BOISE, IDAHO. (May 7, 2009) - The acclaimed PNGA Cup began today with morning four-ball matches and afternoon foursome matches at Crane Creek Country Club in Boise, Idaho with the Washington team hoping to successfully defend their title. However, the story was all British Columbia after the first day of matches.
The Ryder-cup style contest features some of the most notable amateur golfers in the region with 12-member teams representing the regional golf associations that makeup the Pacific Northwest Golf Association including British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Each team has of eight men and four women with the men's contingent comprised of four mid-amateurs (25 years of age or older), two men at 40 years or older, and two senior men of 55 years or older. The women's delegation includes two mid-amateurs and two women 50 years of age or older.
In the morning four-ball matches, British Columbia blazed their way into the lead with 5 points. British Columbia did not lose a morning match and finished with four match wins and two halved matches. Led by the strong play of their women’s team members, senior duo Jackie Little of Port Alberni, B.C. and Alison Murdoch of Victoria, B.C. dispatched their opponents with a 8 & 7 victory, while mid-amateurs, Kim Evans of Terrace, B.C. and Christina Spence Proteau of Port Alberni, B.C. also rolled to a decisive 6 & 5 victory.
The results in afternoon foursome matches (alternate shot) put the team from British Columbia in great position to try and claim their first PNGA Cup victory, by adding five more match wins, suffering only one loss which was their only of the day. BCGA finished day one by claiming ten out of a possible twelve points giving them a new PNGA Cup scoring record after four-ball and foursome play.
The team from Oregon is lurking four points behind the BCGA but is well within striking distance with twelve singles matches yet to play on Friday. Team Washington sits in third with four and a half points while Team Idaho sits just a bit further back with a total of three and a half points.
Play will commence on Friday morning with Singles Matches starting off the #1 and #10 tees at 8:00 a.m. The team with the most points accumulated after the conclusion of the singles matches will be the champion.
The Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) is a 501(c) 3 charitable, international amateur golf association dedicated to preserving the true spirit of the game of golf and promoting activities beneficial to golfers in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Over the past 110 years, the Association has been a pioneer in developing competitions and services to its members. Today, the PNGA remains committed to being a truly "regional" organization providing benefits and services to its members and member clubs throughout the Northwest. The PNGA territory is broken down into five zones, which are: Zone 1 - Oregon; Zone 2 - Eastern Washington; Zone 3 - Western Washington and Alaska; Zone 4 - British Columbia and Alberta; and Zone 5 - Idaho and Montana. There are approximately 220,000 individuals at over 720 PNGA member golf clubs.
For the list of team members, click here
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Montgomerie Named European Ryder Cup Captain
Colin Montgomerie was named captain for the 2010 European Ryder Cup team. The announcement was made Wednesday and Montgomerie learned of his appointment while in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The biennial event will be held in September 2010 at Celtic Manor in Wales.
Montgomerie, who will be 47 when the competition starts, will be Europe's youngest-ever captain. His counterpart on the American team, Corey Pavin, has already been named. Pavin will be two weeks shy of his 51st birthday when the next Ryder Dup is played.
The Scot is one of the most successful European Ryder Cup players ever. "Monty" accumulated 23½ points while a member of the team, the second most after Nick Faldo; he has a record of 20 wins, seven halves and nine losses.
The American team pulled an upset last September at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., beating the favored Europeans 16½ to 11½. Montgomerie is hoping the Welsh "home crowd" will back its players as those in Kentucky did for the Americans.
Montgomerie was obviously pleased and excited after learning he will be leading the 2010 European team. "It's not just an honor but a huge responsibility as well," Montgomerie said. "It is important we do everything we can to claim back the Ryder Cup in Wales in 2010.
"This is one of the proudest moments I can think of. I am very proud and honored to be selected by the committee to be the 2010 Ryder Cup captain. I dreamt this opportunity might come my way, but far-off dreams I must admit. We speak here 17, 18 years later and here it is."
