WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Leaving too soon, from both the ADT Championship and competitive golf, the most dominating player of her generation stepped from the spotlight and away from the L.P.G.A. Tour on Friday, leaving the crowds screaming for more. Annika Sorenstam, 38, might have preferred a more victorious ending to her majestic career, but she could hardly have had a more winsome one.
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Annika Sorenstam after the 18th hole Friday. She announced six months ago she was leaving the tour at year's end to pursue business interests and for family reasons.
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On a blustery day at the Trump International Golf Club, Sorenstam shot a round of 75, which gave her a two-round total of 149 and left her two strokes shy of making the cut. A noncompliant putter was largely to blame; she missed a handful of 5-footers.
The top 16 players advanced to the weekend in the $1.5 million tournament. Katherine Hull held a one-stroke lead after shooting a 71 Friday for a 139 total. Angela Stanford, whose 67 was the lowest round of the tournament so far, was alone in second place.
But the large and vocal galleries that followed Sorenstam, and those who filled the grandstands and welcomed her loudly at the tees and greens, did not let anything as mundane as a score or missed putts dampen their enthusiasm. They were there to cheer a career.
What a career it was, with 72 L.P.G.A. Tour victories; 89 total wins when international events are added; eight Rolex Player of the Year titles; and enough unparalleled moments and sustained excellence to fill many, many hours of highlight film.
“It’s been an amazing career,” Sorenstam said, blinking back tears next to the 18th green. “I never thought about this when I first picked up a club, who knows, 20 or 30 years ago. So, tough moment, but lots of good things ahead.”
Among the good things in the near term for Sorenstam: a trip on Sunday to Singapore, where she will be the captain of the international team at the Lexus Cup; then on to the Dubai Ladies Masters, a European Tour event she won last year; then to Malaysia to check on a golf course project she has under way. On Dec. 20, she will deliver the commencement speech at the University of Arizona, where she attended college. Her message?
“If I can do it, anybody can,” she said, a dual reference to her overcoming shyness that was so severe she would intentionally lose to avoid having to give a victory speech, and to the diverse business portfolio she has assembled because of her on-course success.
As she walked away Friday, she was wrapped in a steady stream of embraces by well-wishers who did not want to let go, including her parents, Tom and Gunilla; her sister, Charlotta; her fiancé, Mike McGee; and fellow competitors, including world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa, who also failed to advance after a 149 total.
“We love her and we thank her for everything she has done,” Ochoa said. “And we hope she has a smile on her face.”
For the most part, she did. She reminisced about competing with players from the past, like Dottie Mochrie, Beth Daniel and Nancy Lopez, and from the present, like Ochoa, Paula Creamer and Natalie Gulbis. She said she wished she could still compete on the highest level.
“I love the competition, I love the challenge, I love pushing myself,” she said, “but then there’s a part that I don’t have in me anymore. There were several times I walked down the fairway and wished I’d had it, that there was something I could do to get it back and play against this generation. But we all have a time on this planet, and I’ve had a great time on this tour.”
Sorenstam’s ambivalence about leaving competition is something that some of this generation of players share about seeing her go. At least to a point.
“It does kind of stink that Annika’s final L.P.G.A. event ended early,” said Christina Kim, who was three strokes back after two rounds of 71, tied with two others. “It would have been great to see her go all the way to Sunday and have it come down to the 72nd hole. But it’s a little easier on the rest of us.”
She laughed when she said it, but was half-serious. Sorenstam, whose excellence helped raise the standards to make the tour better, if not easier, on those she leaves behind, would have laughed, too.
By then she was on the Florida Turnpike, headed back to Orlando to pack for the days ahead. Business beckons, with its uncertainties and challenges. Sorenstam is ready to take them on.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Gold Night Returns
On Friday we turn our attentions to a modern-day golfing great as we take a look at the year of Tiger Woods, the injury and we question when he'll make his return. What kind of player will be when he makes his long-awaited comeback?
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One of the biggest names in the field is undoubtedly Nick Faldo, who will be playing in his first tournament since captaining Europe's defeated Ryder Cup team in September. On Thursday night's show we'll have a special feature on the Nick Faldo Junior Series as the six-time major champion joins the participants in Brazil.
