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On Thursday, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital received a $1.76 million check from the inaugural Stanford St. Jude Championship that was played in June.
The check was delivered by Vijay Singh and executives from Stanford Financial Group and FedEx. The donation was bolstered by Stanford’s Eagles for St. Jude program in which $1,000 is donated for every eagle carded on the PGA Tour.
Singh, who is the ambassador of the program made a personal contribution of $50K on Thursday and announced he will contribute $5K for every eagle he makes in 2008.
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Congrats to Oshawa Ontario native Jon Mills for a great year on the Nationwide tour, where he finished 4th on the money list and won his 2008 tour card by finishing in the top 25.
He finished the year with one victory, and pocketed a nifty $366K for the year.
It will be the second trip to the “big show” for Jon, who played the 2006 season, but finished a disappointing 227th on the money list.

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The PGA Tour announced on Monday that Justin Timberlake will serve as host of the Las Vegas PGA Tour event in 2008.
The Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open will take place October 13-19, 2008. Timberlake, who plays to a 6-handicap, will take part in the Wednesday celebrity pro-am and host a concert during the week of the tournament as well.
“We will raise money for charity while participating in the greatest game ever played,” Timberlake told the press. “I thank the PGA Tour and the Shriners Hospitals for Children this amazing opportunity. Raising money …read more

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The LPGA Tour season ends this week with the four-day ADT Championship. Thirty-two golfers have qualified for the event. They will now compete for a $1.55 million purse with $1 million of it going to the winner. The $1 million prize is a record-tying amount for first-place on the LPGA Tour.
The ADT Championship is held at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. The 2006 ADT Champion was Julieta Granada, who beat Lorena Ochoa by two strokes.
The 32 players will compete in three days (November 15-17, 2007) of “playoffs” and then a …read more

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For the second year in a row, Lorena Ochoa received the National Sports Award in her native country of Mexico for her work in promoting the sport of golf, as well as for her charity work through the Lorena Ochoa Foundation.
This is the third time that Ocho received the award, which is presented annually by the president of Mexico. In 2001, she was the first golfer to receive the honor.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa honored Ochoa after the final round of the 2007 Corona Championship, soon after she was named the number one player in the world on the …read more

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From the Vancouver Sun
“During the question-and-answer period after a rousing speech to Callaway
equipment representatives a couple of days after the Presidents Cup, Gary
Player was asked about Canadian golfers he had known — about the legendary Moe Norman and George Knudson.
The context was, of course, Mike Weir’s place among them in the ranks of the greatest Canadians ever to pick up a golf club.
Player wasn’t having any of the Moe Norman argument.
“Yes, he could hit a ball perfectly straight … on a practice range,” Player said of golf’s Rain Man, over breakfast at Club de Golf Le Fontainebleau …read more

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Last week I congratulated Danny King for advancing to the second stage of Q-School.
At the time, I thought he was the only Canadian to advance, but I see that 6 more Canadians actually advanced.
I guess I just missed seeing Lee Curry, Adam Speirs and Dustin Risdon but James Love (Calgary, AB) was listed as being from Denver CO, and Graham DeLaet(Weyburn, SK) from Boise, ID.
In addition to the list posted on the scoregolf site, 9 other Canadians, also advanced during the second week of the first stage.
So here are the results for all …read more

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