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6 days ago
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PGA Tour's Billy Horschel to sponsor AJGA tournament near Atlanta, replacing First Coast event
of Ponte Vedra Beach will sponsor an American Junior Golf Association tournament near Atlanta, after being associated with an event on the First Coast from 2017-2023. Horschel, an eight-time PGA Tour winner, will sponsor the AJGA Atlanta Classic through his Family Foundation Aug. 22-24 at the Planterra Club in Peachtree City, Ga. The tournament will be played at the Planterra Club for the third year in a row and in Fayette County, Ga., for the sixth year. The Billy Horschel Championship, presented by Zurich, was played from 2017-2023, three times at Eagle Harbor (2017, 2018 and 2023) and at the TPC Sawgrass Dye's Valley (2021) and The Palencia Club (2022). In a news release, the AJGA said, "Horschel's tournament, which is relocating from the Jacksonville area, brings a fresh chapter for both Horschel and the AJGA in Georgia." Tournament chairman Jeff Holt indicated that Horschel being a member of the TGL Champion Atlanta Drive was a good fit for the tournament. Zurich will also continue to be a presenting sponsor. 'Coming off his TGL SoFi Championship with Atlanta Drive, we are excited to welcome Billy Horschel as the host of the Atlanta Classic and Zurich as the new presenting sponsor,' Holt said in a statement. The move leaves the Junior Players Championship on Labor Day weekend at the TPC Sawgrass Players Stadium Course as the only AJGA Tournament on the First Coast. Between 2018-2021, the area also had Horschel's event in October, the Annika Invitational, sponsored by World Golf Hall of Fame member Annika Sorenstam, in February. The Sorenstam tournament moved to Orlando in 2022. Beckham Cummings, Elize Nograbat win Jacksonville Junior Beckham Cummings of Fleming Island and Elize Nograbat of St. Johns won their divisions in the Greater Jacksonville Junior Championship July 15-16 at Eagle Harbor. Cummings shot 70 in the first round and birdied Nos. 10, 14 and 15 in the second round to open up as much as a four-shot lead. He finished at 2-under 142 and defeated D.J. Waller of St. Augustine (71 in the second round) by two shots. Barton Abstein of St. Johns and Keaton Fannin of Ponte Vedra Beach tied for third at 2-over 146. Both shot 71 in the second round, with Abstein shooting 1-under on the back and Fannin making a late run with birdies at Nos. 11, 14, 15 and 17. Nograbat had rounds of 70-71 to finish at 3-under 141, one shot clear of Sophia Moody (71-71) of Fleming Island. Addy Vogt of Jacksonville (74-73—147) finished third. Aidan Tall of Land 'O Lakes shot 4-over 148 to win the Futures Tour division by four shots over Cameron Swindle of Ponte Vedra Beach. Miles Russell, Tyler Mawhinney in U.S. Junior Boys of Jacksonville Beach and of Fleming Island will lead First Coast hopes in the U.S. Junior Amateur July 21-26 at the Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas. Russell, Mawhinney and Jackson Byrd of St. Simons Island, Ga., are exempt into the field. of Ponte Vedra Beach, Lucas Gimenez of Jacksonville and of St. Johns got into the field through qualifiers. Also playing are Charlie Woods, the son of 15-time major champion and two-time Players champion ; and Cam Kuchar, the son of Players champion . Stroke play, with one round at Trinity Forest and one at the Brook Hollow Golf Club, will be July 22-22. The top 64 players will advance to match play. Here are the tee times for area players, with the first round time and course listed first and the second round time and course second (times are EDT): Phillip Dunham: Trinity Forest No. 1, 8:15 a.m.; Brook Hollow No. 10, 1:35 p.m. Brady Dougan: Trinity Forest No. 10, 8:42 a.m.; Brook Hollow No. 1, 1:52 p.m. Jackson Byrd: Trinity Forest No. 10, 8:53 a.m.; Brook Hollow No. 1, 2:03 p.m. Tyler Mawhinney: Trinity Forest No. 1, 9:43 a.m.; Brooks Hollow No. 10, 3:03 p.m. Miles Russell: Trinity Forest No. 10, 2:52 p.m.; Brook Hollow No. 1, 9:32 a.m. Lucas Gimenez: Brook Hollow No. 1, 2:58 p.m.; Trinity Forest No. 10, 9:48 a.m. Charlie Woods will tee off at Brook Hollow hole in the first round at 3:03 p.m. and Trinity Forest in the second round at 9:43 a.m. Cam Kuchar starts at Trinity Forest in the first round at 3:09 p.m. and plays Brook Hollow in the second round at 9:59 p.m. Plantation to host state match play The Plantation at Ponte Vedra Beach will be the venue for the Florida State Golf Association Match Play, July 31-Aug. 3. The field of 64 will be divided into 16 four-player pools over the first two days. The 16 pool winners will advance to match play Aug. 2-3. Twelve area players are entered. Exempt players are of Atlantic Beach, Lance LaCombe and Graham Nichols of Jacksonville and Andrew Morris of St. Augustine. Eight more came out of a qualifier on July 7 at The Palencia Club, with of Jacksonville the medalist with a bogey-free 66, making birdies on four of his first six holes on the back nine. Also qualifying at Palencia were Ethan Tak of St. Augustine (tying for second with a 69, with a 32 on the back nine); Keaton Fannin of Ponte Vedra Beach, Manuel Girona of Jacksonville and Alex Taylor of Atlantic Beach (tying for fourth with 2-under 70); and Kaden James and Ambrose Kinnare of St. Augustine and Dylan Mason of Ponte Vedra (tying for eighth at 1-under 71). First Coast Amateur championships