Golf News May 14th, 2008
Sorenstam’s retirement news reverberates in Utah
Susan Simkins wasn’t planning on going to Thanksgiving Point Golf Course on June 16-17 . . . until she heard the big news.
Now, she has serious intention to attend the Champions Challenge. It would be the last chance for Simkins, the president of the Utah State Women’s Golf Association, and other golf fans to see the greatest women’s golfer in history tee it up in Utah.
Annika Sorenstam announced Tuesday that she will retire at the end of this season, ending an LPGA Tour career in which she has won 72 tournaments to date and delivered a defining moment in sports history when she teed it up against the men on the PGA Tour. Though she hinted for the past several seasons about retirement, the news had a big effect on the sport all across the country - as well in Utah, where many golfers have been influenced by Sorenstam.
Trump golf resort plans amended
Amendments were being made to US tycoon Donald Trump’s controversial golf resort plans in response to environmental issues, it has emerged.
The Trump Organisation said there would be “specific changes” around the site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
The application for the £1 billion development in Aberdeenshire was rejected by the local council last year, but was later called in by the Scottish Government.
Three Marylanders among survivors in World Series of Golf
Three Maryland golfers have made it to today’s second round of the World Series of Golf being played in Las Vegas, including Rockville insurance agent Rhett Butler who finished second in the unusual tournament last year.
The other two players who are listed as being from Maryland among 20 survivors from an original field of 80 are Bill Strayton of Mt. Airy and Bob Winegard of Burtonsville.
The tournament mixes golf with the betting strategies of poker. Players start out with a certain amount of “chips.” They ante before each tee shot and then wager before each of the following shots on their chances to win the hole. If a player fails to call a bet or raise and drops out of that hole, he or she loses the chips wagered to that point.
This week’s golf tournaments
PGA TOUR
AT&T Classic
Site: Duluth, Ga.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: TPC Sugarloaf (7,311 yards, par 72).
Purse: $5.5 million. Winner’s share: $990,000.
FedExCup points: 25,000. Winner’s share: 4,500.
Television: (Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.) and (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Last year: Zach Johnson beat Ryuji Imada with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. The 2007 Masters champion also won the 2004 event and tied for second in 2006.
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A golf ball that knows how far it’s been hit
Smart chips will soon measure runners’ speed and acceleration, and let golfers know how well - or how badly - they’re playing
Golfers may soon be able to find out exactly how far they’ve driven off the tee, or how high they’ve hit a nine-iron, thanks to a tracking technology that stores information on a chip inside the ball.
The chip, which is less than half the size of a phone’s SIM card, works by using satellite technology to measure the exact location of the ball across a given time - including where it has been hit, but also its altitude and speed.
It uses the same GPS technology that is built into the most advanced phones, but because it doesn’t have to process the information immediately it can be much smaller, and cheaper.
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Long and short of it: Courses offer mix
Two weeks before Adam Scott was to defend his title in the Shell Houston Open, he was asked about Redstone Golf Club and its 15th hole, a 608-yard par-5.
He seemed confused, as if he’d forgotten there even was a 600-yard hole at Redstone.
His memory restored, he noted, “That’s normal.”
In an era of power golf, Scott and his PGA Tour peers have become accustomed to par-5s that stretch to 600 yards and beyond. This year, including the double dip at Torrey Pines for the Buick Invitational and the U.S. Open, there are 23 holes of this nature, the result of a growing consensus that courses need to be lengthened to challenge the players.
Remember the 300-yard par-3 at last year’s U.S. Open?
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Tiger Woods’ knee problems could hamper his career
ORLANDO, Fla. - Tiger Woods never has been one to preach about world issues, but he might need to take a stance on stopping the violence.
His own violence. Woods’ recent left-knee surgery coupled with his aggressive 400-horsepower swing has some speculating about his long-term approach to 72 holes.
It all sounded routine when Woods announced on his Web site April 15, two days after his second-place finish at the Masters, that he underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. The surgery removed torn cartilage.
Mickelson could join Euro Tour
The European Tour’s attempt to challenge the supremacy of its American equivalent could be boosted by the participation of world number two Phil Mickelson at some point in the future.
His manager, Steve Loy of Gaylord Sports, said: “Phil is not considering joining the European Tour at this time, but it is an option in the future, given the global nature of professional golf.”
Mickelson’s membership would be a massive boost to the European Tour, which is using its international schedule and some deep-pocketed multi-national sponsors to challenge the once all-dominant American PGA Tour.
Official PGA Tour Physician Dr. Vijay Vad joins GolfersMD.com
EASTON, Conn. — GolfersMD.com- the premiere health, fitness and medicine related website exclusively for golfers announced that PGA Tour physician Dr. Vijay Vad has joined the GolfersMD.com staff as a medical expert and will provide written and video content to the site.
“We are extremely proud to announce the addition of Dr. Vijay Vad to the GolfersMD.com roster of experts,” said Tom Carter, founder and CEO of GolfersMD.com “Dr. Vad has one of the most impressive backgrounds in all of sports medicine and as the Official Physician for the PGA Tour no one knows golf-related injuries and conditioning better than Dr. Vad.” Dr. Vad will be joining other top golf-medicine and fitness minds at GolfersMD.com including leading sports psychologist Dr. Morris Pickens, Dr. Bob Donatelli- trainer to several PGA Tour players, and several of the top PGA professionals in the country as recognized by Golf Digest’s list of Top 50 instructors.
[...] Sorenstam’s retirement news reverberates in Utah Susan Simkins wasn’t planning on going to Thanksgiving Point Golf Course on June 16-17 . . . until she heard the big news. Now, she has serious intention to attend the Champions Challenge. It would be the last chance for Simkins, the president of the Utah State Women’s Golf Association, and other golf fans to see the greatest women’s golfer in history tee it up in Utah. Annika Sorenstam announced Tuesday that she will retire at the end of th Source: Golf News May 14th, 2008 [...]
[...] Sorenstam’s retirement news reverberates in Utah Susan Simkins wasn’t planning on going to Thanksgiving Point Golf Course on June 16-17 . . . until she heard the big news. Now, she has serious intention to attend the Champions Challenge. It would be the last chance for Simkins, the president of the … Source: Golf News May 14th, 2008 [...]
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