Miguel Angel Jimenez returns to defend his title in what is traditionally an exciting and low-scoring event
Nick talks to us about his memories of the Ryder Cup and about Seve Ballesteros, who is continuing his rehabilitation following a brain tumour.
On Saturday we'll stick our teeth into another tournament as we bring you the best of day three from the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament in Japan. Our coach Tim Barter will be down on the golf night mat to analyse the good and bad shots.
And on Sunday we'll round up the Hong Kong Open and the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament and we'll look ahead to next week's big events.
Di Stewart will be in the presenter's chair all weekend long and she'll be welcoming the likes of John Hawksworth, Mark Roe, Denis Pugh and Tim Barter to the studio to offer their expert analysis and to bring you some tips to improve your game.
So don't miss an action-packed week on Golf Night, Thursday to Sunday, on Sky Sports.
BLM Pulls Oil-Gas Lease From Property in Moab, Utah
MOAB, Utah -- An oil-and-gas lease that overlaps Moab's golf course and a residential area and threatened the town's drinking water will be pulled from a government auction list.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said it was pulling the parcel over the objections of local governments and homeowners who own some of the land on the parcel but not the mineral rights.
Sierra said she also was taking a second look at 40 oil and gas parcels alongside or within view of Arches National Park and two other redrock national parks in Utah: Dinosaur and Canyonlands.
The proposed sale of those parcels angered the National Park Service, which has demanded they be pulled from an auction set for Dec. 19. One parcel is just 1.3 miles and visible from Delicate Arch, the signature landmark of Arches National Park.
Sierra said her agency never intended to allow oil or gas drillers to occupy any of the parcels next to national parks or in Moab. Instead, they'd would be required to reach the parcels from another pad, using directional
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drilling.
But Moab Mayor Dave Sakrison said any kind of drilling under his town's Spanish Valley parcel could have breached and polluted the town's only source of drinking water, an underground aquifer.
Sakrison said the water supply has been certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as pristine.
Moab was preparing to file an official protest with the BLM that became unnecessary when Sierra agreed to pull the parcel.
Moab is 315 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said it was pulling the parcel over the objections of local governments and homeowners who own some of the land on the parcel but not the mineral rights.
Sierra said she also was taking a second look at 40 oil and gas parcels alongside or within view of Arches National Park and two other redrock national parks in Utah: Dinosaur and Canyonlands.
The proposed sale of those parcels angered the National Park Service, which has demanded they be pulled from an auction set for Dec. 19. One parcel is just 1.3 miles and visible from Delicate Arch, the signature landmark of Arches National Park.
Sierra said her agency never intended to allow oil or gas drillers to occupy any of the parcels next to national parks or in Moab. Instead, they'd would be required to reach the parcels from another pad, using directional
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drilling.
But Moab Mayor Dave Sakrison said any kind of drilling under his town's Spanish Valley parcel could have breached and polluted the town's only source of drinking water, an underground aquifer.
Sakrison said the water supply has been certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as pristine.
Moab was preparing to file an official protest with the BLM that became unnecessary when Sierra agreed to pull the parcel.
Moab is 315 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.
Sorenstam Still At Top of Her Game
Annika Sorenstam’s graceful exit from the L.P.G.A. golf stage she has dominated for so long will end this weekend. The unique format for the season-ending ADT Championship may or may not provide this champion the most fitting goodbye, but it will be a goodbye, nonetheless.
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Along with her 72 L.P.G.A. victories and 8 money titles, Annika Sorenstam shot the only 59 in the history of women’s competitive golf and played two rounds in a PGA Tour event.
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In 2001, Sorenstam shot the only round of 59 in the history of women’s competitive golf.
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Annika Sorenstam walks playing partner Dean Wilson at the Colonial PGA golf tournament in 2003.
One way or the other, either by missing the Friday cut or the Saturday cut or by making both and providing one last Sunday run, the woman who has done more astonishing things on the golf course than any other will step outside the arena that has defined her.
Champions who can still win do not often leave of their own volition. A few have, like the indomitable running back Jim Brown and the tennis star Bjorn Borg, who walked away at 26.
