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Korn Ferry Tour Opens In The Bahamas

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Korn Ferry Tour is set to tee off in The Bahamas to open its 2025 season.

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January 9, 2025

10th Year Seniors

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Korn Ferry Tour is set to tee off in The Bahamas to open its 2025 season.

The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis will be hosted January 12-15 at the Ocean Club Golf course followed by the Bahamas Great Abaco Golf Classic, January 19-22 at the Abaco Golf Club.

The Bahamas Golf Classic serves as a continuation of the great Exuma classic at Sandals Emerald Bay, the Korn Ferry Tour’s opening event for the last seven seasons.

The Great Abaco Classic heads into its eighth year.

The Golf Channel is also set to televise both events.

BDG Sports will once again host both Korn Ferry Tour events in The Bahamas.

NBA

In the NBA – Eric gordon tied his season high in scoring and Deandre Ayton posted another double double in wins for their teams Wednesday night.

Gordon had his best shooting night of the season and scored 15 points in the 76ers 109-103 win over the Washington Wizards at the Wells Fargo Center.

He shot 5-8 from the field and made a season high four three pointers on seven attempts.

Washington rallied from a 16-point hole and stretched the lead to 101-98.

Gordon hit the tying 3 for the Sixers on the following possession and they outscored the Wizards 11-2 down the stretch.

In the west, Ayton got double double number 16 on the season in the Portland Trailblazers’ 119-100 win over the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.

He finished with 11 points and 13 rebounds and shot just 5-8 from the field in 27 minutes.

The blazers built a 16-point lead in the first quarter and were never threatened.

They’ve also won four of their last seven, and have scored at least 103 points in 11 of their last 12.

NCAA Football

The Knowles family has another Division I athlete in the pipeline, the question is – which sport will he choose?

Right now, football seems to the leader in the clubhouse for two sport star Brody Knowles.

Knowles recently received official offers from football programs at the University of Illinois and Colorado State to go along with last month’s offer from Texas Christian University.

Last season as a sophomore, he finished with 39 receptions for 598 yards, and eight touchdowns to earn a 4-6a first team all-district selection.

At 6’6″ Knowles also stars on the basketball court for Southlake Carroll in Texas.

In AAU basketball, he’s a member of former NBA All-Star Jermaine O’Neal’s drive nation on the Nike Eybl circuit in the offseason.

You may have heard of Brody’s dad before, he had an interesting take on the decision to come in the next few months.