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Tiger Woods’ revolutionary state-of-the-art entertainment complex PopStroke is set to reveal its first location outside of Florida next week with the 82-time PGA TOUR winner taking to Twitter on Tuesday to confirm the new Houston, Texas location will open on December 16. The complex is a modern take on miniature golf that features two 18-hole putting courses designed by Woods’ TGR Design team along with a restaurant, full-service bar and family-friendly amenities. The Houston PopStroke location will be the fifth fully operational venue, with the first opening in Port St. Lucie, Florida earlier this year and others already running in Fort Meyers, Sarasota and Orlando. Future plans have locations opening in Glendale and Scottsdale, Arizona, as well as Tampa and Delray, Florida, both scheduled for 2023. “Putting is a universal part of golf that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and skill levels,” Woods stated in a press release last year. “It has been rewarding to see the broad and diverse group of guests enjoying their experience at PopStroke, and I look forward to seeing players make those long putts in locations throughout the South and Southwest. Each new location will have a different course design and layout giving players unique putting challenges as they travel across the country.” Gone are the windmills and animatronics of old, replaced by brutal bunkers, swerving undulation, and hole locations fitting the tastes of the 15-time major winner himself. While playing a full-length Tiger Woods’ designed course might break the bank of the average golfer, a full day of play at PopStroke will run around $25 for adults, with discounted rates for children. “Some of my happiest memories are spending time with my pops on the golf course having putting contests,” Woods says via the PopStroke website. “I’m looking forward to others enjoying time with their kids at PopStroke.” Woods will take to the course with his own son, Charlie, at the PNC Championship later this month. The duo will look to win this year after coming in second to John Daly and his son in last year’s event in one of the most popular events of the fall season.

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The PGA TOUR announced today the four Featured Groups for Thursday-Friday at the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, to be contested at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. Full groupings and starting times for the first two rounds of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational will be released officially at approximately 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 28. HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Friday, 2 p.m.-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 12 p.m.-2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2 p.m.-6 p.m. (CBS). Sunday, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-7 p.m. (CBS). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday 12 p.m.-7 p.m. (Featured Groups). Saturday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (Featured Groups), 2 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes). Sunday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3 p.m.-7 p.m. (Featured Holes). Radio: Thursday-Friday, 1 p.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, 2 p.m.-7 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio). FEATURED GROUPS (FedExCup Rank) Bryson DeChambeau (4), Jon Rahm (8), Rickie Fowler (89) • DeChambeau enters the week No. 4 in the FedExCup standings, with one win (Rocket Mortgage Classic) and seven additional top-10s in 12 starts on the season • Rahm is making his first start since moving to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking, following his win at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide • Fowler is making his 30th start in a World Golf Championships event where he owns 12 top-10s Webb Simpson (2), Rory McIlroy (5), Jordan Spieth (91) Note: McIlroy (2016, 2019) and Spieth (2015) are past FedExCup champions while Simpson is No. 2 in the current FedExCup standings • Simpson is one of three players (others: Justin Thomas, Brendon Todd) with multiple wins on the season (Waste Management Phoenix Open, RBC Heritage) • At No. 5, McIlroy is one of three players in the current top 10 of the FedExCup standings that finished inside the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 at the end of the Regular Season in 2018-19 (others: Jon Rahm, Webb Simpson) • Spieth’s most recent top-10 in a World Golf Championships event came at the 2016 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational (T3) Patrick Reed (6), Viktor Hovland (23), Brooks Koepka (155) • Reed, who won the WGC-Mexico Championship earlier in the season, is looking to become the first player since Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama in 2016-17 to win multiple World Golf Championships titles in a season • The highest-ranked rookie in the FedExCup standings (No. 23), Hovland is making his first career start in a World Golf Championships event • Koepka will be defending a title in consecutive weeks, having won the 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational and 2019 PGA Championship; he enters the week No. 155 in the FedExCup standings with just three weeks remaining in the PGA TOUR Regular Season Justin Thomas (1), Collin Morikawa (7), Hideki Matsuyama (18) • Thomas holds the lead in the FedExCup for the 38th week in his career, one shy of Dustin Johnson for third-most since the inception of the FedExCup in 2007 • Morikawa has a win (Workday Charity Open) and a runner-up (Charles Schwab Challenge) since the season resumed, moving from No. 41 to No. 7 in the FedExCup standings over the last seven weeks • Two of Matsuyama’s five career PGA TOUR wins have come in World Golf Championships events (2016 WGC-HSBC Champions, 2017 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational)

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