The LPGA Tour is back home in the U.S. with this week’s Pelican Championship.
It’s the last chance for players to earn a spot in next week’s season-ending CME Tour Championship in Naples where the winner will walk away with a check for $2 million.
This is the third playing of this relatively new event on the LPGA Tour and living up to last year’s finish might be tough. Nelly Korda prevailed in a four-way playoff with Sei Young Kim (the event’s first champion), Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson.
Korda has fallen to No. 4 in the Rolex World Rankings behind No. 1 Atthaya Thitikul, No. 2 Jin Young Ko and No. 3 Lydia Ko.
Jin Young Ko’s wrist remains a problem and she’s back on the rehab wagon after withdrawing three weeks ago from the event in South Korea.
Nelly’s sister Jessica is also done for the season. Jessica, the world’s No. 16, was 32nd in the CME Globe standings and she’s scored a half-dozen top 10 finishes this season. But lingering back issues have ended her season.
The ultra-private club in Belleair will be the site of next month’s latest installment of “The Match” and pits Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in a 12-hole match with newlywed Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth.
Thursday Pelican Weather Warning: With Nicole gathering into Cat 1 Hurricane status and predicted to sweep across the state of Florida and pass through the Tampa Bay area on Thursday, the first round of this championship will, in all probability, be postponed.
Stellar Earnings Reports For Golf Companies:
Golf’s popularity continues to grow and some sales numbers from the latest quarterly reports backed that up.
Callaway sales top $988 million in Q3 with $38.5 million in net profit. If that wasn’t enough, Callaway also owns TopGolf and sales are expected to reach $4 billion this year.
Acushnet, producer of the Titleist brands, had Q3 sales of $558 million with profits of $52 million. Acushnet expects its 2022 sales to approach $2.25 billion.
Patrick Reed And More Lawsuit Madness:
Evidently Patrick Reed has totally lost his mind and you can add his attorney to that list.
After filing defamation suits against The Golf Channel, Brandel Chamblee and others, Reed has added a second lawsuit.
Patrick Reed is suing Fox Sports, the New York Post, Hachette Book Group and the Associated Press, as well as author Shane Ryan and AP journalist Doug Ferguson for defamation. Reed’s attorney, Larry Klayman is behind all of this nonsense.
Here’s some hub-bub from barrister Klayman, a seedy sort of character in his own rite:
“Today, Patrick Reed, professional golfer, recent LIV Golf Champion and current member of LIV Golf and DP World Tour brought suit for defamation, injurious falsehood, and tortious interference over malicious false publications, all of which were designed to severely harm Mr. Reed, his family and colleagues personally and professionally,” the statement reads. “The Defendants joined in this lawsuit … are alleged to have conspired with the PGA Tour, which fears competition from LIV Golf, of which Mr. Reed is a prominent player.”
Reed better be ready to spend a LOT of that LIV money because The Post, Fox and the AP will bring out some big money lawyers.
