Daily Briefing: For golf lovers, this is the summer of fun

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You can catch the best golfers in the world with a couple of short drives. The Journal's Eric Rueb plots the plan, starting with the Northeast Amateur in East Providence and the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut, currently underway and ending with the LPGA’s 2024 FM Global Championship at TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts in late August. In between you can catch the best senior golfers in Newport. [62nd NORTHEAST AMATEUR-Invitational Golf Tournament-June 19-22, 2024-3.jpg] Garrett Rank hits with Todd White at the 62nd Northeast Amateur. David DelPoio/Providence Journal [And beyond just getting there, Rueb lays out the places to watch from on the courses and who to expect to find playing.]( • Trash, recycling and yard waste are sitting on curbs in Coventry for weeks as half the town's sanitation trucks are out of commission. Is a solution in sight? [Jim Hummel, of the Hummel Report, talked with residents and town officials to learn more about the problem and when – if any – relief can be expected.]( • Rhode Island's health care scene was shaken up a bit Thursday with two separate announcements. The Journal's Jonny Williams has the latest on [what's happening with Roger Williams and Fatima hospitals]( along with the announcement of an [expanded partnership between Lifespan and Brown University]( that includes a new name for the health care organization. • There's no Providence bigger or better than our Providence, but that doesn't mean we are alone. With that in mind, Journal columnist Mark Patinkin called up the City Hall in Providence, Kentucky to learn how life is going for our namesakes down south. [Here's what he found out.]( • We're down to the final four in The Providence Journal's Best Beach bracket and each matchup pits a state beach against a town beach. 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