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| A Look Back: Dec. 2 1937: Jock Hutchison wins the first PGA Seniors' Championship, played at Augusta National Golf Club. 1945: Ben Hogan wins the Orlando Open. 1953: PGA Tour player Jay Haas is born in Buffalo, N.Y. 1969: PGA Tour player Paul Stankowski is born in Oxnard, Calif. 1984: Arnold Palmer wins the Quadel Seniors Classic. |
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Players
Fredrik Jacobson moves up 33 positions and breaks into
the World Top-100 at No. 84 this week after winning the Omega Hong Kong
Open at the Hong Kong Golf Club.
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Instruction
Dr. Jim Suttie will join a blue-ribbon instruction panel
to address nearly 1,000 professional golf instructors starting Dec. 5
at the eighth biennial PGA Teaching & Coaching Summit at the PGA Village
in Florida.
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People
Industry veteran
Tom Bork takes the position of Director of Business Development
at Carlton Golf, a new company manufacturing and marketing affordable
golf equipment. Bork recently served as National Sales Manager for Toski
Golf.
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The Arizona Golf Hall
of Fame inducts seven new members Nov. 25 at Camelback Golf Club in Scottsdale.
Three of the seven new inductees, Linda Vollstedt, Jack
Snyder and W.R. Kneebone, Ph.D, were given the
awards in person. Missy Farr-Kay accepted for her sister, the late Heather
Farr, Bob Hunsick III accepted for his father, the late Bob
Hunsick Jr., Jody Potts received the award for her husband, Al
Potts, who passed away in 2000, and Chuck Giebel of Avondale
accepted the award for his former employer, John Reuter, Jr.
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Technology
Boulder Creek
operator Tom Addis chooses Crescent Systems as its supplier
of club management software for the Boulder City, Nev., course.
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Equipment
Competitors using Harrison Shafts took first and second
place at the South African International Long Drive Challenge Nov. 23.
Californian Vince Ciurluini used a Harrison Ti Tip to hit a 390-yard drive
for first place, while Morne (Big Z) Zurnamer of South Africa took second.
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Events
The Teens On The Green World Championship Finale on St.
Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands at the Robert Trent Jones Sr.-designed
Carambola Golf Resort was successful for players, parents, sponsors and
the community. Participants and their families enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner
on the beach as part of the weekend's festivities.
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Briefly
Steve Smyers-designed Royce Brook Golf Club, celebrating
its fifth anniversary in 2002, receives high rankings from Jersey Golfer
Magazine. The publication listed Royce Brook high in its "Excellence In
The Garden State" ratings with Top 25 Public Courses (fourth) - West Course;
(15th) East Course, Best Conditioned Course (second) - West Course, Toughest
Back To Back Holes Championship Tees 14 & 15 Holes (sixth) - West Course,
Best Clubhouse Amenities (third) and Best Practice Area (first). ...
Australian professional Peter Lonard launches an official Web site at www.peterlonard.com featuring news, statistics, interviews, daily updates from around the golfing world and a regular newsletter from Lonard. ...
Ann Liguori, president of Ann Liguori Productions, Inc. and host/executive producer of "Sports Innerview with Ann Liguori," recently received the "Trailblazers Award" from the National Association of Women Business Owners, Long Island Chapter. ...
Two new books by Dr. Patrick Cohn focus on helping golfers overcome mental challenges. The Mental Game of Golf helps golfers overcome excuses for not succeeding, develop a pre-shot routine and deal with frustration and over-analysis. In The Mental Art of Putting, co-authored by Cohn and Dr. Robert Winters, mental training is further refined to focus completely on the qualities of great putters, the power of a positive attitude and the "One-Putt Mindset." ...
E-Z Care announces a new product line, CART-PRO, which contains six aerosols that clean, maintain and beautify the interior and exterior of all golf-type cars. The products are marketed to cart users at golf courses, country clubs, campgrounds and others.
Reader's
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Sounds Off
Reader's Forum allows you, The Wire reader, to weigh in on the issues and topics surrounding the game.
For the second time in a month, a title on a major golf tour has been shared. Peter Lonard and Jarrod Moseley elected to share the Australian PGA trophy rather than return Monday to finish a playoff. Australian golf star Greg Norman criticized the decision, saying tournament rules that state sudden death should continue until a winner is decided should be adhered to no matter what. Last week, Norman criticized organizers of the Australian Open for canceling the first round because of unplayable greens, saying Australian golf was humiliated.
Should Norman continue to speak out on issues in golf, especially in his native Australia? Do you enjoy hearing what he has to say? What role should Norman take in the golf world as he gets older and continues to diversify into other business interests?
Let us know your opinions by sending your responses to info@gpagolf.com with the subject line RE: Norman. Also include your first initial and last name, along with your city and state or country.
Last week Reader's Forum asked:
Annika Sorenstam just won her 11th LPGA Tour event and 13th worldwide event Sunday when she collected the ADT Championship trophy. Is Annika as much of, or more a force on her tour than Tiger Woods is on his? Is she doing all she can to promote women's golf? What, if any, responsibility does she have to speak out on issues like Augusta National admitting a woman member? If you were in her position, what would you do to improve the profile of the LPGA Tour and life for women golfers?
Click here to read the responses.