Cumberland Times-News - RAWLINGS - Fran Whitman, Bev Warnick, Julie Davis and Deb Grove won by a card off with a 35 over Jean True, Sue Bambacus and Deb Mohler. Closest to the pin winners were Lauretta Michaels (No. 4), Sue George (No. 7) and Jean True (No. 9). Werner aces

Police Chief ‘Played Golf With Hanwha Advisor’
Digital Chosunilbo - Police Commissioner General Lee Taek-soon played golf with Hanwha Securities advisor Ryu Si-wang three days after an alleged mafia-style revenge attack by Hanwha Group chairman Kim Seung-youn in March, it emerged Thursday. Lee last month denied

11th Annual Bank of Hampton Roads Charitable Golf Classic Raises
MSN MoneyCentral - NORFOLK, Va., June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Bank of Hampton Roads, the primary subsidiary of Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc. HMPR , is excited to announce that its 11th Annual Charitable Golf Classic raised a record-breaking $170,000 for local

LPGA - Sponsored by PING golf equipment, The Solheim Cup is named in honour 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

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

Ochoa signs multi-year agreement with PING
PGA of Australia - Lorena Ochoa, the world s number one ranked female golfer who has played PING golf equipment since she was 15 years old, has signed an endorsement agreement with the equipment manufacturer, PING Chairman & CEO John Solheim announced today. The

Wall Street Journal - As the father of a 12-year-old girl, I’m struck how much the field at this week’s U.S. Women’s Open looks like a gymnastics meet. Of the 156 competitors in Southern Pines, N.C., 24 are teenagers, and nearly a third are younger than 22. That compares

Woodlands golf course approved to add three holes
Santa Maria Times - Landscaping remains to be planted around the uncompleted golf course at the Woodlands project in this 2005 file photo. The SLO Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve a 12-hole golf course as opposed to the original nine-hole plan. //Staff

On TV / Radio Today
Miami Herald - LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m.: PCL — Round Rock-Memphis, CSS ARENA FOOTBALL Noon: Playoffs, wild-card game, Columbus-Tampa Bay, ESPN 3 p.m.: Playoffs, wild-card game, Colorado-Kansas City, ESPN CANADIAN FOOTBALL 7 p.m.: Winnipeg-Edmonton, CSS GOLF

Izzo-Mariucci charity golf tournament ends after 10th year
Akron Beacon Journal - IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. - A charity golf tournament hosted by Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo and former Detroit Lions coach Steve Mariucci for the past decade has come to an end. Friday’s 10th annual Izzo-Mariucci Classic at TimberStone Golf

Forbes - Leading citizens of Detroit’s Jewish community including famed Detroiter Max Fisher opened the Phoenix Golf Club, later to become the Rogell Golf Course. Now its new owners, Greater Grace Temple, have preserved a special piece of the city’s history

Ben Boyd, 37; assistant pro had passion for golf, humanity
Boston Globe - While awaiting what he knew could be a devastating cancer diagnosis from his doctor, Ben Boyd stepped onto a golf course last August to play in a tournament. “It was like a calmness came over me,” he told the Globe later. “It was the strangest thing

Kirk sweats details on first tee
Detroit Free Press - GRAND BLANC — The name wasn’t a tongue-twister, but John Kirk wasn’t taking any chances. Kirk has volunteered for every Buick Open since the tournament has been at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club — from 1958-69, and 1978 on. For the last 29 years

Brief: Black continues to hold lead for golf award
Joplin Globe - Brian Black continues to hold a big lead in the Cooper Tire Golfer of the Year competition, presented by Burgraf Tire. Black has amassed 850 points. Tim Olds is second with 675, followed by Mike Riley with 510 and Bill Curry with 460. Tied at 450 are

Miami Herald - Angela Park, left, of South Korea, talks on the phone as she leaves the clubhouse with her caddie, Michael Hobbs, after play was suspended due to weather at the 2007 Women’s U.S. Open golf championship in Southern Pines, N.C., Friday, June 29, 2007

The turf war over golf courses in cottage country
Globe and Mail - If you’re one of those Canadians fortunate enough to have had futurists or wealthy industrialists as forefathers, you probably have a little cabin by a sparkling lake to escape to. If you’re one of us who don’t, you probably make a point of

Khan leads McGinley, Montgomerie at French Open
MSNBC - The other overnight leader, James Kamte of South Africa, faded with a 7-over 78. Sweden’s Christian Nilsson looked in form but ended badly with a quadruple bogey on the last hole and a 5-over 76 amid strong winds and rain at the National Golf

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

Sawyer County Record
Sawyer County Record - We hope to offer some additional sponsorship opportunities and we ll have similar prizes to this year (like) some very nice Ping golf equipment, Shagen said. I thought that this year, though, went exceptionally well. Shagen mentioned that

6. LPGA birthdays
LPGA - PING Golf; Lilly Pullitzer; Etonic; and Bayer. The schedule for the 2004 LPGA Golf Clinics for Women is listed below. For more information, contact The Jane Blalock Company at 800-262-7888. 2004 LPGA Golf Clinics for Women schedule Date City Host club

PGA Tour - Was named to the Ping/Golf Coaches Association of America All-America first team in 1999 and 2000. Became the first golfer in UNLV history to earn first-team honors more than once. Selected to the team a total of three times in his career, including

U.S. Open has nothing on WorldGolf.com’s free golf club giveaway
TravelGolf.com - At WorldGolf.com, you can win a free set of Ping golf clubs, however. Now that has my attention. All you need to do is fill out a quick and painless reader survey here , and you’ll put yourself in the running to win a set of Ping clubs, including a bag

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

Reuters UK - BEIJING, June 29 (Reuters) - China’s Liang Wenchong will play his first major in August after receiving a special exemption for the U.S. PGA Championship, the Asian Tour said on Friday. The 28-year-old has had a breakthrough season and became only

Golf Capsules
FOXSports.com - VERSAILLES, France (AP) - LPGA Tour rookie Angela Park, 18, birdied her first three holes and hung on for a 3-under 68 Thursday, leaving her in the lead of the U.S. Women’s Open after the first round for the second straight major. Michelle Wie

Golf tournament benefits 5-year-old boy
Portsmouth Herald - NEWMARKET Being on the receiving end is something Linda Currier of Newfields never expected when her husband, Randy, started participating in charity golf tournaments years ago. Last Friday’s golf tournament and party hosted by friends raised the