Montgomerie, who will be 47 when the competition starts, will be Europe's youngest-ever captain. His counterpart on the American team, Corey Pavin, has already been named. Pavin will be two weeks shy of his 51st birthday when the next Ryder Dup is played.
The Scot is one of the most successful European Ryder Cup players ever. "Monty" accumulated 23½ points while a member of the team, the second most after Nick Faldo; he has a record of 20 wins, seven halves and nine losses.
The American team pulled an upset last September at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., beating the favored Europeans 16½ to 11½. Montgomerie is hoping the Welsh "home crowd" will back its players as those in Kentucky did for the Americans.
Montgomerie was obviously pleased and excited after learning he will be leading the 2010 European team. "It's not just an honor but a huge responsibility as well," Montgomerie said. "It is important we do everything we can to claim back the Ryder Cup in Wales in 2010.
"This is one of the proudest moments I can think of. I am very proud and honored to be selected by the committee to be the 2010 Ryder Cup captain. I dreamt this opportunity might come my way, but far-off dreams I must admit. We speak here 17, 18 years later and here it is."
Monday, January 26, 2009
New season, new deals for PGA Tour players
By JEFF BABINEAU, Golfweek Editor
KAPALUA, Hawaii – PGA Tour veteran Steve Lowery paused when asked if there was anything new in his golf bag to start the 2009 season. “Only everything,” he said, smiling.Lowery, 48, a longtime Cleveland staff player, is one of many Tour pros starting ’09 with a new deal. He is carrying a TaylorMade bag filled with TaylorMade Tour Preferred irons and an r7 Limited driver. He’ll continue to play a Titleist golf ball (“I’ve been a Titleist guy for 30 years,” he said.)
In a sign of tighter times for PGA Tour players, Lowery still is seeking a corporate endorsement on his chest. “Yeah, I had to go out and buy a bunch of shirts,” he said.
Vijay Singh started the year with a bum right knee and a new golf ball. Having won last year’s FedEx Cup playoffs with a Titleist Pro V1x, Singh has switched to a Srixon Z-Star golf ball. Boo Weekley is playing the new ball as well. “I think I hit it longer and I control it pretty good,” Singh said. “(It) spins as good as any ball I’ve used, and it’s very straight.”
Singh also is carrying the Stanford Financial logo on his bag this season and wearing the company logo on his visor.
In other news:>> Anthony Kim, arguably the most attractive “free agent” available this offseason, is expected to re-sign with Nike. Kim changed agents in 2008 (he now is represented by IMG), which stalled negotiations until Jan. 1. “I don’t know what’s going on there, but it would be strange not to be with Nike,” said Kim, who shot footage for a Nike commercial with Tiger Woods in Fort Worth, Texas, in the offseason.
>> Adams is expected to announce the signing of Ryder Cup player Chad Campbell, who had been with Nike. Campbell lives near the company’s Texas headquarters and plans to take an active role in helping Adams develop equipment lines. Campbell signed a ball, shoe and glove deal with Titleist.
>> D.J. Trahan, formerly with Wilson, has joined Titleist as a full-line player. He opened his season at Kapalua with Titleist ZM irons (4-PW), three Vokey wedges and a Scotty Cameron Newport SLT T10 putter. He is working on getting a new 909 series driver into his bag.
>> In addition to Lowery, TaylorMade added Paul Goydos, Richard S. Johnson, Tim Wilkinson, Charles Warren and Arjun Atwal as full-line players.
>> Ping announced it has re-signed Ryder Cup player Hunter Mahan, and Callaway announced a new multiyear agreement with Stuart Appleby.
• • •
Jeff Babineau is Golfweek’s Editor. To reach him email jbabineau@golfweek.com.
KAPALUA, Hawaii – PGA Tour veteran Steve Lowery paused when asked if there was anything new in his golf bag to start the 2009 season. “Only everything,” he said, smiling.Lowery, 48, a longtime Cleveland staff player, is one of many Tour pros starting ’09 with a new deal. He is carrying a TaylorMade bag filled with TaylorMade Tour Preferred irons and an r7 Limited driver. He’ll continue to play a Titleist golf ball (“I’ve been a Titleist guy for 30 years,” he said.)
In a sign of tighter times for PGA Tour players, Lowery still is seeking a corporate endorsement on his chest. “Yeah, I had to go out and buy a bunch of shirts,” he said.
Vijay Singh started the year with a bum right knee and a new golf ball. Having won last year’s FedEx Cup playoffs with a Titleist Pro V1x, Singh has switched to a Srixon Z-Star golf ball. Boo Weekley is playing the new ball as well. “I think I hit it longer and I control it pretty good,” Singh said. “(It) spins as good as any ball I’ve used, and it’s very straight.”
Singh also is carrying the Stanford Financial logo on his bag this season and wearing the company logo on his visor.
In other news:>> Anthony Kim, arguably the most attractive “free agent” available this offseason, is expected to re-sign with Nike. Kim changed agents in 2008 (he now is represented by IMG), which stalled negotiations until Jan. 1. “I don’t know what’s going on there, but it would be strange not to be with Nike,” said Kim, who shot footage for a Nike commercial with Tiger Woods in Fort Worth, Texas, in the offseason.
>> Adams is expected to announce the signing of Ryder Cup player Chad Campbell, who had been with Nike. Campbell lives near the company’s Texas headquarters and plans to take an active role in helping Adams develop equipment lines. Campbell signed a ball, shoe and glove deal with Titleist.
>> D.J. Trahan, formerly with Wilson, has joined Titleist as a full-line player. He opened his season at Kapalua with Titleist ZM irons (4-PW), three Vokey wedges and a Scotty Cameron Newport SLT T10 putter. He is working on getting a new 909 series driver into his bag.
>> In addition to Lowery, TaylorMade added Paul Goydos, Richard S. Johnson, Tim Wilkinson, Charles Warren and Arjun Atwal as full-line players.
>> Ping announced it has re-signed Ryder Cup player Hunter Mahan, and Callaway announced a new multiyear agreement with Stuart Appleby.
• • •
Jeff Babineau is Golfweek’s Editor. To reach him email jbabineau@golfweek.com.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Olazabal offers himself as 2010 Ryder Cup captain
LONDON (AP) — Jose Maria Olazabal wants to captain Europe at the 2010 Ryder Cup.
The two-time Masters champion, who has played on three winning Ryder Cup teams, had initially said he wanted to play at Celtic Manor next year. But Olazabal has been troubled for several years by rheumatic problems and a foot injury and his game hasn't been in shape.
The European Ryder Cup committee will pick the captain Wednesday in Dubai. The other candidate is Colin Montgomerie, who was left off the European team when the United States won the Ryder Cup at Valhalla last September.
Olazabal's manager, Sergio Gomez, said the Spaniard would accept the job if asked.
``He is available. If he is offered the job he will say 'Yes','' Gomez said. ``We know it is a matter of two and there are factors favoring Jose Maria and factors favoring Monty.''
Gomez said Olazabal pulled out of the Qatar Masters in Doha this week but hoped to play in next week's Dubai Desert Classic, where the Ryder Cup announcement will be made.
``He had a small problem with his wrists and forearms and it was painful when gripping the club, but not too severe,'' Gomez said.
Olazabal played only four events on the PGA Tour last year, missing the cut at the Masters and Wachovia Championship.
``The chances of him making the team are not what he wanted or expected,'' Gomez said, ``so he made up his mind that he would accept the captaincy if it was offered.''
The two-time Masters champion, who has played on three winning Ryder Cup teams, had initially said he wanted to play at Celtic Manor next year. But Olazabal has been troubled for several years by rheumatic problems and a foot injury and his game hasn't been in shape.
