21st April Newsletter 2025

Author

TJ Biggs
April 21, 2025

Hey Golfers🏌️‍♂️ Thanks again to all of you, let’s continue growing this newsletter, big shoutout goes to the new subscribers, let’s keep on sending this newsletter to anyone you think may be interested. Here is a quick sign-up link you can copy - Subscribe.

It’s great to see a Saffa winning on the PGA Tour again, congrats to Garrick Higgo. Justin Thomas picked up his first victory in 3 years at the RBC Heritage, it is great to see him back too. Over the past week if you didn’t have more than 15 conversations a day about the Masters then are you even a serious golfer? I think we were all on a high by such a great event, and it should in the numbers.

This week is the Zurich Classic which is a teams event on the PGA Tour, very exciting, I wish they did more of these throughout the year.

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Let’s jump in. 🏌️‍♀️⛳☕

RESULTS
Weekly Results From Around The World

PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship - Garrick Higgo | -14
PGA Tour: RBC Heritage - Justin Thomas | -17
DP World Tour: Volvo China Open Masters - Ashun Wu | -14
LPGA Tour: JM Eagle LA Championship - Ingrid Lindblad | -21

NEWS
Short News Snippets From Around The World

Masters Numbers. Rory McIlroy’s Masters win drew 12.7M average U.S. viewers—the highest since 2018—and peaked at 19.5M. Sky Sports hit 1.3M viewers, a UK record. Paramount Plus saw triple-digit growth. The ratings highlight golf’s strong TV health, driven by McIlroy’s Grand Slam, a dramatic finish, and top-tier star power.

Speed Up. The PGA Tour begins a six-event trial allowing distance-measuring devices to combat slow play. Rangefinders must be set to "distance-only" mode—violations result in penalties or disqualification. This is part of broader reforms including stricter penalties for slow play and publishing player pace stats to increase accountability and speed up rounds. It will be interesting to see what the thoughts are from this last week.

The First Teaser. Owen Wilson stars in Stick, a new Apple TV+ golf comedy premiering June 4. He plays Pryce Cahill, a washed-up golfer who mentors a troubled teen prodigy. Early reactions liken it to Wedding Crashers in a golf setting. The cast includes Marc Maron, Lilli Kay, and Mariana TreviĂąo. Watch Here

Influencer. According to some sources Bryson DeChambeau filmed his entire experience at the 2025 Masters, I’m sure he will be posting a video on his YouTube channel soon. It should be a great watch.

INSTAGRAM
For The Love Of The Game

EVENTS
What Can We Expect From The Upcoming Events

PGA Tour: Zurich Classic - Defending Champion | Rory McIlroy & Shane Lowry
DP World Tour: Hainan Classic - Inaugural Event
Champions Tour: Mitsubishi Electric Classic - Defending Champion | Stephan Ames
LPGA Tour: The Chevron Championship - Defending Champion | Nelly Korda
LIV Golf: Mexico - Apr 25th -27th

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That’s a wrap for this week. Thank you for taking the time to read the Seventy-Fourth edition of this newsletter, please feel free to leave me a comment or reply with some feedback. If you are looking to sponsor this newsletter let me know, I would love to have you on board.

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Cheers,

TJ 🏌️‍♀️