Island Resort & Casino will once again welcome some of the nation’s top collegiate men’s golf programs to the Upper Peninsula over Labor Day weekend, September 6 and 7, 2026, for the seventh annual Island Resort Intercollegiate at Sage Run Golf Course. Hosted by South Dakota State University, the 54-hole, two-day stroke-play tournament has established itself as a premier early-season event on the collegiate golf calendar. The 2026 field of twelve NCAA Division I programs includes defending champions, West Virginia University, the University of Michigan, the University of Central Florida, Miami (OH) University and Marquette University

Salgados Golf Club on Portugal’s southern Algarve coast will host an EDGA (European Disabled Golf Association) Tour event from 15 to 17 November 2026, welcoming 60 golfers with disabilities from around the world for a week of competitive play. The event begins with a practice round on Sunday, November 15, followed by championship rounds on Monday and Tuesday. Participants will showcase their skills on the renowned 18-hole, par-72 course set alongside the coastal dunes. EDGA Tour Event

The Els Club Desaru Coast successfully hosted the 2nd Els Club Ladies Open 2026, welcoming 100 female golfers for a memorable day of competition, camaraderie and celebration at the award-winning Ernie Els Signature Design Ocean Course. Following the success of its inaugural edition, this year’s tournament welcomed female golfers from across Malaysia and Singapore, reinforcing The Els Club Desaru Coast’s position as a premier destination for ladies’ golf. 

Landscapes Golf Management’s inaugural “Lead the Way on the Longest Day” summer solstice program raised $65,000 for On Course Foundation and charities local to 25 participating golf courses, country clubs and destination clubs in the company’s portfolio. Sioux Falls Golf (S.D.) – comprised of Elmwood, Prairie Green and Kuehn Park courses – led the way with 560 golfers across 54 holes while Broadlands Golf Club (Broomfield, Colo.) and Shoreline Golf Course (Carter Lake, Iowa) recorded 258 and 185 players, respectively.

The PGA National Collegiate Club Golf Association (NCCGA) announced its National Championship will return to Hot Springs (Arkansas) Country Club, April 24-25, 2027. The PGA NCCGA National Championship features more than 200 collegiate club golfers for Individual and Team 36-hole stroke play competitions. The governing body for collegiate club golf, the NCCGA assists students in starting, maintaining and facilitating club golf tournaments regionally and nationally.

Blue Tees Golf is bringing its connected ecosystem of golf technology and software to a special for one of the game’s most iconic competition series, powering the first-ever Big Break Qualifier, powered by Blue Tees. The special, which premiered August 7 exclusively on GolfPass, featured three golfers competing for the 12th and final spot on Big Break x Good Good presented by Golf Galaxy, Golf Channel’s revival of the iconic reality competition series.

Courses, players, inventions—what in golf hasn’t been ranked? Logos. Until now. The Best Logos in Golf, a new four-color, 256-page book from Back9 Press, celebrates the game’s most meaningful and visually compelling club emblems through an exclusive ranking of the top 100. Written by award-winning golf journalist George Peper—editor of LINKS Magazine, former editor of GOLF Magazine, and author of 20 books—the volume combines history, tradition, and design with the first comprehensive ranking of iconic golf logos.

Motocaddy, the world’s leading electric caddy brand, is encouraging more American golfers to walk the course as part of their regular exercise routine, with research showing that walking delivers significant physical and mental health benefits while also helping golfers perform better. As many American golfers continue to rely on golf carts, walking with an electric caddy offers a smarter alternative by delivering the proven physical and mental health benefits of walking without the fatigue associated with carrying or pushing clubs.

Pukka continues to build momentum in the golf headwear market, maintaining its annual position as the No. 2 golf headwear brand in Units Sold in the Golf Datatech report while closing the strongest second quarter in company history. The sustained performance reflects continued demand for Pukka’s fully custom approach to headwear and the strength of its partnerships with golf facilities, resorts and retailers across the globe.

METRIC Golf Club has purchased two ZEN Swing Stage 2.0 moving floors for its new golf performance centre in Harrogate, bringing ZEN’s Active Terrain Technology to one of the most ambitious new indoor golf facilities in the North of England. Opening later this year at The Lenz in Harrogate’s Hornbeam Park, METRIC will feature six Trackman iO-powered simulator bays. Two dedicated coaching bays will feature ZEN Swing Stage 2.0 floors, creating dynamic environments for coaching, practice and simulator golf.

Tizayi Sithole has been named the recipient of the 2026 Larry Powell Scholarship from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA). Sithole is currently pursuing a master’s degree in turfgrass science management through Penn State World Campus and serves as an assistant superintendent at the Country Club of New Canaan in New Canaan, Conn. The scholarship, funded by donors through the GCSAA Foundation, is named after 52-year GCSAA member Larry Powell, superintendent at Clearview Golf Club in East Canton, Ohio.

College Golf Experience (CGX), the leading college golf camp company exclusively endorsed by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and The Universal Golf Rankings (TUGR), introduces a partnership with Titleist, the #1 ball in golf and the game’s leading performance equipment brand. Titleist will have TUGR’s exclusive naming rights on its homepage and at the top of the individual boys’ and girls’ rankings pages — as well as unlimited access to all the platform’s player data and analytics. This will allow the leading equipment brand to connect directly with highly engaged junior players while also gaining valuable insight into their games.

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