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owner and operator KSL Recreation Corp. acquires La Costa Resort and Spa
in California, site of two 18-hole courses. KSL, which also owns PGA West, Claremont
and Doral among others, names Ted Axe to serve as new vice president and general
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Renovation
of Pittsburgh's Field Club, now complete, includes a new practice range,
tree planting and removal, multiple teeing grounds and native area plantings,
all designed by Craig Schreiner. The course was originally designed by Alex Findley
in the late 1800s.
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People
Ocean Ridge Plantation
in North Carolina names former PGA Tour player Jimmy Blanks to direct its
Golf Academy. Blanks, who has 30 years of coaching and playing experience, competed
on the PGA Tour in the early 1970s and has played in several PGA Senior Tour events.
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Media
"New York Stories
... of Enduring Spirit" is The Golf Channel's look at the tragedy of Sept.
11 and how five individuals and their families, all with a love for golf, are
using the game to help heal. Golf Channel Reporter/Anchor Rich Lerner hosts the
show Nov. 21 at 9 p.m. ET.
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Season-Ender
Highlights LPGA Rivalry
Karrie and Annika. Annika and Karrie. In the last two seasons on the LPGA Tour, international golfers Karrie Webb and Annika Sorenstam have been the two biggest names women's golf. One or the other is usually near the top of a leaderboard -- not to mention Sorenstam's eight wins, Webb's three victories, the Shell Wonderful World of Golf match where Webb shot 64 to Sorenstam's 65, or the Battle at Bighorn where Tiger Woods and Sorenstam eked out a win over Webb and David Duval on prime time.
The season-ending Tyco/ADT Championship was no less competitive.
After three rounds, Webb was in the lead with a total of 5-under-par, while Sorenstam hung back at even par. It didn't look like the Swede, who had already wrapped up Player of the Year honors and the money title with eight wins, had any shot at a ninth victory.
"I was thinking if I shoot 65, I mean, I actually thought I would win the tournament," Sorenstam said.
So 65 -- with seven birdies and a bogey -- it was. But Webb's 68 in the windy conditions at Trump International was good enough to claim the Australian's third win of the year and thwart Sorenstam's plans.
"You know, I just wanted to finish the year off well," Webb said. "The fact that Annika and I played together the first two rounds, then a group apart the last two rounds, you know, obviously battled it out till the end today."
But Sorenstam couldn't be too disappointed. Her $115,000 runner-up check pushed her over the $2 million mark in winnings this season, making her the first woman to bank so much. And that final-round 65 brought her season average down to 69.4318, setting a new record.
"Even before today, she probably deserved to break the record, the way she's played this year," Webb said. "If I know Annika, she knew what she had to shoot today. The fact that she knew what she had to shoot, went out and did it on a course that wasn't giving up scores like that, is very impressive."
Webb was no slouch herself. While she didn't top the seven wins she amassed in 2000, the Australian won two majors and became the youngest person to win a career Grand Slam.
"I thought Karrie Webb's 2000 year would be difficult to top," LPGA Tour Commissioner Ty Votaw said before this week. "But, as I said in the beginning, Annika and Karrie and Se Ri (Pak) and the balance of the LPGA Tour membership have definitely overcome Karrie's performance in 2000. We're very much looking forward to our 2002 season to see what the off-season produces not only for Annika, but also for those who will challenge her to hold the top spot going forward."
No matter who comes out on top next year, the entire LPGA Tour benefits from the interest Webb and Sorenstam have generated in 2001.