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| A Look Back: Apr. 22 1962: Bobby Nichols wins the Houston Classic in a playoff over Jack Nicklaus and Dan Sikes. 1973: Jack Nicklaus wins the Tournament of Champions by a shot over Lee Trevino at La Costa Country Club in Carlsbad, Calif. 1973: Hubert Green wins the Tallahassee Open by a shot over Jim Simons. 1984: England's Nick Faldo wins the Sea Pines Heritage Classic by a stroke over Tom Kite. The win is Faldo's first on the PGA Tour. 2001: Se Ri Pak captures the Longs Drugs Challenge title for her 10th LPGA career win and ends Annika Sorenstam's quest for a record-setting five wins in consecutive events. |
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Aldila,
Inc., will host a conference call at 8 a.m. PT on Thursday, April 25 to review
Aldila's 2002 first quarter financial results. On the call will be Pete Mathewson,
chairman and CEO; Bob Cierzan, vice president, finance; and Mike Rossi, vice president,
sales and marketing.
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Cutter
& Buck, Inc., announces that Harvey Jones has resigned both as Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors. Jones will
remain with the company as Founder and Brand Strategist.
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Performance
Platform announces that Broadstone Golf Partners, in conjunction with Jim
McLean and his golf schools and academies, has entered into a strategic distribution
agreement with Performance Platform.
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Advertising
Through
The Burris Agency, Club Car launches an advertising campaign that promotes
business solutions.
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Technology
GolfGopher,
LLC, a division of Software Performance Systems, Inc., announces installation
of the GolfGopher system at Upland Golf Club in Denton, Md. GolfGopher is an online
golf course management solution designed to handle point-of-sale, inventory, reservations,
membership, CRM and marketing.
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Equipment
Atlanta-based
NEXT Technology Golf announces the launch of its new Magnetix Driver, a
club that has been in research and development for more than four years. Inside
the clubhead of the 360 cubic centimeter driver is a patented magnetic assembly
that supplies increased strength and reinforcement to the face of the golf club.
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Softspikes, Inc.,
announces that 85 percent of the players wearing plastic cleats at last week's
WorldCom Classic wore Black Widow cleats, according to Darrell Survey.
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Education
The High
School Golf and Turf Grass Management Program will expose up to 8,000 Washington
high school students to topics ranging from environmental and agricultural principles
used by golf courses to career opportunities at golf facilities. The nonprofit
program was conceived by golf course superintendents, agriculture educators and
the Future Farmers of America.
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Courses
Three Full Swing
VIP Schools will be held at Mike Adams' LAWs of Golf Academy April 26-28 at Royce
Brook Golf Club in Hillsborough, N.J.
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People
Eaton Corporation
announces that Carol Hagler, material manager for its Golf Grip division,
has been selected as the annual recipient of the James R. Stover Award for Community
Service. The award is presented to an Eaton employee who demonstrates outstanding
leadership and high levels of community service.
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The Antigua
Group, Inc., announces four new golf sales representatives -- Gill Barnett
III (South Texas), Karl Kingsley (Kansas and Missouri), Bob Dykema
(Western Michigan) and Gary Humenny (Eastern Michigan).
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Tournaments
The Centennial
of the Women's North and South Amateur Championship will be contested at
Pinehurst (N.C.) No. 2 course June 24-28. Inaugurated in 1903, the North and South
Amateur is the longest consecutive running women's championship in women's American
sports history.
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Travel
The first Virtuoso
Father and Son/Daughter Golf Classic will be held June 14-17 at Our Lucaya
Beach & Golf Resort in Grand Bahama Island. A special three-night package
is available.
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Reader's Forum
Maybe Gutta Percha Will
Do
Reader's Forum allows you, The Wire subscriber, to weigh in on the issues and topics surrounding the game.
Augusta National has been stretched about as far as it can go. Other historic venues are either maxed out or on the verge of being lengthened to their farthest point. Even then, the courses still may not be long enough to host today's players. There is a slow groundswell of support for putting distance restrictions on golf balls. Is this a step in the right direction? Or are the historic venues just becoming obsolete and it's time to begin identifying longer courses that will host the majors of the 21st century?
Let us know your opinions by sending your responses to stuart@gpagolf.com with the subject line RE: Golf Balls. Also include your first initial and last name, along with your email address.
Last week, Reader's Forum asked:
On Saturday at the Masters, Tiger Woods erased a six-stroke deficit in 26 holes and by day's end was the third-round co-leader with Retief Goosen. Woods then went out on Sunday, shot a 1-under 71 and won his second straight Masters, third overall, and his seventh professional major. And Woods is not yet 27. Is Woods the greatest of all time? If not, who is?