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Equipment
AccuFLEX
Golf launches its new high performance ICON series iron shafts. The growing
popularity of AccuFLEX Golf shafts among Tour players and club builders
has created a demand for iron shafts made using the same proprietary AccuFLEX
technology.
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more...
Callaway
Golf Staff Professional Jim Thorpe became the first player to win
a pro tour event with the Company's new prototype golf ball at the
Champions Tour's Long Island Classic last week.
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more...
Tim
Clark, playing the new Nike One golf ball, made a bid to keep Nike
Golf's streak of consecutive years with a "Major ball win" alive
at the PGA Championship, but finished in third place.
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more...
PGA
Championship winner Shaun Micheel used Dynamic Golf shafts from True
Temper in his irons and a BiMatrx shaft in his 5-wood. Jim Thorpe
also used Dynamic Gold shafts to win the Champion Tour's Long Island
Classic last week.
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more...
Aldila,
designer and manufacturer of high performance graphite wood and
irons shafts, had a win at the Nationwide's Price Cutter event
with Tom Carter's victory. This is his second win this summer
after capturing the Samsung Canadian tournament in July.
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While
Shaun Micheel dueled with fellow Titleist Pro V1 loyalist Chad
Campbell to the finish of the PGA Championship Sunday, one thing
was certain: Titleist was going to be the choice of another major
champion. Eight of the top 10 finishers and ties used Titleist
Pro V1 golf balls.
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more...
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Players
Bruce Lietzke continues to hold a slim margin over Tom
Watson in the Charles Schwab Cup race as the season
hits the stretch run. Lietzke, the Champions Tour's
only two-time winner this year, is 63 points ahead
of Watson.
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more...
Correction
The Dave Pelz Scoring Game Tour visits Meriwether National in
Oregon with a series of one-day clinics designed by popular "Scoring Game" instructor,
Dave Pelz, August 20-24.
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The top three finishers at the PGA Championship - Shaun Micheel,
Chad Campbell and Tim Clark - all used Cleveland Golf equipment.
Winner Micheel uses a Launcher 400 driver, a Launcher
fairway wood, TA7 irons, and two 588 wedges. ...
Sonartec Golf had 16 players use 19 Sonartec fairway woods
at the 85th PGA Championship, ranking Sonartec fourth in the Darrell
Survey fairway wood club count. None of the players in the field
were compensated to use Sonartec. ...
Harrison Sports congratulates Tour Staff member Jim Thorpe
on his victory at this past weekend's Long Island Classic while using
Harrison Pro 2.5 powered Driver and Fairway wood shafts. In addition,
Rodger Davis (using the Harrison Striper J in his Driver) and Tom
Jenkins (using the Harrison Pro 3.5 FL Lite) finished tied for fifth
and ninth, respectively, at the tournament. ...
The Mississippi Development Authority Division of Tourism launches
of the Magnolia Golf Trail's Affiliate Network. Already heralded
for its value-laden offerings for golfers, this latest program exponentially
increases the benefits afforded members of the Magnolia Golf Trail.
...
Paul Waring, Gareth Shaw and Rhys Davies represented Great Britain
and Ireland in the 2002 Jacques Leglise Trophy match and they
are again selected for this year's encounter against the Continent
of Europe Boys at Lahinch, Ireland, August 29-30. ...
Denis Durnian will spearhead the English raid over Hadrian's Wall
next week when he returns to a course he describes as his favourite
venue to defend the Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open title
at The Roxburghe from August 29-31. ...
Qualifying results for the $10,000 Dragon Challenge Pro-Am Invitational at
Dragon at Gold Mountain are announced. The Net Division score needed
to qualify for the Challenge - to be held on Saturday, October 18
- is a 73 or lower, and the Gross Division score necessary is 77
or lower. ...
True Blue Golf Plantation names Laura Perneski Assistant
Golf Professional. Her responsibilities include assisting in daily
operations of the course, preparing weekly schedules, ordering supplies,
training staff members and staff the pro shop. ...
French golf star Patricia Meunier-Lebouc becomes the third
player to qualify for the Samsung World Championship. The
$800,000 tournament, which will feature 20 of the greatest women
players in the world, will be played October 6-12, at The Tournament
Players Course at Woodlands Resort. ...
