Golf pays tribute to a great friend (Lexington Herald-Leader)
For Junior Brewer, it is back to where it all began. As a boy in Lexington, growing up on Owsley Avenue over in Kenwick, Gay Brewer Jr. caddied at the nearby Idle Hour Country Club, known then as Ashland, but it was across town at the public course at Picadome where he played golf. "Picadome is where I learned the game," he said. He would ride the city bus crosstown in the morning, take out his ......more...Excuse Tiger for his major malfunction (The Florida Times-Union)
All the golf pundits who used the final round of the U.S. Open as a forum to shred Tiger Woods for having the audacity to lose to Angel Cabrera, please report to history class for your next lesson....more... Losing job spurs Watkins to pursue dream (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
TOWN OF UNION -- With sweat dripping off his baseball cap and blades of grass stuck to his shoes, Kevin Watkins, dressed in blue jeans and a plain polo shirt, steps down from his Kubota riding lawn mower, a machine he calls his "workhorse."...more... Signature Cup format, team bios (The Pantagraph)
In large part, the Signature Cup format has been fashioned after the Ryder Cup, and, to a lesser degree, the Presidentâ??s Cup. On Saturday, two-player teams will compete in â??four-ballâ? and â??alternate shotâ? formats. On Sunday, individual golfers will go head-to-head in match play singles....more... Golf Scoreboard (BendBulletin.com)
Net Team - 1, Andy Balyeat/Dan Radatti, 61. 2, Jerry Heck/Peter Gilmore, 62. 3, Bob Browning/John Melvin, 65. Gross Team Skins - No. 2, 12, 14, Ryan Roskowski/Harry Paik, 3, 4,4; No. 11, 13, 18, Andy Balyeat/Dan Radatti, 2, 2, 4; No 15, Greg Horsley/Joel Horsley, 4; No. 4, Tom Carrico/Don Braunton, 3; No. 17, Tom Stump/Richard Gallio, 3....more... Major failure for North Texas golf (Dallas Morning News)
In the summer of '63, a pudgy 22-year-old prodigy still accompanied by his father to tournaments made quite a stir at the DAC. Temperatures topped out at a breathtaking 110 degrees in Dallas that week, but it was Jack Nicklaus who turned up the heat....more... No smoke screen: Cabrera takes Open field to school (Contra Costa Times)
OAKMONT, Pa. -- No high school. Only a few grades of elementary school. A pot-bellied body. Eight to 10 cigarettes over 18 holes. And there you have the formula for winning a major golf championship....more... Cabrera, like Lawrie, was a worthy champion (The Herald)
So, did Oakmont get the champion it deserved on Sunday? Angel Cabrera, essentially a journeyman pro who makes good money but wins rarely, got to the clubhouse first on five over par to hold off Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk and good on him....more... Sports roundup (Concord Monitor)
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