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Tournaments
Umpqua Bank signs on as the Presenting Sponsor of
the JELD-WEN Tradition. This will be the first year of a three-year
commitment that the bank has made to the JELD-WEN Tradition.
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more...
Eight
players currently ranked
among the top 30 on the
PGA Tour money list have
committed to play in the
2003 John
Deere Classic set for September 8-14
at the Tournament Players
Club at Deere Run in Silvis,
Ill.
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more...
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Equipment
At last week's Barclays Scottish Open, Ian Poulter drove
the green at the par-4, 345-yard 14th hole at Loch Lomond while using True
Temper's Grafalloy Blue shaft in his driver. Grafalloy Blue is designed
specifically for bigger clubheads.
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more...
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True Temper congratulates Kenny Perry, winner of the
Greater Milwaukee Open; Joe Ogilvie, winner of the Reese's
Cup Classic; and Craig Stadler, winner of the Ford Senior Players
Championship. All three champions play True Temper's Dynamic
Gold. ...
Cycle Works, a leader in environmentally sound soil amendments
and other turfgrass health technologies for golf courses, signs a
partnership agreement with BBC Laboratories. Under the agreement,
Cycle Works adds BBC Labs' highly respected analysis and customized
treatment programs to its line of products and services. ...
The Board of Directors of the National Association of Left-handed
Golfers awards Mike Weir honorary membership for his performances
in the Masters and the recent US Open. Weir has been invited to
be the principal speaker and honorary chairman of the NALG's 68th
National tournament set for October 7-10 in Olive Branch, Miss.
...
Kenny Perry won the PGA Tour's Greater Milwaukee Open with Graphite
Design International's Tour GAT-75 shaft in his driver and
3-wood, according to Darrell Survey. ...
The 81st New York State Golf Association Men's Amateur Championship,
which will crown the state's best amateur player, is set to take
place at Ravenwood Golf Club near Rochester from July 14-19. ...
PGATOUR.COM, the official Internet site of the PGA TOUR,
and Sportvision, Inc., a leading interactive sports marketing
and technology company, team up to introduce an interactive prediction
Internet golf game called NEAREST THE FLAG. ...
MCC/Apache signs K.J. Choi to an agreement that will
have him playing the company's golf shafts through the end of next
year. ...
Cap Cana, a luxury residential community that boasts three
Jack Nicklaus-designed golf courses in the Dominican Republic's Punta
Cana area, achieved record-breaking sales of $58 million at their
second phase. ...
The ConAgra Foods Champions Skins Game and ConAgra Foods
LPGA Skins Game return to the Wailea Gold Course in Wailea
Resort, Maui, on January 31 and February 1, 2004. ...
The PGA TOUR/USA Youth Golf Clinics with 300 multicultural
kids from the YMCA will take place at the Woodlands in Michigan and
with the same number from the Colorado Youth Golf Academy at Park
Hill Golf Course in Colorado from July 21-August 22. The clinics
include five weeks of 1 1/2-hour sessions with each participant receiving
a golf shirt, golf balls and hat. ...
The PGA Tour's only patented shaft-alignment process deemed in
compliance with USGA standards, SST PURE, enjoyed yet another
weekend of success when used by Beth Daniel to win the Women's Canadian
Open in Vancouver and Joe Ogilvie to win The Reese's Cup Classic
in Hershey, Penn. ...
Joe Ogilvie, the Reese's Cup Classic winner, plays with United
Sports Technologies' PROFORCE GOLD shaft. Four of the top six
finishers at the tournament used UST Golf Shafts. ...
America's first steel shaft manufacturer, Royal Precision,
and RIFLE Flighted iron shafts claimed victory when Ernie Els used
them at the Barclays Scottish Open last weekend at Loch Lomond Golf
Club. ...
Golfers and exhibitors may still register for the third annual Women
Taking A Swing At Cancer (WTASAC) charity networking and golf
event. The event, which combines networking, golf and socializing,
is scheduled for Monday, July 28 at Mill Creek Country Club (located
northeast of Seattle). ...
The Westfield Group Country Club in Westfield Center, Ohio,
is selected to host the 2004 PGA Junior Ryder Cup Matches.
The 2004 competition, to be held September 10-11, will mark the third
year that the Matches will be played in the United States. ...
Bang Golf announces that Bryan Stark used the Bang-O-Matic
Driver to win first place in the Long Drive Montreal Casino Open. |
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TEE BOX: Week of July 17-20 |
EUROPEAN TOUR
British Open
Dates: July 17-20
Site: Kent, England
Course: Royal St. George's Golf Course (par 71, 7,106 yards)
Purse: $6 million. Winner's Share: $1,106,140.
Television: TNT (Thurs.-Fri., 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Sat., 7-9 a.m., Sun., 6-8 a.m.),
ABC (Sat., 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Sun., 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m.)
Internet: www.europeantour.com
2002 Champion: Ernie Els (70-66-72-70--278, 6 under)
PGA TOUR
B.C. Open
Dates: July 17-20
Site: Endicott, N.Y.
Course: En-Joie
Golf Course (par 72, 6,974 yards)
Purse: $3 million. Winner's Share: $540,000.
Television: USA (Thurs.-Fri., 4-6 p.m., Sat.-Sun., 3-6 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Spike McRoy (70-65-69-65--269, 19 under)
LPGA TOUR
Sybase Big Apple Classic
Dates: July 17-20
Site: New Rochelle, N.Y.
Course: Wykagyl
Country Club (par 71, 6,161 yards)
Purse: $950,000. Winner's Share: $142,000.
Television: NBC (Sat., 2-4 p.m., Sun., 1-3 p.m.)
Internet: www.lpga.com
2002 Champion: Korea's Gloria Park (71-67-63-69--270, 14 under)
NATIONWIDE TOUR
Henrico County Open
Dates: July 17-20
Site: Richmond, Va.
Course: The
Dominion Club (par 72, 7,089 yards)
Purse: $450,000. Winner's Share: $81,000.
Television: None.
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Patrick Moore (66-64-67-71--268, 20 under)
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
European Challenge Tour:
Kitzbuhel Golf Alpin Open, July 17-20, Kitzbuhel-Schwarzsee GC, Schwarzsee,
Austria.
USGA: U.S. Amateur Public Links,
July 14-19, Blue Heron Pines GC, Galloway, N.J.
Canadian Tour: TELUS Edmonton
Open, July 17-20, Windermere GC, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Japan LPGA
Tour: Stanley Ladies, July 18-20, Tomei CC, Shizuoka, Japan.
Futures Tour: GE Futures
Professional Golf Classic, July 18-20, Orchard Creek GC, Altamont,
N.Y.
NGA/Hooters Tour: Health
Facilities Rehab Classic, July 17-20, Boot Heel GC, Sikeston, Mo.
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