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Meet the PGA TOUR’s Custom Ball Marker Maestro
June 26, 2024
PGATour.com goes inside the story of how a Long Island golf fanatic became the go-to marker maker for the Tour’s biggest names.
Opens on pgatour.com
As Featured in MyGolfSpy
These Homemade Ball Markers Are Taking Over Golf
May 30, 2025
MyGolfSpy investigates how GLM’s handcrafted markers quietly became a staple on professional greens worldwide.
Opens on mygolfspy.com
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Golf monthly
Rory McIlroy’s Classy Gesture to the Man Behind ‘The Marker That Won The Masters’
May, 2025
Monthly covers Rory McIlroy’s remarkable personal gesture to GLM founder Jon Millman following the 2025 Masters victory.
Opens on golfmonthly.com
Golf Life Metals
The Custom Golf Ball Marker
March 16, 2026
A Complete Industry White Paper
Prepared by Jon Millman, Founder | Golf Life Metals
Plainview, New York | golflifemetals.com
2025 Edition
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The Met Golfer
Making His Mark
September, 2025
The MGA’s exclusive profile of Jon Millman — from pandemic hobby at Bethpage to the pockets of PGA Tour champions.
Opens on read.nxtbook.com
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Greater Long Island
How This Long Island Dad Crashed Pro Golf’s Biggest Stages
September 11, 2025
The local story behind GLM — how a Plainview dad went from Etsy to the Ryder Cup in five years.
Opens on greaterlongisland.com
GLM NEWS
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From Kiawah to East Lake: Tommy Fleetwood’s Long Road to Glory — With a GLM Marker Every Step of the Way
Posted September 2025 Tommy Fleetwood didn’t win the FedEx Cup on his first try. Or his second. Or his hundredth. In 164 PGA Tour starts spread across years of near-misses
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Augusta, A Signed Flag, and Four Little Trophies: The GLM Story Behind Rory’s Masters
Posted May 2025 On April 13, 2025, Rory McIlroy stood on the 18th green at Augusta National and wept. He had just won the Masters Tournament — completing the Career
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The Marker Behind the Win: How a Long Island Craftsman Became Part of THE PLAYERS Championship
Posted April 2025 When Rory McIlroy sank the final putt in a Monday playoff to win THE PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass last year, the world saw a two-time major
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Metropolitan Golf Association Exclusive on Jon Millman.
The met golfer article When the days shortened and the temperature dropped as the winter of 2020-21 neared in New York, the calendar did to golf what the Covid-19 pandemic
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How this Long Island dad crashed pro golf’s biggest stages
Greater Long Island “One day, I saw an order come in from Sky Sports in the UK,” Jon says. “I thought, ‘Wow, my first international order, this is random’.” Luckily
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Rory McIlroy’s Classy Gesture To Man Behind ‘The Marker That Won The Masters’
Golf Monthly article When Rory McIlroy beat Justin Rose on the first playoff hole at The Masters, it ended years of agony peppered with multiple near misses at Majors, while