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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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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
Congrats to Danny King of Milton Ontario as he advances to the second stage of Q- School qualifying after posting a 4 under 284 at the CypressWood GC in Spring TX. After opening with a shaky round of 73 and and a presumably not so fun 76, he finished strong with rounds of 68 and 67 to finish tied for tenth.
Dave Schultz, Fargo, ND was medallist at -12 276.
Twenty six spots were awarded with even par being the number for the last players to advance.
Heading into the weekend play for the Ginn sur Mer Classic, a number of players are in position to possibly “save their year”, and gain coveted exempt status for the 2008 season.
The Leaders Bob Estes, and Tommy Armour don’t have too much to worry about, with Estes at #118 and Armour at #113, but Steve Lowery and Michael Sim, both currently tied for fourth on the leader board and #148 and #177 respectively on the money list, would both dearly love a high finish, if not the victory (of course).
There are around thirty players within ten strokes of the lead, …read more
Congratulations to Mike Weir for winning the Frys’ Electronics Open, after he shot a 2-under 68 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Australia’s Mark Hensby.
It’s great to see Mike back on his game, and hopefully his success will continue in 2008.
It was Mike’s first victory since he won the 2004 Nissan Open.
He finished at 14-under 266 for his eighth PGA TOUR victory, which ties him with George Knudson for most PGA tour victories by a Canadian.
The victory was worth $900,000 and moves him to 33rd on the 2007 PGA tour money list.
Carl Pettersson, who led after three rounds, and …read more
I was just cyber-visiting one of the golf forums, where a very important (in the micro-world of the “recreational golf universe”) was raised :
The question was posed :
“What is the etiquette on relieving yourself on the course when playing in a
mixed foursome? With people you know, its obviously no problem. But today,
playing as a single, I was hooked up with a married couple and the situation
arose. I managed to hold out for a porta-potty this time, but what if next time I’m not so lucky?”
Mike Pedersen wrote an article last month about the Top 5 Reasons Golfers Don’t Improve and he listed some good reasons why the average golfer is not improving.
As I wrote in my comment on Mike’s site :
The “lack of improvement statistic” story, seems to have been around forever, and while it may in fact be true, there’s a saying about statistics can be interpreted any way you want, or some such variation.
IMO, the statistic would be more meaningful if it was applied to only those golfers who were actually TRYING to improve their games. “
.. they have a problem”
That phrase was uttered to me many years ago, by the head pro at the club I was working at.
Even though the club was private, they did have a limited number of “outside/company” tournaments each year, to generate revenue.
I was working in the pro-shop during one of those tournaments, when one of the players walked into the shop to check in and he requested a golf cart.
After a disapointing year that included 6 missed cuts, tour rookie George McNiell won his first P.G.A. tour event, Sunday, at the Frys.com open.
The 32 year old 2007 Q-school medalist, fired a solid final round 67, with only one bogey, that coming on the last hole which he was playing with a 5 stroke lead.
Mike Weir finished tied for tenth after a final round 2 under 70, a round that included 5 birdies, but unfortunately also 3 bogeys. While Mike was undoubtedly not pleased with the bogeys, he probably was not nearly as annoyed as Kent Jones who also tied …read more
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