The European Ryder Cup committee will pick the captain Wednesday in Dubai. The other candidate is Colin Montgomerie, who was left off the European team when the United States won the Ryder Cup at Valhalla last September.
Olazabal's manager, Sergio Gomez, said the Spaniard would accept the job if asked.
``He is available. If he is offered the job he will say 'Yes','' Gomez said. ``We know it is a matter of two and there are factors favoring Jose Maria and factors favoring Monty.''
Gomez said Olazabal pulled out of the Qatar Masters in Doha this week but hoped to play in next week's Dubai Desert Classic, where the Ryder Cup announcement will be made.
``He had a small problem with his wrists and forearms and it was painful when gripping the club, but not too severe,'' Gomez said.
Olazabal played only four events on the PGA Tour last year, missing the cut at the Masters and Wachovia Championship.
``The chances of him making the team are not what he wanted or expected,'' Gomez said, ``so he made up his mind that he would accept the captaincy if it was offered.''
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Test results are 'quite good' after Ballesteros finishes chemo round
- AP
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Seve Ballesteros said test results following his first course of chemotherapy came back "quite good," an encouraging sign for the 51-year-old golf great.
The five-time major winner underwent four surgeries to remove a cancerous brain tumor after being admitted to a hospital on Oct. 6, when he fainted at Madrid's international airport.
"Fortunately, the results were quite good," Ballesteros said Wednesday, in a statement posted on his Web site. "This Friday I shall begin my second chemotherapy course, which I hope and wish will be as effective as the first one."
Ballesteros, who underwent three operations in eight days at one point, said he was feeling better "day by day" thanks to the work of his physiotherapists.
"I am very motivated and working hard, although I am aware that my recovery will be slow and therefore I need to be patient and have a lot of determination," Ballesteros said. "For these reasons I am following strictly all the indications that the doctors are giving me."
Ballesteros said he continued to receive hundreds of letters, messages, cards and e-mails in support of what he has called "the hardest challenge of my life."
"I want to take this opportunity to thank them for their support and energy that is coming to me from all over the world and which is proving so good," he said.
Ballesteros is known for spectacular shots and fearless play that won him three British Opens and two Masters. He also recorded 50 career victories on the European Tour and is widely recognized as having transformed European golf.
After lobbying to have the Ryder Cup expanded to include continental Europe in 1979, Ballesteros helped beat the United States in 1985 to begin two decades of dominance. He also captained Europe to victory in 1997 at Valderrama, Spain.
Ballesteros retired in 2007 because of a long history of back pain and has since concentrated on golf course design.
Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Seve Ballesteros said test results following his first course of chemotherapy came back "quite good," an encouraging sign for the 51-year-old golf great.
The five-time major winner underwent four surgeries to remove a cancerous brain tumor after being admitted to a hospital on Oct. 6, when he fainted at Madrid's international airport.
"Fortunately, the results were quite good," Ballesteros said Wednesday, in a statement posted on his Web site. "This Friday I shall begin my second chemotherapy course, which I hope and wish will be as effective as the first one."
Ballesteros, who underwent three operations in eight days at one point, said he was feeling better "day by day" thanks to the work of his physiotherapists.
"I am very motivated and working hard, although I am aware that my recovery will be slow and therefore I need to be patient and have a lot of determination," Ballesteros said. "For these reasons I am following strictly all the indications that the doctors are giving me."
Ballesteros said he continued to receive hundreds of letters, messages, cards and e-mails in support of what he has called "the hardest challenge of my life."
"I want to take this opportunity to thank them for their support and energy that is coming to me from all over the world and which is proving so good," he said.
Ballesteros is known for spectacular shots and fearless play that won him three British Opens and two Masters. He also recorded 50 career victories on the European Tour and is widely recognized as having transformed European golf.
After lobbying to have the Ryder Cup expanded to include continental Europe in 1979, Ballesteros helped beat the United States in 1985 to begin two decades of dominance. He also captained Europe to victory in 1997 at Valderrama, Spain.
