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| A Look Back: Mar. 26 1967: Gay Brewer shoots a 26-under-par 262 to win the Pensacola Open. 1969: Rolf Muntz, a European Tour member since 1994 and winner of the 2000 Qatar Masters, is born in Voorschoten, Holland. 1972: Gary Player wins the Greater New Orleans Open, beating Dave Eichelberger and Jack Nicklaus by one stroke. 1978: Hubert Green shoots a final-round 67 to win the Heritage Classic by three strokes over Hale Irwin. 1995: Lee Janzen wins The Players Championship by one shot over Bernhard Langer. |
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Players
After winning
The Players Championship, Craig Perks moves up to the 64th spot in the
Official World Golf Rankings. Previously Perks was ranked 203rd.
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Travel
Sawgrass Marriott
Resort invites golfers to play its 99 holes of world-renowned championship
golf, including the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course, which hosted The Players Championship
last weekend. The resort is offering a TPC Deluxe Golf package and accommodations
starting at $440 per night through May 19.
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Business
Callaway
Golf's Board of Directors appoint KPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditor
for fiscal year 2002. Previously the company was using the services of Arthur
Anderson.
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Equipment
Craig Perks
earns his first PGA Tour win at The Players Championship using a Titleist
Pro V1 golf ball. In addition, Laura Diaz won for the first time on the LPGA Tour
using the same ball.
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Winners
on three tours last week used Odyssey putters. LPGA player Laura Diaz used
an Odyssey Dual Force Mallet Putter; Diego Borrego won on the European Tour with
a White Hot 7 model; and Kiyoshi Murota won the Japanese Tour event with a White
Hot 4 putter.
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For the
fifth time this season, the winner of a PGA Tour event uses Black Widow cleats
by Softspikes. Craig Perks won The Players Championship with the plastic
style cleat.
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The Ralph
Libonati Company, which distributes and markets Bally Golf products, adds the
Nick Faldo Laserline Tee to its product list. The plastic tee allows for
better ball contact by moving the tee seat so that the clubhead always makes contact
with the ball before the tee.
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Technology
Keyonix
introduces a Smart Key golf cart ignition system that will enable golf course
owners to regulate golf cart usage and establish 100 percent accountability for
rounds of golf played with a golf cart.
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People
The Tournament
Players Club at Deere Run hires Chris Hague as its new golf course superintendent,
replacing Patrick Franklin. Hague will be responsible for course conditioning
for the PGA Tour's John Deere Classic July 22-28.
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Instruction
The International
Junior Golf Academy hires Charles A. (Andy) Hinson as a member of its instructional
staff. Hinson will work with Skip Malek, the IJGA's long-time Director of Instruction,
at the junior golf academy.
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Natural
Golf launches a Quick Start instructional video to give golfers a preview
of the Natural Golf swing. The video will be sold at golf shops and retail stores
rather than through direct marketing initiatives.
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Events
Club
champions and pros can team to compete in the American Club Championship,
a new tournament created by NoPutt Enterprises. The competition will be open to
PGA-represented clubs only, and teams will compete in 41 PGA Sectional Tournaments.
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Publications
Corporate
sales consultant Doug Peterson introduces his new book, "Going for the Green:
Selling in the 21st Century." The business guide uses a novel format to examine
the relationship between sales and golf.
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Health
The Circuit
Total Golf Fitness introduces The Core Golf Trainer by David Leadbetter, hydraulic
exercise equipment that focuses on conditioning golfers. The machine isolates
and strengthens the precise muscles used in the golf swing to build muscle memory.
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The Circuit Total Golf Fitness
also agrees to become the official equipment provider for Back9Fitness'
Mobile Golf Performance Center. Back9Fitness will feature a full line of fluid
hydraulic golf-specific warm-up and exercise equipment by The Circuit at all golf-related
events.
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Tee Box
Week of March
28-31
PGA
TOUR
Shell Houston
Open
Dates: March 28-31
Site: Houston, Texas
Course: TPC
at The Woodlands (par 72, 7,018 yards).
Purse: $4 million. Winner's Share:
$720,000.
Television: The Golf Channel/Fox Sports (Thurs-Fri., 4-6:30 p.m.),
ABC (Sat., 4-6 p.m., Sun., 2-5 p.m.).
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2001 Champion: Hal Sutton (70-68-71-69--278, -10).
LPGA
TOUR
Kraft Nabisco Championship
Dates: March 28-31
Site: Rancho
Mirage, Calif.
Course: Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah
Shore Tournamment Course (par 72, 6,460 yards).
Purse: $1.5 million. Winner's
Share: $225,000.
Television: ESPN (Thurs.-Sat., 4-6 p.m.), ESPN2 (Sun. 3-5
p.m.), ABC (Sun., 5-6 p.m.).
Internet: www.lpga.com
2001 Champion: Annika Sorenstam (72-70-70-69--281, -7).
SENIOR
PGA TOUR
Emerald Coast Classic
Dates: March 29-31
Site: Milton,
Fla.
Course: The
Moors Golf Club (par 70 6,784 yards).
Purse: $1.45 million. Winner's Share:
$217,500.
Television: PAX (Fri. 2-4 p.m.), CNBC (Fri.-Sat. 2-4 p.m.)
Internet:
www.pgatour.com
2001 Champion: Mike McCullough
(67-68-65--200, -10).
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
Canadian Tour: Scottsdale Swing at McCormick Ranch, March 28-31, McCormick Ranch Golf Club, Scottsdale, Ariz.
NGA/Hooters Tour: Cobbs Glen Classic, March 28-31, Cobbs Glen Country Club, Anderson, S.C.
Futures Tour: Florida Hospital Futures Golf Classic, March 27-29, Sun 'N Lake Golf and Country Club, Sebring, Fla.