Archive for the ‘golf’ Category
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Waterford crystal, good eats and golf
So…is it hard to clean greasy buffalo wing sauce off of Waterford crystal? It’s a question the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship promoters may find the answer to while they’re schlepping the tournament trophy through eight of Baltimore’s finest restaurants this week.
The Sam Snead Trophy, named for the player with the most wins in PGA [...] -
Tiger Woods misses cut — and so does Nike
Well, the cut Nike’s missing out on is the cash from sales boosts the company was expecting to see after dressing Tiger Woods in the trendiest of Nike golf gear this weekend.
Last week I wrote a post about how apparel companies actually have clothing scripts for some of their top golfers. The idea is, they [...] -
CEG Senior Players Championship fund raising taking a different tack this year
This week, the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship announced its “Tickets Fore Charity” campaign in which local charities can sell tickets and keep 75 percent of the proceeds while the remaining 25 percent goes to the tournament’s local charitable donation.
It’s an age-old practice (selling Girl Scout cookies as a kid comes to mind), but the [...] -
Golfing fashionistas
I’m probably the last person who needs to be told sporting events today are about WAY more than what’s happening on the field.
I never thought I would see this phrase in an article about Tiger Woods and other top golfers: “…he will undoubtedly wear white pants and a blue shirt with a white piping stripe, [...] -
Women’s golf comes to Baltimore
I bet you didn’t know that some of the top women golfers in the country have made their way to the Baltimore area for the NCAA D1 Women’s Golf Championships. The event kicks off tomorrow at renowned Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills.
I spent part of the day yesterday at the course scoping out [...] -
Bulle Rock and Caves receive nod
Golf World, one of the country’s most prominent golf newsweeklies, released its first annual Readers’ Choice Awards.
Awards were given to the top 50 public, private and resort courses in the country based on criteria such as the quality of the course, condition, reputation/prestige, service and caddie program.
Two Maryland courses made the lists—and they’re not Congressional [...] -
Constellation Energy round-up
Competition abounded last week and weekend at the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship — and it wasn’t just on the golf course.
Tournament director Steve Schoenfeld said ticket sales were down about 2 to 3 percent this year compared to 2007, but said the number of people who came during the four days actually seemed like [...] -
Who’s the big winner at Constellation’s Senior Players Championship?
The golf pros are vying for a $390,000 grand prize. Local charities hope to benefit to the tune of $100,000 each. Corporations and businesses are shelling out anywhere from $850 to $82,000 to catch the eye of thousands of spectators.
But arguably the biggest winner of the Constellation Energy Senior Players Tournament — financially anyway — [...] -
Multimedia: What’s an AT&T National without Tiger?
The PGA Tour’s AT&T National returned to Congressional Country Club in Potomac, Md. this week. Tiger Woods, the host of the tournament, had surgery on his knee two weeks ago and won’t be there this week.
Multimedia Reporter Richard Simon scoped out the course to see what kind of impact Tiger’s absence will have on the [...] -
Baltimore golf course receives high honor
Public courses in Baltimore and “best of” lists typically don’t match.
Well, that changed last week when Mount Pleasant was ranked 12th in Golfweek magazine’s listing of the top 30 municipal courses in the country.
It’s a pretty impressive honor considering the other courses on the list — Bethpage (Black), Torrey Pines (South), Indian Wells and TPC [...]