Local golf: Jake, Hoch, Levi have plant roots in SW Florida (Bonita Daily News)
Southwest Florida has become more than a home for Champions Tour players Peter Jacobsen, Scott Hoch and Wayne Levi. It?s also become where they send their kids to college....more...Senior Calendar (The Beacon News)
Aurora Friendly Center: meets 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the Prisco Community Center, 150 W. Illinois Ave. The Club plans a variety of activities each month, including bingo, holiday parties and luncheons. Adults age 55 and up are welcome to attend. $1 fee. (630) 859-8606....more... Area scorecard (The Florida Times-Union)
A list of holes-in-one, tournament results and other golf information in the area....more... Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)
Trumansburg firefighters responded to call Sunday morning for a structure fire at 4558 Rabbit Run Road in Trumansburg....more... Ex-speaker Rants hunkers down (The Des Moines Register)
To left-leaning Iowans, Christopher Rants is the Republican villain who infuriated and roadblocked Democrats in the Iowa House for 14 years. Those......more... Day Golf Co. Introduces 'Slice-Free' Golf Club (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Day Golf Co., a privately owned company based in Minden, NV, introduces the Drive-Tru driver, the world's first patented "slice-free" golf club and a marketing strategy designed to widely distribute the club....more... Illinois duo get hot at cold CGA outing (St. Petersburg Times)
Do winter residents from northern states have an advantage playing in cold weather in Florida? Based on a limited study - the results of Monday's County Golf Association match at Countryside - the answer is an emphatic yes....more... Japan Baby Boomers Aid Leisure Stocks, Merrill Says (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Tadanobu Haga says he will retire as a product manager for rock drill maker Atlas Copco AB when he turns 60 and work on improving his golf handicap instead....more... GOLF NOTEBOOK: Bearkats win at Rice despite windy first day (Houston Chronicle)
Sam Houston State was rewarded over the weekend for its short drive south to Westwood Golf Club with a five-shot win at the seventh annual Rice Intercollegiate. Conditions varied wildly from Friday to Saturday. The first day's 36 holes were contested in gusts to 30-plus mph. On Saturday, flags were nearly limp throughout the final round. ...more... |