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November 11, 2003 • Volume 5, No. 94
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Today's News
Equipment
AccuFLEX Golf shafts were used by the winners of all three division titles in the season-ending Pinnacle LDA Long Drive Tour Championship. Carl Wolter used the AccuFLEX ASSASSIN 2 shaft to win the men's open division, while Mike Gorton hit an AccuFLEX EXTREME LD shaft to earn the men's senior division title and Sally Dee used the 46.5" AccuFLEX ASSASSIN 2: WORLD CHAMPION shaft for the women's division victory. For more...

Nationwide Tour player Victor Schwamkrug used AccuFLEX Golf's ASSASSIN 2 shaft to set a new record for average driving distance in 2003 at 339.3 yards. For more...

Callaway Golf Staff Professional Annika Sorenstam added another LPGA scoring record at the Mizuno Classic last week. Sorenstam exclusively used Callaway Golf equipment, including the new ERC Fusion Driver and HX Tour Golf Ball. For more...

Players
Since the beginning of 2003, Chad Campbell has moved up 151 places in the Official World Golf Ranking. After his win at last week's The Tour Championship, he sits at World No. 14. For more...

Tiger Woods ended the 2003 professional golf season without a major championship, but headed to the "off-season" with two additional records in his pocket. Woods captured an unprecedented fifth straight PGA Player of the Year Award and Vardon Trophy following last weekend's Tour Championship at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas. For more...

Business
The number of rounds played in the U.S. declined five percent year-to-date in 2003, according to data collected by the National Golf Foundation from 1,500 golf facilities. For more...

Strategic Shaft Technologies welcomes Golf Etc. Clear Lake in Texas as the newest licensee to offer SST PURE, the leading shaft-alignment process on the PGA Tour. The Golf Etc. location in Houston joins the nearly two dozen and growing SST PURE licensees around the world. For more...

Technology
Bear Ridge Golf Club in Waco, Texas, takes a step further to differentiate their course by installing the ParView GPS System. ParView is a leading provider of software-based solutions for golf course management and wireless communications. For more...

Associations
The Callaway Golf Company Foundation, as part of its work to improve the communities in which Callaway Golf Company operates, presents the inaugural Award for Organizational Excellence to the Vista Community Clinic. The nonprofit organization serves residents of northern San Diego County who have financial, social or cultural barriers to medicine and health education. For more...
Briefly
SMT Golf's Nemesis head captures the 2003 LDA Tour Championship as well as the Leading Money Winner title for 2003. ...

Insignia Trading appoints Dwayn and Nancy Olson as the Florida sales representatives for the company'ss branded and private label wrap grips, graphite shafts, travel covers and golf bags. ...

December's issue of GOLF Magazine hits newsstands today with features on the year in golf, best holiday gifts to give and receive, and why golf is such a difficult game. ...

With the conclusion of the 2003 season, Fred Couples, Steve Flesch and Bruce Lietzke - all of whom own and practice on high-performance SofTrak Synthetic Putting Greens - recorded tremendous seasons spurred on largely by their short-game improvement. ...

Gerbing's Heated Clothing announces that their Heated Golf Cart Seat Cover and Heated Cart Mitts are now available through Golfsmith. ...

Billy Casper Golf announces two upcoming free seminars designed to help organizations and other interested parties learn how to host successful golf outings. The free seminars, presented by PGA Professionals, will be held at Highland Woods Golf Course in Hoffman Estates on November 12 and at George Dunne National Golf Course in Oak Forest on November 19. ..

Golf Monthly and scottishgolf.com have described Guthrie Castle Golf Course in Scotland as the toughest course in Scotland and the ultimate golf challenge. ...

Arvida, one of the premier developers of master-planned residential and resort communities nationwide, launches a new, feature-laden website for Camp Creek Golf Club at www.CampCreekFlorida.com. ...

Spectators at this year's ADT Championship on the LPGA Tour can experience the GE "Healthy, Wealthy and Wise" fan pavilion at Trump International Golf Club, November 20-23. GE Financial is the title sponsor of this year's pavilion, which will feature entertainment, contests, and games. ...

Chad Campbell used Graphite Design International's YS-6 shaft in his No. 3 fairway-wood golf club in his win at last week's The Tour Championship. ...

Wilson signs Padraig Harrington, the 10th-ranked player in the world, to a new five-year contract through 2008. Harrington will play the Wilson Deep Red II Maxx Driver, Deep Red II Tour Irons and the Wilson PH (Padraig Harrington) Sand Wedge as well as wear a Wilson cap and carry a Wilson Tour bag and accessories. ...

Grande Dunes in Myrtle Beach, S.C., is named "Best Of The Beach" on a poll done by the readers of the Sun News. The course has been listed as the "Best Of The Beach" since its opening in May 2001. ...

Star Grip, makers of premium golf grips, announces that it is the only exclusively American made grip company in the USA.

TEE BOX: Week of November 13-16
PGA TOUR/EUROPEAN TOUR
WGC-EMC World Cup
Dates: Nov. 13-16
Site: Kiawah Island, S.C.
Course: Kiawah Island Resort, Ocean Course (par 72, 7,296 yards)
Purse: $4 million. Winner's Share: TBA.
Television: ESPN (Thurs.-Fri., 3-6 p.m., Sat., 1-3:30 p.m., Sun., 1-4 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com, www.worldgolfchampionships.com
2002 Champion: Japan (Shigeki Maruyama and Toshi Izawa) 64-64-58-66--252, 36 under)

PGA TOUR
Franklin-Templeton Shootout
Dates: Nov. 14-16
Site: Naples, Fla.
Course: Tiburon Golf Club (par 72, 7,288 yards)
Purse: $2.4 million. Winner's Share: $550,000 per team.
Television: USA (Fri., 1-3 p.m.), CBS (Sat., 1-3:30 p.m., Sun., 1-3 p.m. or 4-6 p.m., check local listings)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Rocco Mediate and Lee Janzen (65-60-60--185, 31 under)

LPGA TOUR
Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions
Dates: Nov. 13-16
Site: Semmes, Ala.
Course: Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Magnolia Groves Crossing Course (par 72, 6,231 yards)
Purse: $750,000. Winner's Share: $122,000.
Television: TGC (Thurs.-Sun., 2-5 p.m.)
Internet: www.lpga.com
2002 Champion: Se Ri Pak (65-70-67-66--268, 20 under)

OTHER TOURNAMENTS

PGA Tour: Second Stage Qualifying School, Nov. 12-15, Stonebridge Ranch, McKinney, Texas; Hombre GC, Panama City, Fla.; Oak Valley GC, Beaumont, Calif.

European Tour: Qualifying School Finals, Nov. 7-12, Emporda GC and Golf Platja de Pals, Pals, Spain.

Davidoff Tour: Volvo China Open, Nov. 13-16, Shanghai Silport GC, Shanghai, China.

Tour de las Americas: Abierto Bancolombia American Express, Nov. 13-16, Serrezuela CC, Bogota, Colombia.

Reader's Forum
The Wire has asked about Player of the Year before in Readers Forum, but now as the PGA Tour season has wrapped up, well find out what you think again: Who should be awarded Player of the Year honors: Vijay Singh with the tour money title and four wins; Tiger Woods with five wins; or possibly another player like Davis Love III or Mike Weir?

Send your response to The Wire by 5 p.m. Thursday with the subject "Player of the Year". Include your first initial and last name, city and state or country. Responses will be published in Fridays issue of The Wire.

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