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| A Look Back: Nov. 13 1943: Two-time U.S. Amateur champion Jay Sigel is born in Narberth, Pa. 1966: Art Wall wins the Caracas Open. 1988: Curtis Strange wins the Nabisco Golf Championship, defeating Tom Kite in a playoff at Pebble Beach. 1988: Bill Glasson wins the Centel Classic by two strokes over Tommy Armour III. 1996: Tom Lehman records the lowest 36-hole score in PGA Grand Slam of Golf history, shooting a 10-under-par 134 to win by two strokes over Steve Jones. |
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Professional
Golf Association Chief Executive Officer Jim L. Awtrey shares The PGA's strategic
plan for the next decade with representatives of The PGA's 41 nationwide sections
who assembled Nov. 4-10, at PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Delegates to the meeting dedicated The PGA Education Center and approved development
of a historical center and PGA Village San Antonio.
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LPGA Tour caddie Jerry "Dee" Darden is inducted into the Professional Caddies
Association Hall of Fame. The PCA is accepting nominations for the Hall of
Fame, as well as the best caddie master, oldest working male and female caddie
in the world.
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People
World Golf Hall
of Fame officials announce that Gary Player has agreed to serve as Global
Ambassador and Carol Mann will assume the responsibility of Special Consultant.
In their new roles, Player will attend special events and participate in communications
and various marketing programs while Mann will work with members.
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Business
Net
sales for Women's Golf Unlimited's third quarter increased 13 percent,
to $3,484,474, from $3,091,279 in the same period in 2000. Net income for the
third quarter also increased slightly, although income for the nine-month period
is down.
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ASGA,
parent company of the American Senior Golf Association and owner and operator
of the Golf Society Tour, selects OTC Financial Network, a division of
National Financial Communications Corp., to direct its financial communications
and shareholder relations campaign.
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Equipment
Padraig
Harrington uses a Rule 35 Callaway golf ball to win the Volvo Masters,
marking the 42nd win worldwide for the ball. Harrington also carried a new Odyssey
White Hot "2-Ball" putter, while David Duval used a Steelhead Plus 4-wood to win
the Dunlop Phoenix tournament in Japan.
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Grand
Cypress Resort in Orlando contracts with golf car manufacturer E-Z-GO to
provide more than 180 cars and specialty vehicles. E-Z-GO will also supply additional
rental golf cars for tournaments and special events.
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Technology
The World
Golf Foundation launches Juniorlinks.com, a new web site for youth, their
parents and junior golf program administrators. The site was created to offer
a master database of junior golf programs in the United States in response to
last year's inaugural GOLF 20/20 conference.
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Instruction
Next spring,
Golf Magazine will assemble more than two dozen of the best instructors in the
world for the first-ever "Top 100 Teacher Weekend" at the World Golf Village
in Florida. The weekend, based on the magazine's signature "Top 100 Teachers"
program will feature clinics, seminars, and playing lessons.
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Nov. 15-18
Tee Box
PGA
and EUROPEAN PGA TOUR
World Golf Championships
EMC World Cup
Dates: Nov. 15-18
Site: Gotemba, Japan
Course: The Taiheiyo Club (par
72, 7,232 yards)
Purse: $3 million. Winners' share: $1 million to winning
team.
Television: USA (Thurs.-Fri., 3-6 p.m., tape delay) and ABC (Sat., 1:30-3:30
p.m., tape delay; Sun., 4-6 p.m., tape delay)
Internet: www.pgatour.com
Defending champions: Tiger Woods and David Duval (61-65-60-68 -- 254, 34 under)
LPGA TOUR
Tyco/ADT Championship
Dates: Nov. 15-18
Site: West Palm Beach, Fla.
Course: Trump International (par-72, tba)
Purse: $1 million. Winner's share:
$215,000.
Television: ESPN (Thurs.-Fri., 3-5 p.m.), ESPN2 (Sat., 3:30-5:30
p.m.) and ABC (Sun., 2-4 p.m.)
Internet: www.lpga.com
Defending champion: Dottie Pepper (68-71-69-71 -- 279, 9 under)
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
Sunshine Tour: Platinum Classic,
Nov. 16-18, Mooinooi Golf Club, Rustenburg, South Africa
Japan
LPGA Tour: Daiohseishi Elleair Ladies Open, Nov. 16-18, Ellair Golf Club, Ehime,
Japan
Note: All times Eastern Time, schedule subject to change
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19th Hole Editor's note: Following are e-mails received in response to the Monday, Nov. 12 People, Places & Things column. The Wire welcomes any response to issues regarding golf. Please include your first initial and last name, along with an e-mail address and send to info@gpagolf.com. I
enjoyed your descriptions of the Green and Gold courses at Williamsburg Inn's
Golden Horseshoe complex. I realize that these courses were designed, respectively,
by Rees Jones and his father, Robert Trent Jones Sr. However, to speak of Trent
Sr. and Rees as the greatest father-son golf duo since Old Tom/Young Tom Morris
is to do a disservice to Rees' older brother Bobby, whom you ignore completely,
and who is a highly acclaimed architect in his own right. Admittedly, Rees enjoys
a higher profile these days, due to his marvelous, well-received restorations
of major championship courses, but Bobby can claim design credit for some of the
world's best original layouts, including The Prince Course at Princeville on Kauai
in Hawaii and the Links at Spanish Bay on California's Monterey Peninsula. Rees
Jones is a phenomenally talented architect, but his brother Bobby is one of the
very best as well. |