Golf News Archive
And With Tiger’s Golf Clubs You’d Win the Masters
By PAUL BERGER
Published: October 18, 2007
"Cyclists can spend three years’ worth of vacation money on custom-built bikes while golfers spend hours agonizing over the perfect shaft as if they were being fitted for an Oscar-ready bespoke suit." Check out this article for a comparison of customized amateur sport tools like clubs and rackets.
www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/fashion/18cust.html?ex=1351483200&en=ecf70fbb...
Purchasing a hybrid under $100
By Mr. Cheapskate
Published: october 30, 2007
This article mentions a few good hybrids that won't cost you an arm or a leg.
http://www.golf.com/golf/equipment/article/0,28136,1677165,00.html?cid=f...
Losing at the Masters Showed Harrington That He Could Win
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 28, 2007
Padraig Harrington wins the British Open, dispite a tumotous history of failing the course.
Conceding the put - Golf rules for the rest of us
October 25, 2007
You are on the green 20 feet from the hole, and your partner is 30 feet up for a put. Your competitor move your ball conceding your put, but does so to disalow your partner from lining up his put. Is this legal? Find out at the following site:
http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=24206
New harder golf club head
CRYO-LCG is a new type of golf club head that is considerably harder than titanium and other traditional golf head materials. To find out more, visit the following site:
http://www.pacificafairways.com/cryodescription.htm
Old News
Gene flow, confinement discussed at symposium
Golf Course News, Jul 2005 by Blais, Peter
New Haven, Conn. - Genetically modified grass, which many believe could become a major source of golf course turf, was the topic of a symposium, "Gene Confinement for Genetically Modified Grasses," at Yale University.
Valley players fair well in 1st round on Raptor Course
Oct. 19, 2007 12:00 AM
Russ Christ
Special for The Republic
Many players with Valley ties, all of whom are familiar with how far the ball flies in the desert and how the Bermuda grass fairways and greens roll, solved the Raptor Course at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale on Thursday.
Titleist launches new lines for shots long and short
Oct. 17, 2007
By Chuck Stogel
CBSSports.com Columnist
Flying higher. That's the goal Titleist is aiming to achieve with the launch this fall of its 906F4 fairway metals. With three lofts in the series, the 906F4 family is geared to deliver a higher launch angle than Titleist's preceding tour-performance fairways, the 906F2 deep-face clubs.
PGA Grand Slam of Golf Scores
Published: October 17, 2007
(AP) -TUCKER'S TOWN, Bermuda (AP) - Final scores and earning after Wednesday's second round of the $1.35 million (?950,000) PGA Grand Slam of Golf exhibition event being played on the 6,666-yard, par-70 Mid-Ocean Club course (x-won on third playoff hole):
x-Angel Cabrera, $600,000 68-68-136
Padraig Harrington, $300,000 67-69-136
Jim Furyk, $250,000 71-67-138
Zach Johnson, $200,000 71-68-139
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) -
Week of the 16th through 21st of October, 2007
PGA OF AMERICA - PGA GRAND SLAM OF GOLF, Mid Ocean Club, Tucker's Town, Bermuda -
The players at this year's PGA Grand Slam of Golf won't have Tiger Woods to kick them around this year.
www.thesportsnetwork.com
Woods to have his own Gatorade drink
Published: October 16, 2007
(AP) — Tiger Woods will have his own brand of sports drink next year under an endorsement deal announced Tuesday with Gatorade that marks a couple of firsts for the world's No. 1 golfer -- his first U.S. deal with a beverage company and his first licensing agreement.
www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/
Els wins seventh Match Play title
Sunday, 14 October 2007
Ernie Els claimed the World Match Play title for the seventh time with a 6&4 drubbing of Argentina's Angel Cabrera in the final at Wentworth.
www.news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf
