AFP Blog: Recent News of Note (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Record Donations From Travelers Championship -- Courant.com: "HARTFORD — - There's no recession in the charitable donations from the Travelers Championship this year.Wednesday at The Hartford Club, it was announced that a tournament-record $1.08 million will benefit more than 130 charities in Connecticut, primarily The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp and the Greater...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Tiger Woods Qualifying points: 24,193,993World ranking: No.1 Worldwide victories: 81 Majors: 14 (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 Masters; 2000, 2002, 2008 US Open; 2000, 2005, 2006 Open Championship; 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007 PGA Championship) 2009 victories: Arnold Palmer Invitational, Memorial, AT&T National, Buick Open, Bridgestone Invitational, BMW Championship Presidents Cup teams: FivePresidents...
Charlotte Observer: Sports (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
... 1 amateur, has appeared in three PGA Tour events this season, missing the cut at the U.S. Open and Travelers Championship and placing 58th earlier this year at the FBR Open. At Oklahoma State, Fowler was named College Player of the Year in 2008. Playing as an amateur, Fowler lost a playoff on the Nationwide Tour back in August.Golf Channel will have coverage of all four rounds beginning...
Golf Girl's Diary (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
I first noticed Kenny Perry's predilection for the plum bob a few months ago at the Travelers Championship. It was a week after the water-logged U.S. Open, and Kenny was killing it with his Craz-E mallet. Ultimately, he won with a 258, the lowest score in the tournament's 57 year history. I've got to admit I was impressed... So I immediately adopted my own, made-up version of the technique,...
