also playing in two U.S. Opens.\nThe top 10 players and ties from this year\u2019s 54-hole event at Sherwood Country Club, advance to the PGA\u2019s National Professional championship. The top 20 players from that event earn a berth into next year\u2019s PGA Championship. No desert golfer finished in the top 10 and ties this year, with Geoff Dean of PGA West in La Quinta and Nate Williams of Hideaway Golf Club in La Quinta tying for 14th at 8-over, two shots out of a qualifying berth.\nBlock also found lightning in a bottle again when he traveled to Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville as part of a scouting trip for next year\u2019s tournament.\nHe carded seven birdies and an eagle during the practice round, finishing his round at 9 under and tying the course record, a mark that was set by Jose Maria Olazabal at the 2000 PGA Championship.\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRelated\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\tPGA Championship star Michael Block, 18-year-old son seek to qualify for 2023 US Open\n\n\t\t\t\n\tMichael Block knew he'd connect with 'dadbods,' but not the others at Charles Schwab Challenge\n\n\t\t\t\n\tPhotos: Michael Block through the years", "date_published": "2023-09-25T09:26:00-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-25T09:26:00-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Tim Schmitt", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/timothymschmitt/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f99e682f8eab472ec4b7e31df8247bce?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Tim Schmitt", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/timothymschmitt/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f99e682f8eab472ec4b7e31df8247bce?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/05/USATSI_20724959.jpg", "tags": [ "American Express", "Michael Block", "PGA Tour" ], "summary": "By winning a PGA section championship last week at Sherwood Country Club, Block has earned the berth. " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?post_type=listicle&p=778397190", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/lists/2023-ryder-cup-yardage-book-marco-simone-italy-course-guide/", "title": "Check the yardage book: Marco Simone for the 2023 Ryder Cup in Italy", "content_html": "Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome \u2013 site of the 2023 Ryder Cup between teams from the U.S. and Europe \u2013 originally was designed by David Mezzacane and Jim Fazio and opened in 1989.
\nThe layout was completely renovated in 2018-2020 by a team of European Golf Design led by Dave Sampson in conjunction with Tom Fazio II, a leading American architect and the son of Jim Fazio \u2013 Tom Fazio worked for his dad on the original layout. The renovation included a complete rerouting of the hilly layout with the Ryder Cup in mind. With 155 feet of elevation change across the course, the holes were laid out to favor match play, with several drivable par 4s.
\nMarco Simone \u2013 a public-access layout with tee times available on the course’s website \u2013 will play to a par of 71 with the scorecard showing 7,181 yards. It\u2019s likely the host European team will adjust yardages in attempt to benefit itself. The rough has been reported to be deep and thick heading into the Ryder Cup, putting an emphasis on accurate tee shots to relatively tight fairways.
\nThanks to a yardage book\u00a0provided by StrackaLine\u00a0\u2013 the maker of detailed yardage books for thousands of courses around the world \u2013 we can see exactly the challenges the players face at the Ryder Cup. Check out the maps of each hole below.
