“The proposal of golf ball bifurcation is in many respects a solution in search of a problem,” Acushnet President and CEO David Maher said in a statement released by the company Tuesday.

Played annually since 1946, the tournament is currently without both a title sponsor ... proposal would reportedly call for the tournament to move to the fall portion of the revamped Tour schedule ...

A proposal to eventually build two golf courses at Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park in East Austin was delayed Thursday, as Austin City Council voted to send the proposal to two Council committees ...