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| A Look Back: Mar. 19 1961: Bob Goalby birdies a PGA Tour record eight straight holes in a row en route to a final-round 65 and the St. Petersburg Open title. 1972: Tony Jacklin beats John Jacobs in a playoff to win the Jacksonville Open. 1978: Jack Nicklaus closes with a 3-over-par 75 to win the Tournament Players Championship by a shot over Lou Graham at the Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. 1989: Tom Kite wins The Players Championship by a stroke over Chip Beck. 1995: Loren Roberts becomes the first player to successfully defends his title at the Nestle Invitational, beating Brad Faxon by two strokes at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Fla. |
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Players
Tiger Woods
remains at the top of the World Rankings for the 136th consecutive week
after winning the Bay Hill Invitational Sunday. Michael Campbell moves up 13 spots
to World No. 20 courtesy of his runner-up position, and Adam Scott moves up 12
positions with his win at the Qatar Masters.
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The U.S.
Golf Association announces that Craig Parry and Peter O'Malley,
currently the two leading golfers on the PGA Tour of Australasia, have earned
exemptions into this year's U.S. Open because of their money earnings and world
ranking as of March 18. The U.S. Open will be played June 13-16 on the Black Course
at Bethpage (N.Y.) State Park.
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Architecture
Course
architect Barry Serafin, along with James Burkart Associates of Columbus,
Ohio, a landscape architect and irrigation consultant, is set to begin the second
and last phase of the Ohio University nine-hole course redesign.
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Instruction
KSL Recreation
Corporation and Jim McLean Golf Schools announce that the Jim McLean Golf Academy
will open this year at La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, Calif.
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Equipment
Callaway
Golf Staff Professional Rachel Teske claimed a victory in the Ping Banner
Health LPGA event Sunday, using the company's new HX golf ball for the fifth win
in her LPGA Tour career. Japanese pro Tohru Taniguchi also won using a Callaway
golf ball; he was first in the Token Corporation Cup on the Japan Golf Tour with
a CTU 30 ball.
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When
Teske won the Ping Banner Health, she was wearing Black Widow cleats by Softspikes,
according to the independent Darrell Survey.
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Yamaha
Golf-Car Company prepares to open its new state-of-the-art golf car manufacturing
facility in Newnan, Ga.
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Events
Three
new stroke play divisions have been added to the 2002 Chicago Short Game Challenge.
Juniors (age 17 and under), Seniors (50 and over) and Women will now compete in
their own stroke play events. Finalists in each of the three dvisions will play
on June 29 at the Golf Center Des Plaines in Des Plaines, Ill.
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eBay
and the Tiger Woods Foundation plan to auction a round of golf with Tiger
Woods on eBay from April 4-14, 2002. Woods will play 18 holes with the highest
bidder and three other golfers at his home course, the Isleworth Country Club,
in Windermere, Fla.
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Real Estate
Ron
Bailis of DMHB Holdings, LLC, is the new developer of The Residences at World
Golf Village in St. Johns County, Fla., and announces plans for The Residences
II, the next phase of development of the 31-acre luxury condominium community
at World Golf Village.
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Centex
Development unveils its landscaping package for River Hills Reserve, an
exclusive neighborhood in Fleming Island Plantation in Orange Park, Fla. The neighborhood
offers panoramic views of the 11th, 12th and 16th holes of the community's Bobby
Weed-designed golf course, nature preserves and seven lakes.
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Advertising
Maxfli
Golf hires advertising and marketing firm Erwin-Penland, Inc., to handle its
advertising. Erwin-Penland will provide creative and media services for Maxfli's
family of golf products, including Maxfli golf balls and Slazenger golf apparel.
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Associations
The
Seattle Chapter of the Executive Women's Golf Association announces that
222 women attended their Spring Kickoff at The Golf Club at Newcastle on March
16.
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Media
Bill
Hobson begins his third season as host of radio program Michigan Golf Live,
which brings information, instruction, entertainment, news and interviews to fans
of sport's greatest game. In addition to popular regular features, new segments
will be added this year to spice up the extra hour for golf fans.
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Technology
Integrated
Business Systems introduces IBS PhoneRes, a new integration between phone
systems and the IBS Tee-Sheet and Point of Sale. PhoneRes allows golfers to the
oportunity to reserve and cancel bookings, set up reservation windows and give
pertinent course information.
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Business
ASGA,
Inc., which through its wholly-owned subsidiary American Senior Golf Association
owns and operates the premier intermediary professional golf tour in the country,
announces a 1-for-200 reverse stock split on its common shares. ASGA, Inc. will
now trade under the ticker symbol ASGA on the OTC Bulletin Board.
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Tee Box
Week of March
18-24
PGA
TOUR
The Players
Championship
Dates: March 21-24
Site: Ponte Vedra, Fla.
Course:
TPC at Sawgrass (par 72, 7,093 yards)
Purse: $6 million. Winner's Share:
$1,080,000.
Television: USA (Thurs.-Fri., 12-6 p.m.), NBC (Sat. 2-6 p.m, Sun.
2:30-6:30 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2001 Champion: Tiger Woods (72-69-66-67--274, -14)
LPGA
TOUR
Welch's/Circle K Championship
Dates: March 21-24
Site: Tucson,
Ariz.
Course: Randolph North
Golf Course (par 72 6,222 yards)
Purse: $800,000. Winner's Share: $120,000.
Television: None
Internet: www.lpga.com
2001 champion: Annika Sorenstam (65-68-67-65--265, -23)
EUROPEAN
PGA TOUR
Madeira Island Open
Dates: March 21-24
Site: Santa Cruz,
Madeira
Course: Santo da Serra Golf Club (par 72, 6,664 yards)
Purse:
550,000 euros. Winner's Share: 91,660 euros.
Television: None
Internet:
www.europeantour.com
2001 Champion:
Des Smyth (66-70-68-66--270, -18)
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
Australasian Tour: Scenic Circle Hotels Dunedin Classic, March 21-24, Chisolm Links Golf Club, Dundedin, New Zealand.
European Seniors Tour: Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic, March 20-22, Tobago Plantations Golf and Beach Resort, Tobago.
Japan PGA Tour: Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open, March 21-24, Shizuoka, Japan.
NGA/Hooters Tour: Chattanooga Classic, Eagle Bluff Golf Club, March 21-24, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Sunshine Tour: FNB Botswana Open, March 21-23, Gaborone G.C., Gaborone, Botswana
Tight Lies Tour: Valley Open, March 21-24, Treasure Hills CC, Harlingen, Texas.