Sentences with phrase «of young golfers»
Nationally, golf has risen dramatically in popularity among young people, following the successes of young golfers such as Tiger Woods and David Duval.
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Julie Gumlia, 14, of Crookston, Minn., became the youngest golfer ever to win the state women's match - play championship when she beat Barbara Kuhlman of Alexandria 1 up at the North Oaks Golf Club in St. Paul.
Bob Willits and Ray Watson, who was known as Ramey then, were scratch golfers in their younger days, Willits having been Missouri Amateur champion in 1947 and Watson having reached the fourth round of the National Amateur in 1950.
Fowler's one of the world's great young golfers, and he'll be on the major scene for a long while to come.
«Competing at a high level in an individual sport is extremely tough,» says Sandra Haynie, the LPGA Hall of Fame golfer who shared a house in Dallas with Martina from 1976 to 1978 and who is often credited with having been the first stablizing influence in her young friend's then helter - skelter life.
27 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to play in a PGA Tour event in 35 years when he tees off at the Los Angeles Open at the age of 16 years, two months.
Russell Taylor, 13 - year - old golfer from Roxboro, N.C., took on field of 283 other young golfers from 10 states in Donald J. Ross Junior Championship at Pinehurst, N.C., beat them with 18 - hole total of 73.
The 2017 PGA Championship will give the young golfer the opportunity to add another major title to his trophy cabinet, completing a sweep of the game's four most prestigious events.
Watching his Del Oro team and the Sac - Joaquin Section's top young golfers develop through his four years on the high school scene, Smotherman enjoyed his CIF Boys Golf Tournament individual championship with plenty of company from near and far in Northern California.
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Many young golfers, often pushed by their parents, are specializing in golf in hopes of becoming the next Jordan Spieth or Rory McIlroy.
Should he win the PGA, Spieth would beat Rory McIlroy, whose most recent of four major wins came at the 2014 PGA, to the grand slam and overtake Tiger Woods as the youngest golfer to own all four major titles.
At one of golf's most important events of the year — played without its biggest superstar in a sport struggling to attract younger audiences — the turf is getting as much media attention as the golfers.
As kids often choose a preferred group of players to cheer for on the football field, baseball diamond, or basketball court, young golfers have only individuals to follow and root for on the professional tours.
The former world No. 1 (and the youngest golfer ever to ascend to the top of the rankings), however, believes any setbacks she suffered over the past 12 months will yield valuable lessons.
An exceptionally strong core of young American golfers asserted its dominance over the sport in emphatic style in 2017.
Pak was as much an inspiration to Inbee Park (and an even younger generation of Korean golfers who crowd the top of most LPGA leaderboards) as Woods was to Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and today's PGA Tour stars.
Lydia Ko finished six shots behind CME Group Tour Championship winner Cristie Kerr in the LPGA Tour's season finale on Sunday, but the 18 - year - old world No. 1 became the youngest golfer in history to win Player of the Year honors.
I am a golfer, and a dinner provider of pretty and petite young ladies.
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It follows a young golfer who wishes to become a pro, and has to slowly progress through the ranks to reach the pinnacle of golfing success.
Gameplay mechanics have gotten a couple new tweaks for a new generation of young and experienced golfers alike.
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