This week’s newsletter features:

• Scheffler’s 9th win of the year

• Tiger talks his future

• LPGA Changes gender policy

• Reebok x Bryson?

• And much more!

The Champions 🏆

Golf in December… While many golf fans might be tuned out that doesn’t mean the action has stopped for the year.

• On the Asian Tour, Joaquin Niemann won the PIF Saudi International, defeating fellow LIV Golfers Cam Smith and Caleb Surratt in a playoff. Click here to see how winning moment.

• On the DPWT, 24-year old American Johannes Veerman won the Nedbank Golf Challenge for his 2nd victory on tour. Click here to see his winning moment.

• On the PGA TOUR, Scottie Scheffler continued his winning ways with his 9th wordlwide victory on the season at the Hero World Challenge. Click here to see his winning moment.

The Season of Scheffler Continues

After making his first start since winning the TOUR Championship back in August, World #1 Scottie Scheffler picked up right where he left off this week down in the Bahamas. Scheffler cruised to an easy 6 shot win at the Hero World Challenge, even unveiling a new putting grip - the claw. Scheffler shot -9, 63 on Sunday - finishing the week at -25. The win marks his 9th worldwide victory on the season, with wins coming at the API, PLAYERS, Masters, RBC Heritage, Memorial, Travelers, Olympics (gold), TOUR Champ and now, the Hero. On top of that, Scheffler and his wife welcomed their first child and he also had the entire ordeal that sent him to jail at the PGA Championship. What a season it has been for Scottie Scheffler!

Tiger Woods Speaks

At the Hero World Challenge, Tiger Woods resurfaced for the first time since undergoing back surgery in September. Woods faced the media on Tuesday morning and took questions regarding his health. He cited both his body and game as reasons for not teeing it up at the Hero and said he has “a long way to go” before he can compete against the world’s best, adding that he wants to give himself the best chance to be competitive at the events he will play next season. He also spoke about the prospects of U.S. players receiving financial compensation at the Ryder Cup and lended his support to the idea - suggesting that players should donate their earnings to charity. During Sunday’s final round, Woods joined Dan Hicks in the booth to discuss his foundation and was also pressed about whether he would play in the upcoming PNC Championship - to which Woods responded: “we’ll see.”

PGA TOUR Turns to Influencers

The PGA TOUR announced that they have formed a ‘Creator Council’ that will aim to improve their fan engagement strategy and to discuss future content collaboration opportunities with influencers. Bob Does Sports, Bryan Bros Golf, Erik Anders Lang, Foreplay, No Laying Up, Paige Spiranac, Roger Steele and Tisha Alyn have all been announced as being part of the council thus far.

WM Phoenix Open - ‘Zero Tolerance’

The PGA TOUR’s ultimate party event has announced a major change to its fan behaviour policy for the 2025 event. Starting next year, fans will be forced to acknowledge a code of conduct and there will be a ‘zero tolerance’ policy for unruly behaviour and drunkenness. The move comes after this year’s tournament resulted in several arrests and medical incidents.

LPGA / USGA Change Gender Policy

The LPGA Tour and USGA have announced major updates to its gender policy. The changes mean that “athletes who are assigned female at birth are eligible to compete on the LPGA Tour, Epson Tour, Ladies European Tour, and in all other elite LPGA competitions. Players assigned male at birth and who have gone through male puberty are not eligible to compete in the aforementioned events." Trans golfer Hailey Davidson responded to the news:

Coming soon - Reebok Golf?

Ahead of their December 17th match at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka posed for a Golf Digest cover shoot. Fans with a close eye spotted that Bryson’s polo featured a Reebok logo - a sign that the brand may soon be sponsoring DeChambeau or his Crushers team. Asked about the photo, a Reebok spokesperson told Sports Business Journal’s Josh Carpenter that there are “exciting developments in the works.”

Golf Gone Viral 🎥 

Each week, we’re recapping the most viral moments from around the world of golf with ‘Golf Gone Viral’.

This week’s feature is: ‘Now that’s dedication…’ (951K views)

Plus, don’t forget to check out some of the most viral content from our page during the week that was:

• You got F**k all ball flight (944K views)

• Oh my f-ing god dude (771K views)

• Golf lawn level 100 (615K views)

• Let’s go baby! (595K views)

• She’s married to the game (573K views)

• YouTube golfers be like… (400K views)

• Would you take this shortcut to the tee? (381K views)

• Would you be happy with this caddie? (343K views)

• The drive up the 19th hole at Payne’s Valley (246K views)

NUCLR Bombshell of the week 💣

This week’s ☢️ Bombshell is Alisa Abrams

Take a look…

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What’s next? ⛳️🗓️

Here’s what’s coming up next on the calendar in pro golf!

That’s all for this week! Be sure to stay tuned for next week’s newsletter when we’re back to recap all the best news & content from the week in golf.

Until then,

Stay NUCLR ☢️