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Equipment
Ben Curtis won the British Open using True Temper's Dynamic
Gold shafts in his irons. As well, True Temper won the wood and iron counts
at the year's third major tournament and was used by Craig Stadler in his
win at the B.C. Open.
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more...
Aldila,
designer
and
manufacturer
of
high
performance
graphite
wood
and
irons
shafts,
had
a
major
win
at
the
British
Open
with
Ben
Curtis
using
Aldila's
prototype
NV
graphite
shaft
in
both
his
driver
and
3-wood.
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more...
Players
With his Open Championship win, Ben Curtis moves from No.
396 in the Official World Golf Ranking to No. 35, the single biggest jump
in the rankings' history. Curtis is also the lowest ranked player to ever
win a major. Vijay Singh's runner-up finish moved him into third place
in the world.
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more...
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Events
Peter "The Trick Shot Master" Johncke travels
to Croatia to perform at a resort on the Mediterranean coast. After his
return, Johncke will be at the Nationwide Tour's Omaha Classic August
5.
For
more...
Marketing
Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord, Mass., selects MembersFirst to be their Interactive Marketing and Member Communications provider. The
MembersFirst system helps Nashawtuc significantly increase member communications,
marketing efforts to members, increase event participation and build a
greater sense of community at the club.
For
more...
Sponsorship
The Andalucia Tourist Board, a long-time supporter of The
European Tour, teams up with The Daily Telegraph to jointly sponsor the
European Seniors Match Play Championship, which returns to Flamingos Golf
Club near Marbella in southern Spain from September 17-20.
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more...
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Simon & Schuster Interactive announces the best selling Xbox
game "Outlaw Golf," will be coming to PCs this fall.
...
The Greg Norman Collection appoints four new sales representatives: Chris
Cheney will handle Western Michigan; Darrell Livingston will
cover the Pacific Northwest including Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
Montana and Alaska; Mary Piper is responsible for South
East Michigan; and Paul Tagher takes over Tennessee and
Kentucky. ...
Barefoot
Resort & Golf in
North Myrtle Beach, S.C., is named to Where To Retire magazine's
list of "America's 100 Best Master-Planned
Communities." Centex Homes Myrtle Beach Division is the primary developer
of the 2,300-acre Resort, which is the only Grand Strand community
on the top 100 list and one of only eight in South Carolina to be
selected. ...
Centex Homes Myrtle Beach Division introduces its newest
neighborhood, PineCrest at Palmetto Glen, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. PineCrest
is currently offering 35 homesites for sale, with more phases planned
for the near future. Homes in PineCrest will range in size from 1,121
to 2,250 square feet. ...
Between them, Michael Watson and Tony Trevino have six appearances
in the Office Depot Father/Son Challenge. And between them,
Tom Watson and Lee Trevino own 14 major titles, 68 PGA TOUR victories
and 33 CHAMPIONS TOUR victories. That's the level of experience the
Watsons and Trevinos bring to the 36-hole tournament, which will
be played at the challenging International Course at ChampionsGate
Golf Resort, December 4-7. ...
Chris Rodell's
new book, "Hole in One! The Complete Book of
Fact, Legend and Lore of Golf's Luckiest Shot," is the first
and only shot exclusively dedicated to the most remarkable shot
in all of sports. ...
Mimosa Hills Country Club in Morganton, N.C., reopened July
4 following an extensive restoration by architect Kris Spence of
Greensboro. ...
Fujikura Composites America, Inc. announces that according
to the Darrell Survey, Fujikura was the No. 1 wood shaft brand at
last week's Open Championship held at Royal St. George's. ...
Teaching pro Suzy Whaley was prepared to make history as the first
woman to play in a PGA TOUR event since Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
Since Annika Sorenstam now lays claim to that distinction, the spotlight
will be less intense on Whaley, the first woman to qualify for a
PGA TOUR event since Zaharias, as USA Network presents live
coverage of the Greater Hartford Open (Thursday and Friday, July
24-25, 4 PM Live ET/4 PM PT) from the TPC at River Highlands in Cromwell,
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TEE BOX: Week of July 24-27 |
PGA TOUR
Greater Hartford Open
Dates: July 24-27
Site: Cromwell, Conn.
Course: TPC
at River Highlands (par 70, 6,820 yards)
Purse: $4 million. Winner's Share: $720,000.
Television: USA (Thurs.-Fri., 4-6 p.m.), CBS (Sat.-Sun., 3-6 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Phil Mickelson (69-67-66-64--266, 14 under)
EUROPEAN TOUR
Nissan Irish Open
Dates: July 24-27
Site: Portmarnock, Ireland
Course: Portmarnock Golf Club (par 72, 7,363 yards)
Purse: 1.8 million euros. Winner's Share: 300,000 euros.
Television: TGC (Thurs.-Fri., 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Sat., 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sun.
11 a.m.-2 p.m.)
Internet: www.europeantour.com
2002 Champion: Soren Hansen (69-69-64-68--270, 14 under)
LPGA TOUR
Evian Masters
Dates: July 23-26
Site: Evian Les Bains, France
Course: Evian Masters Golf Club (par 72, 6,091 yards)
Purse: $2.1 million. Winner's Share: $315,000.
Television: TGC (Wed., 2-4 p.m., Thurs.-Fri., 2:30-4:30 p.m., Sat., 2-4 p.m.)
Internet: www.lpga.com
2002 Champion: (68-67-65-69--269, 19 under)
EUROPEAN SENIORS TOUR/CHAMPIONS TOUR
Senior British Open
Dates: July 24-27
Site: Turnberry, Scotland
Course: Turnberry Golf Club, Ailsa Course (par TBD, yards TBD)
Purse: $1,590,377. Winner's Share: $250,961.
Television: TNT (Thurs.-Fri., 11 a.m.-1 p.m.), ABC (Sat., 2:30 p.m., Sun.,
1-2:30 p.m.)
Internet: www.europeantour.com, www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Noboru Sugai (67-67-73-74--281, 3 under)
NATIONWIDE TOUR
Dayton Open
Dates: July 24-27
Site: Centerville, Ohio
Course: The
Golf Club at Yankee Trace (par 72, 7,139 yards)
Purse: $450,000. Winner's Share: $81,000.
Television: None
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Jason Buha (66-67-66-66--265, 23 under)
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
European Challenge Tour:
Golf Padova Terme Euganee International Open, July 24-27, Padova GC,
Valsanzibio, Italy.
Japan PGA
Tour: Sato Foods NST Niigata Open, July 24-27, Nakamine GC, Niigata,
Japan.
Canadian Tour: Victoria Open,
July 24-27, Royal Colwood GC, Victoris, B.C., Canada.
Japan LPGA
Tour: Golf 5 Ladies, July 25-27, Mizunami CC, Gifu, Japan.
Futures Tour:
M&T Bank
Loretto Futures Golf Classic, July 25-27, The Links at Erie Village,
Syracuse, N.Y.
USGA: U.S. Girls' Junior, July
21-26, Brooklawn CC, Fairfield, Conn.
USGA: U.S. Junior Amateur, July
21-26, Columbia CC, Chevy Chase, Md.
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This
week Suzy Whaley will tee it up in the PGA Tour's Greater Hartford Open.
How do you think Whaley will perform - will she miss the cut, make the
cut or contend?
Let
us know your opinions by sending your responses by Thursday at
5 p.m. ET with the subject line RE: Whaley. Also include your
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