April 2008 Archives

John Daly has apparently been playing shirtless and shoeless. Click herean article on espn.com about his latest misunderstanding with Butch Harmon.

USC tied for first in the Pac-10 team championship but lost in a six-player playoff. Tom Glissmeyer tied for sixth in the individual standings and Jamie Lovemark - who won the conference's individual title last year - tied for eighth.
Below is the release:

Here is a story that ran in today's edition of the Daily News on George Lopez's new golf tournament to benefit kidney disease.

Here is my story that will run in tomorrow's paper (although in an abbreviated form) on an update on Tiger Woods' recovery from knee surgery.

Tiger Woods is off crutches following knee surgery. He said in his newsletter, which came out today, that he's not sure how long he'll be out. He said doctors are telling him he can play sometime in four to six weeks, which still makes the U.S. Open (June 12-15) a possibility.
Read Tiger's newsletter below:

The following is a press release from the USGA on U.S. Open entries. One of the local qualifiers is at Industry Hills. Last year, Danielle Kang (Oak Park), then 14, made the U.S. Open field by getting through qualifiers. She failed to make the cut but played part of a practice round with Michelle Wie.
Want to know how you get in? Also on the press release are the guidelines for qualifying for the U.S. Open.

USC senior Paola Moreno won the Pac-10 individiual golf title on Wednesday and USC won its first conference title since 1989. USC beat second-place UCLA by 26 shots at Palos Verdes Golf Course. USC's top five golfers all finished in the top eight in a dominant performance.

The Ultimate Game - a match play format with $1 million going to the winning team - has been canceled. Below is the press release:

Here is a release on how you can play golf with Tiger:
Have you ever thought about how your golf, tennis or soccer skills would match up against the world’s best? Dream of teeing off with Tiger Woods or returning a Roger Federer serve? Gillette is set to make these dreams a reality as they today announced the launch of the “Play a Champion with Dad” promotion. This unique online sweepstakes will award lucky consumers (and their guest) with the opportunity to meet one of the esteemed Gillette Champions – Tiger Woods, Roger Federer or Thierry Henry – and spend some time on each athlete’s respective field of play.
Beginning today, consumers can log on herefor the Grand Prize along with a slew of instant win prizes. The randomly selected grand prize winners will be announced in October – please see below for additional details.

George Lopez was ousted as the Bob Hope Classic charity host, so what does he do? He starts his own new tournament, benefiting kidney research and children with kidney disease. In 2005, Lopez received a kidney transplant from his wife.
The release is below:

Aaron Lipsky, the father of David Lipsky (La Canada), sent me this update. Check out Lipsky's latest victory here.

This from a story by The Associated Press:

Tiger Woods landed a new title sponsor for his holiday tournament in Thousand Oaks, signing a five-year deal Thursday with Chevron with designs of raising money and
developing programs to support Woods’ education-based foundation.
The Chevron World Challenge will be held Dec. 18-21 at Sherwood Country Club, featuring a world-class field of 16 players competing for a $5.75 million purse. Woods, the tournament host, is the defending champion.

Chevron replaces Target as the title sponsor.

The San Ramon-based energy company also will become one of five founding partners of the AT&T
National, a regular-season PGA Tour event that Woods started last year at Congressional
Country Club outside Washington.

The deal comes at a time when the economy is struggling and the PGA Tour is searching for
title sponsors for regular-season events in Tampa, Fla., and Atlanta. Given the size of the
purse, Chevron’s investment is believed to be similar to what companies pay to
be a title sponsor of a regular PGA Tour event.

“We are delighted that Chevron< has agreed to partner with the foundation,” Woods
said in a statement. “Chevron has a track record and a commitment to bettering
the communities where they operate. We are excited about working with them to codevelop
programs that will further the efforts of the Tiger Woods Foundation.”

Proceeds from the December tournament go to the foundation, which includes the Tiger Woods
Learning Center in Anaheim and another education center to be built near the nation’s
capital.

Chevron said it also would help expand Woods’ youth programs in California and
select locations around the world.