Golf Sports Blog: October 2008 Archives

Golf Sports Blog > October 28, 2008

PGA Tour Sponsor Issues Grow - Waggle Room

[Waggle Room] In Tim Finchem's interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, he hinted that the PGA Tour will not be immune from the financial crisis and global economic downturn. Now, we get some more specifics courtesy of Sports Biz Journal's Jon .

What to Do With the PGA Tour Fall Series - Waggle Room

[Waggle Room] Players competing in these events are either trying to secure their fully exempt PGA Tour status for next season, improve standing for entry into invitational tournaments in the following season, or getting good practice in for the grind that is the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament (Q-school). Few top-notch players compete in these events, and are generally resigned to playing a few events on the European and Asian Tours in order to collect large appearance fees.

Posted at 11:35 AM

October 28, 2008

PGA Tour Sponsor Issues Grow - Waggle Room

Posted at 11:37 AM

What to Do With the PGA Tour Fall Series - Waggle Room

Posted at 11:35 AM

October 25, 2008

Golf Roundup: Diaz bolts to front of LPGA field in China

[WSJ Sports Pro] Diaz, who played at Wake Forest in the 1990s, matched the best round of her career and capped it with a 3-foot birdie putt on the 18th. She finished third last week in the Kapalua Classic in Hawaii and is trying for her first victory since 2002.

Posted at 11:35 AM

Grand China Air LPGA First-round notes and interviews

[LPGA.com News & Entertainment] With five top-10 finishes to her season, Laura Diaz is looking for her first win since 2002. The 10-year Tour member fired off 10 birdies against just one lone bogey in the first round of the inaugural Grand China Air LPGA en-route to a course-record 9-under-par 63 (33-33), which also ties her career low on the LPGA Tour.

Posted at 11:34 AM

October 23, 2008

GM mulls Tiger Woods’ Buick contract

[driive.com] Tiger Woods and General Motors have had an "early conversation" about his current endorsement contract and whether the two sides will continue beyond 2009.

Posted at 11:33 AM

TIGER WOODS, PART-TIME CADDY

[With Leather - Sports news and gossip for people who hate their lives.] Tiger Woods returned to Torrey Pines for the first time since he had surgery to fix the torn knee ligament he played on during his dramatic US Open victory there in June. But he wasn’t there to swing the clubs;

Posted at 11:32 AM

October 21, 2008

LPGA.com

[LPGA.com News & Entertainment] The responsibility for management oversight of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) falls under the direction of the LPGA Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is composed of six independent directors, the LPGA Player Executive Committee (player directors) and the national president of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals (T&CP).

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Posted at 11:33 AM

October 18, 2008

Tiger Is Expanding His Empire to Mexico

[Golf FanHouse] Tiger Woods has announced his latest golf project, Punta Brava, a private golf and ocean club community on the Baja Peninsula south of Ensenada, Mexico about 40 minutes south of San Diego. Punta Brava sits on the tip of a peninsula that extends seven miles into the Pacific Ocean making for beautiful views on the planned 18-hole par 70 oceanfront course.

Posted at 11:34 AM

Tag Heuer Tiger Woods

[Ritualistic] This is why I implore all of you to go to the site tag heuer tiger woods. They don’t just have watches for men, either!

Posted at 11:34 AM

October 16, 2008

Ochoa featured on Fit 50 list

[LPGA.com News & Entertainment] New York, NY October 13, 2008 ”” Fitness magazine's November/December issue announces the Fit 50””the 50 biggest fitness, health, and wellness superstars of today who have made real changes in women's lives. These bright minds and groundbreaking ideas have made 2008 the best year yet for our health.

Posted at 11:32 AM

LPGA Tour - Kapalua LPGA Classic

[Hot Now] Friday October 17th Date Home-team Away-team Next broadcast 02:30 - 05:00 LPGA Tour Live! Kapalua LPGA Classic.

Posted at 11:32 AM

October 14, 2008

News and Notes for the Week of October 13, 2008

[LPGA.com News & Entertainment] Sherry Andonian-Smith, of Castle Rock, Colo., fired a 6-under-par 66 (77-66=143, -1) in the final round of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) Central Section Championship to earn a four-stroke victory over Karen Davies, of Carefree, Ariz., (74-73=147, +3). Vicki Woodcock, of Austin, Texas, carded a two-round 79-82=161 (+17) to win the senior division of the annual event, which was hosted Oct.

