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| A Look Back: Aug. 5 1874: Horace Rawlins, who won the first U.S. Open in 1895, is born on the Isle of Wight. 1973: Bobby Nichols beats Bob Murphy in a playoff to win the Westchester Classic. 1979: Australian David Graham overcomes Ben Crenshaw in a three-hole playoff to win the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills. 1982: Raymond Floyd ties the 18-hole record at the PGA Championship with a first-round 63 en route to his second title. 1990: Tom Kite wins the Federal Express St. Jude Classic, beating John Cook in a playoff.
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Technology
The PGA of America launches Network PGA, a sponsor-supported technology
education program for PGA Professionals that features a new online education curriculum
to help pros improve their expertise and enhance their businesses through technology.
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Events
PGA Worldwide Golf Exhibitions, a division of Reed Exhibitions, announces
significant changes to its U.S. golf trade shows starting with the 2003 PGA Merchandise
Show in Orlando. Additions are to include new events for top equipment and apparel
buyers, demo days, customer programs and education conferences.
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Several
thousand golf industry professionals attended the final two days of the 2002
PGA Fall Expo featuring product demonstrations at nearby golf courses and
some 320 exhibits at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nev., Aug. 2-3.
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Instruction
SwingCam installs its player-activated and -controlled video learning program
at the Belfair Golf Club, a private 18-hole facility located in Bluffton, S.C.
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Accessories
Makers of TEE-ZELS, an edible tee-shaped pretzel, launch golf tee-shaped cheese
crackers called CHEEZ-TEEZ at the PGA Fall Expo.
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Tournaments
Tickets are now on sale for the season-opening, champions-only 2003 Mercedes
Championships, to be held at The Plantation Course at Kapalua Jan. 6-12, 2003.
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Business
Teaching professional and golf course designer Rick Smith and his acquisition
group complete their purchase of Treetops Resort in Michigan. Smith took
over the helm as owner and managing partner of the resort July 25 and has retained
the Chesapeake Hotel Group to manage the hotel.
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Briefly
National Golf Properties announces that all of the conditions to effectiveness
of the restructuring agreements entered into by American Golf Corporation, the
primary tenant of National Golf, and American Golf's lenders on July 23 have been
satisfied. ...
More than 1,400 ShopKo suppliers, teammates, and friends
- including Special Olympics athletes, 2002 Winter Olympics athletes, and celebrities
- tee off today on 10 Green Bay area golf courses in a fundraising event for Special
Olympics. ...
The ASGA Tour signs up Ruth's Chris Steak House to become
its pro-am title sponsor for 10 events in 2003. ...
ClubLink hosts
a conference call Tuesday, August 6 at 4:30 p.m. EDT to discuss its second quarter
financial results with ClubLink President and CEO Bruce Simmonds and Chief Financial
Officer Robert Visentin. Call 888-799-1348 or visit www.clublink.ca.
Reader's Forum
Hazeltine
Time
Reader's Forum allows you, The Wire reader, to weigh in on the issues and topics surrounding the game.
Tiger Woods won't be contending for the Grand Slam next week at Hazeltine, site of the PGA Championship. Would you like to see Woods win a third major in 2002 or, since the Grand Slam isn't on the line, would you prefer to see another player prevail? Who is your favorite for the year's final major?
Let us know your opinions by sending your responses to info@gpagolf.com with the subject line RE: PGA Pick. Also include your first initial and last name, along with your email address.
Last week Reader's Forum asked:
Recently, Tiger Woods was asked to comment on whether women should be invited to join traditionally men-only golf clubs like Augusta National and Muirfield.
"It's one of those things where everyone has ... they're entitled to set up their own rules the way they want them," Woods said during the week of the British Open. "It would be nice to see everyone have an equal chance to participate if they wanted to, but there's nothing you can do about it."
Critics complained that Woods was not using his voice as golf's top player to make the sport more embracing of all. As the world's No. 1 golfer and an established sports celebrity, does Tiger have a responsibility to speak up on social issues, like opening golf's exclusive venues to women members?
Click here to read the responses.