SMT Golf, makers of the heads that won the Re-Max World
Long Drive Championship, announces that seven of the top 10 Money
Leaders were aided to the top by using SMT component heads. ...
According to the Darrell Survey, Shaun Micheel used Fujikura
Composites America's 'TR Spec' shaft in his 9.5 degree Cleveland
Launcher Driver to win the PGA Championship. ...
Five players qualified Sunday as exempt LPGA Tour members for the
2004 season by finishing in the top five on the FUTURES Tour Money
List. Those graduates are: Stacy Prammanasudh of Enid, Okla.; Soo
Young Moon of Keumsan, South Korea; Candy Hannemann of
Rio de Janiero, Brazil; Ju Kim of Seoul, South Korea; and Reilley
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TEE BOX: Week of August 21-24 |
PGA TOUR
WGC-NEC Invitational
Dates: Aug. 21-24
Site: Akron, Ohio
Course: Firestone Country Club (par 70, 7,189 yards)
Purse: $6 million. Winner's Share: $1,080,000.
Television: ESPN (Thurs.-Fri., 12-2 p.m., 5-7 p.m.), CBS (Sat., 2-6 p.m., Sun.,
2:30-6:30 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Craig Parry (72-65-66-65--268, 16 under)
PGA TOUR
Reno-Tahoe Open
Dates: Aug. 21-24
Site: Reno, Nev.
Course: Montreux
Golf & Country Club (par 72, 7,472 yards)
Purse: $3 million. Winner's Share: $540,000.
Television: TGC (Thurs.-Sun., 8-10:30 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Chris Riley (71-66-67-67--271, 17 under)
LPGA TOUR
Wachovia LPGA Classic
Dates: Aug. 21-24
Site: Kutztown, Pa.
Course: Berkleigh
Country Club (par 72, 6,197 yards)
Purse: $1.2 million. Winner's Share: $180,000.
Television: TGC (Thurs.-Sun., 2-5 p.m.)
Internet: www.lpga.com
2002 Champion: Se Ri Pak (70-68-66-63--267, 21 under)
CHAMPIONS TOUR
Allianz Championship
Dates: Aug. 22-24
Site: West Des Moines, Iowa
Course: Glen Oaks Country Club (par 71, 6,799 yards)
Purse: $1.5 million. Winner's Share: $225,000.
Television: TGC (Fri.-Sun., 5-7:30 p.m.)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Bob Gilder (67-66-67--200, 13 under)
NATIONWIDE TOUR
Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open
Dates: Aug. 21-24
Site: Wichita, Kan.
Course: Crestview
Country Club (par 71, 6,886 yards)
Purse: $425,000. Winner's Share: $76,500.
Television: None.
Internet: www.pgatour.com
2002 Champion: Tyler Williamson (68-67-71-66-272, 8 under)
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
USGA: U.S. Amateur, Aug.
18-24, Oakmont CC, Oakmont, Pa.
European Challenge Tour:
Rolex Trophy, Aug. 21-24, Golf Club de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland.
European Seniors Tour:
Nigel Mansell Classic, Aug. 21-24, Woodbury Park, Exeter, England.
Canadian Tour: Bay Mills Open
Players Championship, Aug. 21-24, Wild Bluff GC, Brimley, Mich.
Ladies European Tour:
Wales WPGA Championship of Europe, Aug. 22-25, Royal Porthcawl GC,
Bridgend, Wales.
Japan LPGA
Tour: New Catapiler Mitsubishi Ladies, Aug. 22-24, Dai Hakone
CC, Kanagawa, Japan.
NGA/Hooters Tour: Arkansas
Classic, Aug. 21-24, Golf Club Valley View, Farmington, Ark.
Sunshine Tour: Wild Coast
Sun Touring Pro-Am, Aug. 19-21, Wild Coast Sun CC, Port Edward, South
Africa.
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Golf
analysts and writers dubbed Shaun Micheel's approach shot to the 18th
hole Sunday that landed two inches from the cup and guaranteed him the
Wanamaker Trophy as one of the best clutch shots in major tournament
history. Do you agree? What other clutch shots stand out in your memory?
Let
us know your opinions by sending your responses by Thursday at
5 p.m. ET with the subject line RE: Clutch Shots. Also include
your first initial and last name, along with your city and state
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