The News Review:
- Even with Tiger at No. 1 golf still mostly white
- n Golf: Masters could return to glory
- Sports Briefing | Golf Woods’s Youth Record Falls
- Seve Ballesteros aiming to get back to normal
- Arson fire at Port rchard golf course
- For two black golfers path to PGA tour is rocky
- Ageless wonder had lifelong love affair with golf
Even with Tiger at No. 1 golf still mostly white
The Associated Press
1 golf still mostly whiteBy PAUL NEWBERRY and DUG FERGUSN – 10 hours ago ATLANTA (AP) — William Lewis started playing golf with nothing but a 9-iron and he never stopped swinging even when his favorite sport doled out a racist hazing. Now a graying golfer he spreads that same passion to dozens of kids from a predominantly black neighborhood in Martin Luther King Jr. Somewhere in the nearly 50-year span of his career he thought it would get easier. But there’s just that one role model.
n Golf: Masters could return to glory
San Francisco Chronicle
tmpl –>Two years running the Masters has lurched to an unsatisfying conclusion. In 2007 and again last year the final round offered few birdies little excitement champions with no major pedigree and none of the enduring images Augusta National so often produces – Tiger Woods chipping Phil Mickelson exulting Greg Norman collapsing. tmpl –> Images.
Sports Briefing | Golf Woods’s Youth Record Falls
New York Times
Lee broke Tiger Woods’s record by six months to become the youngest United States Amateur champion in August at the age of 18. He also won the Johnnie Walker Classic in Australia last month to become the youngest winner of a European Tour event. He sealed the win over Saxton in the 18-hole match with a par on No. 17 at the Golf Club of Georgia. Next week Lee and Saxton will play in the Masters. Lee broke Tiger Woods’s record by six months to become the youngest United States Amateur champion in August at the age of 18.
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Seve Ballesteros aiming to get back to normal
The Associated Press
After that his dream is to open a golf course near his home town in northern Spain. “My first hope is to recuperate normality” Ballesteros said in the second part of an interview published Wednesday in the Spanish sports daily Marca. “After that a course in Santander. That has been my dream for a long time.
Arson fire at Port rchard golf course
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Arson fire at Port rchard golf course. — An arson fire at the McCormick Woods Golf Course near Port rchard caused $400000 damage to a storage building and destroyed eight golf-cart-style utility vehicles and a dozen lawn mowers.
For two black golfers path to PGA tour is rocky
The Associated Press
“You have guys that can play at this level” ‘Neal says. “But they just don’t have the finances to go do it. “‘Neal played college golf at Jackson State and turned pro in 1997 the same year Woods won his first Masters’ title. ‘Neal secured backing from celebrities like actor Will Smith and Wade Houston the former University of Tennessee basketball coach and father of NBA star Allan Houston. He appeared ready to deliver on his promise in 2000 at PGA Tour Qualifying School. However on the final hole of the event’s final round ‘Neal didn’t realize he only needed a bogey to gain his card took unnecessary risks and made double to miss the tour by a stroke. “It was kind of a screw up on my part” he said.
Ageless wonder had lifelong love affair with golf
Fort Worth Star Telegram
She still would be playing golf if not for "this ol’ thing" she says pointing at her left arm. A week later Thornton had a stroke that affected her left side. She now reads golf magazines watches golf on television and listens to her friends’ stories about their golf games.