Like Borg, Sorenstam, 38, is Swedish, and like Borg she often seemed cold to those whose view was from a distance. That was fine with her, because until this year it was true. On Wednesday at Trump International she joked about what it has been like for her since June, when she announced her intention to leave the tour to focus on business ventures.
“It’s been very different,” she said. “I’ve had a bad hole and walk off the green and people say: ‘We love you. You’re the best.’ The emotions for me this year are a little bit more of a roller coaster. Normally, I’m kind of this cold Swede just going down the fairway.”
Normally, perhaps, but there were times when the cold Swede going down the fairway burned brighter than any L.P.G.A. star ever has. There was, for example, the afternoon of March 16, 2001, when she birdied 13 holes at Moon Valley Country Club in the second round of the Standard Register Ping and shot the only round of 59 in the history of women’s competitive golf.
The moment after she leapt into her caddie’s arms, the chairman and chief executive of the golf manufacturing company that sponsored her, Ely Callaway, was on the phone calling a meeting of his staff for “right this minute.” Then 81 years old, Callaway said he wanted to “have a brainstorm to find a meaningful way to honor Annika.” The three or four members of his staff who were still in the California office at closing time — this reporter among them — sat, mostly listening, as Callaway rhapsodized about the significance of what Sorenstam had done and how it was likely to be a feat “none of us will see repeated.”
None of us has yet. Callaway decided to set up a special “Annika Day” during which she would be brought to Carlsbad for a rousing welcome by all the employees. Because of her full playing schedule — she won eight times and had six seconds that summer — Sorenstam was unable to come to the plant. She did, however, make a trip to Carlsbad for Callaway’s memorial service after he died five months later.
Another of Sorenstam’s unequalled performances, one not found alongside her 72 L.P.G.A. victories and 8 money titles in the record books, occurred in May 2003 when she lit up the golf world by playing two rounds in a PGA Tour field. At the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Sorenstam put her considerable skills on display. She shot rounds of 71-74 and missed the cut by four strokes, but those numbers are incidental to her impact.
After months of tortuous workouts, Sorenstam created a national buzz that was, again, unparalleled. The first round on USA Network produced a record 1.7 national rating, and that did not count children watching in schools and adults glued to office TVs. In Sweden, both rounds set viewing records. A radio host on a 50,000-watt California station described Sorenstam’s opening tee shot on the air.
When it was all over, she received a thundering ovation at the 18th green. She then said through tears that it was great, that she was glad she had climbed the mountain, and would never do it again. She wanted to win tournaments and set records back on her tour.
True to her word on all counts. She has refused to utter the words “retire” or “retirement” in connection with her leave. So, on her terms and in her own way she has been saying goodbye since June, holing a dramatic 199-yard shot on her last hole of her last United States Open at Interlachen. She holed a 6-iron on the 71st hole of her tournament in Sweden and nearly holed another at the Women’s British Open.
“I’m satisfied, I’m very content,” she said. “I’ve done what I want to do, and nothing else is really going to change that.”
She will marry Mike McGee in January. She will tend to the Annika Sorenstam Foundation and her golf school and her course design, her brand. Once more she will play competitively, at a nontour event in Dubai next month. Then it is over.
In Sweden, there are many shadings of the word goodbye. The formal word is “Adjo.” Less formal is “Vi ses senare,” which is “See you later.” Only Sorenstam knows which is the more fitting.
Matt York/Associated Press
Along with her 72 L.P.G.A. victories and 8 money titles, Annika Sorenstam shot the only 59 in the history of women’s competitive golf and played two rounds in a PGA Tour event.
Amy Conn-Gutierrez/Associated Press
In 2001, Sorenstam shot the only round of 59 in the history of women’s competitive golf.
Enlarge This Image
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Annika Sorenstam walks playing partner Dean Wilson at the Colonial PGA golf tournament in 2003.
One way or the other, either by missing the Friday cut or the Saturday cut or by making both and providing one last Sunday run, the woman who has done more astonishing things on the golf course than any other will step outside the arena that has defined her.