\n", "content_text": "Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome \u2013 site of the 2023 Ryder Cup between teams from the U.S. and Europe \u2013 originally was designed by David Mezzacane and Jim Fazio and opened in 1989.\nThe layout was completely renovated in 2018-2020 by a team of European Golf Design led by Dave Sampson in conjunction with Tom Fazio II, a leading American architect and the son of Jim Fazio \u2013 Tom Fazio worked for his dad on the original layout. The renovation included a complete rerouting of the hilly layout with the Ryder Cup in mind. With 155 feet of elevation change across the course, the holes were laid out to favor match play, with several drivable par 4s.\nMarco Simone \u2013 a public-access layout with tee times available on the course’s website \u2013 will play to a par of 71 with the scorecard showing 7,181 yards. It\u2019s likely the host European team will adjust yardages in attempt to benefit itself. The rough has been reported to be deep and thick heading into the Ryder Cup, putting an emphasis on accurate tee shots to relatively tight fairways.\nThanks to a yardage book\u00a0provided by StrackaLine\u00a0\u2013 the maker of detailed yardage books for thousands of courses around the world \u2013 we can see exactly the challenges the players face at the Ryder Cup. Check out the maps of each hole below.", "date_published": "2023-09-25T07:00:36-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-25T17:34:26-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Jason Lusk", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/jllusk/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0ef9fa589fc62892cabe2c57919bc689?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Jason Lusk", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/jllusk/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0ef9fa589fc62892cabe2c57919bc689?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/09/lede-S.S.-Golf-Marco-Simone-Championship-_Fairway07.jpg", "tags": [ "Italy", "Marco Simone", "Marco Simone Golf and Country Club", "Rome", "Ryder Cup", "StrackaLine", "Tom Fazio", "Yardage Book", "2023 Ryder Cup", "Architecture", "Courses", "Courses", "Euro Tour", "PGA Tour", "Professional" ], "summary": "Marco Simone, a par 72 that will play 7,268 yards for the Ryder Cup. is a public-access layout with tee times available. " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?p=778397230", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/09/21/pga-tour-2023-the-sentry-kapalua-plantation-course/", "title": "PGA Tour's The Sentry will be played at Kapalua's Plantation Course, even after historic Maui fires", "content_html": "Although a deadly fire wreaked havoc on Maui in July, killing nearly 100 people in what was the deadliest blaze on U.S. soil in a decade, the PGA Tour’s The Sentry \u2014 formally known as the Sentry Tournament of Champions \u2014 will go on as normal, according to a memo sent out by Tour officials on Thursday.
\nThe event will be the first of the new 2024 calendar-year based PGA Tour schedule. It’s held annually at Kapalua Resort’s Plantation course, about 15 miles north of the village of Lahaina, which was the hardest hit by the fires. High winds and low humidity likely contributed to the fires, but officials know little else.
\nPGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has been working with the governor of Hawaii to ensure the event will not only be played, but will help with recovery efforts in the area. Some residents died in their cars, while others jumped into the ocean or tried to run for safety. The Aug. 8 blaze reduced much of the historic town to ash.
\nKapalua Golf reopened its Bay Course Sept. 20 and will reopen the Plantation Course on Oct. 18.
\nA memo went out to PGA Tour players who had qualified for the event from Tyler Dennis, the chief competitions officer:
\n\n“It\u2019s been six weeks since the Maui Wildfire Disaster severely impacted the island and its people. Given the continued relief and recovery efforts, I wanted to provide an update on The Sentry, which is scheduled to kick off the 2024 FedExCup Regular Season in January.
\n“Working in cooperation with state, county and community officials, the PGA TOUR is committed to playing The Sentry in 2024 at The Plantation Course at Kapalua. Hawaii Governor Josh Green has been emphatic in his support of our event and others, recently stating, ‘This decision [to allow visitors and events to return to Maui] is meant to bring hope for recovery to the families and businesses on Maui that have been so deeply affected in every way by the disaster. People from Hawaii and around the world can resume travel to this special place and help it begin to recover economically.’
\n“There is no other organization in sport which rallies around those in need like the PGA TOUR. Given the overwhelming support for playing the tournament, the TOUR and The Sentry are currently working on plans to further raise awareness and assist with fundraising and community service to Maui in a thoughtful and respectful manner.
\n“You should expect to hear from The Sentry Executive Director Max Novena and his team in the coming days. They anticipate opening the Accommodations Portal to secure hotel reservations very soon and are available to assist you in any capacity leading up to the first Signature Event of the 2024 season.
\n“Your participation and support of The Sentry will allow the TOUR to help showcase the ongoing recovery efforts in Lahaina and Maui, while inspiring our fans around the world.”
Burned cars and homes are seen in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 18. At least 114 people died in the Aug. 8 fire, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire of the past century.
More than 1,800 homes and structures were leveled and the death toll surpassed the fatalities of Northern California’s Camp Fire in 2018. That blaze killed 85 and destroyed the town of Paradise.
\nHawaii Wildfire Management Organization, a non-profit based in Waimea on Hawaii Island, said the increasing fires are threatening humans, infrastructure, water quality, agricultural production and natural resources.
