Kisner's Jupiter Links exit and Te Arai's 17th hole lead the golf day

Kevin Kisner's account of leaving Jupiter Links and a close look at the Te Arai hole in Trackman's current contest lead the golf news from Thursday into Friday morning.

Platforms

The LPGA posted a short video of its players taking on Trackman's random club challenge from 155 yards on a par 3.

Build & Gear

PXG's second-generation Secret Weapon mini driver, a 300cc, 13-degree club, went on sale Thursday at $499 (story). Titleist released 1,000 Vokey Signature 60M wedges at $399, recreating Bob Vokey's original M Grind (story).

Courses & Play

The Fried Egg shared its profile of Te Arai Links' South Course, the 2022 Coore & Crenshaw design in New Zealand. Its notes list the par-3 17th at 119 yards and call the green "a Bill Coore masterpiece" with subtle internal pockets for different pins. That is the hole in Trackman's Te Arai Links Virtual Challenge, which runs through November 1 on Trackman simulators and ranges.

Topgolf settled the lawsuit of a woman hit by a flying club at its Hillsboro, Oregon, venue in 2023. Her law firm called it multimillion-dollar; the amount is confidential (story).

Creators

Joel Dahmen added Jet Out, a Scottsdale private aviation company, as a sponsor and talked about it with Front Office Sports. Paige Spiranac posted "I Put the Fore Play Boys in the Hot Seat," and Fore Play's new Breaking 85 has Trent Ryan trying to break 85 at his home course after a lesson.

Swing Lab

Ben Kohles made 11 birdies in his opening 63 in Bermuda, according to PGA Tour notes, and Golfweek reports he credits a new putter. Ben Silverman's bogey-free 63 came with a Caliber Golf shaft on his Bettinardi putter. "It's fun for me playing with a hockey stick as my grip for the putter," he told GolfWRX, which counted nearly 125 feet of made putts.

The Game

Kisner said on the Fore Play podcast that Jupiter Links told him by text that Tiger Woods wants to play a full TGL schedule next season and that the team wanted Keith Mitchell (story).

On TGL's site, Justin Ray notes that Atlanta Drive's additions, Michael Brennan and Chris Gotterup, are the only two PGA Tour players this season with 400 or more drives of 320 yards.

Chandler Blanchet leads the Butterfield Bermuda Championship after a 9-under 62 with eagles on Nos. 17 and 7. Kohles, Silverman, Danny Walker and Corey Conners are one back. In South Korea, Haeran Ryu leads the BMW Ladies Championship by two at 13 under.

LIV Golf's bankruptcy hearings this week were canceled and pushed to November 5. BC Partners Credit's deadline for players to sign on to LIV 2.0 is Sunday.

What to do now

Trackman players have until November 1 for their three swings at Te Arai's 17th; read the Fried Egg's green notes first. Bermuda's second round is on Golf Channel today, and LIV's Sunday deadline is next to watch.