set The women's and men's amateur championships for the First Coast will be contested over seven days from July 20-26. The First Coast Women's Amateur, presented by Brooks Rehabilitation, will be July 20-22 at the Sawgrass Country Club, with a field of 79 players competing in championship, senior and super-senior divisions. The 64th Jacksonville Amateur Championship, presented by Synovus, will be July 24-26 at the Timuquana Country Club. A field of 96 players will play the historic Donald Ross course for the first time in the history of the championship. First Coast teams go low in state Four-Ball of Ponte Vedra and of St. Augustine tied for eighth and J.P. Pearce of Jacksonville and Joel Durance of Orlando tied for 10th July 11-13 in the FSGA Four-Ball Championship at the Bradenton Country Club but both teams went low in the final round. Robards and Harper shot 62 in the final round to finish 21-under 192 and Pearce and Durance posted the tournament's low round with a 60 to finish 20-under. Brothers Parker and Preston Severs of Lakewood Ranch won at 26-under 187. ... of Ponte Vedra and of St. Augustine shot 4-under 212 to tie for sixth in the FSGA Women's Stroke Player Championship at the Vanderbilt Country Club in Naples, 10 shots behind winner Pimpisa Sisutham of Orlando. Cox shot 68 in the final round with birdies on three of her last six holes. ... Avery Chen of Ponte Vedra tied for fifth in the Florida Junior Tour Futures Championship 9-10 girls division at the Lemon Bay Golf Club in Englewood, with a 167 for 36 holes. This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Billy Horschel to sponsor AJGA tournament near Atlanta
Yahoo
20-05-2025
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Detroit's Motor City Golf Club to join TGL as expansion team in 2027
Detroit's golf scene is about to add a new player. TMRW Golf League (TGL) announced May 20 it will expand to a seventh city, Detroit, in 2027. The team will be known as the Motor City Golf Club and will be owned by a group involving Sheila Hamp, the primary owner of the Detroit Lions. Advertisement Detroit was rumored as an expansion city along with Chicago and Dallas earlier in May when a trademark application was filed for the name "Motor City Golf Club." TGL was founded in 2022 by Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and media executive Mike McCarley, who commented on the new expansion team out of Detroit: 'Detroit is a fantastic sports city has a championship legacy and Detroit fans are passionate about their teams and they'll let you know it." TGL played its inaugural season in 2024 featuring six teams: Atlanta Drive, Boston Common Golf, Jupiter Links, Los Angeles Golf Club, New York Golf Club and The Bay Golf Club. Motor City Golf Club will make up the league's seventh team once it begins play in 2027. TGL matches take place at SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, combining live golf with virtual reality to create a unique atmosphere in the golf scene, late winter months. Last season all of its matches were televised on ESPN or ESPN2 with a tripleheader of matches on Presidents Day. Advertisement The Atlanta Drive won the first TGL championship, featuring golfers Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel and Lucas Glover. The league also features top golfers like Collin Morikawa, Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler on its roster. You can reach Christian at cromo@ This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit's Motor City Golf Club to join TGL as expansion team in 2027
New York Times
06-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Billy Horschel to undergo hip surgery, will miss multiple months and majors
Billy Horschel will have hip surgery next week and could potentially miss this season's remaining major golf championships. Horschel, 38, announced on social media Tuesday that he will undergo right hip surgery and expects to return in late summer or early fall. 'It's an unfortunate situation with so many great events left on the calendar, but this is a preventative measure,' Horschel said in a video. 'I'm already looking forward to getting the rehab started, getting back to practicing.' Health update. After consulting with doctors and my team, I have decided to have right hip surgery early next week out in Colorado. It's an unfortunate situation with so many great events left on the calendar but this is a preventative measure. I'm already itching to start rehab,… — Billy Horschel (@BillyHo_Golf) May 6, 2025 Two weeks ago, Horschel withdrew from the Zurich Classic, where he was set to compete alongside Tom Hage, due to a lower-body injury. Horschel has 12 starts this year and two top-10 finishes at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Valspar Championship. He ranks No. 24 in the Official World Golf Rankings, No. 58 in the FedEx Cup standings and No. 16 in the U.S. Ryder Cup standings. Horschel also competed in the Tomorrow's Golf League's (TGL) inaugural season and helped his team, the Atlanta Drive, win the title with a clutch 18-foot birdie putt in the final. His energy and performance on the TGL stage, along with his Ryder Cup standings, fueled speculation that he could make his Ryder Cup debut this summer as a captain's pick. But Horschel's hip surgery casts doubt on whether he'd be available for the event, which takes place on Sept. 26-28, at Bethpage Black in New York. (Photo: Kyle Terada / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