Champions who can still win do not often leave of their own volition. A few have, like the indomitable running back Jim Brown and the tennis star Bjorn Borg, who walked away at 26.
Like Borg, Sorenstam, 38, is Swedish, and like Borg she often seemed cold to those whose view was from a distance. That was fine with her, because until this year it was true. On Wednesday at Trump International she joked about what it has been like for her since June, when she announced her intention to leave the tour to focus on business ventures.
“It’s been very different,” she said. “I’ve had a bad hole and walk off the green and people say: ‘We love you. You’re the best.’ The emotions for me this year are a little bit more of a roller coaster. Normally, I’m kind of this cold Swede just going down the fairway.”
Normally, perhaps, but there were times when the cold Swede going down the fairway burned brighter than any L.P.G.A. star ever has. There was, for example, the afternoon of March 16, 2001, when she birdied 13 holes at Moon Valley Country Club in the second round of the Standard Register Ping and shot the only round of 59 in the history of women’s competitive golf.
The moment after she leapt into her caddie’s arms, the chairman and chief executive of the golf manufacturing company that sponsored her, Ely Callaway, was on the phone calling a meeting of his staff for “right this minute.” Then 81 years old, Callaway said he wanted to “have a brainstorm to find a meaningful way to honor Annika.” The three or four members of his staff who were still in the California office at closing time — this reporter among them — sat, mostly listening, as Callaway rhapsodized about the significance of what Sorenstam had done and how it was likely to be a feat “none of us will see repeated.”
None of us has yet. Callaway decided to set up a special “Annika Day” during which she would be brought to Carlsbad for a rousing welcome by all the employees. Because of her full playing schedule — she won eight times and had six seconds that summer — Sorenstam was unable to come to the plant. She did, however, make a trip to Carlsbad for Callaway’s memorial service after he died five months later.
Another of Sorenstam’s unequalled performances, one not found alongside her 72 L.P.G.A. victories and 8 money titles in the record books, occurred in May 2003 when she lit up the golf world by playing two rounds in a PGA Tour field. At the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Sorenstam put her considerable skills on display. She shot rounds of 71-74 and missed the cut by four strokes, but those numbers are incidental to her impact.
After months of tortuous workouts, Sorenstam created a national buzz that was, again, unparalleled. The first round on USA Network produced a record 1.7 national rating, and that did not count children watching in schools and adults glued to office TVs. In Sweden, both rounds set viewing records. A radio host on a 50,000-watt California station described Sorenstam’s opening tee shot on the air.
When it was all over, she received a thundering ovation at the 18th green. She then said through tears that it was great, that she was glad she had climbed the mountain, and would never do it again. She wanted to win tournaments and set records back on her tour.
True to her word on all counts. She has refused to utter the words “retire” or “retirement” in connection with her leave. So, on her terms and in her own way she has been saying goodbye since June, holing a dramatic 199-yard shot on her last hole of her last United States Open at Interlachen. She holed a 6-iron on the 71st hole of her tournament in Sweden and nearly holed another at the Women’s British Open.
“I’m satisfied, I’m very content,” she said. “I’ve done what I want to do, and nothing else is really going to change that.”
She will marry Mike McGee in January. She will tend to the Annika Sorenstam Foundation and her golf school and her course design, her brand. Once more she will play competitively, at a nontour event in Dubai next month. Then it is over.
In Sweden, there are many shadings of the word goodbye. The formal word is “Adjo.” Less formal is “Vi ses senare,” which is “See you later.” Only Sorenstam knows which is the more fitting.
Colorado Golf Club Selected for 2010 Senior PGA
Nov. 19, 2008 -- PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- Colorado Golf Club, which opened for play in 2007 as one of the premier new courses in America, has been selected as the site of the 71st Senior PGA Championship, the most historic and prestigious event in senior golf. The Championship will be contested May 24-30, 2010, at the course in Parker, Colo., approximately 25 minutes southeast of Denver.
Co-designed by Bill Coore and two-time Masters Champion and 1999 Ryder Cup Captain Ben Crenshaw, Colorado Golf Club was recognized in 2007 by GOLF Magazine as one of the top new private courses in the country. It will become the site of the first PGA of America-conducted major championship in Colorado since 1985 when Hubert Green captured the 67th PGA Championship at Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver.
