“Golf Notes for Aug. 5” plus 3 more |
- Golf Notes for Aug. 5
- Polara Golf Changes the Game of Golf by Developing Self-Corrrecting Technology™ Golf Balls for Recreational Golfers
- Golf's latest gripping encounter!
- Golf: Firestone offers Woods his latest best chance
| Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:29 PM PDT GOLF CHANNEL SEARCHING FOR NEXT INSTRUCTIONAL STAR The Golf Channel is on the lookout for a fresh face to host a new instructional show launching in early 2011. The search begins today. The winner must convince both a Golf Channel panel of experts and network viewers that he or she is the perfect choice to help golfers in need take their games to the next level. Teaching professionals are encouraged to audition by submitting an eight- to 10-minute video online at www.golfchannel.com/instructorsearch. The topic for the video is up to individual applicants, but all videos will be required to highlight knowledge, teaching acumen and on-camera presence. Videos will be accepted through Sept. 19 and will be available to view on GolfChannel.com. The winner will be announcedduring the first week in January. HILTON HEAD OPEN COMING TO WEXFORD The Hilton Head Open is expecting a strong field when the 36th annual event takes place Aug. 14-15 at Wexford Golf Club on Hilton Head Island. Top golfers in the field include David Rodgers, winner of the 2010 North Carolina Open and champion of the Hilton Head Island Professional Golf Association and defending Hilton Head Open champion Colby Wilson. Wilson won last year's tournament as an amateur but has since turned pro and is working as an assistant professional at Callawasie Island. Several other defending champions will also be in the field. TEE TIMES SET FOR BEAUFORT CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Tee times were released for Friday's first round of the Beaufort City Championship tournament on the Ocean Point Course at Fripp Island Resort. The 36-hole individual stroke play tournament ends Saturday. Beaufort City Championship tee times Friday at Ocean Point Course, Fripp Island Resort; All groups start on hole No. 1. 9 a.m.: Todd Strattan, Joe Rubino, Philip Weber 9:10 a.m.: Brian Gecy, Matt O'Quinn, Andy Hinson 9:20 a.m.: Ernie Taylor, Jay Hillebrand, Keith Potts 9:30 a.m.: Larry Mathias, Mike Marusha, Phil Kelly 9:40 a.m.: Johnny Pender, Neilo Gifford, Bruce Kline 9:50 a.m.: Don Johnson, John Newman, Josh Fickes 10 a.m.: Jeff Abrams, Josh Landers, Cody Smalls, Russ Fickes 10:10 a.m.: Shawn Lessig, Bill Lessig, George St. George 10:20 a.m.: Bob Gecy Sr., Ben Gacy, Bob Collar 10:30 a.m.: Stuart Mitchell, Brent Cooper, Lewis Turner 10:40 a.m.: Randy Glover, Belton McCarty, Thad Vincent 10:50 a.m.: Matt O'Brien, Bobby Gecy, Neal McCarty 11 a.m.: Lawrence Holland, Tracy Knight, Bruce Carroll 11:20 a.m.: Char Cormier, Reed Weatherford, Jeff Pinckney 12:20 a.m.: Bob Simmons, Jerry Ross, Tom Westlake 12:30 a.m.: Joe Matheney, Taylor Simonsen, Wes Granthem, Rich Porter LOCALS IN FIELD FOR BETH DANIEL JUNIOR AZALEA Six local golfers will compete in the South Carolina Junior Golf Association's Beth Daniel Junior Azalea, set for Aug. 10-11 at the Country Club of Charleston. The 36-hole tournament is open to juniors age 13 to 18 still enrolled in high school. Players were selected based on their national ranking with the National Junior Golf Scoreboard and the SCJGA Heritage Classic Foundation rankings. Hilton Head Island golfers in the field are Caroline Dula, Tate Hoisington and Tyler Williams. Bluffton golfers in the tournament are Tim Godshalk, Wesley Long and Chandler Vilcheck. KRAUSE TIES FOR 9TH IN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Bluffton's Peter Krause tied for ninth place in the Carolinas PGA Senior Championship held Tuesday and Wednesday at Legends Golf Resort in Myrtle Beach. Krause fired a 76-70 -- 146, finishing four strokes behind winner David Thore of Wilmington, N.C. Hilton Head Island's Bob White tied for 36th with a 162. Hilton Head's Barry Fleming did not finish. In the tournament for amateurs, Beaufort's Tim Boynton tied for 20th place with a 153, nine strokes behind winner Mark Wagner of Statesville, N.C. Hilton Head's Robert Walton did not finish. LOCALS COMPETE IN CAROLINAS JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Bluffton's Wesley Long fired a 77-70-72 -- 219 to finish tied for fourth place in the 61st Carolinas Junior Championship 14-15 age division held July 29 at the Members Club at Woodcreek Farms in Elgin. Bluffton's Chandler Vilcheck shot 73-74-75 -- 222 to finish tied for 31st in the 16-18 division. The tournament consisted of the top 50 juniors in North Carolina and the top 50 in South Carolina, determined by their state junior rankings as of June 1. The 14-18 year-old division consisted of 109 juniors and was cut to 58 for the final round. Five Filters featured article: "Peace Envoy" Blair Gets an Easy Ride in the Independent. