Korda's PNC return and Auburn's East Lake Cup win lead Wednesday's golf day

Nelly Korda and Cameron Young joined the PNC Championship field on Wednesday, and Auburn and Arkansas won the East Lake Cup in Atlanta. Overnight, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard took the first-round lead in Malaysia and Fifa Laopakdee opened his Asia-Pacific Amateur defense with a 63.

Platforms

No new sim software releases or platform updates came through our sources in the last 24 hours.

Build & Gear

Odyssey opened pre-orders for its TRTL putters, pronounced "turtle," with retail on Nov. 6. The standard mid-mallet is $349.99 in three hosels, and the zero-torque TRTL Max Square 2 Square is $399.99 (story).

Installer Golfsim Australia's video on common home-build mistakes comes down to one order of operations: design the room first, then pick the launch monitor (story).

Courses & Play

A Causeway Coast and Glens councillor told the Derry Journal that Tiger Woods has been signed to design Galgorm Collection's new links at Bellarena in Northern Ireland. Galgorm has not confirmed a designer (story).

President Trump says East Potomac Golf Links in Washington closes Nov. 15, and the Justice Department has appealed the judge's injunction (story). The Asia-Pacific Amateur goes to Hoiana Shores in Vietnam in 2027 and New South Wales Golf Club in Sydney in 2028 (story).

Creators

Barstool's Dave Portnoy posted that the Internet Invitational drew 7 million views in its first 48 hours. The event account says Episode 2 drops Thursday on the Bob Does Sports YouTube channel.

Swing Lab

Auburn's Logan Reilly beat world No. 1 amateur Preston Stout 3 and 2 by keeping it simple. "I just wanted to keep myself in the fairway to give myself a chance to win holes," he told Auburn's athletics site. In a match-play round on your sim, take driver out of play on tight holes and see what it does to your score.

The Game

Roussin-Bouchard birdied her last three holes for a bogey-free 64 at the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, one ahead of defending champion Miyu Yamashita and Sophia Schubert. Charley Hull is four back at 66.

At Te Arai, Laopakdee shot 63 in the wind to lead New Zealand's Joshua Bai by three. Only 16 of 120 players broke par. The winner gets a Masters invitation.

Auburn's men beat Oklahoma State 4-1 for the East Lake Cup, and Arkansas's women beat Oklahoma State 3.5-1.5, with María José Marín clinching the deciding point.

The PNC added Korda with her father, Petr, and Young with his father, David (story).

PGA Tour Champions set a 27-event 2027 season that opens at Waialae January 14-16 (story). The DP World Tour is not expected to change the rule that keeps LIV veterans such as Ian Poulter out of Ryder Cup captaincy (story). John Daly II tees it up at the VidantaWorld Mexico Open starting today (story).

What to do now

If you want a TRTL, pre-order before Nov. 6. Watch for Round 2 from Malaysia overnight, catch the Asia-Pacific Amateur on ESPN+ from 9 p.m. ET, and keep an eye out for Galgorm to confirm or deny the Woods report.