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ELSEWHERE: GOLF MONDAY (The Plain Dealer)
At 70, Gary Player isn’t ready to leave golf’s center stage, as columnist Bill Livingston details. Also, former U.S. Open champ Corey Pavin ends a 10-year winless drought with a victory Sunday in Milwaukee.
Committee proposes Cedar Hills golf course reconfiguration (Provo Daily Herald)
Several Cedar Hills City Council members have volunteers to go door-to-door to find out how residents feel about a proposal to sell off part of the city-owned golf course for development, and use the proceeds to retire some or all of the city’s $6 million golf course debt..
Holly Hill chamber plans prize-filled golf scramble (Orlando Sentinel)
The 10th annual Holly Hill Chamber of Commerce Golf Scramble Aug. 26 at Riviera Country Club in Ormond Beach will offer the chance to win a new Mercedes, along with many other prizes.
The golf course is green, and so is the clubhouse (Yakima Herald-Republic)
He calls it “scrounging.” Others say it’s the ultimate in recycling. For certain, it has put Dean Laurvik on the cusp of the “going green” movement. Laurvik owns Selah’s nine-hole River Ridge Golf Course, which includes an attractive and warmly rustic clubhouse.
Nicklaus’ golf challenge: Play, become aware of heart disease (Daily Record)
The Jack Nicklaus Heart & Stroke Challenge, aimed at raising awareness about the risks of heart attack and stroke, is launching its third annual series of month-long golf events throughout Morris County.
San Ramon residents cry Fore! on golf course rezoning (Tri-Valley Herald)
SAN RAMON ? Sometimes, actions speak louder than words. At least, thats what residents who live near two city golf courses are hoping as they move forward with a ballot initiative.
Sunday Becomes Golf’s Moving Day (Los Angeles Times)
As my wife and I watched the end of the British Open we both had to grab for the tissues. Never have I been so moved at the end of a golf tournament. I know partly it was because of losing my dad last year and my mom a few years back, but also the genuine emotion I saw pour out of Tiger Woods. If you didn’t stick around for the closing ceremony, Chris DiMarco and Tiger gave very touching and
Drought, then golf-ball-size hail, hits some Minnesota farmers hard (Grand Forks Herald)
Nate Weiss reached into his freezer Friday morning and pulled out a bag filled with golf-ball-size chunks of ice, and said it’s some of the worst hail he’s ever seen.
Impasse over sovereignty sinks deal for golf course (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
HOBART ? An Oneida Tribe of Indians company’s deal to buy Thornberry Creek crumbled after a disagreement about whether the tribe would retain sovereign rule over the golf course and country club.
GOLF ROUNDUP: Pavin’s front-9 26 tops PGA record - Detroit Free Press
St. Louis Post-DispatchGOLF ROUNDUP: Pavin’s front-9 26 tops PGA recordDetroit Free Press, United States - 40 minutes ago… Championship. He birdied his first six holes and eight of the first nine in his bogey-free round on the Brown Deer Park Golf Course. … Golf: Record-breaking front 9 for Pavin Los Angeles Daily NewsRecord start (26) for Pavin Boston GlobePavin blazes into record book with a 26 on front nine Toronto Starall 385 related