Yahoo
06-05-2025
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Billy Horschel's Ryder Cup dreams likely dashed with this announcement
Billy Horschel's Ryder Cup dreams are likely dashed – for this year at least. Horschel announced Tuesday morning that he is set to undergo right hip surgery early next week in Colorado and will be sidelined multiple months, perhaps the rest of this season. Advertisement 'It's an unfortunate situation with so many great events left on the calendar, but this is a preventative measure,' Horschel said. 'I'm already itching to start rehab, get back to practicing, and I look forward to returning to the course sometime around late summer/early fall.' Horschel withdrew from the Zurich Classic, where he was set to partner with Tom Hoge, citing a lower body injury. The 38-year-old Horschel had made 12 starts this season, posting two top-10s but also missing five cuts. He currently sits No. 58 in FedExCup points, No. 24 in the Official World Golf Ranking and No. 16 in U.S. Ryder Cup points. Advertisement Horschel also competed in the inaugural season of TGL, where his Atlanta Drive GC won the title. Horschel's performance, passion and energy while playing on that team prompted many to tab him for a potential Ryder Cup debut this fall at Bethpage. The matches are scheduled for Sept. 25-28, so even if Horschel returns before then, he would need to receive a captain's pick from Keegan Bradley, and even then, he likely would not have many, if any, reps. 'Every time we're in a Ryder Cup year, I'm very well aware that I haven't been part of a Ryder Cup team," Horschel told Golf Channel on April 1. "But I can't solely focus on that. I can't have that be the driving force. At the end of the day, I've got to try and continue to get better as a player, continue to improve as a person, and hopefully through those gains and improvement, I can finally make a Ryder Cup team. I've done a lot of things in my career that I'm very grateful for and the wins I've had, and do I feel like I should be on a Ryder Cup team? Yeah, but have I done what I need to in terms of playing three, four, five months of consistent golf leading into the Ryder Cup? I haven't done that, and that's sort of been the Achilles heel a little bit; I just haven't played as well over a period of time as the other 12 guys. "I'm in the best situation that I think I've ever been in my career, at this stage, six months out from a Ryder Cup. I think if I can continue to improve and continue to play well and play consistently well, hopefully it lends itself to being a part of a Ryder Cup team. 'I would love to be a part of that zoo in New York. … It's going to be the craziest Ryder Cup ever.'
NBC Sports
01-04-2025
- Business
- NBC Sports
TGL contemplating expansion for next season, following successful debut
For those who think golf needs a longer offseason, TGL might be the ticket. The high-tech indoor golf league wrapped up its inaugural season last week with Billy Horschel hitting the putt heard' round the SoFi Center to lead Atlanta Drive to the title over New York. And now it goes away for nine months. Mike McCarley, the co-founder of TMRW Sports with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, began taking notes even before the season started on what can be improved for 2026, whether it's technology or having players connect with their city (San Diego native Xander Schauffele plays for New York). The average rating on ESPN platforms was just over 500,000 viewers. TMRW Sports pushes that number over 850,000 using Nielsen Big Data + Panel, which includes smart TVs along with cable boxes. The number that stood out to McCarley was a viewing audience some 12 years younger (median age 52) than traditional golf, trailing only the NBA. There also were the intangibles, such as the joy Horschel and Atlanta Drive owner Arthur Blank showed when they won. 'I was visiting the locker room of the teams that won and lost. Hearing them talk about what they should do differently next year was meaningful,' McCarley said. That indicated to him the players bought into it, even though there were times of hit-and-giggle (Woods getting the yardage wrong by 100 yards, any of Kevin Kisner's shanks). 'They started to figure out the ins and outs of competition, some of the strategy and rules, like the hammer,' he said. TMRW Sports already is working with ESPN on a schedule for 2026, though it likely will fall into the January-March window again. Expansion is a strong possibility. One group already is planning to bid for a franchise in Dallas and has put the total investment at $77 million. McCarley said the six original teams — Atlanta, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston and Jupiter — return with few, if any, changes to the rosters. As for more teams for 2026? 'There's been a ton of interest over the course of a season,' he said. McCarley said at least one potential expansion group has been to every match, most of them owners of franchises in sports from cricket to soccer. He also said TMRW Sports is exploring sites for a potential arena on the West Coast, which might help with travel. That's in the early stages and more than a year away if it happens. And if the team concept is supposed to work, shouldn't the Atlanta Drive club of Horschel, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas and Lucas Glover get rings?