The 71st Senior PGA Championship also becomes the third major championship in senior golf to be conducted in Colorado, following the 1993 U.S. Senior Open at Cherry Hills and the 2008 U.S. Senior Open at The Broadmoor.
"Colorado Golf Club's pedigree on the American golf landscape is barely over two years old, but it lies on a piece of property that seems like it was destined to be the site of a great golf course," said PGA of America President Jim Remy. "The PGA of America is very excited to be able to host the Senior PGA Championship at Colorado Golf Club in the spring of 2010, which will connect the greatest senior players in the game to Colorado's enthusiastic and knowledgeable golf fans."
Colorado Golf Club rests in an undisturbed enclave in Parker, Colo., surrounded by 1,100 acres of open space. The par-72 layout can be stretched to 7,604 yards, making it the longest to host a Senior PGA Championship in the rarefied air of Colorado.
"The Colorado Golf Club is a beautiful natural site for golf," said Crenshaw. "The excellent topography lent itself to a diversity of holes, providing a challenge to all golfers. It's a well-rounded test which will showcase the individual player's skills in the Senior PGA Championship."
Colorado Golf Club plays through open meadows, wooded hillsides, natural barrancas and streams. It features a variety of hole orientations and intriguing mix of shots, short and long, uphill and downhill. The course demands imaginative shotmaking that will challenge every aspect of a golfer's game.
Begun in 1937, the Senior PGA Championship is the oldest major championship in senior golf. It was born on the grounds of another of golf's majors at the invitation of one of the game's greatest players. At the suggestion of renowned amateur Bobby Jones, the inaugural Senior PGA Championship was conducted at Augusta National Golf Club three years after the first Masters Tournament.
Today, the Senior PGA Championship brings together both the legends of the game and the newest members of senior professional golf to new audiences throughout the United States.
Many of the game's greatest players have won the Championship's Alfred S. Bourne Trophy -- a roster that features Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd, Hale Irwin, Tom Watson and Jay Haas.
For more information about the 2010 Senior PGA Championship, visit www.SeniorPGA2010.com.
About The PGA of America
Since 1916, The PGA of America's mission has been twofold; to establish and elevate the standards of the profession and to grow interest and participation in the game of golf.
By establishing and elevating the standards of the golf profession through world-class education, career services, marketing and research programs, the Association enables PGA Professionals to maximize their performance in their respective career paths and showcases them as experts in the game and in the $76 billion golf industry.
By creating and delivering dramatic world-class championships and exciting and enjoyable golf promotions that are viewed as the best of their class in the golf industry, The PGA of America elevates the public's interest in the game, the desire to play more golf, and ensures accessibility to the game for everyone, everywhere. The PGA of America brand represents the very best in golf.
Co-designed by Bill Coore and two-time Masters Champion and 1999 Ryder Cup Captain Ben Crenshaw, Colorado Golf Club was recognized in 2007 by GOLF Magazine as one of the top new private courses in the country. It will become the site of the first PGA of America-conducted major championship in Colorado since 1985 when Hubert Green captured the 67th PGA Championship at Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver.
The 71st Senior PGA Championship also becomes the third major championship in senior golf to be conducted in Colorado, following the 1993 U.S. Senior Open at Cherry Hills and the 2008 U.S. Senior Open at The Broadmoor.
"Colorado Golf Club's pedigree on the American golf landscape is barely over two years old, but it lies on a piece of property that seems like it was destined to be the site of a great golf course," said PGA of America President Jim Remy. "The PGA of America is very excited to be able to host the Senior PGA Championship at Colorado Golf Club in the spring of 2010, which will connect the greatest senior players in the game to Colorado's enthusiastic and knowledgeable golf fans."
Colorado Golf Club rests in an undisturbed enclave in Parker, Colo., surrounded by 1,100 acres of open space. The par-72 layout can be stretched to 7,604 yards, making it the longest to host a Senior PGA Championship in the rarefied air of Colorado.
"The Colorado Golf Club is a beautiful natural site for golf," said Crenshaw. "The excellent topography lent itself to a diversity of holes, providing a challenge to all golfers. It's a well-rounded test which will showcase the individual player's skills in the Senior PGA Championship."
