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Alabama’s drive for golf tourists hits the sweet spot
Dallas Morning News - The par-3 18th of the Fighting Joe course at the Shoals overlooks Wilson Lake on the Tennessee River. Players like to debate whether it’s better than the Schoolmaster. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. They say, “If you build it, they will come.” The state of

This week in golf
Chicago Sun-Times - Site: Muirfield Village Golf Club (7,265 yards, par 72), Dublin, Ohio. TV: Golf Channel (2 p.m. today-Friday) and Ch. 2 (2 p.m. Saturday; 1:30 p.m. Sunday). Defending champion: Carl Pettersson. The story line: The top six players in the world

Singh in 42nd place at Memorial Golf championship
Fiji Village - Golfer Vijay Singh is not having his way in the opening round of the Memorial Golf championship. Singh has so far played through 7 holes and is on 1 under and lying in 42nd place on the leader board. Singh this season has won only one major

INS News - Apr. 21–The Boise State men’s golf team is in 18th place at the PING Golf Cougar Classic held at Riverside Country Club in Provo, Utah. The top score for the Broncos was posted by freshman John Baranco, who shot a 36 on the front nine and a 37 on

The 17-yard secret
Golf For Women - Paul Wood, a research project engineer at Ping Golf with a Ph.D. in solar physics and applied mathematics, has studied the Bubba Watson phenomenon first hand. “Bubba is doing things no one imagined were possible,” says Wood, indicating that Watson’s

FedEx Kinko’s Classic
PGA Tour - Two (2) FedEx Kinko’s Classic Ping golf shirts FedEx Kinko’s Classic hat or visor Preferred parking during your shifts Meals while working A week-long grounds badge for admission during the entire

Donna Andrews to Captain PING Junior Solheim Cup U.S. Team
LPGA - The Solheim Cup, the most prestigious team event in women’s professional golf and sponsored by PING golf equipment, is named in honor of the company’s founder, Karsten Solheim, and his family. It is a biennial, trans-Atlantic team match-play

Myrtle Beach Online - The Coastal Carolina men’s golf team made a flurry of birdies late in its round to end the first day of the 110th NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship in second place. The Chanticleers gained eight strokes against par in their final six holes late

Golf tournament raises $14,000 for animal shelter
Hampton Roads Daily Press - GLOUCESTER — The Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society’s fifth annual golf tournament, held May 17 at the Piankatank River Golf Club, raised $14,000 for the shelter, which takes in more than 3,000 animals from across the Middle Peninsula every year

Toshack defends choice of Craig Bellamy to replace Ryan Giggs as Wales
CBS Sportsline - In February, he was heavily fined for attacking Liverpool teammate John Arne Riise with a golf club on a drunken night out in Portugal during a training camp for the Champions League match against FC Barcelona. Bellamy then scored in Liverpool’s 2-1

This week in golf
Chicago Sun-Times - Site: Muirfield Village Golf Club (7,265 yards, par 72), Dublin, Ohio. TV: Golf Channel (2 p.m. today-Friday) and Ch. 2 (2 p.m. Saturday; 1:30 p.m. Sunday). Defending champion: Carl Pettersson. The story line: The top six players in the world

LPGA - Sponsored by PING golf equipment, The Solheim Cup is named in honor of the company’s founder, Karsten Solheim, and his family. The Solheim Cup is the most prestigious team event in women’s professional golf. It is a biennial, trans-Atlantic team

FedEx Kinko’s Classic
PGA Tour - Two (2) FedEx Kinko’s Classic Ping golf shirts FedEx Kinko’s Classic hat or visor Preferred parking during your shifts Meals while working A week-long grounds badge for admission during the entire

USGA taking away some spin
Fergus Falls Daily Journal - In the 1980’s Karsten Solheim, founder of Karsten Manufacturing (as it was known then) and maker of Ping golf clubs, designed grooves in a square shape. This occurred after the U.S.G.A. displayed a diagram of a square-shape (actually a squared-off

Cybergolf - Though the Austin, Texas-based golf design team of Roy Bechtol and Randy Russell has dissolved their partnership, the pair said the move - finalized last week and announced Monday - will have “no effect” on the five golf course projects they

