Nick
Faldo and Jim Furyk will play in the Johnnie Walker Classic at Ta Shee
Golf and Country Club, Nov. 9-14, 1999.
Faldo won the inaugural
Johnnie Walker Classic in Hong Kong in 1990 and captured the title for
the second time in Singapore in 1993.
Furyk, who represents
Johnnie Walker on the U.S. PGA Tour, played in the United States Ryder
Cup team in 1997 and ensured his place in the 1999 team after finishing
in a tie for 8th in the US PGA Championship.
Faldo and Furyk join
a star-studded field led by the World No. 1 Tiger Woods. World No. 6 Vijay
Singh and two-time US Open Champion Ernie Els will also be at Ta Shee.
It will be the largest golf tournament ever to be held in Taiwan.
Drought forces Mid-Am
course change
FAR HILLS, N.J. --
The second golf course in the St. Louis area to be used for 36 holes of
stroke play over the first two days of the 1999 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship,
scheduled from Sept. 25-30, has been shifted to Bellerive Country Club
from Missouri Bluffs Golf Club.
Following the stroke
play portion, the Championship will be entirely hosted by Old Warson Country
Club.
Missouri Bluffs suffered
from severe drought conditions in the area, causing officials at the club
and the USGA to re-evaluate whether the greens could be groomed to competition
standards in time for the Championship.
In light of the situation,
the USGA asked Bellerive to host that portion of the Championship. Bellerive
officials agreed to offer their golf course for two practice rounds and
stroke play Saturday and Sunday. Bellerive will play to 7,047 yards with
a par of 71.
Ironically, Bellerive
was the host club for the first Mid-Amateur in 1981, won by Jim Holtgrieve,
a native of St. Louis, and the 1965 U.S. Open, won by Gary Player. Bellerive
also hosted the 1992 PGA Championship, won by Nick Price.
Monte-Carlo lands
celebrity pro-am
MONACO -- Monte-Carlo,
renowned for attracting the world's rich and famous, is also known for
hosting some of Europe's best sporting events.
Beginning the week
of Sept. 6, Monte-Carlo will proudly combine celebrity and sport to host
Europe's only celebrity pro-am golf championship.
An official event
on the European Seniors Tour, the Zepter Monte-Carlo Pro Celebrity Championship
will take place Sept. 9-11 at the Monte-Carlo Golf Club.
Among the celebrities
scheduled to participate in this year's event are: Virgin founder Richard
Branson; Grammy-winning musical artist Michael Bolton; former NBA basketball
star Julius Irving; three-time Wimbledon Champion Boris Becker; National
Hockey League legend Wayne Gretzky and television actor Jason Priestly.
Special offer on
junior clubs
GOLDEN, Colo. -- Lange
Golf, makers of professionally fit clubs for women and juniors, is offering
a special promotion for families whose children are interested in taking
up golf.
Families who purchase
a Shooting Stars Junior Pro set for a child 6 or older will receive ½-off
the retail price of Tykes On Spikes which is tailored to younger children.
The Shooting Stars
Junior Pro set is designed for junior golfers and can be modified as a
child grows. Lange's Tykes On Spikes is designed for the smallest aspiring
golfers.
The Shooting Stars
Junior Pro set consists of seven clubs including two woods, three irons,
a dual pitching/sand wedge and a putter.
It is offered at a
retail price of $190 steel or $235 graphite. Tykes on Spikes is offered
at a retail price of $80, but would be $40 during this promotion.
Lewis signs with
chipshot.com
SUNNYVALE, Calif.
-- Chipshot.com announced that PGA Tour pro J.L. Lewis will carry a chipshot.com
bag.
Lewis, who turned
professional in 1984, is having the best year of his career. Two weeks
ago, he notched his first PGA Tour victory in a playoff at the John Deere
Classic. Earlier this year, he tied for ninth at the Greater Greensboro
Chrysler Classic.
Lewis has earned $483,394
so far in 1999, putting him 61st on the money list.
Lewis was born in
Emporia, Kan., and resides in Austin, Texas, with his wife Dawn and children
Cole and Sherry. Prior to this year, Lewis' best season on the tour was
1998, when he finished 104th on the money list.
World Am sites announced
FAR HILLS, N.J. --
The World Amateur Golf Council (WAGC), which comprises national governing
bodies of golf in more than 85 countries and is recognized by the International
Olympic Committee as the official International Federation for golf, selected
sites and a host country for its 2000 World Amateur Team Championships.
The Women's World
Amateur Team Championship will be held on Aug. 23-26, 2000 at Berlin Sporting
Club Resort in Bad Saarow, Germany. The World Amateur Team Championship
will be conducted the following week at the same facility.
It will mark the first
time these competitions have been contested in Germany. The Berlin Sporting
Club Resort features two courses, the Arnold Palmer Course that opened
in 1995 and the Nick Faldo Course that first welcomed play the following
year.
Representatives from
national amateur golf associations of 35 countries founded the World Amateur
Golf Council in Washington, D.C., in May of 1958. The WAGC's chief mission
to encourage the international development of golf and to foster friendship
and sportsmanship among the peoples of the world.
The first men's championship
was held in 1958 at St. Andrews (Old Course) in Scotland. Winners of the
men's event take custody of the Eisenhower Trophy, named after the president
of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, at the time the WAGC was founded.
Kuehne signs with
CustomTracks
DALLAS -- CustomTracks
Corporation announced that Hank Kuehne signed a five-year marketing agreement
with the company.
Under terms of the
agreement, Kuehne will wear "information" designated by the company on
his hat at tournaments or during television interviews in which he participates.
Kuehne is currently
featured on the cover of the September issue of Golf Magazine.
CustomTracks Corporation
is the developer and owner of the ZixIt Digital Signature and encryption
technology. Products currently under development include: ZixMail, a secure
Internet-messaging system; and ZixCharge, an Internet transaction authorization
system.
Four Seasons hosts
Sun's par-3 challenge
LO ALTO, Calif.
-- Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced the second annual Sun Par-3 Challenge
at the Four Seasons Resort Aviara in Carlsbad, Calif., will be played Nov.
16, 1999.
The $540,000 tournament
will feature some of the best players from the PGA, Senior PGA, and LPGA
Tours. The pros will also be joined by a host of celebrities.
In addition to the
prize money, players will have a shot at winning $1 million with a hole-in-one.
The money will be split between the player and the hole's previously selected
charity.
Nine tour players
will compete on the Four Seasons Resort Aviara's signature Arnold Palmer
golf course, which will be modified to make every hole a par-3. Each threesome
will be made up of one player from the PGA, LPGA, and SENIOR PGA TOUR.
Fox Television will
air the tournament nationwide Thanksgiving Day from 4-6:30 p.m. ET.
Last year Jesper Parnevik
narrowly defeated Justin Leonard with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
Michelle McGann was third and Annika Sörenstam was fourth.
