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Atmosphere to deliver PGA TOUR content to businesses via its digital platformAtmosphere to deliver PGA TOUR content to businesses via its digital platform
AUSTIN, Texas – Atmosphere (www.atmosphere.tv), the worldwide leader in streaming TV entertainment for businesses, today announced a content agreement with the PGA TOUR to bring both highlights and dedicated golf programming to the Atmosphere platform and its audience of 60 million monthly viewers. “Atmosphere has built an innovative platform with significant reach along with an active, engaged audience,” said Norb Gambuzza, PGA TOUR Senior Vice President of Media and Gaming. “We’re extremely excited to work with Atmosphere to deliver a dedicated PGA TOUR channel onto its platform with a goal of engaging more fans.” Launching today, the channel features a mix of tournament coverage highlights, tournament recaps and footage from the PGA TOUR’s most iconic moments. Additionally, the PGA TOUR’s highlights will be played on Atmosphere Sports, the platform’s popular sports news channel. The partnership is the latest in Atmosphere’s continued growth into sports throughout 2022, starting with the launch of Atmosphere Sports in March and continuing in September with RealMadrid TV, a channel dedicated to one of Europe’s most popular football teams and which features live matches. “With golf being one of the most watched sports in the world, we’re immensely proud to be partnering with the PGA TOUR to provide businesses with a viewing experience tailored to their spaces,” says Blake Sabatinelli, Chief Operating Officer at Atmosphere. “The addition of golf to our platform has been one of the biggest requests of our fans, but also one of the hardest to obtain, so to have the world’s most competitive golf tour on Atmosphere shows just how far we’ve come in 2022, and how much further we can grow in 2023.” Atmosphere is available in over 45,000 venues worldwide across restaurants & bars, gyms and health clubs, medical waiting rooms and more. Optimized for viewing in public spaces, Atmosphere’s engaging content encompasses viral video compilations, news and sports coverage, lifestyle, extreme sports, art, and ambient nature, designed to complement every business environment. Atmosphere’s self-service ad portal also provides streaming customers with the ability to run promotions to its captive customers within the content for free. For more information, visit the Atmosphere website. Follow Atmosphere on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
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A look inside the bags of The Match participantsA look inside the bags of The Match participants
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are teaming up to play Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth in Capital One’s The Match on Saturday evening at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. This will be Woods’ first competitive appearance since The Open in July. He withdrew from his Hero World Challenge last week because of plantar fasciitis but can compete Saturday because carts are in use. McIlroy, the reigning FedExCup champion, is playing for the first time since winning the DP World Tour’s season-long points race with his fourth-place finish last month at the season finale in Dubai. It was McIlroy’s sixth consecutive top-four finish worldwide and made him the first player to finish the same season atop both the FedExCup and DP World Tour Rankings and be No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. He returned to No. 1 in the world with is recent victory at THE CJ CUP in South Carolina. Thomas and Spieth are coming off a perfect 4-0-0 record in the Presidents Cup and promise to be formidable foes for Woods and McIlroy. To prepare you for The Match, here’s a look inside the bag of all four contestants. Tiger Woods: What’s in the Bag? Driver: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (9 degrees) Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X 3-wood: TaylorMade SIM Titanium (15 degrees) Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 70 TX 5-wood: TaylorMade M3 (19 degrees) Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 80 TX Irons: TaylorMade P-770 (3-iron), TaylorMade P-7TW (4-PW) Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 (56 degrees), TaylorMade MG3 Raw (60 degrees) Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2 GSS prototype Ball: Bridgestone Tour B X Rory McIlroy: What’s in the bag? Driver: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (9 degrees @ 7.5) Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X 3-wood: TaylorMade SIM2 Titanium (15 degrees) Shaft: Mitsubishi Kai’li White 80 TX 5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (19 degrees @17.55) Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X Irons: TaylorMade Rors Proto (3-9) Shaft: Project X 7.0 Wedges: TaylorMade MG3 Raw (46-09SB, 54-13SB, 58-11SB) Shafts: Project X 6.5 Putter: TaylorMade Spider Hydro Blast Grip: SuperStroke Traxion Pistol GT Tour Ball: 2021 TaylorMade TP5x (#22) Justin Thomas: What’s in the bag? Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees @9.25) Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana ZF 60 TX 3-wood: Titleist TS3 (15 degrees) Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Blue 85 TX 5-wood: Titleist 915Fd (18 degrees @19.5) Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 X Irons: Titleist T100 (4-iron), Titleist 621.JT Forged (5-9 iron) Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 Tour Issue Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (46-10F, 52-12F @52.5, 56-14F @57), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (60.5 T, or 60.5 K) Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 (46), True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 (52-60) Putter: Scotty Cameron X5 Proto Grip: SuperStroke Traxion Pistol GT Tour Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Jordan Spieth: What’s in the bag? It should be noted that Spieth typically travels with both a hybrid and a driving iron, and he decides between them depending on the course layout, conditions, and weather. We’ve listed both options below, but remember that he will not play both in the actual event. Driver: Titleist TSi3 (10 degrees) Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 X 3-wood: Titleist TSR3 (15 degrees @14.25) Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV RAW Blue 75 TX Hybrid: Titleist TSi2 (21 degrees) Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD-IZ 95 X Hybrid Driving iron: Titleist T100S (3-iron) Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD-DI 105 X Hybrid Irons: Titleist T100 (4-PW) Shafts: Project X 125 6.5 Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (46-10F @46.5, 52-08F @51.5, 56-10S @55.5), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (60.5 T) Shafts: Project X 125 6.5 (46), Project X 120 6.0 (52-60) Putter: Scotty Cameron 009 prototype Grip: SuperStroke Traxion Flatso 1.0 Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Emmert: Next NCAA prez needs ‘lot of patience’Emmert: Next NCAA prez needs ‘lot of patience’
Outgoing NCAA president Mark Emmert has some advice for his replacement: “The job requires a lot of patience.”
