The Daily News: Junior golf champions declared

The Daily News: Junior golf champions declared: "Junior golf champions declared

By Chris Kallan
The Daily News

Brightwood�s Andrew Wallace and Clare�s Mireille LeBlanc are provincial junior golf champions.

Wallace and LeBlanc earned the respective boys and girls Nova Scotia Golf Association 18-and-younger titles despite yesterday�s final round rainout at Avon Valley Golf and Country Club in Falmouth, Kings Co.

Wallace edged Oakfield�s Luke Dempsey by two shots, while LeBlanc was two shots clear of Anne Balser of Digby Pines following 54 holes of the scheduled 72-hole tourney.

�I can�t control the weather, but it feels great to win,� said the 17-year-old Wallace"

Franklin Favorite Online

Franklin Favorite Online: "A pair of golfers from Franklin were winners in their respective divisions July 7 at the Pepsi Junior Golf Tour event held at the Glasgow Golf and Country Club.
Melanie Barnes fired an 81 to win the girls� 16-18 year-old division and Tyler Sipes fired a 71 to win the boys� 17-18 year-old division.
Other Franklin golfers who competed in the event were: Nick Fuqua, shot a 43 and finished fifth in the boys� 11-12 year-old division; Alec Silchuk, shot a 79 and tied for third in the boys 15-16 year-old division; and Sabrina Ferreri, shot a 91 and finished third in the girls� 14-15 year-old division. "

Golf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Golf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Golf (gowf in Scots) is a sport where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. It is defined in the Rules of Golf as 'playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules.'
Golf originated in Scotland and has been played for at least five centuries in the British Isles. The oldest course in the world is The Old Links at Musselburgh. Golf, in essentially the form we know it today, has been played on Scotland's Musselburgh Links since 1672, and earlier versions of the game had been played in the British Isles and the low-countries of Northern Europe for several centuries before that. Although often viewed as an elite pastime, golf is an increasingly popular sport that can be played for one's entire life"

GGXY - Golf Galaxy, Inc. - Google Finance

GGXY - Golf Galaxy, Inc. - Google Finance: "Golf Galaxy, Inc. is a golf specialty retailer offering a combination of merchandize from the national brands in golf equipment and apparel, together with non-commissioned sales assistance and pro-shop services. The Company operates 59 superstores, generally ranging from 13,000 to 18,000 selling square feet, located in 24 states, as well as e-commerce Internet sites. Golf Galaxy offers an assortment of clubs, equipment, club components and tools, apparel, footwear, accessories, as well as golf themed art and gifts to meet the needs of golfers at all skill levels. The Company carries national brands in golf, including some not available to other golf specialty retailers and general sporting goods stores. It markets new product introductions. The Company receives access from its key suppliers to deeply discounted closeout, pre-owned and exclusive products"

The Herald Democrat

The Herald Democrat: "ABILENE � Eleven years ago, Chris England added miniature golf course owner to his resume, alongside his job as youth minister at St. Paul United Methodist Church. Ten years ago, he built a stage at Play Faire Park as an outlet for young musicians.

Today, he gets calls from bands all over the country who want to drop in and play, often on their way to gigs in other states.
�This year we had a band from Kentucky, The North, who went to Lake Havasu, then the Viper Room in Los Angeles,� said England, referring to one of L.A.�s hottest clubs. �Just think about it: They played Play Faire Park and the Viper Room in the space of three days.�

The park�s musical reputation grew in part thanks to word-of-mouth and the blogs � or Web logs, written online musings � of various bands.

The rest of its growth sits firmly on the shoulders of England and his vision for a fun and safe environment for families and teenagers"

Tahoe Daily Tribune - News

Tahoe Daily Tribune - News: "Whether it's Ty Webb's dubious putting methods on and off the fringe or crazy Carl 'the Greenskeeper' Spackler's hallucination of holing the 18th to win the Masters, both characters from the 1980 golf seminal 'Caddyshack' had a certain Zen touch around the green.

In two weeks at Stateline, Michael Jordan will or won't have his green game going, but Lord knows, Charles Barkley might. Either way, both retired basketball stars may want to get their practice chops in before the American Century Championship by rolling a few at Heavenly Village Mini Golf, which celebrates its grand opening the night of Friday, June 30.

This 19-hole ode to all things Tahoe features a windmill powered by snow skis, a bear that prefers golf balls over garbage cans and a paddlewheeler - curiously made to look like the Tahoe Queen - which carries golf balls to their final destination.

What's more, at the end of fall, when temperatures drop to freezing and the snow begins to fly, the course will magically revert back to what the site was built for originally - an ice skating rink.

