Teeing Up This Week’s Breaking News - March 24
Reporting live from the first hole, where we are ready to tee off and hammer away with this week’s breaking news in the vast green landscape of golf. My name is Tessa Lapradez, and I am here to give you an update about the sport and all things golf on and off the court. With the 2024 end-of-the-year TV deal secured between LIV and FOX Sports and the debut of TGL, this is the year of innovation for golf. Off into the course we go!
Range of Relationships:
5-time Masters champion Tiger Woods announced that he is dating Vanessa Trump through an Instagram post with photos of the couple. “Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side! We look forward to our journey through life together,” said Woods.
Rumors of the relationship sparked after Vanessa Trump and her daughter, budding golfer Kai Trump, were spotted at a TGL event in Florida. Woods’ son, Charlie, attends the Benjamin School with Kai, and the two have bonded over a shared passion for golfing.
In his caption, Woods requested privacy regarding the relationship, but is that really possible? With him being one of the most famous golfers in the world and her the former wife of Donald Trump Jr., individuals invested in the world of sports or politics will be sure to keep an eye on the couple.
LIV Feud:
World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler is commenting on talks of a LIV-PGA deal finally coming into fruition.
During a pre-Masters global press conference, a journalist asked Scheffler if he misses playing with top players such as Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau, who moved to LIV.
“If we want to figure out why the game of golf is not back together, go ask those guys,” said Scheffler. “Go wherever they are playing this week and figure out when the game is going to come back together.”
Scheffler was confident in stating that the divide within the world of golf was caused by the creation of LIV and the players who decided to join the new golf league. Though he has no ill will toward the LIV golfers, it’s assumed that he will put some of that energy into his bid to win another green jacket.
Media Moves:
Good for Good Good Golf!
The media and lifestyle company’s CEO, Matt Kendrick, announced a $45 million fundraising round that was initiated by Ben Grubbs at Creator Sports Capital and investment management executive Brian Kabot. More than 50 individual investors participated, including football royalty Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions.
Grubbs was deemed an ideal fit because of his investment in the creator industry and monetizing internet content. Good Good utilizes content creation through YouTube to sell and market golf products and the game itself.
“Let’s build something so that you don’t have to make a video for the rest of your life,” said Matt Kendrick. For the CEO, that means jumping from the comfort of over 1.75 million YouTube subscribers into the uncharted territory of major golf brands.
With the reach and scale that Good Good has achieved in only 5 years, it wouldn’t be a surprise if it became one of the five biggest golf companies in the world.
