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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The PGA TOUR announced today that Jordan Spieth has been elected Chairman of the Player Advisory Council (PAC) by the TOUR’s membership for the 2018 calendar year. Voting ended on Tuesday, February 13. The 16-member PAC advises and consults with the PGA TOUR Policy Board (Board of Directors) and Commissioner Jay Monahan on issues affecting the TOUR. Spieth, who prevailed over Billy Hurley III for PAC Chairman, will succeed Davis Love III (2016-18) on the PGA TOUR Policy Board next year. He will serve a three-year term (2019-2021) as Player Director along with Charley Hoffman (2017-2019), Kevin Streelman (2017-19) and Johnson Wagner (2018-2020). “Having a player with Jordan’s pedigree and perspective will be a tremendous addition to the PAC this year and the Policy Board starting in 2019,� said Monahan. “We certainly looked at this as a win-win for the TOUR, as both Jordan and Billy were excellent candidates and both will make significant contributions to the TOUR in helping to shape policy.� The 24-year-old Spieth is an 11-time winner on the PGA TOUR and captured the 2015 FedExCup title. Last year, the Dallas native won three times and advanced to the season-ending TOUR Championship for the fifth time in as many attempts, finishing the season No. 2 in the FedExCup standings. A member of three U.S. Presidents Cup Teams (2013, 2015, 2017), Spieth played collegiately at the University of Texas. The PGA TOUR announced the 16 players serving on the PAC for 2017 on January 10: 2018 Player Advisory Council Daniel Berger Paul Casey Stewart Cink Chesson Hadley James Hahn Billy Hurley III Zach Johnson Matt Kuchar Anirban Lahiri Geoff Ogilvy Sam Saunders Jordan Spieth Chris Stroud Justin Thomas Kyle Thompson Cameron Tringale 2018 Player Directors Charley Hoffman (2017-19) Davis Love III (2016-2018) Kevin Streelman (2017-19) Johnson Wagner (2018-2020)  

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KAPALUA, Hawaii – Officials have defended the quality of the greens at the Plantation Course during the Sentry Tournament of Champions, admitting the color isn’t ideal however playability has not been an issue. Unusual rain over the latter part of last year – where a record-breaking 20 inches fell from November to mid-December – coupled with a rogue contaminated version of Bermuda grass, has led to the putting surfaces in Maui looking slightly less green than usual. And while the contamination and some brisk wind conditions have PGA TOUR officials running the greens a little slower than usual, the roll out has not been a concern. “All of us at Kapalua Golf are cognizant of the visual appearance of a few of the putting surfaces at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Tifeagle greens were resurfaced in 2004. Since that point, naturally a different strain of Bermuda grass has naturally crept in to a few greens causing the variance in coloration,â€� a statement from Kapalua Golf’s General Manager Alex Nakajima said. “All greens are rolling true this week and for our Kapalua guests throughout the year. We are extremely proud of the entire Plantation Course and are dedicated to providing best possible experience for our players, spectators and television viewers around the world.â€� Players backed up Nakajima’s claims post round on Thursday. “Obviously the greens aren’t as good as what they usually are here,â€� Rickie Fowler said after an opening 4-under 69. “But if you get the speed right and the line they’re still rolling pretty good. Everyone’s having to deal with the same stuff. You hit good putts, they go in most of the time, but you just can’t get too upset if you happen to get a bad break. That’s just going to happen.â€� After his opening round 70 Billy Horschel echoed Fowler’s thoughts, saying it really wasn’t an issue players could lean on as an excuse. “They warned us ahead of time, before we got here, that there was a little issue and I felt like majority of the greens are really fine,â€� Horschel said. “They’re rolling really good and you hit good putts, they’re going to go in the hole. So it’s unfortunate that they had a little disease issue, but I think the TOUR’s done a really good job of managing them and I think they’ve got a great game plan for the next couple years of redoing some of the problem greens that they have had. “They’re being really smart where they’re putting the pin locations trying to be safe and make sure the greens last the entire week.â€�

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Round 1 of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open takes place Thursday from Memorial Park Golf Course. There are plenty of big names in the field, including Brooks Koepka, Matthew Wolff, Scottie Scheffler and Adam Scott. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action, including PGA TOUR LIVE. Leaderboard Tee times HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Thursday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. (Featured Groups) Radio: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio). TOURCast: Get shot-by-shot info in real time with shot tracks and video with TOURCast. TOUR Pulse: Get the PGA TOUR app to utilize TOUR Pulse, which provides users the ability to experience a mix of content, such as video highlights, written hole summaries and stat graphics on every player after every hole they complete. FEATURED GROUPS Sam Burns, Sungjae Im, Max Homa (Tee times) Brooks Koepka, Cameron Smith, Tyrrell Hatton (Tee times) Patrick Reed, John Huh, Adam Scott (Tee times) Matthew Wolff, Tony Finau, Marc Leishman (Tee times) MUST READS The First Look Power Rankings Expert Picks

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