The News Review:
- Golf: BC’s Baryla and Parry survive first stage of Q school
- No. 13 Women’s Golf Rallies to Seventh at Derby
- Titleist parent Fortune Brands reports third-quarter drop in golf
- Golf notes: Faxon is finally OK to play
- Golf / Iskandar Johor Open: ‘Weather expert’ hired
- Tribe Men’s Golf Team in Seventh at The Landfall Tradition
- A triumph in golf
Golf: BC’s Baryla and Parry survive first stage of Q school
Canada.com, Canada
This was his first competitive event since late June. Parry had conditional status on the Nationwide Tour this year, but chose to play nearly all of his golf on the local circuit. He was the area’s dominant player and earned his $5,000 US Q school entry fee by winning the Vancouver Golf Tour Order of Merit. The key to Parry’s week was a 71 fired in the second round on Wednesday when the wind was howling. That 71 was the low score of the day, when one player who had shot 69 the first round followed that up with a 95. “It felt like a 63,” Parry said Friday.
No. 13 Women’s Golf Rallies to Seventh at Derby
LSUSports.net, LA
13 Women's Golf Rallies to Seventh at Derby – LSUsports. net-The Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics. — The 13th-ranked LSU women’s golf team rebounded from a disastrous opening round to rebound to seventh place after the second round of the Auburn-Derby Invitational Saturday at the Auburn University Club at Yarbrough Farms.
Titleist parent Fortune Brands reports third-quarter drop in golf
PGA.com
housing correction, the global credit crisis, and weakening consumer confidence, we delivered on our third-quarter earnings target and also made significant progress positioning Fortune Brands for future growth," said Bruce Carbonari, chairman and chief executive officer of Fortune Brands. Double-digit sales gains for the company’s golf brands in key Asian markets partly offset soft U. and European demand for golf products, officials said. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, the golf segment reported $307.
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Golf notes: Faxon is finally OK to play
San Francisco Chronicle, USA
He also came close to winning his first World Golf Championship, finishing one behind Vijay Singh. More than those close calls, he looks at consistency. He has had a dozen finishes in the top 10, including seven top 3s. “It’s a fine line between winning a golf tournament and finishing second and third,” Westwood said last week in Portugal. “So I could quite easily be sitting here with four, five, six wins.
Golf / Iskandar Johor Open: ‘Weather expert’ hired
New Straits Times, Malaysia
78 million) Iskandar Johor Open gets under way with the Pro-Am tournament at the Royal Johor Country Club (RJCC) on Tuesday However, the current wet spell that has hit the state is a cause for concern for all parties involved in running the Asian Tour event. And the organisers are not taking any chances for the smooth running of the tournament, which is the second richest golf tournament in the country after the Malaysian Open. Johor Golf Association (JGA) secretary Majid Manjit Abdullah said to ensure no disruptions in the running of the tournament, a “weather expert”, better known as bomoh by locals, has been hired. “We hired a weather expert last year and he did a fairly good job. It is no different this time around,” said Majid, who is also the general manager of the RJCC. The Iskandar Johor Open, which will be played at the RJCC from Thursday, has attracted some of the biggest names in golf with South Africa’s Retief Goosen, a two-time winner of the US Open, leading the charge.
Tribe Men’s Golf Team in Seventh at The Landfall Tradition
Tribe Athletics, VA
- The William and Mary Tribe men’s golf team sits in seventh place after two rounds of action at The Landfall Tradition with its score of 623 (+47). The University of Iowa continues to lead the team standings with its score of 598 (+22). Vince India of Iowa, Rafael Campos of VCU, and Garland Green of Virginia Tech are tied for the individual lead after 36-holes with their scores of 146 (+2).
A triumph in golf
Beaches Leader, FL
21, Region 1-2A, at Hillaman Park Golf Club, TallahasseeState qualifiers – Niceville 338: Arnberester 82, Jordan 83, Pruett 85, Marinan 88. Fletcher 382: Strong 81, Wallace 85, Russell 103, Markham 113. Katie Strong fired an 81 to help Fletcher achieve a second-place finish in Tuesday’s Region 1-2A championship tournament played at Hillaman Golf Club in Tallahassee. As a team, the Senators totaled 382 to finish 44 strokes behind regional champion Niceville’s 338. By virtue of its runner-up finish, Fletcher advanced to next week’s Class 2A state championship tournament to be played at Ridgewood Lakes Golf and Country Club in Davenport. In addition to Strong’s 81 — which was the second-lowest round of the day — Carrie Wallace shot an 85, Katie Russell carded a 103 and Olivia Markham shot 113 for Fletcher. Strong was named to the All-Region team.