Colorado Golf Club plays through open meadows, wooded hillsides, natural barrancas and streams. It features a variety of hole orientations and intriguing mix of shots, short and long, uphill and downhill. The course demands imaginative shotmaking that will challenge every aspect of a golfer's game.
Begun in 1937, the Senior PGA Championship is the oldest major championship in senior golf. It was born on the grounds of another of golf's majors at the invitation of one of the game's greatest players. At the suggestion of renowned amateur Bobby Jones, the inaugural Senior PGA Championship was conducted at Augusta National Golf Club three years after the first Masters Tournament.
Today, the Senior PGA Championship brings together both the legends of the game and the newest members of senior professional golf to new audiences throughout the United States.
Many of the game's greatest players have won the Championship's Alfred S. Bourne Trophy -- a roster that features Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd, Hale Irwin, Tom Watson and Jay Haas.
For more information about the 2010 Senior PGA Championship, visit www.SeniorPGA2010.com.
About The PGA of America
Since 1916, The PGA of America's mission has been twofold; to establish and elevate the standards of the profession and to grow interest and participation in the game of golf.
By establishing and elevating the standards of the golf profession through world-class education, career services, marketing and research programs, the Association enables PGA Professionals to maximize their performance in their respective career paths and showcases them as experts in the game and in the $76 billion golf industry.
By creating and delivering dramatic world-class championships and exciting and enjoyable golf promotions that are viewed as the best of their class in the golf industry, The PGA of America elevates the public's interest in the game, the desire to play more golf, and ensures accessibility to the game for everyone, everywhere. The PGA of America brand represents the very best in golf.
Anderson Helps SCGA Attain Victory
On Sunday, Anderson and Bill Smunk won 8 and 6 over Chris Sparrow and Bucky Dudley, then on Monday, Anderson defeated Daniel Seawell 5 and 3 in singles play.
The SCGA team defeated a team of professional players 18-9 in grudge matches, winning the 27th annnual event for the fifth straight year.
Beaufort's Mark Anderson was one of 13 amateur golfers chosen to represent the South Carolina Golf Association team in this year's Palmetto Cup on Sunday and Monday at Kiawah Island Club's River Course.
The field consisted of the top 16 SCGA amateur golfers and two senior team members vying against the 16 SCPGA professionals and two senior professionals.
Players were selected by points earned in each association's major events throughout the year.
Uremovich second in Players Championship
Hilton Head Island's Rachel Uremovich lost in a playoff at the South Carolina Junior Golf Association Players Championship on Saturday and Sunday in Hartsville.
Uremovich lost to Greer's Haley Stephens in the playoff after both players finished with a 147. Stephens pulled out the win in sudden death with an eagle on the second hole.
Buffton's Kendra Collins also competed in the girls 14-18 division and fired a 168.
Bluffton's Wesley Long shot a 167 in the 13-14 boys class to finished 17 strokes behind winner Cody Proveaux of Leesville.
Okatie's Matt Leiti fired a 175 in the division.
Country Club of Hilton Head wins Plantation Cup
The sixth annual Ladies Hilton Head Plantation Cup golf tournament was held on November 11-12.It was hosted by Bear Creek Golf Club and the Country Club of Hilton Head. Guest participants were Oyster Reef Golf Club and Dolphin Head Golf Club.
The net, two-person, stroke-play competition featured 10 two-person teams, including the golf professional, from each of the four golf clubs on the plantation.
The Country Club carded the low club team score the first day on their home course. Bear Creek posted the low club team the second day on their home course. The Country Club, led by professional Gary Otto, totaled 979 strokes, winning their sixth Cup championship. Dolphin Head, led by professional Burrell Williams and Oyster Reef, led by assistant professional Emily Kuhfeld, tied for second place with 1,008 strokes. Bear Creek, with professional Jeff De Vincentis, finished fourth with 1,014 strokes.
Individual highlights of the tournament featured a 71 and 72 by De Vincentis.
