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ESPN National Golf Challenge Champs Crowned
Friday, October 30, 2009
In search of America's
best twosome, ESPN hosted their national golf tournament at the Paiute Golf
Courses in Las Vegas.
Weather was gorgeous and golfers from across the country brought their
best. The event was a 2-person best ball (low ball) event that played host to a
Senior, Net, and Gross Division. There was also a individual stroke play
championship for the golf professions. At the end of the 2-day event there were
no more questions of who the best were. For the Pro Division, Tyler Sweet
(69-68=139) was crowned champion after a sudden death playoff over James Ousley
who fired an amazing 63 the final day.
In
the Gross Division, Gary Deblaquiere and Jon Peterson (65-64=129) broke out of
a first day 4 way tie and fired an 8-under final day to cruise to an easy
victory. Last years champions, Spencer Page and Tobin Scott tried to make
a 2nd day come back by firing a 9-under 63 but came up a shot short.
GolfTournamentsIn.com's first Featured Champion, Bruce Rawlings and his partner
Blake Baumann, finished 13th with Bruce telling us that they just could not
figure out how to get the ball into the hole. He said, "the
mountains fooled us, and we had problems both days making putts. That's
part of the game and congratulations are in order for the champions."
The
Net Division winners were Jerry Faulk and Jerry Czarnecki who had net scores of
65-65=130. They finished in a 3-way tie for first but displayed magic and
won on the sudden death playoff over the teams of Jeff Orzel & Kevin Moreno
and Peter Hartmann & Kevin Friel. The Senior Division was not as
close as John Mallonee and John Cartee strolled to a five shot victory by
firing 65-65=130.
All
players had a great time and ESPN, Callaway Golf, the facilities of Pauite Golf
Courses, and Treasure Island were perfect
host. Be sure to look for local qualifying dates for next year's 2010
ESPN National Golf Challenge.
Golf is approved for 2016 & 2020 Olympics
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Golf was last played in the Olympics in 1904
with only a few countries competing. PGA Tour commissioner predicts that
in 2016 about 30 countries will be represented in a 72-hole stroke play
tournament. Sixty men and sixty women will be eligible for this event.
With
this addition of golf to the Olympic games its predicted that golf should
experience a global boom. The real impact will be in the countries of China and India which will now spend dramatic
amounts of dollars to develop golfers and on the creation of practice
facilities to include golf courses.
As
of now there is no set location picked for hosting the event which has the golf
world scrambling. Debates on building a new world championship golf
course or renovating an already existing facility has begun. Tentative
dates have been set for the 2016 Games being August 5-21 which will make for a
long summer for golf. Remember there are still FedEx Cup playoffs, PGA
Championship, Ryder Cup, and World Golf Championships.
The
only real question is will Tiger Woods eye the Gold Medal as he does the Majors
or is it just another event. Either way it should make for an interesting
next 6 years as we watch companies battle for marketing, players battle for
positioning, and the world battle for creating their own version of Tiger Woods.
GolfTournamentsIn.com's First Featured Champion to play in Las Vegas
Friday, August 28, 2009
GolfTournamentsIn.com's first Featured Champion Bruce Rawlings and teammate are headed to Las Vegas for ESPN's National Golf Challenge finals which will be hosted on October 23rd and 24th. Bruce led his team to victory in ESPN's National Golf Challenge Regional Qualifier golf tournament at the Hills of Lakeway in Austin Texas back on August 16th.
The ESPN National Golf Challenge will be played at Vegas' Pauite Golf Club and Resort. It consist of 54-holes designed by Pete Dye and iall three courses are rated 4 1/2 stars by Golf Digest. The tournament is a 2-player best ball (or lowball) event and is in search of 2009's best twosome.
GolfTournamentsIn.com would like to wish Bruce and his partner the best of luck as they will be taking on not only all of the other qualifiers, but the longest golf course in Vegas in Pauite's Wolf Course which stretches over 7,600 yards. If you would like to become our Featured Champion, become a FREE member of GolfTournamentsIn.com and send us your story on how you won a tournament or helped your team to victory. Send stories to customerservice@golftournamentsin.com.
Bruce Rawlings is crowned First Featured Champion
Sunday, August 23, 2009
GolfTournamentsIn.com is proud to crown Bruce Rawlings as our first Featured Champion. Bruce led his team to victory in ESPN's National Golf Challenge Regional Qualifier golf tournament at the Hills of Lakeway in Austin Texas back on August 16th.. His 3 birdies, steady play, and clutch putting down the stretch, especially the 6 footer for par on the last hole, allowed his team to win the event in a scorecard playoff and move on to the national tournament in October. The event is a 2-person best ball or low ball event and his team shot an 8 under par 64 to move on where they will play the nationals in Las Vegas to see who will be crowned America's best twosome.
Bruce's Wilson Staff bag contains: Taylor Made R7 Driver, Callaway Big Bertha Warbirds, Trident RD & Perfect Club hybrids, Wilson Fatshaft Irons, Adams Wedges, Odyssey Whitehot putter, and Callaway's Tour xi golf balls.
For being our featured champion, Bruce has received a cash prize of $100, Adidas shirt & hat, and a round of golf to Horseshoe Bay Resort and now qualifies to become our Annual Champion of GolfTournamentsIn.com and win $5,000.00.
To become a featured champion you must:
- Become a member of GolfTournamentsIn.com...it's FREE
- Submit your story on how you won or helped your team to victory in an event.
- Winners will be randomly selected.
GolfTournamentsIn.com partners with Athletic Attractor Enterprises
Thursday, August 13, 2009
GolfTournamentsIn.com has partnered with Athletic Attractor Enterprises and William Oliver to provide his "Master the Mental Game of Golf" book for FREE to new members as well as a discount off of his Golf Attractor program. William Oliver is North America's next big peak performance coach and his Golf Attractor's program focuses on the inner game of golf and the science of lowering your handicap.
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GolfTournamentsIn.com Launches Searchable Golf Event Database
Saturday, July 04, 2009
GolfTournamentsIn.com LLC (GTI) launched GolfTournamentsIn.com, a website designed to be the ultimate solution for golfers to find golf tournaments and other golf related events to play in.
The site was created to revolutionize the way the golf industry promotes events. After years of traditional advertising methods such as flyers, newspaper ads, word of mouth, and radio, GolfTournamentsIn.com is coming with a fresh breakthrough concept that is bringing golf event promotion into the internet age.
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Blake Baumann went on to add, “the website was designed to not only help golfers out but also help golf courses increase rounds of golf, tournament play, and revenues. The industry is hurting and according to the National Golf Foundation over 100 golf courses closed last year and another 60 more thus far this year, so golf courses have to reach out and attract play from outside their local market if they want to keep doors open. This is a very cost effective solution to do that and our unique conversion process will insure that courses get a major return on investment.”
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