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| A Look Back: Aug. 12 1962: Arnold Palmer wins the American Classic. 1972: Nancy Lopez beats Catherine Morse, 1-up, to win the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. 1973: Jack Nicklaus wins his third PGA Championship and his 14th major championship. 1990: Wayne Grady bests Fred Couples at Shoal Creek Country Club to win the PGA Championship. 1994: Arnold Palmer plays in his final PGA Championship, never having won that major. |
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Equipment
TaylorMade-adidas Golf responds to a U.S. Golf Association ruling
that drivers like its new R500 series with a high spring-like effect will
not be legal in the U.S. The company will make a conforming version of
its new driver and sell all drivers currently in production overseas,
where the governing Royal and Ancient will permit the clubs to be used
through 2008.
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According to the independent
Darrell Survey, Softspikes' Black Widow cleats were found on the
shoes of 93 of the 111 players with plastic cleats at the Buick Open.
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Events
Tee-Ball Golf and the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring the
Hickory Heritage Classic Sept. 15 where participants will play
according to 1913 Rules of Golf, and proceeds benefit the Francis Ouimet
Scholarship Fund.
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Players
Three members of the Wake Forest men's golf team - Bill Haas, Cortland
Lowe and Brent Wanner - qualify for the 102nd U.S. Amateur
Championship, which takes place Aug. 19-25 at the Oakland Hills Country
Club in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
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Associations
The Virginia State Golf Association releases its player rankings
for the month of August. Martinville's Keith Decker remains atop the regular
ranking while Tom Flory heads the senior list.
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Tournaments
Organizers of the 2002 John Deere Classic announce that its Birdies
for Charity Program raised a record $1.06 million in pledges, an increase
of 12 percent over last year. In addition, three of the donors guessed
the number of birdies made at the event and one will win a Buick Rendezvous.
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People
Cleveland Golf promotes Chris Beck to the position of Senior Product
Manager and Chad Kicker joins the marketing department as Product
Manager.
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Instruction
GolfTEC, the nation's most prolific golf instruction company, plans
to open its first Houston teaching center on the west side of the city.
Dave Baltzer is named manager of the new location.
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Briefly
Connecticut governor John G. Rowland will help break ground Wednesday
for the new Bull's Bridge Golf Club in Kent, Conn. The new course
is designed by Tom Fazio. ...
The Georgia State Golf Association seeks an Administrative Assistant,
Course Rating/Member Services and Finance. More information on the position
can be found on the GSGA web site at www.gsga.org/admin_asst_job.htm.
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Seventeen-year-old Nick Miller uses a conforming new Dr Feel Titanium
Series 8-degree driver with a Harrison shaft at the Re-Max Long Drive
contest, hitting a winning drive of 393 yards. ...
Golf'un, a golf humor Web site, adds new, original golf cartoons
by renown cartoonist Bob Zahn. The cartoons can be seen at www.golfun.net/zahn_menu.htm.
Reader's Forum
Tough Decisions
Reader's Forum allows you, The Wire reader, to weigh in on the issues and topics surrounding the game.
The U.S. Golf Association proposed May 9 to allow "hot" drivers, or clubs with a high spring-like effect, for use by amateurs through 2008. Professionals in competition would not be allowed to use the higher COR clubs under an agreement with the Royal and Ancient, which decided equipment rules outside North America. However, after hearing testimony from golfers and some manufacturers and retailers that the proposal would be complicated, the USGA decided last week that it would not allow drivers with a COR higher than .830 for use in establishing handicap or in competition.
"During discussions prior to May 9 between the USGA and R&A, we understood that our original joint proposal using a temporary, five-year rule that permitted a 0.860 limit for some levels of play starting Jan. 1 was complicated for golfers, sellers of golf equipment, club professionals, and a large number of manufacturers," said Walter Driver, chairman of the USGA's Implements and Ball Committee. "But this element was considered a reasonable interim step internationally. Thus, it was no surprise when we later received comments critical of this back-and-forth aspect. Indeed, the majority of comments urged the USGA not to change our current 0.830 COR limit."
Should the USGA allow amateurs to use drivers with a higher spring-like effect, or are they right to set one limit for all players? What would you tell the manufacturers who were operating under the earlier proposal and designed high COR clubs for use in the U.S.?
Let us know your opinions by sending your responses to info@gpagolf.com with the subject line RE: USGA ruling. Also include your first initial and last name, along with your email address.
Last week Reader's Forum asked:
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?
Click here to read the responses.