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| A Look Back: Dec. 16 1945: Byron Nelson wins the Glen Garden Invitational for a record 18th win in one PGA Tour season. 1956: Jack Burke, winner of The Masters and PGA Championship, wins the PGA Player of the Year award. 1966: European Tour player and Ryder Cup member Paul McGinley is born in Dublin, Ireland. 1979: Don January wins the PGA Seniors' Championship by eight shots over George Bayer. 1990: Mike Hill wins the New York Life Champions in a playoff against Dale Douglass and Lee Trevino. |
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Tournaments
The Plantation
Course at Kapalua is in the final stages of preparation for the PGA Tour's
season-opening 2003 Mercedes Championships Jan. 6-12.
Tickets are now available for the tournament.
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The South Florida
Golf Foundation launches the "Birdies for Charity" program that
gives participating charities the opportunity to earn contributions based
on the number of birdies made by the PGA Tour players during the
2003 Ford Championship at Doral.
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The ShopRite
LPGA Classic raises its purse to $1.3 million in 2003, an increase
of $100,000. The increase means that the ShopRite Classic will be among
the top ten highest purses overall on the Tour, and the fifth highest
among non-majors.
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Associations
Keith Decker
is honored as the Virginia State Golf Association's Men's
Golfer of the Year. David King was selected as senior golfer of the year,
while Ryan Sypniewski was named the association's junior boy of the year.
Jenny Suh earned VSGA Junior Girl of the Year accolades for a third consecutive
year.
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People
Grant
E. Key III of Lynchburg, Va., is elected to serve a two-year
term as the 30th president of the Virginia State Golf Association.
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Briefly
Shadowing touring pros during their practice rounds proved so popular
with Golf Channel viewers in 2002 that Playing Lessons From the
Pros: Managing Your Game will return with 26 new episodes in
2003. Each 30-minute episode is a golf lesson taught by a touring pro
during playing situations, and will air Mondays at 9 p.m. ET. ...
Hospitality procurement services company Avendra LLC adds 21 golf courses to its list of customers. The firm now has more than 300 individual golf course and country club locations. ...
TP Golf Schools offers a $99 one-on-one hour-long golf lesson with Tom Patri, one of Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teachers in America, at Naples Grande Golf Club in Naples, Fla. Learn more about the offer, valid through Jan. 15, by calling 239-455-9179. ...
ESPN will air the finals of the 2002 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 2 p.m. ET. Roger Twibell and Charlie Rymer will handle the call of the program, taped at the Palms Golf Club in Mesquite, NV on Oct. 19. ...
National Golf Properties announces that the California Superior Court for Los Angeles County has denied a motion seeking to enjoin a shareholder vote on the pending acquisition of National Golf. ...
Nike Golf debuts concept shops for its women's collection. Four stores are already open at two Roger Dunn Golf Shops in California, Golf Etc. in Oregon and Washington Golf Center in Arlington, Va., with 20 more shops slated to open before Jan. 1.
Reader's
Forum
Deciding the Story
of the Year
Reader's Forum allows you, The Wire reader, to weigh in on the issues and topics surrounding the game.
What do you think was golf's biggest story this year and why do you rate it the highest? The decision of Augusta National to not admit a woman member and to maintain its stance in the face of pressure from Martha Burk; Annika Sorenstam's 11 wins in one LPGA Tour season; Tiger Woods claiming two major titles and continuing to dominate men's professional golf; the European team winning the Ryder Cup; the sharing of titles twice in Europe and Australia; the large number of first-time winners on the PGA Tour; or something else?
Let us know your opinions by sending your responses to info@gpagolf.com with the subject line RE: Year-end. Also include your first initial and last name, along with your city and state or country.
Last week Reader's Forum asked:
Last week, Tiger Woods got so annoyed at an amateur photographer in the gallery at the Skins Game that he spoke sharply to him while his caddie Steve Williams confiscated the man's camera and threw it into the nearby lake. Sunday at his own Target World Challenge Woods refused to speak with NBC commentators after hitting a poor approach shot at the 18th and losing to Padraig Harrington by two shots. Do you admire Tiger's intensity no matter what is on the line, or should he tone it down for these unofficial, "Silly Season" events?