Cybergolf Atlanta
by Steve Habel
With portions of its coastline underwater, and thousands of its populous still without homes and the services most Americans take for granted after point-blank hits from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, it would have been easy for the government of Louisiana to put golf - and the pursuit of all recreational activities - on the back burner.
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Following his oceanfront Hacienda Pinilla Golf Club near Santa Cruz, Athens, Ga.-based golf course architect Mike Young has been hired to design another course in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. Full Story |
Carol Semple Thompson, a seven-time winner of USGA championships, will be recognized alongside posthumous inductees Denny Shute, Craig Wood and golf writer Herbert Warren Wind as part of the 2008 class at this year's World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The announcement was made Tuesday at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minn., site of the 2008 United States Women's Open. Shute, Thompson, Wind and Wood will be inducted alongside golf course architect Pete Dye and one other inductee who will be announced later this summer. Full Story |
Scott Hebert of Traverse City, Mich., where the legendary Walter Hagen spent his final years, capped the 41st PGA Professional National Championship with a back- nine charge that the Haig would have applauded. The event was held in Lake Oconee, Ga. Full Story |
The Reynolds Landing and Great Waters courses in Greensboro, Ga., are ready to host 312 players for the 41st PGA Professional National Championship. The event is set to start Thursday and run through Sunday, June 19-22. Full Story |
The fifth and final Golf World/Nike Golf Division I Coaches' Poll of the spring season has been released. The complete results, including results from Divisions II, III and the NAIA, will appear in the May 16th issue of Golf World and can be viewed online now at www.golfworld.com. Full Story |
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