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| A Look Back: Apr. 1 1924: Walter Hagen successfully defends his title in the North and South Open with a record 283 total. 1930: Bobby Jones wins the Southeastern Open by 13 strokes over Horton Smith at the Forest Hills-Ricker Golf Course in Atlanta, Ga. 1945: Byron Nelson posts a 276 total to win the Durham Open in Durham, N.C., by five strokes over Toney Penna. 1962: Dave Marr birdies the first playoff hole to win the Azalea Open over Jerry Steelsmith in Wilmington, Del. 1979: Tom Watson posts a 14-under-par 270 score to win the Sea Pines Heritage Classic by five strokes over Ed Sneed. |
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Tournaments
The fourth
Stan Humphries Celebrity Classic is set for May 1-5 at Morgan Run Resort
and Club in San Diego, Calif. Sixty members of the Celebrity Players Tour will
compete for a $250,000 purse.
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Business
Royal Precision,
Inc., manufacturer of the Rifle shaft and distributor of Royal Grip golf club
grips, announces the Board of Directors has received notice that a newly-formed
company is evaluating the advantages of taking Royal Precision, Inc., private.
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Players
South African
Gary Player receives the David Marr Award. Shell Oil commissioned the award
in honor of Marr, the longtime PGA player and broadcaster, who passed away in
1997, after losing his battle with stomach cancer.
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Events
Mike Weir, Billy
Andrade, Brad Faxon and Tom Lehman are among the featured players who will participate
in the annual Golf in the Garden that is hosted by Friends, the volunteer
organization of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. The event brings together players
in the BellSouth Classic field and patients at Children's for an afternoon of
miniature golf.
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Equipment
According
to the independent Darrell Survey, 70 of the 86 players (81 percent) wearing plastic
cleats at the Shell Houston Open chose Softspikes' Black Widow cleats.
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Rankmark
names the Daiwa Hi-Trac Tour 350cc Driver one of its 10 "Best of the Best"
for 2002. In its driver test, Rankmark used 150 golfers with handicaps ranging
from 10-20 who awarded points in a number of categories including distance and
accuracy.
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Instruction
Left-Tee
Golf.com LLC, an internet portal for left-handed golfers, agrees to partner
with Pitts Golf Company to become a reseller of the Mirror Vision training device.
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People
Peter "Trick
Shot Master" Johncke signs to perform at The Fred and Judy Alexander Foundation
events in Nevada, Nebraska and Colorado.
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CourseCo,
Inc., names Raymond Davies as a partner with the Northern California golf
course management company. Davies will continue as director of golf course maintenance
and construction with the firm, which operates 11 courses and has another two
under construction.
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Technology
Pause
Golf Solutions, distributor for Fore! Reservations Golf Course Management
and Marketing Software and for Vision Perfect Tournament Software, has added the
recently renovated Traditions Golf Club of Edmond, Okla., to its list of clients.
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Correction
The 2002
USA vs. Japan Collegiate Golf Championship will be July 17-19, not the 15-17 as
the Golf Coaches Association of America previously reported.
Reader's Forum
How Will
Course Changes Affect the Masters?
Reader's Forum allows you, The Wire subscriber, to weigh in on the issues surrounding the game we all love.
This week we're asking what you think about lengthening Augusta National, site of the year's first major, the Masters Tournament, April 11-14.
Here's the question: Considerable alterations have been made at Augusta National, especially in terms of length. Will these changes positively or negatively affect the Masters, and how so? Also, were these changes necessary to keep up with the technological advances in equipment and today's better-conditioned players?
Let us know your opinions by sending your responses to stuart@gpagolf.com with the subject line RE: Masters alterations. Also include your first name and last initial.