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| A Look Back: July 30 1957: Doug Ford wins the Western Open. 1978: Pat Bradley wins the Hoosier Classic by three strokes over JoAnne Carner. 1980: European Tour player Justin Rose is born in Johannesburg, South Africa. 1989: Leonard Thompson wins the Buick Open by one stroke over Doug Tewell, Billy Andrade and Payne Stewart. 1995: Hale Irwin wins the Ameritech Senior Open by seven strokes over Kermit Zarley. |
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Sandy Sinclair O.B.E., the captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club from
1988-89, died on Sat., July 27, at age 82.
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Technology
Cybergolf announces that Legacy Golf Management has signed up Skybrook
Golf Club in Charlotte, N.C., plus Legacy Links and Fox Creek in Atlanta, Ga.,
to use its Broadcast Email Blast System.
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Equipment
Eleven of the 14 players who finished in the top 10 and ties at the John Deere
Classic, including winner J.P. Hayes, played with Titleist golf balls.
In addition, Bob Gilder on the Senior Tour, Gloria Park on the LPGA Tour, Yasuharu
Imano on the Japan Golf Tour and finalists at the U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S.
Girls' Junior all used Pro V1 golf balls.
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CHAMP
ScorpionSpikes were worn by more than twice as many golfers as the closest competitor
at the LPGA's Sybase Big Apple Classic, according to the Darrell Survey.
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Gloria
Park notches her second career victory at the Sybase Big Apple Classic using a
Never Compromise Sub 30 B1 putter.
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European
PGA Tour player Tobias Dier puts a prototype Maxfli golf ball into play
during his wire-to-wire win at the TNT Dutch Open.
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Yasuharu
Imano wins the Japan Golf Tour's NST Niigata Open using a Bettinardi 360-M
putter.
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John Deere
Classic winner J.P. Hayes wears Black Widow cleats made by Softspikes en
route to his victory, while 90 of the 114 players at the event wearing plastic
cleats chose the same brand.
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Apparel
Women's golf apparel company Athena Golf plans to unveil its Spring/Summer
2003 Collection at the PGA Fall Expo in Reno this weekend. The new collection
will feature a Greek theme.
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Sponsorship
California-based clubmaker Castlehawk Golf, makers of the handcrafted LeX
1 putter, is named the official Putter manufacturer for the DuPont Cool Max World
Handicap Championships.
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Media
USA Network carries live coverage of PGA Tour event The International presented
by Qwest on Thursday and Friday, August 1-2 featuring host Bill Macatee and analyst
Peter Kostis.
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Players
Following a second straight playoff victory, Bob Gilder moves from sixth
to second place in the points standings for the Charles Schwab Cup.
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With his
14th place finish and double points for the Senior British Open, Tom Watson
maintains his hold on first place in the Senior Power Performance Rankings. FleetBoston
winner Bob Gilder moves up two slots to 12th, making a move of four places
in two weeks.
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Publications
In the new book 1 Step to Better Golf (Morris Publishing; July 29, 2002;
$19.95), author Joseph Sullivan offers an antidote to over-analysis by focusing
on only one area of the swing.
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Briefly
Tiger Woods commits to play in the 2002 Buick Open, Aug. 5-11, at Warwick
Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc, Mich. ...
Howard & Howard Attorneys
P.C. launches a Golf Intellectual Property web site devoted to patents
and trademarks in the industry at www.golf-IP.com.
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There are still a few spots available for Deryk Mc Bain's Golf and
Safari Tour to South Africa Nov. 2-16. Call 843-673-9345 or visit www.golfandsafaritours.com
for details. ...
Sportvision will provide its patented Virtual Caddy
system for USA Network's coverage of The INTERNATIONAL Aug. 1-2.
Tee Box
Week of Aug.
1-4
PGA
TOUR
The International
Presented By Qwest
Dates: Aug. 1-4
Site: Castle Rock, Colo.
Course:
Castle
Pines Golf Club (par 72, 7,559 yards)
Purse: $4.5 million. Winner's Share:
$810,000.
Television: USA (Thurs.-Fri., 4-6 p.m.) CBS (Sat., 4-6 p.m., Sun.,
3-6 p.m.)
Radio: PGA TOUR Radio (Sat., 4-6 p.m., Sun., 4-7, Denver affiliate
KKFN 950 AM)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2001 Champion: Tom Pernice (plus-34, Modified Stableford Scoring System)
EUROPEAN TOUR
Volvo
Scandanavian Masters
Dates: Aug. 1-4
Site: Stockholm, Sweden
Course:
European Tour Club (par 71, 6,761 yards)
Purse: 1.9 million euros. Winner's
Share: 316,660 euros.
Television: TGC (Thurs.-Sun., 9 a.m.-12 p.m.)
Internet:
www.europeantour.com
2001 Champion:
Colin Montgomerie (66-69-69-70--274, 14-under)
SENIOR
PGA TOUR
Lightpath Long Island Classic
Dates: Aug. 2-4
Site:
Jericho, N.Y.
Course: Meadow
Brook Club (par 72, 6,842 yards)
Purse: $1.7 million. Winner's Share:
$255,000.
Television: PAX (Fri., 1-3 p.m.), CNBC (Sat.-Sun., 2-4 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2001 Champion:
Bobby Wadkins (65-69-68--202, 14-under)
LPGA
TOUR
Wendy's Championship for Children at Tartan Fields
Dates: Aug.
2-4
Site: Dublin, Ohio
Course: Tartan Fields
Golf Club (par and yardage TBA)
Purse: $1 million. Winner's Share: $150,000.
Television: ESPN (Fri., 3-5 p.m.) ESPN2 (Sat., 5:30-7:30 p.m., Sun., 2-4:30 p.m.)
Internet: www.lpga.com
2001 Champion: Wendy
Ward (65-62-68--195, 21-under)
BUY.COM
TOUR
Omaha Classic
Dates: Aug. 1-4
Site: Omaha, Neb.
Course:
The Champions
Club (par 72, 6,966 yards)
Purse: $500,000. Winner's Share: $90,000.
Television: TGC (Thurs.-Sun., 1:30-4 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2001 Champion: Heath Slocum (64-70-66-66-266, 22-under)
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
European Challenge Tour: Talma Finnish Open, Aug. 1-4, Golf Talma, Talma, Finland.
European Seniors Tour: De Vere Seniors PGA Championship, Aug. 1-4, De Vere Carden Park, Chester, England.
Japan PGA Tour: Aiful Cup, Aug. 1-4, Golf Club Twinfields, Ishikawa, Japan.
Japan LPGA Tour: Vernal Open, Aug. 2-4, Masters GC, Hyogo, Japan.
Ladies European Tour: Ladies Norwegian Open, Aug. 2-4, Oslo GC, Oslo, Norway.
Futures Tour: Hewlett Packard Garden State Futures Summer Classic, Aug. 2-4, Knob Hill GC, Manalapan, N.J.
USGA: Curtis Cup, Aug. 3-4, Fox Chapel GC, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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