Brian Gay carded a 67 at the Verizon Heritage Classic in Hilton Head on Saturday to lead the tournament by three strokes going into the final round. But how much do you really know about this 37-year-old Tour veteran?
Here are a few facts about Brian Gay:
* Gay turned pro in 1994
* He has one PGA win, at the 2008 Mayakoba Golf Classic in Cancun
* Gay was born in Ft. Worth, Texas
* He attended the University of Florida
* His father was a scratch golfer and played for the All-Army team

The b5media Sports Channel is talking about their favorite players and teams this week, so it’s a good time to tell you about my favorite golfer. I grew up on Columbus during a time when the city’s favorite sons including that generation’s version of Tiger Woods–Jack Nicklaus. There’s no denying the “Golden Bear” was a super star and an exciting golf to watch, but Columbus and Ohio State yielded another stellar golfer in the 1960s and 1970s–Tom Weiskopf.
Weiskopf, a native of Massillion Ohio, turned pro in 1964 and went on to win 28 tournaments. The most notable was the …read more

Michelle Wie may be having trouble over at the LPGA Tour. She was disqualified in last week’s State Farm Classic and without a top-three finish in August’s CN Canadian Women’s Open, she is likely heading back to qualifying school. However, none of that is stopping the 18-year-old from testing her skills against the gentlemen of the PGA Tour–again.
Wie has secured a sponsor’s exemption to for the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open in Reno, beginning July 31. That’s the same week as the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, where most of the top players will be competing. This is the 8th time that …read more

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Today, July 14, is Bastille Day, the French Independence Day. In honor of this occasion, here’s a look at the top French golfers:
Thomas Levet. The top-ranked French golfer (pictured above) is #107 in the world rankings. A native of Paris, Levet became the first Frenchman to play the PGA Tour when he earned a spot in 1994. A 10-year pro, he was on the 2004 Ryder Cup team and won the 1998 Cannes Open as well as the 2008 Open de Andulasia.
Gregory Bourdy. Ranked #117 in the world, Bourdy is …read more

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It’s the kind of “Cinderella” story that golfing fans love. Inbee Park, a native of South Korea, took up the game of golf when she saw her fellow Korean, Se Ri Pak win the US Women’s Open in 1998. Ten years later, Park wins the same tournament, making her (at 19) the youngest player to ever win the US Women’s Open. What’s more: it’s her first professional win. Her best finish previously was 9th in the 2008 Kraft Nabisco Classic.
Inbee Park now resides in Las Vegas. She attended both …read more

If you’re like me, you’ve been vaguely aware of Rocco Mediate for years, but never really knew much about him…until this week. Now that he’s in a playoff for the 2008 US Open Championship with Tiger Woods, all eyes are on him. But who is this veteran player that’s challenging the best in the world? Here are a few facts about Rocco:

He’s 45 years old. (If he wins the US Open, he will be the oldest player to have ever won the tournament.)
Prior to this week, his best finish in the US Open was fourth in 2001.
He was nine …read more

Behind most every golf champion is a mother watching stoically from the stands. In the spirit of Mother’s Day, here are the mothers of some of golf’s most prominent players.
Kultida Woods (mother of Tiger Woods)
Marcella Ochoa (mother of Lorena Ochoa)
Mary Mickelson (mother of Phil Mickelson)
Bo Wie (mother of Michelle Wie)
Happy Mother’s Day to all “Green Posse” readers.
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John Daly just can’t seem to stay out of the news these days…and for all of the wrong reasons. The 42-year-old golfer has been struggling this year with health problems, rumors of a drinking problem, and members of his team abandonning ship. The latest bad press involves his doing an interview with a TV station in Branson, Missouri, where he is consulting on a golf course construction site. He appears on camera sans shirt and shoes–not a good look, John. You can’t help but compare that video to the picture of the wide-eyed rookie who won the PGA Championship …read more

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The PGA golfers are in Irving, Texas this weekend competing in the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, a part of the PGA circuit since 1944. But who is Byron Nelson, for whom the tournament is named? Simply, the best golfer of his era.
Bryon Nelson played the PGA Tour from 1935 to 1946, before retiring from the game to be a rancher and part time golf announcer. In his relatively short career, he won had 52 PGA wins and five wins in major championships–two at the Masters, one at the …read more

Former PGA Tour member, Bobby Nichols died Sunday at age 66 of cancer. Nichols played on the tour from 1970 to 1973. A native of Tennessee, he then spent the rest of his career as a coach at Tennesse Tech. Nichols also designed and owned Ironwood Golf Course, near Cookeville, Tennessee