Tiger Woods expected to play new ball in The Match, PNCTiger Woods expected to play new ball in The Match, PNC
Tiger Woods is making an equipment switch for Saturday’s edition of Capital One’s The Match, and it just so happens to be the item that golfers use most often. Golf.com first reported that Woods is expected to switch to Bridgestone’s B X golf ball for the next two weeks. As part of a busy December, Woods is scheduled to compete in the PNC Championship alongside son Charlie after Saturday’s match, where he will team with FedExCup champion Rory McIlroy to face Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth. Woods, who last competed at The Open in July, had been using a Bridgestone B XS golf ball, which is a softer, higher-spinning ball. Woods has traditionally played a softer ball with more spin to have more variety with his approach shots and around the greens. Artistry with his irons and a myriad of short-game shots have been hallmarks of Woods’ historic career. According to Golf.com, Woods began testing the B X on his at-home simulator and noticed that the ball carried 10 yards farther. The B X is firmer and offers lower flight and spin than the B XS ball. “These are more of an exhibition-type situation, and I think that’s factoring into his decision,” Elliot Mellow, Bridgestone’s golf ball marketing manager, told Golf.com. “So he’ll be a Tour B X player at least for the next few events. He’s been looking at distance and the greenside spin is where it needs to be.” After testing the ball on his simulator, Woods did on-course testing with the ball in The Bahamas before withdrawing from the Hero World Challenge with plantar fasciitis. “The real test was (in the Bahamas during Hero week) where it hit it into different winds and liked the ball flight,” Mellow told Golf.com. “The comments we’ve heard from Tiger and his team is that it’s really cool that if he’s looking for something different, we don’t have to go out and build him a specific ball. He can just go to something we’re already making that’s on the retail shelf.” Bridgestone expects Woods to return to the B XS ball when he returns to official competition in the new year, however. “The Tour B XS is still a ball he helped co-design, and it’s a ball he’ll probably go back to in those situations where he needs more playability and workability in the golf ball,” said Mellow. “We don’t get the impression this is a permanent thing. It’s more situational. He’s chasing distance more than spin for all the obvious reasons.”
Loaves, Fishes & Computers named 2022 PGA TOUR Charity of the YearLoaves, Fishes & Computers named 2022 PGA TOUR Charity of the Year
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The PGA TOUR announced today that Loaves, Fishes & Computers (LFC), a non-profit beneficiary of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, has been named the 2022 PGA TOUR Charity of the Year. LFC was recently surprised with the honor. LFC was founded in 2009 to help address the growing digital divide throughout the greater Monterey Bay region, especially in rural areas like Salinas. Despite providing most of the nation’s lettuce among many other crops consumed globally, many Salinas Valley families struggle daily to put food on their tables and face extreme economic disparity. LFC’s programs and services aim to empower low-income and underserved individuals by providing low- or no-cost computers, tech support, computer repair and hands-on digital fluency instruction. It also provides technology- and business-related work experience for volunteers who are recruited directly from the communities they serve. Powered by the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am surpassed $200 million in all-time charitable contributions in 2022. “All of the 200-plus charitable organizations we support are special, but LFC provides particularly meaningful technology and digital literacy assistance serving a broad population throughout our tri-county region,” said Steve John, Tournament Director and CEO of the Monterey Peninsula Foundation. The Charity of the Year award comes with a $30,000 grant from the PGA TOUR to assist LFC, which will be utilized to provide additional computing devices for low-income families, digital fluency classes, and facilitate its volunteer program in teaching job training skills to its constituents. “The entire team of staff and volunteers at LFC is overwhelmed to receive this honor from the PGA TOUR,” said Gabriela López Chávez, Executive Director of LFC. “Bridging the digital divide for our most vulnerable residents is one of the most important issues we can address to ensure healthy and prosperous lives for all community members. We are deeply grateful that the importance of this work is being recognized on a national scale by the TOUR and for our ongoing partnership with the Monterey Peninsula Foundation.” With the support of more than 100,000 volunteers annually, the PGA TOUR assists approximately 3,000 charities each year. Virtually all tournaments are organized as non-profit organizations to maximize charitable giving, and to date, tournaments across all Tours have generated more than $3.37 billion. The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, won in 2022 by Tom Hoge, will be held February 2-5, 2023, at Pebble Beach Golf Links.