A press conference is scheduled for November 16 at which it is expected to be announced that the major tournament will return to the PGA-owned Louisville, Ky. property, which last hosted the Championship in 2014. This would be the first time Valhalla would host the tournament in May, after the PGA announced earlier this year that it would be moving the Championship from its traditional August dates, starting in 2019.

Ted Bishop, owner/operator of the Franklin, Ind., property, set out to find a way to appeal to golfers who stay away from the course due to weather forecasts that have a habit of highlighting potential bad weather. The property has developed its own rain blog with the help of a local meteorologist that details the finer points of coming weather to result in more rounds being played.

The PGA of America Board of Directors voted to remove Bishop on October 23 after he referred to Ian Poulter as a “Lil Girl” on Twitter and Facebook.

Eighty-five percent of the St Andrews, Scotland club’s male members voted in favor of allowing women to become members for the first time in the club’s 260-year history.

This year’s winners from the four age divisions earned a trip to Augusta National Golf Club for the Masters Tournament.

The tournament, to be held at Baltusrol GC, will mark the first time since 1971 that the last major of the year will not be played in August.

The PGA of America and LPGA will hold the first KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, designed to “continue the rich tradition of the LPGA Championship” at Westchester CC in Rye, N.Y., from June 8-14, 2015, with a $3.5 million purse.

“Golf holes the size of pizzas, soccer balls on the back nine [and] a mulligan on every hole” are some of the measures—or gimmicks—that courses across the country are experimenting with to keep people from quitting the game, the newspaper reported. A 15-inch-hole event at Reynolds Plantation that included professionals Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia was highlighted as a way to help “junior golfers, beginning golfers and older golfers” score better, play faster and like golf more.”

In an effort to grow the game by redefining the golf experience, the PGA of America has created a task force comprised of industry and non-industry experts that will focus on developing concepts that can be quickly implemented by the industry. Task force members include Arlen Kantarian, Bode Miller, Damon Hack, Ashley Mayo, Melvin Bullitt, Dottie Pepper, and Ted Bishop.

The 48th PGA Professional National Championship, presented by Club Car, Mercedes-Benz and OMEGA, will be held June 21-24, 2015 at the Philadelphia club. A field of 312 will compete on the club’s Wissahickon and Militia Hill golf courses.

The Bryan, Texas club has been slated as the host site for the 2014 and 2015 events. Miramont becomes the first facility in Texas to host the Junior PGA Championship, with the 2014 event scheduled for July 29-August 1, and the 2015 event from August 3-6.

The partnership, which seeks to raise the profile of the Ryder Cup, the Senior PGA Championship, and PGA Professionals across the networks of NBC, begins in 2015 and extends through 2030. The agreement also includes all-language and simultaneous streaming rights for NBC’s Ryder Cup coverage, which the network has televised since 1991.

The Tillinghast-designed Black Course on New York’s Long Island will add the events to a major tournament legacy that also includes two U.S. Opens.

Giving golf fans the opportunity to have a direct impact on the hole location of a major championship, the challenge will be conducted in conjunction with the 95th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., August 5-11. The PGA of America and Jack Nicklaus are collaborating on the learning experience, which will encourage fans to vote for one of four final-round hole locations on the 15th green.