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Today's News |
Players
Phil
and Amy Mickelson welcome Evan Samuel, their first son, who was born at 6:35
on Sunday evening.
For
more...
World
No. 1 Tiger Woods earns his fourth consecutive win at the Bay Hill
Invitational by an 11-stroke margin of victory to stretch his lead
in the Official World Golf Ranking to 8.40 points. Bradley
Dredge wins the European Tour's Madeira Island Open to jump 17 spots to
No. 55.
For
more...
Equipment
Nike Golf's Tour Accuracy 2 golf ball, now played by more than 70 tour-level
professionals throughout the world, is named the
Official Practice Ball of the 2003 Nationwide Tour.
For
more...
Nike
Golf's Tour Staff enjoyed its most successful weekend to date with
a win by Tiger Woods and Top 10 finishes by Stewart Cink, Aaron Baddeley,
Pat Perez and Stephen Ames at the PGA Tour's Bay Hill Invitational
and Grace Park and Lorena Ochoa at the LPGA Tour's Safeway Championship.
For
more...
Scotty
Cameron by Titleist putters have cornered the market through the
first 12 events on the 2003 PGA Tour, including at last week's Bay
Hill Invitational, where winner Tiger Woods used a Scotty Cameron
by Titleist Studio Stainless Newport 2 model.
For
more...
For
the second consecutive week, Callaway Golf Company is the No. 1 driver
brand in play across the world's major professional tours combined.
A total of 148 Callaway Golf drivers were used on the PGA, Champions,
LPGA and PGA European tours combined this past week, compared with
144 drivers for the nearest competitor.
For
more...
Rodger
Davis switches to an Adams Golf Redline Driver and earns his first
career Champions Tour victory at the Toshiba Senior Classic. Adams
Golf staff players Larry Nelson and Jose Maria Canizares finished
second and third in that event.
For
more...
Contests
PGA Interactive launches the PGA.com Grand Slam Sweepstakes with a grand prize
of a five-day, four-night trip for two to the
2003 PGA Grand Slam of Golf. Visitors to PGA.com
can log in and select the golfers they think
will win each of golf's four major championships
this year.
For more...
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Business
Pellucid
Corp., an emerging golf industry information and insight provider, releases
topline findings of its second annual golf consumer survey showing participation
down almost 1MM golfers in 2002 vs. 2001.
For
more...
Events
The world's top-ranked long driver, Brian
Pavlet,
and
five-time
Re/Max
World
Long
Drive
finalist
Mike
Moulton,
combined
to
outdrive
all
10
finalists
at
the
Pinnacle
Distance
Challenge on
Saturday.
The
event,
which
took
place
at
Palm
Valley
Golf
Club
in
Goodyear,
AZ,
was
the
second
in
a series
of
10
Pinnacle
Distance
Challenges
conducted
across
the
country
this
spring
and
summer.
For
more...
People
Pride/Softspikes
names Leo Kahl as its new director of marketing. Kahl will be responsible
for the development of all marketing initiatives that impact both the Pride
(golf tees) and Softspikes (plastic golf cleats) brands.
For
more...
Sponsorship
Ahead will again be the official headgear company of the International
Network of Golf Spring Conference June 1-5, 2003
at Keystone Resort in Colorado. This is the
third consecutive year that Ahead has sponsored
ING.
For
more...
Technology
Stow
Acres in Massachusetts chooses to use the Cybergolf Broadcast System
at its facility. The system includes E-mail marketing functionality,
E-mail data collection, stats tracking and a online survey creator, among
its many inexpensive, easy-to-use features.
For
more...
Associations
The Professional Caddies Association reports caddie programs returning to courses
in the United States following a seminar the group
held at the PGA Merchandise Show.
For
more...
The
United States Golf Association Foundation will host its first Pikes
Peak Summit March 28-30 in Colorado Springs, as part of the "For
the Good of the Game" initiative. The USGA will bring together
representatives from non-profit organizations to exchange best
practices surrounding golf programs for economically disadvantaged
youth, minority youth and girls, as well as individuals with disabilities.
For
more...
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Briefly
Tee times are now available on the world famous Old Course at
St Andrews in April and May 2003. Check www.standrews.org.uk for
details. ...
True Temper sweeps the Bay Hill Invitational. The company's
Dynamic Gold shaft places first, second and third for the second
straight week. ...
EagleGreens Ltd. chooses ParView as the GPS provider for
five of their seven courses. Woodlake, The Chimneys, Southland, Sandy
Creek, and The Providence Club will all acquire the ParView GPS System
this spring. Installation began in early March and will be complete
at all five courses in May. ...
