On Saturday, September 10th, hundreds of Ty Votaw’s friends and family gathered to toast (and roast) the commissioner on his last at the helm of the LPGA. The farewell event titled, “Ty Votaw Rocks,” raised funds in Votaw’s honor for The LPGA

First major of the season is second Winner Event in LPGA Playoffs 2008 - LPGA
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. She won the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship at the age of 18 years, 10 months and 9 days the youngest in Tour history to win a major championship. This week, Morgan Pressel returns to the Mission Hills Country Club one

Ochoa visits golf factory in Arizona, thanks workers - USA Today
Lorena Ochoa, the best in women’s golf, is also one of the most thoughtful players in the game. The LPGA is in Phoenix this week for the Safeway International, so Ochoa asked to come by the Ping Golf factory to thank the staff that makes her clubs

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Red Herring Announces Approva as North America Top 100 Winner Award Recognizes the 100 Most Promising Companies Driving the Future Approva CEO Prashanth PV Boccasam Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of the Year 2008 Award Finalist in

VINCENNES, Ind. - Vincennes may allow the limited use of golf carts on city streets. A proposed ordinance was given to the city’s board of works for initial consideration before it goes to the city council for approval. “I don’t particularly object

Golf’s greatest upsets - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Unknown Iowa club pro Jack Fleck denies the great Ben Hogan a record fifth U.S. Open title by beating him in an 18-hole playoff in 1955. To this day, Fleck claims that a voice coming from his mirror while he shaved told him he was about to win

Golf rally by Aztecs interrupted - San Diego Union-Tribune
Under the circumstances of its previous two rounds, the San Diego State men’s golf team might have welcomed a storm delay to help it gather composure. Yesterday, though, the bad weather arrived just as the Aztecs seemed to be heating up. SDSU had

CAR and van owners in Evesham and surrounding Vale villages were being warned this week to take more action to protect their vehicles after a spate of thefts in the area. Police received reports of a number of thefts from vehicles on Wednesday and

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Red Herring Announces Approva as North America Top 100 Winner Award Recognizes the 100 Most Promising Companies Driving the Future Approva CEO Prashanth PV Boccasam Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of the Year 2008 Award Finalist in

Tour Winners: 1950 to present - LPGA
On Saturday, September 10th, hundreds of Ty Votaw’s friends and family gathered to toast (and roast) the commissioner on his last at the helm of the LPGA. The farewell event titled, “Ty Votaw Rocks,” raised funds in Votaw’s honor for The LPGA

The Ol’ Ball Game - Atlantic City Weekly
You wouldn’t know it by the weather, which hasn’t been too cooperative so far this spring, but the golf season in South Jersey is about to begin. If you weren’t in Florida for the winter, a good place to start your golf season this year is at a

Twenty-one long years after their last trip to the NBA Finals, the Boston Celtics have finally returned to center stage. Just like old times, it will be the Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers competing for the championship beginning Thursday night at the TD Banknorth Garden. Thanks to a stirring

Serena stunned by Srebotnik; Pennetta upsets Venus - ESPN.com
PARIS — Oracene Price, mother and coach to Venus and Serena Williams , stood near the steps to the locker room at the end of a long, rough day at the French Open. First she watched eight-time major champion Serena lose a match that began a little after 11 a.m. Then she watched six-time major

Storm sweeps through Illinois; lawmakers run for cover - Chicago Sun-Times
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—- Tornado warning sirens chased lawmakers to the statehouse basement, a semitrailer was blown from a roadway and homes and an airport building were damaged as severe storms battered parts of Illinois and Indiana on Friday. Illinois lawmakers, lobbyists, reporters and secretaries

In the first two rounds of the NBA playoffs, Tayshaun Prince was the player the Pistons could count for consistency. He averaged 16.3 points in the opening round against Philadelphia. Against Orlando, he was good for 15.6 points and a memorable series-ending block in Game 5 that sent the Pistons to

Gates: Obstructed efforts in Myanmar cost lives - Houston Chronicle
SINGAPORE Myanmar’s obstruction of international efforts to help cyclone victims cost “tens of thousands of lives,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday in his strongest condemnation to date of the military government there. “We have reached out, frankly, to Myanmar multiple times during

Chertoff downplays terrorist nuclear threat - Houston Chronicle
LONDON Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is downplaying the idea of a nuclear attack by terrorists after recent postings on al-Qaida-affiliated Web sites exhorted militants to pursue weapons of mass destruction for use against the U.S. Chertoff, speaking at Oxford Union on Friday

McClellan’s book has few surprises - Baltimore Sun
Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan has let us in on his little secret (”Book Retort,” Commentary, May 30). However, it is clear that most of the American public is aware that President Bush misled us into the war. Most Americans also know that Mr. Bush ignored intelligence and acted

MILWAUKEE Kim Hodgkinson could sense the skepticism in her teenage caddie’s body language: Oh, great, a woman golfer. As if playing in the pro-am tournament before last year’s PGA Tour stop in Milwaukee wasn’t enough pressure, Hodgkinson also

Bloomington attorney accused of investment scams - Chicago Tribune
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - A Bloomington attorney who officials say guided a client to invest thousands of dollars in a golf course development and other projects has been accused of stealing part of the money. Phillip Chamberlain, 45, faces five felony

Canal pumped dry for golf course? - Herald Tribune
Something is amiss in Rotonda West. All of us are aware of the much-needed, once-a-week irrigation restriction. However, one only has to drive by the canal crossing at 89 Bunker Road in the Pebble Beach section of Rotonda West to see that all water

Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan has let us in on his little secret (”Book Retort,” Commentary, May 30). However, it is clear that most of the American public is aware that President Bush misled us into the war. Most Americans also know that Mr. Bush ignored intelligence and acted

Today could be Clinton’s last stand - Seattle Times
Scenario 1: Each delegation is fully restored. Michigan’s delegates are parceled out as Clinton delegates or “uncommitted” the Clinton dream scenario, and also the least likely to fly. She cuts Obama’s lead by 91 delegates, and the new magic number is 2,210. Scenario 2: Each state’s delegates

Celtics knock out Pistons, head to Finals - Reuters Canada
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - The Boston Celtics clinched their first NBA championship appearance since 1987 with a 89-81 win over the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference finals on Friday. After trailing by as many as 10 points in the fourth quarter, the Celtics rallied behind the play of

West Lafayette, Ind. - The answers, my friend, weren’t blowing in the wind for the Georgia men’s golf team on Friday. Those annoying southwestern breezes, which ranged from 17-25 mph, conspired to dampen the Dogs’ hopes of a third national

A Wii Bounce in Seniors’ Steps - Washington Post
Murray Fox had just won second place in a Nintendo Wii video game bowling tournament in Wheaton when a friend issued his next challenge: “You can beat the old guys, but can you beat your grandson?” the friend asked, laughing as Fox clutched his prize

Third Round suspended at NCAA Men s Golf Championships - Texas Sports
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The third round of the NCAA Men s Golf Championships has been suspended for the day due to thunderstorms at Purdue s Kampen Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. The third round initially was delayed 4:15 p.m