Showing posts with label golf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label golf. Show all posts

Brandt Snedeker win his first PGA title

Monday, 20 August 2007

Brandt SnedekerSnedeker who born December 8, 1980 in Nashville, Tennessee began the day five strokes off the pace, fired 10 birdies against a lone bogey in the final round to finish 72 holes on 22-under par 266 and defeat countrymen Tim Petrovic, Jeff Overton and Billy Mayfair, who all finished on 268.

It was not even the best round of the debut season for Snedeker, who fired a 61 in round one of the Buick Inivtational to match the Torrey Pines course record on his way to a third-place finish, which had been his best PGA showing.

Snedeker gained a two-year US PGA exemption and a berth at next year's US Masters, an event which he had played as an amateur.

Morgan Pressel; Youngest Major Champion in LPGA

Tuesday, 14 August 2007

Morgan Pressel
Morgan Pressel born May 23, 1988 is one of the most successful young golfers in the history of women's golf, and appears well on her way to a great LPGA Tour career.
Pressel is the youngest-ever major champion on the LPGA Tour, winning the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship when she was not yet 19, and has reached number 4 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.

Pressel began playing when she was eight years old, at St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton, Fla. She lived there with her parents, and her grandparents close by. An uncle, Aaron Krickstein, was a famous tennis player who turned pro at age 16.

JFK isThe Best Presidential Golfer

Tuesday, 26 June 2007

Of the 14 presidents who played golf, John Kennedy was the best.Kennedy loved golf but didn’t want the public to think he was spending too much time on the golf course.