OUTRIGHTS:
Fred Couples(80/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4-5-6) e.w. @ GolfingGods
Steve Elkington(200/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4-5-6) e.w. @ Golfing Gods
Paul McGinley(80/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4-5-6) e.w. @ GolfingGods
Links:
In memoriam: Dick Harmon
Butch Harmon Tour Watch
Aside: Probably busy schedules between Houston and L.A. on Monday to Wednesday
Miscellaneous:
Tiger Woods will try to break an unwanted streak . . . This will be his ninth attempt to win the tournament, the only PGA Tour event he has played more than three times as a pro without a victory . . . Colin Montgomerie and David Howell, who had committed to play, decided to withdraw before the deadline . . . Fred Couples and Mark Calcavecchia took their places . . . Former Nissan Open champions in the field include Scott, Els, Couples, Calcavecchia, Mike Weir, Len Mattiace, Robert Allenby, Kirk Triplett, Billy Mayfair and Corey Pavin . . . Duffy Waldorf, Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood, Bill Haas, Daisuke Maruyama, Angel Cabrera, Paul McGinley and Briny Baird received sponsor's exemptions. ~ L.A. Times
What (Tiger) Woods wanted to talk about Friday (02.10.11) was education and why he donated $5 million and raised an additional $20 million to build the Tiger Woods Learning Center in a low-income neighborhood of Anaheim, next to the golf course where the Orange County native learned the game. . . . "Everyone knows how much I love golf and love to compete, but this is bigger than golf because we're able to shape lives," Woods said at the dedication ceremony attended by former President Clinton, California First Lady Maria Shriver and a host of local political and community leaders . . . "Today is more gratifying than any of the wins I've had this year. Golf is what allowed me to do something like this." . . . Classes began last month at the 14-acre learning center, located next to the city-operated Dad Miller Golf Course on land donated by the county. Open after school to fourth through 12th-grade students, the 35,000-square-foot facility has a forensics classroom (a request from student "CSI" fans) and a recording studio, as well as 2,000 computers and an airy, sun-filled foyer. Not a clunky desk in sight . . . Woods said he decided to build the center shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The American Express Championship tournament in St. Louis had been called off, airline flights were canceled and Woods had two days on the road to think while driving to his home in Florida . . . "I was reflecting on my life and I thought we weren't doing enough," he said, referring to the Tiger Woods Foundation, which he and his father, Earl, founded in 1996. At the time, they were sponsoring golf clinics throughout the country for underprivileged kids . . . "Hitting golf shots, and being a circus that comes through one week and gone the next wasn't giving kids something they could touch and call their own," he said. "I thought, 'We need to build a learning center, not to develop golf shots but to develop minds, to teach kids how to build a career and chase a dream.' " ~ L.A. Times
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Fred Couples(80/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4-5-6) e.w. @ GolfingGods
Steve Elkington(200/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4-5-6) e.w. @ Golfing Gods
Paul McGinley(80/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4-5-6) e.w. @ GolfingGods
Links:
In memoriam: Dick Harmon
Butch Harmon Tour Watch
Aside: Probably busy schedules between Houston and L.A. on Monday to Wednesday
Miscellaneous:
Tiger Woods will try to break an unwanted streak . . . This will be his ninth attempt to win the tournament, the only PGA Tour event he has played more than three times as a pro without a victory . . . Colin Montgomerie and David Howell, who had committed to play, decided to withdraw before the deadline . . . Fred Couples and Mark Calcavecchia took their places . . . Former Nissan Open champions in the field include Scott, Els, Couples, Calcavecchia, Mike Weir, Len Mattiace, Robert Allenby, Kirk Triplett, Billy Mayfair and Corey Pavin . . . Duffy Waldorf, Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood, Bill Haas, Daisuke Maruyama, Angel Cabrera, Paul McGinley and Briny Baird received sponsor's exemptions. ~ L.A. Times
What (Tiger) Woods wanted to talk about Friday (02.10.11) was education and why he donated $5 million and raised an additional $20 million to build the Tiger Woods Learning Center in a low-income neighborhood of Anaheim, next to the golf course where the Orange County native learned the game. . . . "Everyone knows how much I love golf and love to compete, but this is bigger than golf because we're able to shape lives," Woods said at the dedication ceremony attended by former President Clinton, California First Lady Maria Shriver and a host of local political and community leaders . . . "Today is more gratifying than any of the wins I've had this year. Golf is what allowed me to do something like this." . . . Classes began last month at the 14-acre learning center, located next to the city-operated Dad Miller Golf Course on land donated by the county. Open after school to fourth through 12th-grade students, the 35,000-square-foot facility has a forensics classroom (a request from student "CSI" fans) and a recording studio, as well as 2,000 computers and an airy, sun-filled foyer. Not a clunky desk in sight . . . Woods said he decided to build the center shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The American Express Championship tournament in St. Louis had been called off, airline flights were canceled and Woods had two days on the road to think while driving to his home in Florida . . . "I was reflecting on my life and I thought we weren't doing enough," he said, referring to the Tiger Woods Foundation, which he and his father, Earl, founded in 1996. At the time, they were sponsoring golf clinics throughout the country for underprivileged kids . . . "Hitting golf shots, and being a circus that comes through one week and gone the next wasn't giving kids something they could touch and call their own," he said. "I thought, 'We need to build a learning center, not to develop golf shots but to develop minds, to teach kids how to build a career and chase a dream.' " ~ L.A. Times
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