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- Golf-Officials defend Pebble Beach greens after players complain
- Golf course reopens after scare
- Golf carts to hit streets of Lexington
- Golf marathon to benefit Special Olympians
| Golf-Officials defend Pebble Beach greens after players complain Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:06 PM PDT By Larry Fine PEBBLE BEACH, California, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Golf Association officials defended the quality of the Pebble Beach greens after players criticised the hard and fast putting surfaces following Thursday's U.S. Open first round. World number one Tiger Woods, who failed to make a single birdie and took 34 putts in an opening 74 to stand five shots off the pace, complained that the greens were "bouncy" and "awful". "We couldn't be more pleased," Tom O'Toole, Jr, chairman of the championship committee, told reporters about the condition of the greens. "It's a balancing act to try to keep these greens nourished from a water management standpoint, and then of course test the greatest players in the world with firmness. "The greens here at Pebble Beach are poa annua (grass). And when you have 156 players playing… you're going to get bumpy greens." USGA director of rules and competitions Mike Davis explained the nature of poa annua grass. "My understanding of what poa annua is, it's annual bluegrass and there may be hundreds of different strands of this or different types of mutations of this annual bluegrass and what happens is different strands grow at different rates. "So by late in the day, no matter what you do, you do get some bumpiness with that. "But we thought that the golf course played beautifully today. And we're very happy. If we can just try to duplicate that for another three days, it will be great." Davis, who said scores were a little higher than expected because of slightly stronger winds than were forecast, said he did not take the criticism from Woods personally. "The way I see it is that he just finished a competitive round, the last part of his round didn't go as well as he wanted it to go," Davis said. Woods bogeyed the 16th and 18th holes. "He's a great competitor," Davis added. "I really took it that he hit some putts and maybe they bounced and he obviously wasn't pleased about that." (Editing by John O'Brien; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com) Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Golf course reopens after scare Posted: 18 Jun 2010 09:45 AM PDT HARTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) - The Hartland Glen Golf Course in Hartland Township is back open following a scare involving the discovery of two suspicious devices. It happened at Hartland Glen Golf Course off of US-23. One of the devices was found at the north course and was detonated. Another device was found in the woods. The devices are being called "M-80s" by the golf course staff. Canines swept both the north and south course before giving the all clear. The course has reopened. 120 golfers were on the property at the time. No one was injured. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Golf carts to hit streets of Lexington Posted: 18 Jun 2010 07:05 AM PDT Golf carts are now street legal in this community after the Lexington City Council adopted an ordinance at its meeting earlier this week. For the remainder of this story check out the E-edition or pick up a copy of The Daily Leader. For the E-edition just click on the E-edition link. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Golf marathon to benefit Special Olympians Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:55 PM PDT SIOUX CITY (KTIV) -- How many holes of golf could you play in one day? Ryan Norman, the assistant golf pro at the Sioux City Country Club, will find out on Monday. Norman plans to play from sunrise to sunset, and will raise money for Iowa Special Olympians who are traveling to the national games in Lincoln this summer. Norman's goal is to play more than 200 holes. If you would like to make a pledge, call the Sioux City Country Club at (712) 277-4612. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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