#Ponte Vedra Beach

It wasn't an announcement so much as it was a pronouncement - a proclamation from PGA Tour headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach about the direction of the future of the game. If you've been close to golf, or the world of professional sports, or the world of professional gambling, the short blurb that appeared in Sports Business Journal was neither…

When Emiliano Grillo won the 2015 Korn Ferry Tour Championship at the TPC Sawgrass Dye's Valley, tournament chairman Jim McCarthy congratulated him on the 18th green before a photo with the volunteer leadership was taken. Grillo gave McCarthy a puzzled look and was clearly searching his memory banks. " Junior Players Championship, 2010," McCarthy…