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Equipment
Forged
iron, wedge and putter maker KZG expands their hand-crafted forged wedge series.
The complete line-up now includes six different lofts in right hand and three
lofts in left hand.
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Davis
Love III earned his 17th career victory and fifth title at the MCI
Heritage using a Titleist Pro V1x golf ball and a bag of Titleist
clubs. In all four of the top six finishers at the tournament used
Titleist equipment.
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Technology
The
Arnold Palmer-managed facility Kayak Point Golf Course in Stanwood, Wash.,
selects the Cybergolf Broadcast System to use at their facility. The system
includes E-mail marketing functionality, E-mail data collection, stats
tracking and a online customer survey creator among its many inexpensive,
easy-to-use features.
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more...
Players
Davis
Love III's win at The Heritage last week moved him back into the world
No. 3 position of the Official World Golf Ranking. Fredrik
Jacobson won on the European Tour to move into the top 100 at No. 72.
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Thanks
to another top-10 finish on the Champions Tour, his sixth in seven
events this year, Gil Morgan emerged as the points leader following
the conclusion of the first quarter in the season-long Charles
Schwab Cup race.
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more...
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Internet
Cyclonic
Inc., makers of high performance golf shoes, launches its new web site
featuring the company's recently introduced "Made for the Greens.
Inspired by the Jungle." branding campaign.
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more...
Sponsorship
PGA
Worldwide Golf Exhibitions returns as a Presenting Partner of the International
Network of Golf Spring Conference June 1-5 at Keystone Resort in Colorado.
This is the third consecutive year that the Reed Exhibition company has
participated in ING.
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Events
During
the summer, Peter "Trick Shot Master" Johncke will be touring
with his show to events in Sweden, Wisconsin, New York and Croatia.
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Fred
Couples, a former Masters champion and a two-time PGA TOUR Player
of the Year, will return to the Treetops Resort to defend his title
at the Tylenol Par-3 Shootout, June 30 - July 1. Couples will face
the fourth-ranked player in the world, Phil Mickelson, 2001 champion
and $1 million hole-in-one winner Lee Trevino, and two-time major
championship winner Fuzzy Zoeller.
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Briefly
True Temper has been in the bag of the PGA Tour tournament
winner for the past 12 weeks, including at last week's MCI Heritage
when Davis Love III used EI-70 and Dynamic Gold shafts.
AccuFLEX Golf announces that its ICON v.2 shaft was used
to earn four top-15 finishes at the Emerald Coast Classic Champions
Tour event, which was held last weekend in Milton, Fla. At least
four other Champions Tour players also used the shafts.
Whitetail Golf Club located in Bath, Pa., will be featured
on Inside Golf airing on Comcast SportsNet at 6:00 p.m. Saturday,
5:30 a.m. Sunday, 4:00 p.m. Monday and again at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday.
Whitetail has been a host of the show many times and is celebrating
its 10-year anniversary.
TEE-ZEL TOUR-MIX,
the latest product in Tee-Zel's line of golf food snacks, is named
the "Best New Product" at the 2003 Northeast
Foodservice & Lodging Exposition and Conference held at Boston's
Bayside Expo.
The book "Emerald
Gems: The Links of Ireland," photographed
by Larry Lambrecht, has begun shipping.
The Golf Association of Philadelphia announced its 2003
Compher Cup Matches team on Monday with Chris Lange as captain. The
42nd annual matches, which pit the GAP against the New Jersey State
Golf Association, are set for April 29 at Somerset Hills Country
Club in Bernardsville, N.J.
An "Open House/Grand Opening" event
will be held April 23 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Rider University in Lawrenceville,
N.J., to introduce its new indoor golf practice facility, thought
to be the only such facility at an NCAA Men's Division I golf program
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TEE BOX: Week of April 24-27 |
PGA TOUR
Shell Houston Open
Dates: April 24-27
Site: Humble, Texas
Course: Redstone
Golf Club (par 72, 7,508 yards)
Purse: $4.5 million. Winner's Share: $810,000.
Television: USA (Thurs.-Fri., 4-6 p.m.), CBS (Sat.-Sun., 3-6 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Vijay Singh (67-65-66-68--266, 22 under)
EUROPEAN TOUR
Canarias Open de Espana
Dates: April 24-27
Site: Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Course: Golf Costa Adeje (par 72, yardage TBD)
Purse: $1.9 million. Winner's Share: $316,943
Television: TGC (Thurs.-Fri., 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-12 p.m.)
Internet: www.europeantour.com
2002 Champion: Sergio Garcia (67-68-67-73--275, 13 under)
LPGA TOUR
Chick-Fil-A Charity Championship
Dates: April 25-27
Site: Stockbridge, Ga.
Course: Eagle's Landing Country Club (par 72, 6,187 yards)
Purse: $1.35 million. Winner's Share: TBA.
Television: ESPN (Fri., 3-5 p.m.), ESPN2 (Sat., 2-4 p.m., Sun., 2:30-5:30 p.m.)
Internet: www.lpga.com
2002 Champion: Juli Inkster (66-66--132, 12 under)
CHAMPIONS TOUR
Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
Dates: April 25-27
Site: Savannah, Ga.
Course: Westin
Savannah Harbor Resort and Spa (par 72, 6,627 yards)
Purse: $2.25 million. Winner's Share: TBD.
Television: ESPN (Fri., 1-3 p.m.), ABC (Sat.-Sun., 1-3 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Doug Tewell (69-66-70--205, 11 under)
NATIONWIDE TOUR
Rheem Classic
Dates: April 24-27
Site: Fort Smith, Ark.
Course: Hardscrabble
Country Club (par 70, 6,619 yards)
Purse: $475,000. Winner's Share: $85,000.
Television: None.
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Todd Fischer (65-67-68-69--269, 11 under)
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
Japan PGA
Tour: Tsuruya Open, April 24-27, Sports Shinko CC, Hyohgo, Japan.
Japan LPGA
Tour: Katokichi Queens, April 25-27, Yashima CC, Kagawa, Japan.
Futures Tour: Frye Chevrolet
Classic, April 25-27, Willowbend GC, Wichita, Kan.
NGA/Hooters Tour: Kandy
Waters Memorial Classic, April 24-27, Monticello GC, McCormick, S.C.
Tight Lies Tour: Sprint
PCS Open, April 24-27, Big Oaks GC, Saltillo, Miss.
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According to an article in the latest issue
of BusinessWeek, Chi Chi Rodriguez is pitching an idea for a 10-tournament
tour for senior players called the International Golf Tour that could
launch as early as Thanksgiving. The idea is that 20 senior pros would
play two days with an amateur team and the final day alone. Each pro
would invest $50,000, and Rodriguez is soliciting sponsorships from corporations.
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