We have a winner in the book giveaway. It’s Gautami Tripathy from “Reading and More Reading“
Thanks to everyone who entered the drawing and shared their favorite golf courses. Look for more about the favorite golf courses and more giveaways in the next few weeks.
For those who didn’t win, but are still interested in the book, “The Downhill Lie” is available via Amazon.com and most book retailers.
When it comes to sports, everyone has their favorites, right? Favorite sports, favorite teams, favorite players, favorite stadiums, and so on. Well the fabulous b5media sports bloggers wanted to talk about their favorites.
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The pairings for the first two days of play at the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club have been announced and their are several that merit watching. For sheer diversity and entertainment value, my money is on Vijay Singh (last week’s winner at the Bridgestone Invitational) with John Daly and David Toms. Depending on which John Daly shows up, this could be great golf or a disaster.
Other interesting pairings are:
Padraig Harrington, Trevor Immelman, and Angel Cabrera
Adam Scott, Ernie Els, and Fred Couples
Sergio Garcia, Anthony Kim, and Camilo Villegas
The complete list can be found on the PGA Championship Web site.
Tags: john-daly, pga championship, vijay-singhThe practice rounds for this week’s PGA Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, started yesterday. In the clip below, the local TV station shows live footage of the golfers and fans getting ready for the season’s final major tournament. Take a look:
Tags: oakland hills, pga championship
The b5media Sports Channel is talking about their favorite players and teams this week, so it’s a good time to tell you about my favorite golfer. I grew up on Columbus during a time when the city’s favorite sons including that generation’s version of Tiger Woods–Jack Nicklaus. There’s no denying the “Golden Bear” was a super star and an exciting golf to watch, but Columbus and Ohio State yielded another stellar golfer in the 1960s and 1970s–Tom Weiskopf.
Weiskopf, a native of Massillion Ohio, turned pro in 1964 and went on to win 28 tournaments. The most notable was the British Open in 1973. He also finished second in the Masters four times. Weiskopf continued on to play in the Senior PGA Tour, winning the 1995 US Senior Open.
Weiskopf, now 65, is retired from competition, but has a thriving golf course design business. To date, he has designed 40 courses, including Loch Lomond, the home of the Scottish Open.
(photo © Newscom)
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The fourth and final major tournament of the PGA season–the PGA Championship–is this week, August 7-10 (2008). The event, nicknamed “Glory’s Last Shot” because it’s the last chance in the year to win a major tournament, will be held at Bloomfield Hills’ Oakland Hills Country Club, just outside of Detroit.
Oakland Hills is a par 70, 7395-yard course as illustrated above. One hundred, fifty-six players will compete for a purse of $7 million. The defending champion is Tiger Woods.
(photo © Newscom)
Tags: oakland hills, pga championship
Michelle Wie, playing on a sponsor’s exemption at the PGA Reno-Tahoe Legends Open, failed to make the cut in this her 8th attempt in a PGA tournament. Wie finished the first round in contention with a +1 73, but ended the second round at +9, aided by a double bogey and a quintuple bogey. Wie told the Associated Press that she didn’t know if she’d make another attempt at a PGA event.
No woman has made the cut in a PGA tournament since “Babe” Zacharias played the 1945 Tuscon Open.
Tags: michelle-wie, reno-tahoe open
Eighty of the top golfers in the world are playing just 45 minutes away from my house this week at Firestone Country Club in Akron for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Tournament. I took advantage of the opportunity to watch them during Tuesday and Wednesday’s practice rounds as I try to do every year. What a great experience.
Sans Tiger, there were just a few hundred spectators for the practice and the pros were generous in their time with the fans. Firestone itself was elegantly dressed for the occasion in typical Ohio fashion–dressy, but not haughty. Below are a few pictures I took of the event (including the one above of the Firestone Club House).
Ian Poulter Teeing Off at 17
The Water Tower is the Symbol of Firestone CC
(photos © 2008 S. Mitchell)
Tags: bridgestone invitational, firestone country club
It seems to be the season of the older golfer. Two weeks ago we saw 53-year-old Greg Norman contend for Britain’s Open Championship. This week it is 48-year-old Juli Inkster leading the field at the British Women’s Open Tournament in Sunningdale, England. She carded a record-tying 7 under 65 for the first round, with an eagle and five birdies.
Inkster has seven major championships to her name, the last at the US Women’s Open in 2002.
(photo © Newscom)
Tags: british women's open, juli inksterIt’s “bloggy giveaway” week and here at “Green Posse” we’re offering a copy of Carl Hiaasen’s new humorous look at golf, “The Downhill Lie: a Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport.” Hiaasen is best known for his satirical and funny mystery novels set in south Florida. He also writes a regular column for the Miami Herald.
In “Downhill Lie,” Hiaasen answers such questions as how to retrieve a sunken golf cart from a snake-infested lake and which club is best suited for combat against a horde of rat? He also describes his return to the game of his youth–a game he hadn’t played for more than 20 years. His anecdotes have just enough truth to them to make the 205-page book extremely funny and easy to read.
To enter to win the book, simply leave a comment below with the name of your favorite golf course. The contest is open to US residents ages 18 and older. (be sure to include your email address with you post your comment, so I can get a hold of you when you win.) The contest ends at midnight on Monday, August 4. Good Luck!
Note: this giveaway is now closed for new entries. The winner will be announced later on Tuesday.
(cover art courtesy of Knopf)
Tags: book giveaways, carl hiaasenFrom the PGA to the Nationwide Tour, from the LPGA to the Golf Channel’s Big Break, Green Posse discusses golf news, golf stars and soon to be stars, and the worlds best golf courses. We also offer golf tips and buying advice on golf equipment to help you perfect your game.
Written by Sandy Mitchell [email] for b5media.
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