No. 1 Georgia golf team hopes its best is good enough
Hampton Roads Daily Press - WILLIAMSBURG — Georgia’s Chris Haack has brought the top-seeded team into the NCAA Division I men’s golf championship several times before, and here’s what he said it means: Darn little. Haack has a pair of national titles on his coaching resume

A&m women’s golf coach earns Central Region Coach of the Year Award
CBS Sportsline - (CSTV U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M Women’s Golf Coach Jeanne Sutherland was named the NCAA Central Region Coach of the Year on Tuesday. A&M senior Ashley Knoll was selected second-team All-America by the National Golf Coaches

Lease restores Burnt Store golf
News-Press - Golf will make a comeback at Burnt Store Marina, and it s the residents of the large community off Burnt Store Road who will be in control. Residents at Burnt Store Marina voted to lease the golf course for $1 a year from owner Realmark Group by a

Newsday - MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — This might be Annika Sorenstam’s tournament, but the world of women’s golf still seems to revolve around Michelle Wie. Because Wie was sidelined for nearly five months because of a reported wrist injury, her presence this week

Does It Work? Visiball Golf Ball Finders
WTVD - The creators of some special sunglasses called Visiball Golf Ball Finders claims to help you find all those lost balls on the fairway. But do they work? Master Professional Ed Ibarguen agreed to give the glasses a try at the Duke University Golf Club

Teen overcomes the odds in golf dream
Stuff - BEATING THE ODDS: Teenager MacKinzie Kline, who continually battles health problems, will achieve a long-cherished dream when she makes her LPGA debut at this week’s Ginn Tribute in South Carolina. The 15-year-old American, who has continually defied

ESPN.com - Her full name is Mackinzie Kline, but you can just call her Mac. The 15-year-old girl from Encinitas, Calif., is a golf sensation with a story. Born with only one heart ventricle (instead of two), she underwent two heart surgeries by the time she

UPDATE: Washington girls’ golf team wins Class 3A state title
1960 Sun - GRANGER - The Washington girls’ golf team led the Class 3A state tournament by 10 strokes after one day of play, and went on to win a state title, Wednesday. The Demons totaled a team score of 336 strokes on Tuesday, building a 10-stroke lead over

Sorenstam’s Back - Literally This Time
CBS News - Sorenstam is set to return to competitive golf in this week’s $2.6 million event, which she’s hosting. She missed nearly two months to deal with a ruptured disk and a bulging disk in her back. “It’s been a little weird to be away in the middle of the

Local golf: Fort Myers’ Simmerman medalist at Florida State Am
Naples Daily News - Danny Simmerman, of Fort Myers, shot a 72 at Colonial Country Club in Fort Myers on Wednesday to lead 12 golfers who advanced to the 90th Florida State Amateur Championship at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club on June 21-24. Also advancing were

ESPN.com - 1, Oak Grove 317. 2 (tie), Grafton 330, Killdeer 330. 4, Carrington 331. 5, Dickinson Trinity 334. 6, Larimore 337. 7, New Salem 345. 8, Hatton-Northwood 346. 9, Stanley 346. 10, Northern Lights 347. 11, Westhope-Newburg 348. 12, Parshall-New Town

ROLEX and its long history with the sport of golf around the world
LPGA - The Rolex association with golf dates from 1967 when the company presented Arnold Palmer with a gold Oyster Perpetual to honor his achievements on the golf course. This marked the beginning of a loyal and privileged relationship, not only with Arnold

Finau brothers go 1-1 at Las Vegas golf event
Salt Lake Tribune - Posted: 2:04 PM- Salt Lake City teenager and golf phenom Tony Finau graduates from West High tonight at the Huntsman Center on the University of Utah campus. He will have a big smile on his face for more reasons than that. Finau, 17, defeated former

Burnt Store golf course’s future decided today
News-Press - The fate of the golf course at Burnt Store Marina could go either way today as votes are counted to see if residents favor leasing the closed course for five years. The master homeowners association, Section 22, plans to count the votes today at 1 p