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Posted: 05 Aug 2010 06:00 AM PDT Polara Golf is releasing two new golf balls that will change the game of golf forever. Polara's Self-Correcting Technology™ golf balls reduce those dreaded hooks and slices by up to 75% and fly straighter than any other golf ball available today. Highpoint, NC (PRWEB) August 5, 2010 -- Polara Golf (www.polaragolf.com) develops products for golfers of all levels who want to enjoy the game more. With their unique dimple design, Polara's Self-Correcting Technology™ golf balls reduce those dreaded hooks and slices by up to 75%. That means golfers play from the fairway, not the rough, woods or the next fairway. Using Polara golf balls is guaranteed to improve the game, increase accuracy and lower the score for every golfer. Polara Golf's mission is to make the game of golf more fun. The new Polara golf balls are available in two different models. The Polara Ultimate Straight is a 2-piece construction ball with 386 dimples. The Polara Super Straight is a 3-piece construction ball with 386 dimples. With their Self-Correcting Technology™ and unique design, each dimple on these Polara golf balls has a specific purpose in correcting hooks and slices by up to 75%. All Polara golf balls are specifically designed for recreational golfers that want to take advantage of technology improvements and increase their enjoyment of the game of golf. Making its debut in the Fall of 2010 is the third Polara golf ball, the Polara Ultimate Distance. It is a 2-piece construction ball with 336 dimples that dramatically improves distance with the Polara Absolute-Distance Technology™. With the tungsten-enhanced high velocity core formulation and the optimized extreme-distance aerodynamics, the 2-piece Polara Ultimate Distance golf ball increases driver distance up to 20 yards or longer. Polara golf balls with Self-Correcting Technology™ were recently tested by Golf Laboratories, the leading independent golf testing laboratory in San Diego, California. The golf robot was set-up to hit balls under several different slice swing conditions. Under all test conditions, the Self-Correcting Technology™ golf balls were demonstrably straighter than two of the most popular balls in golf, validating the claim that the Polara Ultimate Straight and the Polara Super Straight correct hooks and slices by up to 75%. "We're delighted to introduce golfers to the first of many products that have No Limits other than the laws of physics," said David Felker, PhD, Head of Technology for Polara Golf. "Currently, there is nothing a golfer can purchase that even comes close to correcting hooks and slices, as well as these new Polara golf balls. The Self-Correcting Technology™ of the Polara Ultimate Straight and the Polara Super Straight golf balls will change the game of golf by making it more enjoyable and even speeding up play." Limited editions of the Polara golf balls, with the Polara 'No Limits' logo are currently available for pre-sale at http://polaragolf.com/polara-golf-balls/. About Polara Golf:
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| Golf's latest gripping encounter! Posted: 05 Aug 2010 06:27 AM PDT Colourful and innovative grips from Golf Pride and Feeltec have caught my eye in the run-up to the Ryder Cup. While in the past clothing and shoes made especially for the occasion have attracted the spotlight, Golf Pride, the best-selling grip-makers in the business, has introduced two designs to the V-RAD Rivalry putter grip line to reflect the biennial clash of the United States and Europe in October. The grips feature the smaller shape and lighter weight preferred by TOUR professionals, with a new 'texture and tackiness to enhance feel and durability.' The DD2 grips, with a visual thumb placement guide are already available in blue and red (standard sizes) and sky blue (undersize). Completing the recent newcomers to grips are Feeltec (£10 each), designed exclusively for putters - claiming to feature a durable, ridge-free design with an exceptional tacky and comfortable feel'.
