We’ve run plumb out of tournaments for the season, guys. The fall swing is at an end congrats, Mav), leaving US viewers with very little. The DP World Tour is very fun, and there’s a great one coming up in a couple of weeks down in South Africa, but again, the timing and coverage aren’t great for someone living in Minnesota.

So, as we’ve done in the past, we’ll be looking at the four majors for next season one at a time as we wait for the tour to find its way back to Hawaii (2025 schedule) in order, starting in Georgia.

Newsletter schedule/2025 Countdown:

Today: The Masters, Augusta National, April 10-13th
Dec 3rd: The PGA Championship, Quail Hollow, May 15-18th
Dec 10th: The U.S. Open, Oakmont Country Club, June 12-15th
Dec 17th: The Open, Royal Portrush, July 17-20th
Dec 24th: Tackling the TGL
Dec 31st: 2025 Season Preview and New Years Resolutions

Augusta National

There are less than five months until the opening round of the 2025 Masters. Official invitations to the year’s first men’s major championship will trickle into players’ mailboxes over the next few weeks. The Masters invites the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking at the end of the calendar year and a week before the Masters, along with PGA Tour winners and high finishers from other majors. Other than the PGA Tour’s top 30 at the end of the year, it does not offer direct spots to any other tour. This means that players from the LIV Golf League, who won’t be getting world ranking points, will not get any help in becoming part of the field at Augusta National. The six LIV players who remain eligible to participate in this year’s Masters (along with each of the other Majors) include Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Cameron Smith, Jon Rahm and Phil Mickelson.

Fred Ridley, Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament, announced in September that the 2025 Masters Tournament will debut five additional hours of live coverage of the third and final rounds, bringing the total to 14 hours of weekend coverage on CBS and Paramount+, in addition to their digital feeds Thursday through Sunday. The CBS Television Network and Paramount+ will air the Tournament live from 2:00 – 7:00 PM ET on Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13, which is an increase of one hour for Saturday’s third round. Additionally, two hours of live coverage have been added on both Saturday and Sunday to air on Paramount+ from 12:00 – 2:00 PM ET. Commercial time per hour will remain unchanged at four minutes.

After the course sustained major damage from Hurricane Helene in late September, longtime Augusta National architectural consultant Tom Fazio is making assurances that the course will be completely rehabilitated in time for the 2025 Masters. “They (Augusta National) have the resources and the abilities to adjust to the conditions there. Having trees fall on your green, what does that mean? You pick up the trees; you fill in the divots and holes they left. Then you re-sod, and you’re ready to go.” He expects that Augusta National and The Masters will remain as timeless for future generations as for the past 100-plus years. “I think it will stand the test of time no matter what happens,” Fazio said….

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News and Notes

Hally crushing the content, per usual. Happy Thanksgiving to all the tours!

Speaking of LIV: Patty Ice has still got it, baby! (he did go on to win this)

TGL has my attention, but the masses are embracing more and more good golf content on YouTube. I’ll probably find time to watch this.

Black Friday Sale

Lastly, it felt like we had to have a sale since every single other data/content/picks/DFS site in the world is, so here it is.

I KNOW it’s not a great time of year to pitch a golf product, but please remember that this is a 365-day subscription, and you’ll thank yourself in a month when you don’t have to pay full price. Also, I’m not waiting til Black Friday for this, you can just use it right now if you want. Black Friday isn’t a real holiday.

Last sale of ‘24: 24% OFF a full year sub using promo code GOBBLER

Limited to the first 50 users who take advantage, good through December 11th. COME AND GET IT

As always, bet responsibly, have fun, and we’ll see you next week for a look at Quail Hollow.

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