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August 20, 2026 | Edition #407 |
👋 {{readername | Hey golf fans}},
Maybe it’s time for Reporters Without Borders to take note of golf journalists. Especially the ones who travel to LIV events. Just a few weeks ago, Alan Shipnuck was allegedly “elbowed” by a Spanish major winner’s team members, and that was his second such experience at a LIV Golf event. And now, another reporter was booted by Bryson DeChambeau’s team at LIV Indianapolis.
Onward…
“The mafia has arrived,” said the Crushers GC captain, pointing toward the media while arriving at the driving range. Later, a reporter detailed why he was kicked out despite not doing anything out of the norm.
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1962: Duffy Waldorf Jr., the four-time PGA Tour winner, was born in California. He is currently playing on the PGA Tour Champions.
2000: With a win at the PGA Championship, Tiger Woods became the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three major titles in a single year.
2016: Inbee Park became the first woman in 116 years to win an Olympic golf gold medal. She defeated Lydia Ko by five strokes.
2022: Tom Weiskopf passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 79. A reputed golf architect, Tom won sixteen times on the PGA Tour, including one Open Championship.
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