All indications are that 16-year-old Alexis Thompson will be
granted membership on the LPGA Tour in 2012 following her
historic victory two weeks ago at the Navistar LPGA Classic.
Commissioner Michael Whan is expected to review her
petition for membership this week when he returns from the
Solheim Cup. The LPGA requires members to be 18 years old.
There have been exceptions, but they all involved 17-year-olds.
Last week, Thompson withdrew from the second stage of
LPGA Qualifying School. She won the first stage by 10 strokes.
“I am optimistic we will reach a mutually acceptable reso-
lution,” Bobby Kreusler, Thompson’s agent for Blue Giraffe
Sports, said.
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to create perfect pairings for 12 guys on
their annual “Golf in the Desert” trip to Scottsdale? They all want
to play with each
the competition will include 4-ball, 2-ball and singles
other at least once over the three-day event, even though
matches, net and gross, and, of course, a daily Skins game for good measure.
After every round they all want to know how they stand and how their team
stands–in that order–so you’ll need a Leaderboard to keep up with each of the
spontaneous side plays that came up last night.
John Daly walked off the course in the sec-
ond round of the Austrian Open after a dispute
over a ball drop and two-shot penalty.
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for the Scottish Open following Barclays deci-
sion not to renew its sponsorship.
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matches, the individual and team standings, the winnings and all the
Pros Inc., a management firm started by golf
industry veteran execs Buddy Marucci, Vinny
Giles and Giff Breed, has signed Ernie Els for
representation, Marucci confirmed Friday.
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Former PGA Championship winner David
Toms, whose foundation helped raise more than
$1.5 million for Hurricane Katrina relief, was
awarded the Payne Stewart Award on Tuesday.
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Then, once the last match is in, everyone will want a copy of this year’s group
photo, plus the random shots the beverage cart girl took
of the really big tippers. All collected in a Trip Book that will help everyone
remember everything. Well, almost everything.
Dolores Hope, widow of Bob Hope, died last
Monday of natural causes at her home in Los
Angeles. She was 102. She and her husband,
who died July 27, 2003 at age 100, hosted the
PGA Tour’s Bob Hope Classic – now the
Humana Challenge, for 47 years.
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Alistair Low began his year of office as the
Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of
St Andrews with the traditional driving-in
ceremony on the first tee of the Old Course.
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The Senior Open Championship presented
by Rolex will be held in Wales for the first time
in 2014 when it is played at Royal Porthcawl.
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