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| Golf: Firestone offers Woods his latest best chance Posted: 05 Aug 2010 03:29 AM PDT The World Golf Championships are back, and so is Tiger Woods, who takes his 2010 golf redemption tour to the friendly confines of Akron to defend his WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title this week at the South Course of the Firestone Country Club, a course he has owned for more than a decade. In allegorical terms befitting Woods' post-scandal search for existential meaning, not to mention victory, his return to the place where he has won seven of 10 times can be likened to that of some penitent wanderer looking for home. The key he has tried seven times since early spring has failed to open doors that once swung open wide at familiar places such as Augusta National, Pebble Beach and the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland. Now, he is approaching a friendly gate guarding 7,400 yards of sylvan corridors and slick greens that run like polished steel. It is a place, he said last year, that evokes his childhood. "Ever since I was a little boy, my dad and I would always play tree-lined golf courses, where it's the older style of golf course, not elephant burial grounds," he said of his fondness for Firestone. "They're just straightforward, right in front of you. I've always loved golf courses like that. They're just so defined." Firestone, then, will bring the 34-year-old Woods' season into high definition. If the tumblers do not turn in the lock there — where he has never shot a round higher than 71, where he is 103 under par in 10 appearances since 1999 with a stroke average of 67.5, where even in losses, he has finished second once and fourth twice — then his search for his first victory of the year takes on more urgency next week in the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis. Woods' seven wins at Firestone, and his seven at Torrey Pines Golf Course (six Buick Invitationals, one U.S. Open), are the most by any professional at any one course. Sam Snead won a record eight Greater Greensboro Opens at two courses from 1938 to 1965, but it is Snead's career record of 82 professional victories that more interests Woods, who is stuck on 71. Could there be a more-hospitable place for Woods to change the subject back to his stalking of that record, as well as Jack Nicklaus' 73 career victories and record 18 major championships, which Woods covets most? Probably not. But Woods will have to take his best stuff to what seemed like a preordained annuity as recently as last year, when he shot 65-65 on the weekend to win his fourth straight WGC-Bridgestone, by four strokes. The field of 80 players includes 28 who are in their 20s, many of them hungry, including 24-year-old Anthony Kim, back in the picture after successful thumb surgery and playing competitively for the first time since the Quail Hollow Championship in May. The only recent comments that Woods made about returning to a place that makes him as comfortable as any other golf course in the world were two sentences on his website: "It's one of the best courses we play all year. Everything is right in front of you." The sentences are fitting, particularly the second. What is left of the 2010 season is right in front of Woods, starting this week, in the place named for the Greek city of Akros, which means summit or pinnacle. The tie to the ancient Greek also carries some symbolism. Since his return to the game at the Masters, Woods has worn the hair shirt he fashioned for himself. His fall from grace last year in a sex scandal, which precipitated a self-imposed absence from this season's first three months, has included lost endorsement deals worth millions and moments of flailing and failure, such as missing the cut at Quail Hollow and withdrawing from the Players Championship in the third round because of neck problems. He had tantalizing brushes with success at the Masters and the U.S. Open, finishing tied for fourth in each, and has endured ridicule for his admitted transgressions while the breakup of his marriage has been played out in public. His most-recent appearance in a World Golf Championship event was his public confession at high noon, televised worldwide by broadcast and cable networks, that interrupted the Accenture Match Play Championship in mid-February. Now, he stands on a precipice trying to restart his golf life. This could be the week. Or it could be another step on a winless journey with which Woods has had no previous experience so late in a season. Either way, the tournament will certainly not be just another limited-field, $8.5 million, no-cut cash cow looking for dramatic tension. Genuine drama it should have in abundance. Five Filters featured article: "Peace Envoy" Blair Gets an Easy Ride in the Independent. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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