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THE GOG BLOG by RORY SPEARS, Director of Content and Creation for Golfers on Golf. Follow Rory on Twitter @GogBlogGuy or connect on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Rory Spears with a Callaway Rogue ST. driver in the Mistwood Golf performance center.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023.

The new year is off and running quickly.

Srixon Golf is batting lead off with the first new club announcement-some new woods were announced today.

But word is that Callaway Golf might not be far behind. So stay tuned.

But there was great news coming from Pinehurst, that Pinehurst #10 will happen. However it’s not the old land of the Pit Course, that has Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw’s name on it. But other land 4 miles from the main clubhouse that has some sandy dunes and 75+ feet of elevation change to it.

Architect Tom Doak gets the call on this one, and will work at Pinehurst for the first time. I will be visiting Pinehurst on the way down to the PGA Show weather permitting, or on the way back if necessary in early February. I’m hoping to visit the site during my visit to Pinehurst.

KAPALUA and the Plantation Course starts the year on the PGA Tour this week. This is one of the elevated stops on the tour this year. Which means more money for the guys who have won a tournament and are in the field. Favorites this week are Justin Thomas, Tony Finau, and Patrick Cantlay.

IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE the Masters Tournament decide to continue to let the LIV players in it’s 2023 field. So as a result 16 of them are in the field, including 5 past Masters champions. The Masters did not change it’s requirements to play this year, so player that were in are still in the field.

But the best Masters story of this year, is that Scott Stallings invite was mistakenly sent to another Scott Stallings. Who reached out to the real Scott Stallings and said I might have something your looking for. Stallings said he plays golf, but not at the level of the Stallings who plays on tour. So many folks are hoping that Scott Stallings the pro golfer will get some tickets for the Scott Stallings who got the invite by mistake.

LIV GOLF has announced 7 of it’s 14 stops for 2023, but the full official schedule is not yet released. So there are wonders of what’s going-on because the entire schedule was to come out by last November. The Chicago LIV Golf event is two weeks earlier on Labor Day weekend in 2023. LIV Golf events begin next month.

THE MILWAUKEE GOLF SHOW Feb. 17-19 will beat the Chicago Golf Show to the first tee by a week this year. Tickets available at RoyalGolfShows.com The Chicago Show in Rosemont is back this year, Feb. 24-26.

Willow Hill’s massive new golf dome should be ready for golf shortly.

The Gog Blog will return all week. RS