Ballesteros retired in 2007 because of a long history of back pain and has since concentrated on golf course design.
Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
It's official: Pavin named Ryder Cup captain for 2010
By Associated Press
NEW YORK – Corey Pavin was introduced as the next U.S. captain for the Ryder Cup on Thursday, selected to lead a team in 2010 that will try to successfully defend the cup for the first time since 1993.
A former U.S. Open champion with 15 victories on the PGA Tour, Pavin played in three Ryder Cups and had an 8-5-0 record.
“The Ryder Cup is in my blood,” he said at a news conference. “I think if you cut my arm open, Ryder Cup would just bleed out. It’s the greatest event in the world, I think, and certainly the golf world.”
The 49-year-old Pavin takes over for Paul Azinger, who helped the U.S. end a decade of European dominance at the Ryder Cup with a 16 1/2 -11 1/2 victory in September at Valhalla. The Americans have not had a captain in consecutive Ryder Cups since Ben Hogan in 1947 and 1949. U.S. players lobbied for Azinger to return the night of their victory at Valhalla, and only recently has he said he might be interested. But PGA of America president Jim Remy said the organization didn’t want to break with precedent. “We have so many great players who have earned that right to be a Ryder Cup captain that we want to make sure that we support them and hopefully not leave any great player behind,” he said.
The 2010 Ryder Cup will be played at Celtic Manor in Wales. The Americans have not won in Europe since The Belfry in 1993, when Pavin was on the team. He served as an assistant to captain Tom Lehman in 2006.
Pavin said it was too early to discuss whether additional changes would be made to the selection system. Azinger was responsible for modernizing the system to account for the influx of international players on the PGA Tour.
He based points on money and doubled the captain’s picks to four. “I’ve already asked the PGA of America if I could have 12 picks, but I think they rejected that already,” Pavin joked. Pavin played on two winning Ryder Cup teams, including the last U.S. team to win on the road, in 1993 at The Belfry. He made his Ryder Cup debut in 1991 at Kiawah Island. “I’ve been waiting 17 years to be sitting right here at the podium,” he said.
NEW YORK – Corey Pavin was introduced as the next U.S. captain for the Ryder Cup on Thursday, selected to lead a team in 2010 that will try to successfully defend the cup for the first time since 1993.
A former U.S. Open champion with 15 victories on the PGA Tour, Pavin played in three Ryder Cups and had an 8-5-0 record.
“The Ryder Cup is in my blood,” he said at a news conference. “I think if you cut my arm open, Ryder Cup would just bleed out. It’s the greatest event in the world, I think, and certainly the golf world.”
The 49-year-old Pavin takes over for Paul Azinger, who helped the U.S. end a decade of European dominance at the Ryder Cup with a 16 1/2 -11 1/2 victory in September at Valhalla. The Americans have not had a captain in consecutive Ryder Cups since Ben Hogan in 1947 and 1949. U.S. players lobbied for Azinger to return the night of their victory at Valhalla, and only recently has he said he might be interested. But PGA of America president Jim Remy said the organization didn’t want to break with precedent. “We have so many great players who have earned that right to be a Ryder Cup captain that we want to make sure that we support them and hopefully not leave any great player behind,” he said.
The 2010 Ryder Cup will be played at Celtic Manor in Wales. The Americans have not won in Europe since The Belfry in 1993, when Pavin was on the team. He served as an assistant to captain Tom Lehman in 2006.
Pavin said it was too early to discuss whether additional changes would be made to the selection system. Azinger was responsible for modernizing the system to account for the influx of international players on the PGA Tour.
He based points on money and doubled the captain’s picks to four. “I’ve already asked the PGA of America if I could have 12 picks, but I think they rejected that already,” Pavin joked. Pavin played on two winning Ryder Cup teams, including the last U.S. team to win on the road, in 1993 at The Belfry. He made his Ryder Cup debut in 1991 at Kiawah Island. “I’ve been waiting 17 years to be sitting right here at the podium,” he said.
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