Mark Your Calendars!

The inaugural Golf Digest Panelist Summit takes place November 18-20. Borrowing from Golfweek's playbook, the magazine is convening its panel for education seminars and guest speakers. Three days for just $1200! The program:

• Friday November 18: Town Hall discussion on Golf Digest rankings with Jerry Tarde and Jack Nicklaus, Dinner with address by Mitchell Fox, CEO of The Golf Digest Companies.

• Saturday November 19: The future of Golf Digest rankings panel, discussions with Pete Dye and Tom Fazio (and Rees Jones?!), Dinner address by Thomas Friedman titled, err, no, I won't go there.
  

• Sunday November 20: Ron Whitten and Golf Digest ranking criteria, Ron Whitten on "Architorture" and Stan Zontek on "what good course conditioning really means" (oh Lordy...).

Comments

[The Duke]

Ah, yes...metaphorically-challenged Friedman. I can see it now -- "Rounding the Bases of a Slam Dunk Course Design."

Or, maybe, "The Course is Flat (Like a Well-Manicured Bowling Alley)."

[The Duke]

BTW, no Donald Trump speech about marketing your way on to the rankings list? What kind of half-bit sham are they throwing down in Orlando?

Trump even has a course in Florida! (I heard it's better than TPC Sawgrass).

[Scott]

I wonder if the panelists have to pay $1,200 to attend. I think that they should because it could be considered a membership fee for being part of the panel. I am surprised they are not holding the conference at course that would like to be considered for the Top 100 courses.