\n“Hawaii has a wildfire problem,” the organization states on its website. “Each year, about 0.5 percent of Hawaii’s total land area burns each year, equal to or greater than the proportion burned of any other U.S. state. Over 98 percent of wildfires are human-caused. Human ignitions coupled with an increasing amount of nonnative, fire-prone grasses and shrubs and a warming, drying climate have greatly increased the wildfire problem.”
\nUSA Today contributed reporting to this story.
\n", "content_text": "Although a deadly fire wreaked havoc on Maui in July, killing nearly 100 people in what was the deadliest blaze on U.S. soil in a decade, the PGA Tour’s The Sentry \u2014 formally known as the Sentry Tournament of Champions \u2014 will go on as normal, according to a memo sent out by Tour officials on Thursday.\nThe event will be the first of the new 2024 calendar-year based PGA Tour schedule. It’s held annually at Kapalua Resort’s Plantation course, about 15 miles north of the village of Lahaina, which was the hardest hit by the fires. High winds and low humidity likely contributed to the fires, but officials know little else.\nPGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has been working with the governor of Hawaii to ensure the event will not only be played, but will help with recovery efforts in the area. Some residents died in their cars, while others jumped into the ocean or tried to run for safety. The Aug. 8 blaze reduced much of the historic town to ash.\nKapalua Golf reopened its Bay Course Sept. 20 and will reopen the Plantation Course on Oct. 18.\nA memo went out to PGA Tour players who had qualified for the event from Tyler Dennis, the chief competitions officer:\n“It\u2019s been six weeks since the Maui Wildfire Disaster severely impacted the island and its people. Given the continued relief and recovery efforts, I wanted to provide an update on The Sentry, which is scheduled to kick off the 2024 FedExCup Regular Season in January.\n“Working in cooperation with state, county and community officials, the PGA TOUR is committed to playing The Sentry in 2024 at The Plantation Course at Kapalua. Hawaii Governor Josh Green has been emphatic in his support of our event and others, recently stating, ‘This decision [to allow visitors and events to return to Maui] is meant to bring hope for recovery to the families and businesses on Maui that have been so deeply affected in every way by the disaster. People from Hawaii and around the world can resume travel to this special place and help it begin to recover economically.’\n“There is no other organization in sport which rallies around those in need like the PGA TOUR. Given the overwhelming support for playing the tournament, the TOUR and The Sentry are currently working on plans to further raise awareness and assist with fundraising and community service to Maui in a thoughtful and respectful manner.\n“You should expect to hear from The Sentry Executive Director Max Novena and his team in the coming days. They anticipate opening the Accommodations Portal to secure hotel reservations very soon and are available to assist you in any capacity leading up to the first Signature Event of the 2024 season.\n“Your participation and support of The Sentry will allow the TOUR to help showcase the ongoing recovery efforts in Lahaina and Maui, while inspiring our fans around the world.”\nBurned cars and homes are seen in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 18. At least 114 people died in the Aug. 8 fire, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire of the past century.\nMore than 1,800 homes and structures were leveled and the death toll surpassed the fatalities of Northern California’s Camp Fire in 2018. That blaze killed 85 and destroyed the town of Paradise.\nHawaii Wildfire Management Organization, a non-profit based in Waimea on Hawaii Island, said the increasing fires are threatening humans, infrastructure, water quality, agricultural production and natural resources.\n“Hawaii has a wildfire problem,” the organization states on its website. “Each year, about 0.5 percent of Hawaii’s total land area burns each year, equal to or greater than the proportion burned of any other U.S. state. Over 98 percent of wildfires are human-caused. Human ignitions coupled with an increasing amount of nonnative, fire-prone grasses and shrubs and a warming, drying climate have greatly increased the wildfire problem.”\nUSA Today contributed reporting to this story.", "date_published": "2023-09-21T17:00:32-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-22T11:49:59-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Tim Schmitt", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/timothymschmitt/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f99e682f8eab472ec4b7e31df8247bce?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Tim Schmitt", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/timothymschmitt/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f99e682f8eab472ec4b7e31df8247bce?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2023/01/USATSI_19730301.jpg", "tags": [ "2023 Sentry", "Kapalua", "PGA Tour", "Plantation Course", "The Sentry" ], "summary": "The Sentry will go on as normal, according to a memo sent out by Tour officials on Thursday. " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?p=778397182", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/09/21/kansas-jayhawks-to-rename-golf-facilities-gary-woodland/", "title": "Kansas to rename its golf facilities after Jayhawk alum Gary Woodland", "content_html": "Gary Woodland, who had surgery Monday to remove tumors in his brain, will have his name grace the golf complex at his alma mater.