Making use of good space"

The Middletown Press - Family finds fun on the (miniature) golf course

The Middletown Press - Family finds fun on the (miniature) golf course: "PORTLAND - As the golfer bent low over the ball, the pressure was clearly on: all eyes were on her -including a 16-foot-high mustard-colored and especially fearsome-looking dinosaur.
Yet somehow, Susan Howard managed to block all that from her mind as she rapped the bright yellow ball. It alternately rolled and skipped across the putting surface, rebounded off the low brick wall at the rear of the green - and dropped with a resounding plop! into the cup for a hole in one.
Susan Howard yelped in pleased surprise, while Steven Howard could only manage a feeble groan. 'This is what happens when you get older: first my children beat me at golf, and now my wife,' he said.
Keeping score, Kesia Howard turned to her parents in turn, asking her dad brightly what he had gotten on the hole ('Three - I think'), and then her mother, who preened only slightly as she said, 'One.'
They may have been playing for riches and fame just across the river at the Buick Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell. But the real cutthroat golf Sunday was being played in Portland, by the Howards - Steven, Susan, Kesia and Alex - in the shadow of dinosaurs at the Prehistoric Mini Golf on Route 66.
Was there anything riding on the outcome, Steven Howard was asked. 'Just bragging rights,' he suggested, which caused Susan Howard's head to snap up. 'Somebody did say something about dishes...,' she observed.
Colchester residents, the Howards had taken an outing to the course, which is cut into a densely wooded hillside. Which may explain why some of the holes were slightly uneven; or as Steven Howard observed, 'It's like trying to putt on a piece of tilted marble.'"

Burghill Valley Golf Club, Hereford in Herefordshire England.

Burghill Valley Golf Club, Hereford in Herefordshire England.: "Situated 4 miles NW of the City of Hereford in beautiful Herefordshire Countryside. The walking is easy on gently rolling fairways around two lakes.
There is always a background of hills and woods and in the distance, views of the Welsh mountains. A special feature is playing through mature cider orchards. Golf clubs do not come any friendlier. Visitors are most welcome.

Fly The Course! All 18 Holes
Seen From The Air..
That's right, now you can see every hole on the course from the air! This is our exclusive helicopter fly-by videos streamed directly from our web site. See the bunkers, the trees, the tee and the greens... "

BCNG Portals Page

BCNG Portals Page: "Boys and girls 7-16-years-old who don't know how to golf, but would like to learn, can participate in a free MJT Ford Go Golf! Junior Clinic. The event, sponsored by Chilliwack Ford, goes Sunday, July 9 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the course. Registration is essential - call 604-792-1361.
Also, the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour's MJT Cattermole Timber Classic, which will take place at Chilliwack Golf and Country Club July 10-11, is inviting all young golfers between the ages of 10 and 20 to take part. The entry fee is $140 for members of the MJT, and $165 for non-members, and includes two rounds of golf. Enter by calling 1-877-859-GOLF or e-mailing jrtour@maplejt.com"

Golf on steroids | Chicago Tribune

Golf on steroids Chicago Tribune: "By Eric Rozenman, a titanium driver-equipped duffer in Washington, D.C
Published July 7, 2006


Chicago-area golf fans can witness routine drives at this weekend's Western Open at Cog Hill that would have been impossible barely a decade ago. That's because golf's on steroids. Not the players, the equipment.

In 1990, Tom Purtzer led the Professional Golf Association with drives averaging 279.6 yards. The next year, Callaway Golf Co. introduced its Big Bertha metal driver, all 195 cubic centimeters of it. Other equipment-makers responded, and by 2000, John Daly was leading the pack with drives averaging 301.4. In 2004, it was Hank Kuehne at 314.4 yards.

The pros now wield drivers with volumes of 460 cubic centimeters. These oversize mallets provide larger, springier club faces and permit longer, straighter drives. The new 1-woods--actually 1-metals--make the original Big Bertha seem petite."

Golf Galaxy sees rise in June sales - Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal:

Golf Galaxy sees rise in June sales - Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal:: "Golf Galaxy sees rise in June sales
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal - 1:31 PM CDT Thursday
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Golf retailer Golf Galaxy reported a 2.9 percent increase in stores open at least one year.
Net sales for the fiscal month ended July 1 rose 39 percent to $42.1 million, compared with $30.4 million the year before. The company's acquisition of The GolfWorks also contributed to this year's growth in net sales.


Randy Zanatta, CEO of Eden Prairie-based Golf Galaxy (Nasdaq:GGXY), said the company continued to see erratic sales and traffic patterns in June, which he attributed the 'challenging economic environment and a more cautious consumer.' "