Every week Carlos Torres and Fred Altvater offer the latest information and news from the around the world of golf.
The weekend Back Spin covers Hideki Matsuyama’s BIG win at WGC-HSBC in China, Rookie Cory Gribble’s victory in Mississippi, Shanshan Feng won in Malaysia and Tom Pernice won the first-ever playoff event on the Champions Tour.
The Par 5 News has stories about Dustin Johnson, Michael Jordan, Phil Mickelson, LPGA Tour schedule changes for 2017 and two teenagers who found thousands of golf balls in the Pacific Ocean affecting marine life below Pebble Beach.
The VIG of the Week, Joshua Jacobs, CEO and Founder of TGA Premier Golf and Tennis talks about how his company is helping introduce and teach children the game of golf.
On the Practice Range, Carlos and Fred discuss the Playoff structures for the European and Champions Tours. A U.S. Travel Advisory has affected the field at the Turkish Airlines Open, the first stop in the European Tour’s Race to Dubai Final Series.
For their Final Putts, the guys mention, Acushnet’s IPO share price was lower than expected, the Deutsche Bank Championship gets a new name, the Byron Nelson will move to a new course, President Obama’s golf trip to Florida in 2013 cost $3.6 million, Stanford is hosting a collegiate event at exclusive Cypress Point, ESPN is airing “Hit It Hard” a 30/30 special on John Daly and ESPN is losing over 300,000 viewers every month.