\nThe University of Kansas made the announcement Wednesday to rename its complex of golf practice facilities in west Lawrence after the former Jayhawk, winner of the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.
\nThe Kansas Board of Regents signed off on the request from KU. Woodland’s name will be on the “conglomeration of practice holes, driving range and putting facilities that the men and women’s golf teams use as the Gary Woodland Golf Complex. The facilities are located at the privately owned country club The Jayhawk Club north of Clinton Parkway and Crossgate Drive in west Lawrence,” according to the KU website.
\nWoodland, who grew up in Topeka and has a home in Lawrence, graduated from KU in 2007 and has four PGA Tour victories.
\n“He has been incredibly supportive of the golf program,” Chancellor Douglas Girod said.
\nWoodland decided on the brain surgery after other treatment methods had not been effective.
\n“After a long surgery today, the majority of the tumor has been removed and he is currently resting,” the PGA Tour reported on its website earlier this week.
\n", "content_text": "Gary Woodland, who had surgery Monday to remove tumors in his brain, will have his name grace the golf complex at his alma mater.\nThe University of Kansas made the announcement Wednesday to rename its complex of golf practice facilities in west Lawrence after the former Jayhawk, winner of the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.\nThe Kansas Board of Regents signed off on the request from KU. Woodland’s name will be on the “conglomeration of practice holes, driving range and putting facilities that the men and women’s golf teams use as the Gary Woodland Golf Complex. The facilities are located at the privately owned country club The Jayhawk Club north of Clinton Parkway and Crossgate Drive in west Lawrence,” according to the KU website.\nWoodland, who grew up in Topeka and has a home in Lawrence, graduated from KU in 2007 and has four PGA Tour victories.\n“He has been incredibly supportive of the golf program,” Chancellor Douglas Girod said.\nWoodland decided on the brain surgery after other treatment methods had not been effective.\n“After a long surgery today, the majority of the tumor has been removed and he is currently resting,” the PGA Tour reported on its website earlier this week.", "date_published": "2023-09-21T15:00:38-04:00", "date_modified": "2023-09-21T12:34:02-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Todd Kelly", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/kellyt2019/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6d34543c2c8b62ab550f4bd55c0440ea?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Todd Kelly", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/author/kellyt2019/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6d34543c2c8b62ab550f4bd55c0440ea?s=512&d=identicon&r=g" }, "image": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/87/2020/04/gettyimages-1076915588-1-e1695313341907.jpg", "tags": [ "Gary Woodland", "Kansas golf", "Kansas Jayhawks", "KU", "College", "Men", "PGA Tour" ], "summary": "Woodland, who grew up in Topeka and has a home in Lawrence, graducated from KU in 2007. " }, { "id": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/?p=778396735", "url": "https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/09/19/jordan-spieth-baby-sophie/", "title": "Jordan Spieth welcomes baby Sophie in social media post", "content_html": "There was good reason why U.S. Ryder Cup member Jordan Spieth skipped Team USA\u2019s scouting trip to Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome, Sept. 8-10. Spieth\u2019s wife, Annie, was expecting the couple\u2019s second child, and while trying to win the biennial match on European soil for the first time in 30 years is kind of a big deal to Spieth, no self-respecting father-to-be would want to be on the other side of the planet and risk missing the birth of their bundle of joy.
\nGood thing the three-time major winner didn\u2019t make the trip otherwise he may have struggled getting back to Dallas, where he calls home, in time to be there to witness the birth of daughter Sophie on Sept. 12. (Sophie Spieth has a nice ring to it.)
\nShe joins big brother Sammy, who was born on Nov. 14, 2021.
\nJordan, 30, posted an announcement on social media that was short on details \u2013 no mention of weight or height \u2013 and included a photo of his daughter sucking on a pacifier in his arms. Congrats to the Spieths, who now can fill out their own foursome, and welcome, Jordan, to being a #GirlDad.
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