UPDATED - MAY 1, 2006 (TSN) - TSN and Degree for Men today announced a staggering 20,000 online entries have been logged at www.degreepoker.com from poker fans nationwide looking to compete in the second annual Degree Poker Championship, 20 percent more than last year....more...Scott Takes 1st-Round Lead at Westchester (North County Times) HARRISON, N.Y. - Adam Scott left his putter in the bag on a couple of holes, then turned it loose on the soggy Westchester Country Club course....more... Tourney looking for optimistic junior golfers (West Bloomfield Eccentric) The Optimist Club of West Bloomfield is accepting applications for the junior golf tournament on Tuesday, June 27, at Wabeek Country Club, 4000 Clubgate Lane in Bloomfield Hills....more... Winged Foot a tough course to play (Bradenton Herald) Mike Henry Local Links Former U.S. Golf Association president Fred Ridley expects plenty of players to fall victim to course conditions at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y., during next week's 106th U.S. Open....more... A fifth Waldorf-Astoria planned (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) The new four-location Waldorf-Astoria hotel chain, which includes Maui's Grand Wailea Resort, will get a new resort in Orlando....more... Greg Hardwig: Women's Golf Week for a good cause (Bonita Daily News) American Express Women's Golf Week goes through Saturday at a handful of clubs around the area. Free golf lessons and other golf-related events will be available for women 14 and older....more... Wie Has Good Chance to Make U.S. Open (North County Times) SUMMIT, N.J. - Michelle Wie positioned herself to become the first woman to qualify for the U.S. Open, capping an opening 2-under-par 68 Monday with a chip-in from 60 feet that sent a large gallery into a frenzy....more... Wie Is 1-Under Par in Qualifying Attempt (North County Times) SUMMIT, N.J. - Michelle Wie was 1 under par through 14 holes despite early putting problems Monday, followed by a swelling gallery as she began her attempt to become the first woman to qualify for the U.S. Open....more... Wie Is 1-Under Par in Qualifying Attempt (North County Times) SUMMIT, N.J. - Michelle Wie was hurt by poor putting Monday, playing the first seven holes in 1-under par as she began her attempt to become the first woman to qualify for the U.S. Open....more... |