Changes are coming to the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass after this year's PLAYERS Championship. 

Following the 2016 edition of the season's so-called "Fifth Major", the course known for its famous island green will close for six months as several major changes will be made to the course. The most naotable of those changes will be a complete re-design of the par 4 12th hole.

Widely considered as highly underwhelming, the 12th in its current state is the shortest on the course measuing in at 358 yards. While the exact yardage of what it will be after the de-design is not known, the early reports are that after the changes, the hole will become a drivable par 4, adding more intrigue to the course.

"The redesigned 12th hole will add an element…

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For only the second time in the over 100 year history of the United States Golf Association, one of the top golf organizations in the world will have a female president.

DIana M. Murphy will be officially named the next USGA president at the USGA's annual meeting February 6th, 2016. Murphy will join Judy Bell as the only women presidents in the history of the USGA. Bell was president from 1996 to 1997. Murphy will succeed current USGA president Thomas J. O’Toole Jr., and will serve a one-year term in the position.

Murphy, who is the managing director of Rocksolid Holdings, LLC, as well as the Georgia Research Alliance Venture Fund, has been a member of the USGA executive committee for nearly five years.

Murphy is no stranger to the top spot…

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The USGA already made changes to its Rules of Golf in an attempt to simplify the rules that go into effect January 1st. They have now gone back to the drawing board to revise the rules for their handicap system that will also go into effect at the start of the New Year.

“The USGA handicap system is constantly evolving to ensure that the system works for the game today and tomorrow,” said Steven Edmondson, the USGA’s managing director of handicapping & course rating, in a release. “As we examine the game domestically and globally, these revisions support the integrity and reliability that millions of players around the world expect of this system. We continue to explore substantive changes as we work toward a world handicap system in the years…

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The week of Thanksgiving is typically one of the more exciting weeks during the college football season. Most schools either play their in-state rival or a rival from their conference. The result is a heated battle on the field, and a bevy of trash talking off the field from each team's fans. As a result, the City of West Palm Beach is turning its downtown waterfront area, specifically Myer Amphitheatre into "South Florida's Largest Tailgate Party".

The event will kick off Saturday, November 28th at high noon when the amphitheatre gets a football field makeover and football fans from all around can spend the day watching their favorite team play on one of two large screens that will be set up on the stage.

The day will feature Michigan vs Ohio…

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For the second straight year, and the third time in his career, Bernhard Langer won the season long Charles Schwab Cup on the Champions Tour. 

The Boca Raton resident entered the final tournament of the season third in points, but after a playoff loss to Billy Andrade in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, Langer easily won the Schwab Cup, beating out Colin Montgomerie and Jeff Maggert by almost 400 points. 

"Obviously, my goal was to win the overall Schwab Cup, this trophy here, coming into this tournament," Langer said.

With players receiving a point for every $500 in the $2.5 million tournament, Langer earned 508 points with his $254,000 check to earn the $1 million bonus for the season long championship. 

Langer also won the money…

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Lee Trevino and the late Payne Stewart were amongst the seven golfers inducted in the PGA of America Hall of Fame Thursday at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens. The induction ceremony was the culmination of the PGA of America's annual meetings that began Tuesday. 

Trevino is a six time major winner, including two U.S. Opens, two PGA Championships, and two Open Championships. Trevino also played on six Ryder Cup teams spanning three decades, posting a 17-7-6 record, and served as captain in 1985. Trevino has also been quite the philanthropist in his lifetime. On three separate occasions, he donated his winner's check to he St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Many might also remember him for his role he played in the 1996 Adam Sandler golf comedy…

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On Tuesday, Sports Illustrated announced that Jack Nicklaus would be the latest recipient of the prestigious Muhammad Ali Legacy award. The North Palm Beach resident is only the third person to ever be honored with the award, joining Special Olympics founder Eunice Shriver and former NBA player Magic Johnson.   The award recognizes the hall of fame golfer and his wife Barbara for all they have done in the health field, specifically children’s health. The Nicklaus’ created the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation, which provides pediatric care nationwide.   Over the past several years, the foundation has worked with the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, and has become the primary…

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The 2016 edition of the Rules of Golf was released on Monday and the their were four major changes made, all with the same theme: simplicity.

In addition to the official addition of the putter anchor ban, which was first announced in May of 2013, three more significan changes were made to the 2016 edition put out by the R&A and the USGA.

“We continually look at ways we can improve and clarify the Rules of Golf,” said David Rickman, the R&A’s executive director of rules and equipment standards. “The R&A and the USGA collaborate closely and we consult with our respective national and international advisory members to produce a code of rules that is relevant to all golfers around the world.”

One of the most, if not the most significant of a…

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Superbly located in the heart of Palm Beach County midway between Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens, is the magnificent Wycliffe Golf and Country Club. Bordering the city of Wellington, this 600 acre resort style private community offers its resident members an exhilarating social and recreational lifestyle second to none.

From it's top of the line instruction by new head club pro Paul Rifenberg to it's top of the line ammenities, Wycliffe is one of the premier golf and country clubs in Palm Beach County. 

Wycliffe features an 80,000 square foot grand clubhouse where members gather daily to enjoy wonderful dining, first-rate entertainment and a full calendar of social activities all while overlooking the spectaculary manicured grounds of the…

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The concept of the FedEx Cup Playoffs isn't an exact science, but then again, very few things in life and sports are. The playoff system has had its issues in its young existence and for the most part, changes have been made to improve the system. 

When the FedEx Cup was first implemented in 2007, the points system was set up in a way where golfers routinely had the FedEx Cup locked up before the playoffs were even over. In 2007, the first year of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, Tiger Woods won the Cup by 12,578 points.

As a result, in 2008 the PGA Tour made rules changes to help make the playoffs more exciting. In February 2008, changes were made to allow more golfers a chance to improve their positions on the points list as the playoffs progress. The…

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