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Australian golf to adopt US handicap system

Australian golf to adopt US handicap system

AUSTRALIA has officially moved to adopt the US golf handicap system. The move was expected following the recent announcement of the adoption of the USGA Scratch Course Rating System, with which it largely goes hand in hand. The Board of Golf Australia says it has resolved to open discussions with the United States Golf Association [...]

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Jackson wins Cobram-Barooga Senior playoff

Jackson wins Cobram-Barooga Senior playoff

VICTORIAN Michael Jackson has birdied the first playoff hole to down Ross Percy in a tight finish to the 2009 Cobram-Barooga Senior Open Championship. Both players recorded final rounds of 75 for 54 hole totals of 225 in the Australian Senior Order of Merit amateur event. Jackson had also won this event in 2006 and [...]

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Sean O’Hair: great golfer, lousy speller

Sean O’Hair: great golfer, lousy speller

SOMETIMES big time golf these days can start sounding a bit like an episode of the Oprah Winfrey show. You can just see a guest on Oprah’s couch confiding: “The key word for me this year is acceptance.” But this isn’t the personal development movement we’re talking about here, it’s the US PGA Tour. Sean [...]

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Wayne Grady wins 2009 SA Seniors Championship

Wayne Grady wins 2009 SA Seniors Championship

WAYNE GRADY has won the inaugural South Australian PGA Seniors Championship at Adelaide Shores Golf Club on the first play off hole after a final round 68. Grady beat South Australian Garry Merrick in the play off after both golfers finished four below par after 36 holes. Third was Victoria’s David Good on three under. [...]

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What’s On This Week

US PGA Tour
May 17-20 HP Byron Nelson Championship, TPC Four Seasons Resort, Irving, Texas, $6,500,000. Last year's winner: Keegan Bradley
US PGA Nationwide Tour
May 17-20 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation, Thornblade Club, Greer, South Carolina, Greenville Country Club, Greenville, South Carolina, The Carolina Country Club, Spartanburg, South Carolina, $600,000. Last year's winner: Garth Mulroy
European PGA Tour
May 17-20 Volvo World Match Play Championship, Finca Cortesin, Casares, Andalucía, Spain, €2,750,000. Last year's winner: Ian Poulter
OneAsia Tour
May 17-20 SK Telecom Open, Pinx GC, Korea, $785,000. Last year's winner: Kurt Barnes
US LPGA Tour
May 17-20 Sybase Match Play Championship, Gladstone, NJ, $1,500,000. Last year's winner: Suzann Pettersen
PGA of Australia Pro-Ams
May 16-17 Port Macquarie Better Homes Pro-Am, Port Macquarie Golf Club, NSW/ ACT, $20,000
May 16-17 Blackwater Mine Workers Pro-Am, Blackwater Golf Club, QLD, $25,000
May 16 Yanchep Golf Estate Sun City Pro-Am 2012, Sun City Country Club, WA/NT, $10,000
May 17 2012 Schweppes Pro-Am at Maylands Peninsula Golf Course, Maylands Peninsula Public Golf Course, WA/NT, $10,000
May 18 Melville Glades Pro-Am, Melville Glades Golf Club, WA/NT, $10,000
May 19-20 Wauchope BDM Constructions & Wauchope Real Estate Pro-Am, Wauchope Country Club, NSW/ ACT, $17,500
May 19-20 Valley Longwall International Conveyor Division Emerald Pro-Am, Emerald Golf Club, QLD, $25,000
May 21 Alcoa Pinjarra Golf Club Centenary Pro-Am, Pinjarra Golf Club, WA/NT, $10,000
May 21 Runge Mining Towns Ladies Masters, Tieri Golf Club, QLD
May 22 Kennedy Bay Pro-Am, The Links Kennedy Bay, WA/NT, $10,000

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