Meg Mallon
, an 18-time winner on the LPGA
who represented the United States as a player
in the Solheim Cup on eight different occasions
and as assistant captain once, has been select-
ed to captain the 2013 U.S. team.
The match against the top European players
will be played Aug. 13-18 at Colorado Golf Club
in Parker, Colo.
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The second season of Golf Channel’s
Feherty
will premiere Feb. 27. The show will expand to
an hour and moves to a new night, shifting to
the 10 p.m. (EST) Monday timeslot.
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Bill Kubly
, golf course builder and CEO of
Landscapes Unlimited, has been selected by
the American Society of Golf Course Architects
as the 2012 Donald Ross Award recipient.
Taiheiyo Club, the Japanese golf course op-
erator that once owned Pebble Beach Resorts
in the U.S., has filed for bankruptcy.
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Tim Tebow
was forced to withdraw from the
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am due to
injuries sustained in the Denver Broncos’ loss
to the New England Patriots in the NFL playoffs
three weeks ago, according to the
Monterey
Herald
.
The Canadian Tour announced last week it
will host a tour event in Chicago Sept. 13-16 at
the Royal Country Club of Long Grove (formerly
Hillcrest CC).
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Barbara Douglas
, who in 2009 became the
first minority chairman of the USGA Women’s A
Rory McIlroy: 21st
Luke Donald: 11th Tiger Woods: 12th
Eight golfers, topped by world No. 1
Luke Donald
of England, were ranked
among the most powerful athletes, by
the Bloomberg
Businessweek
/Horrow
Sports Ventures 2012 Power 100
ranking announced Wednesday. The
sports power rankings factored in on-
field metrics, total earnings and social
media presence, plus their name and
face awareness, appeal, influence and
trustworthiness results from a poll. The
ranking comprises only professional
athletes playing in the United States.
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