Posted at 11:33 AM

Kapalua LPGA Classic Tournament Preview

[LPGA.com News & Entertainment] As Kapalua Resorts' touring professional, it will be a mini homecoming for third-year Tour member Morgan Pressel. In Hawaiian LPGA Tour events, Pressel has finished in the top 15 five out of six appearances, which could bode well for the 33rd-ranked player on the 2008 LPGA Official Money List as she continues her quest for her second career LPGA Tour victory.

Posted at 11:32 AM

October 11, 2008

Titleist to exhibit at the 2009 PGA Show

[Hooked On Golf Blog] “In recent years, the PGA Merchandise Show has evolved significantly, as The PGA of America has shifted the show’s emphasis to a more educational platform for its membership,” said Jerry Bellis, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing, Titleist Worldwide. “Our decision to participate in the PGA Merchandise Show is the result of these positive changes, our desire to strengthen the connection with our partners, and to showcase our exciting new products.

Posted at 11:37 AM

The PGA TOUR - Golf’s Elite

[Hobbies Info] It is quite literally a school where the survivors of the first 3 stages advance to take classes held by the PGA TOUR to introduce the attendees to the rigors of tour life. To get to this stage, players have to qualify through stages 1 and 2 (more than 72 holes each) then on to stage 3 where they’ll play another 108 holes over the course of a week, usually in early December.

Posted at 11:34 AM

October 09, 2008

Longs Drugs Challenge Pre-tournament interviews

[LPGA.com News & Entertainment] PAULA CREAMER: Well, winning last week kind of helps that. I feel a little bit at ease even more when I walk out on this golf course just feeling that I have won and there's no reason why I can't win again.

Posted at 11:32 AM

October 07, 2008

The LPGA And The English Flap

[HowToLowerYourGolfScore.com] Recently the LPGA and its Commissioner, Carolyn Bivens, has been at the center of a storm of controversy concerning the organization’s intent to suspend players who did not speak English. This proposed action was quickly deemed discriminatory by some lawmakers and a few corporate sponsors.

Posted at 11:33 AM

2008 Breast Cancer Awareness

[LPGA.com News & Entertainment] Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.

Posted at 11:32 AM

October 04, 2008

10 Questions for Ji-Yai Shin at the Samsung LPGA World Championships

[PanAsianBiz] She is just 20-years old and is making her debut at the Samsung World Championship. She started playing golf at age 11 and in nine years she has 22 victories, 18 in Korea.

Posted at 11:34 AM

2008 LPGA Sectional Qualifier - Final-Round Wrap Story

[LPGA.com News & Entertainment] 3, 2008 - The second leg of the LPGA Sectional Qualifying Tournament is complete and 32 players are headed to Daytona Beach for the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. Chella Choi shot a 3-under-par 69 in Friday's final round to earn medalist honors at the Venice sectional at Plantation Golf and Country Club.

Posted at 11:32 AM

Golf Sports Blog > October 28, 2008

PGA Tour Sponsor Issues Grow - Waggle Room

What to Do With the PGA Tour Fall Series - Waggle Room

October 28, 2008

PGA Tour Sponsor Issues Grow - Waggle Room

What to Do With the PGA Tour Fall Series - Waggle Room

October 25, 2008

Golf Roundup: Diaz bolts to front of LPGA field in China

Grand China Air LPGA First-round notes and interviews

October 23, 2008

GM mulls Tiger Woods’ Buick contract

TIGER WOODS, PART-TIME CADDY

October 21, 2008

LPGA.com

October 18, 2008

Tiger Is Expanding His Empire to Mexico

Tag Heuer Tiger Woods

October 16, 2008

Ochoa featured on Fit 50 list

LPGA Tour - Kapalua LPGA Classic

October 14, 2008

News and Notes for the Week of October 13, 2008

Kapalua LPGA Classic Tournament Preview

October 11, 2008

Titleist to exhibit at the 2009 PGA Show

The PGA TOUR - Golf’s Elite

October 09, 2008

Longs Drugs Challenge Pre-tournament interviews

October 07, 2008

The LPGA And The English Flap

2008 Breast Cancer Awareness

October 04, 2008

10 Questions for Ji-Yai Shin at the Samsung LPGA World Championships

2008 LPGA Sectional Qualifier - Final-Round Wrap Story

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