Art Sellinger, two-time national long drive champion and power
golf's most popular entertainer, plans to make his next big hit with
golf equipment. His new retail venture, Sellinger's Power Golf
and Club Repair, will celebrate its grand opening in Southlake,
Texas, April 25. ...
O'Egli, Inc., manufacturer of Joe's Original BACKTEE, makes
a golf equipment donation to the Children's Golf Foundation. ...
E-car Corporation announces the introduction of the ATLAS
- Single Rider Golf Car. By riding individually a golfer concentrates
on his own game and completes holes 30 percent faster than in a traditional
two-person golf car. ...
KemperSports Management hires golf industry veteran Gordon Digby to
serve as general manager of Bayou Oaks in New Orleans City Park.
Digby comes to Bayou Oaks from the U.S. Navy, where he served as
Golf Program Director. ...
Bite Footwear partners with Superfeet to offer additional
options of footbed support for Bite customers. Superfeet offers an
alternative footbed that fits in the Bite Orthosport line to enhance
support for activities including walking, running and golf. ...
Fujikura Composites America, Inc. announces Charter Dealer Bob
Uebelhor of Uebelhor's Custom Golf of Indianapolis, Ind., has
won the Professional Clubmaker's Society's Clubmaker of the Year
award. ...
Club histories, photographs and other artifacts are added to the Harry
W. Easterly Museum of Virginia Golf History. The museum is
located in the Charles House clubhouse at Independence Golf Club,
and is free to the public seven days a week. ...
Greg Norman Collection promotes Ken Medley to vice president
of sales, while Brigitte Lee joins the company as director
of sales forecasting and planning. ...
AccuFLEX Golf announces
that its ICON v.2 shaft was used to earn three top-10 finishes
at the Toshiba Classic Champions Tour
event. The ICON v.2 in the "S" flex was used to take second place
and to achieve ties for sixth and eighth places. ...
Golf-Scooter announces the update of its Web site with new
pictures, descriptions and contact information. |
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TEE BOX: Week of March 27-30 |
PGA TOUR
The Players Championship
Dates: March 27-30
Site: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Course: TPC
at Sawgrass (par 72, 7,093 yards)
Purse: $6.5 million. Winner's Share: $1.17 million.
Television: ESPN (Thurs.-Fri., 12-6 p.m.), NBC (Sat., 2-6 p.m., Sun., 1:30-6:30
p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Craig Perks (71-68-69-72--280, 8 under)
LPGA TOUR
Kraft Nabisco Championship
Dates: March 27-30
Site: Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Course: Mission
Hills CC, Dinah Shore Tournament Course (par 72, 6,460 yards)
Purse: $1.6 million. Winner's Share: TBD.
Television: ESPN2 (Thurs.-Fri., 5-7 p.m.) ABC (Sat., 4:30-6 p.m., Sun., 4-6
p.m.)
Internet: www.lpga.com
2002 Champion: Annika Sorenstam (70-71-71-69--280, 8 under)
NATIONWIDE TOUR
Chitimacha Louisiana Open
Dates: March 27-30
Site: Broussard, La.
Course: Le
Triomphe Country Club (par 72, 7,004 yards)
Purse: $450,000. Winner's Share: $81,000.
Television: None.
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Steven Alker (65-66-69-64--264, 24 under)
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
European Seniors Tour:
Royal Westmoreland Barbados Open, March 27-29, Royal Westmoreland GC,
St. James, Barbados.
Davidoff Tour: Royal Challenge
Indian Open, March 27-30, Delhi GC, New Delhi, India.
Sunshine Tour: FNB Botswana
Open, March 27-29, Phakalane GC, Gaborone, Botswana.
NGA/Hooters Tour: Savannah
Tournament, March 27-30, Henderson GC, Savannah, Ga.
Futures Tour:
Florida Hospital Futures Golf Classic, March 26-28, Sun 'N Lake G&CC,
Sebring, Fla.
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This week's PLAYERS Championship is held
at the TPC at Sawgrass, site of the famous - or infamous - 17th hole
and its island green. In fact, the three closing holes at Sawgrass are
sometimes considered the three hardest in golf. Do you enjoy watching
the PLAYERS more because of the golf course? If you could move the PLAYERS
to any other golf course in the world, where would it be played?
Let
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5 p.m. ET with the subject line RE: Sawgrass. Also include your
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