After months of talk, a proposal to use a Naples golf course to filter water from the Gordon River was finally set for an initial vote today at City Hall. Then, about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Naples City Manager Bill Moss received a phone call from Hole in the Wall Golf Club President John Dresser, Moss wrote in an e-mail to Naples City Council members. Dresser told Moss the club had decided to …
March 31, 2009
Area golf teams set to swing into action (Pipestone County Star)
Despite not being able to get much time on the courses due to the uncooperative weather, area golf teams are making final preparations for the upcoming 2009 campaign.
PREVIEW-Golf-In-form Mickelson starts Masters run in Houston (Deepika)
HOUSTON, Mar 31 (Reuters) In-form Phil Mickelson heads a strong field for this week’s Houston Open at Redstone Golf Club, which has again been set up to provide similar conditions to Augusta National for the US Masters, which follows.
Rory McIlroy, 19, has the game and charisma to be golf’s next star (Sports Illustrated)
As a study in balance of trade, it’s pathetically uneven. The Emerald Isle gets one planeload after another of vacationing American duffers losing $4 golf balls in the dunes of Ballybunion in the south, overpaying caddies at Royal County Down in the north and bellying up at Fodor’s-approved pubs each night to joyfully relive their windblown misery.
Last-day deficit too much for men’s golf to overcome (The Marquette Tribune)
Despite tallying the fourth-best overall score of Sunday’s third round of the Florida Atlantic University Spring Break Championship, the Marquette men’s golf team couldn’t overcome two poor performances on Friday and Saturday and settled for an 11th place finish.
Get in the swing before heading to the golf course (Norwalk Advocate)
Elise Swanton of Greenwich loved golf, but not the way her hips ached after a day on the course. Those pains were keeping the Pilates instructor from getting into the swing. One orthopedic surgeon, who told her she was a candidate for hip replacement, even suggested she give it up.
Golf pros offer pointers (Daily Pilot)
A few hundred children showed up at the Newport Beach Country Club to practice their golf swing with pros such as Andy Bean and Fuzzy Zoeller as part of the Wells Fargo Junior Golf Clinic on Saturday.