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| A Look Back: Mar. 18 1909: Henry Longhurst, a renowned golf writer and later a respected golf television commentator in England and the United States, is born in Bromham, England. Longhurst died in 1978. 1939: Sam Snead and Ralph Guldahl team to win the Miami-Biltmore Four-Ball in Miami, Fla., defeating Horton Smith and Paul Runyan 7 and 6. 1979: Mark McCumber wins the Doral Eastern Open by one stroke over Phil Rogers. The victory is McCumber's first on the PGA Tour. 1984: Gary Koch defeats George Burns in a playoff to win the Bay Hill Classic. The win is Koch's second in this event. 1990: Jodie Mudd wins The Players Championship by one stroke over Mark Calcavecchia. |
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Courses
Shark's Tooth,
a signature golf club on Florida's Emerald Coast designed by Greg Norman, officially
opens for play at the conclusion of a "media preview event" today. The course
is a 7,200 yard, par-72, 18-hole championship layout featuring up to 35 feet of
natural elevation changes and five holes that play directly on Lake Powell.
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Players
Crowne Plaza
Hotels and Resorts, the official hotel of the Ladies Professional Golf Association,
awards its second annual Crowne Plaza Achievement Award to Annika Sorenstam.
Sorenstam earned 348 points by her finish in selected LPGA Tour events, finishing
78 points ahead of Karrie Webb.
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Business
Equipment maker
Women's Golf Unlimited announces a 29 percent increase in revenue for the
fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2001 and a decrease in net income from $220,653 a year
ago to $164,291. Income was less because of higher taxes and increased advertising
costs, company officials reported.
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Tours
The United
America Senior Tour holds its first major championship of the season April
3-5 at the Ballantrae Golf and Yacht Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
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Equipment
Independent
Darrell Survey reports that 82 percent of the players (59 players) wearing plastic
cleats at last week's Bay Hill Invitational wore Softspikes' Black Widow
cleats.
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Juniors
Gleneagles
will allow golfers aged 15 and younger to play its championship courses for free
during April. Up to three junior golfers can play for free when sharing a tee
time with an adult paying a full visitor green fee.
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Associations
The
Royal Canadian Golf Association creates a national network of Future Links
Licensed Facilities. The Future Links courses will deliver affordable and accessible
programs to young golfers through Bank of Montreal Future Links, Canada's national
junior golf development program.
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Clarification
Mark Rolfing will serve as guest host of The Golf Channel's Golf Talk Live tonight
when he interviews Johnny Miller, not permanent host as erroneously reported in
a March 14 Golf Channel release.
Reader's Forum
Introducing
Your Chance to Speak Out
Often at The Wire we offer our thoughts and opinions on the issues and topics that are shaping the game, as well as bring you the newsmakers with our Five Questions feature on Thursday. Now we would like to give you, the reader, an opportunity to speak out. This occasional feature will run on Mondays, beginning March 25.
With Tiger Woods' win at the Bay Hill Invitational last week, he became the first player to win three tournaments in three successive years and the youngest player to ever win 30 PGA Tour events. But his win did not come as easy as he was making it look on Friday evening when he held a four-stroke lead or on Sunday when he survived all comers and posted a 3-under 69 to win by four shots. Is Woods as dominant a player as he was two years ago or has his game already peeked at age 26? If Woods has peeked, are the rest of the world's top players truly raising their games to his level? Or is it possible that Woods' game has slipped a notch, bringing him back to a level to those in his pursuit? Let us know what you think and send your responses to stuart@gpagolf.com with the subject line RE: Woods. Also include your first name and last initial. |