The low one-day net of 64 was carded by the Country Club's two-person team of Loretta Cutrer and Barb Sessler. Net 66s were posted by the Country Club team of Susan Foster and Nancy Dix and the Bear Creek team of Vincentis and Pam Ogilvy.
The low two-person team net score total for the two days was 137, posted by the Country Club team of Foster and Dix and the Bear Creek team of De Vincentis and Ogilvy.
Links magazine honors Dataw Island
Links magazine named Dataw Island as one of its "Best in Value" golf communities in America in its 2008 "Premier Properties" edition.
The selection process included cost, amenities, master-planning of communities and location. This is the first time the island has been recognized by the publication.
Callawassie team second in gross invitational
The 12th annual Senior Men's Gross Invitational took place Nov. 11-12 at Florence Country Club.
Greenville's Heywood Sullivan and Bob Taylor won the event with a score of 136. Callawassie Island's Keith Guise and Sandy Knapp came in second with a 238.
Other local scores were 141 from Tim McBride and Stu Butler and 143 from Rick Thompson and Russ Reynolds.
The SCGA team defeated a team of professional players 18-9 in grudge matches, winning the 27th annnual event for the fifth straight year.
Beaufort's Mark Anderson was one of 13 amateur golfers chosen to represent the South Carolina Golf Association team in this year's Palmetto Cup on Sunday and Monday at Kiawah Island Club's River Course.
The field consisted of the top 16 SCGA amateur golfers and two senior team members vying against the 16 SCPGA professionals and two senior professionals.
Players were selected by points earned in each association's major events throughout the year.
Uremovich second in Players Championship
Hilton Head Island's Rachel Uremovich lost in a playoff at the South Carolina Junior Golf Association Players Championship on Saturday and Sunday in Hartsville.
Uremovich lost to Greer's Haley Stephens in the playoff after both players finished with a 147. Stephens pulled out the win in sudden death with an eagle on the second hole.
Buffton's Kendra Collins also competed in the girls 14-18 division and fired a 168.
Bluffton's Wesley Long shot a 167 in the 13-14 boys class to finished 17 strokes behind winner Cody Proveaux of Leesville.
Okatie's Matt Leiti fired a 175 in the division.
Country Club of Hilton Head wins Plantation Cup
The sixth annual Ladies Hilton Head Plantation Cup golf tournament was held on November 11-12.It was hosted by Bear Creek Golf Club and the Country Club of Hilton Head. Guest participants were Oyster Reef Golf Club and Dolphin Head Golf Club.
The net, two-person, stroke-play competition featured 10 two-person teams, including the golf professional, from each of the four golf clubs on the plantation.
The Country Club carded the low club team score the first day on their home course. Bear Creek posted the low club team the second day on their home course. The Country Club, led by professional Gary Otto, totaled 979 strokes, winning their sixth Cup championship. Dolphin Head, led by professional Burrell Williams and Oyster Reef, led by assistant professional Emily Kuhfeld, tied for second place with 1,008 strokes. Bear Creek, with professional Jeff De Vincentis, finished fourth with 1,014 strokes.
Individual highlights of the tournament featured a 71 and 72 by De Vincentis.
The low one-day net of 64 was carded by the Country Club's two-person team of Loretta Cutrer and Barb Sessler. Net 66s were posted by the Country Club team of Susan Foster and Nancy Dix and the Bear Creek team of Vincentis and Pam Ogilvy.
The low two-person team net score total for the two days was 137, posted by the Country Club team of Foster and Dix and the Bear Creek team of De Vincentis and Ogilvy.
Links magazine honors Dataw Island
Links magazine named Dataw Island as one of its "Best in Value" golf communities in America in its 2008 "Premier Properties" edition.
The selection process included cost, amenities, master-planning of communities and location. This is the first time the island has been recognized by the publication.
Callawassie team second in gross invitational
The 12th annual Senior Men's Gross Invitational took place Nov. 11-12 at Florence Country Club.
Greenville's Heywood Sullivan and Bob Taylor won the event with a score of 136. Callawassie Island's Keith Guise and Sandy Knapp came in second with a 238.
Other local scores were 141 from Tim McBride and Stu Butler and 143 from Rick Thompson and Russ Reynolds.
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