08. Opt imism Runs High Over Early Openings For Nort hern Albert a Golf Courses
10. Tiger Woods Was Driving Almost Twice The Speed Limit Before Car Crash, L.A. Sheriff Says
34. Longt ime Albert a Golf Volunt eer Passes Away At 88
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Corey'sAce & Collin'sCuriosity During round 3 of the just completed Masters, Canada'sCorey Connersmade just the 6th hole-in-one on Augusta's 6th in Mastershistory. Conners' tee shot landed a little short of the flag and rolled into the hole. Obviously, playing partner Collin Morikawa wasvery intrigued by which club Connersused (it was an 8-iron) asyou see him peer into Conners' bag on the right. INSIDE GOLF
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Opt imism Runs High Over Early Openings For Nort hern Albert a Golf Courses
If you live in the Edmonton area, or anywhere north of the capital city in Alberta, then your 2021 golf season most likely falls into one of three categories at this time of year: 1) It?s already started and then stopped; 2) It?s close to starting, or; 3) It?s not going to start for a few more weeks. INSIDE GOLF
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Tiger Woods Was Driving Almost Twice The Speed Limit Before Car Crash, L.A. Sheriff Says
Tiger Woods was going nearly 90 mph ? twice the posted speed limit ? on a downhill stretch of road when he lost control of an SUV outside Los Angeles and crashed in an wreck that left the golf superstar seriously injured, authorities said. INSIDE GOLF
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Mackenzie Tour Says Cancellat ion Of Canadian Open Won?t Impact Tour For the second consecutive year, the RBC Canadian Open was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Mackenzie Tour ? otherwise known as the Canadian tour ? announced the cancellation will not impact their 2021 tour season.
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Maulana Dot ch Becomes First Black Woman PGA Member To Serve As A General Manager Of A Golf Facilit y Maulana Dotch, PGA was named General Manager at Hermann Park Golf Course in Houston, becoming the first African-American woman PGA Member to serve as a General Manager of a golf facility. INSIDE GOLF
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An Invit at ion To Canadians: GOLF IS CALLING Canadians needing a social outlet and a sense of recreational normalcy during the uncertainty of the pandemic in 2020 turned to golf in a major way. Now Golf Canada, with the support of industry partners, will build on the excitement, increased interest, and elevated levels of play with a national golfer retention campaign to welcome new and returning players back to the golf course in 2021. INSIDE GOLF
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PGA TOUR W ill Play Third Event In Sout h Carolina To Replace Cancelled RBC Canadian Open The PGA TOUR is returning to South Carolina for a third time this year, adding an event in the Palmetto State for June to take the spot of the cancelled RBC Canadian Open. INSIDE GOLF
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After reasonably decent weather, at least by Alberta standards, it appears, so far at least, that Mother Nature is in a giving mood as temperatures have warmed quickly. As such, a few courses in the southern part of the province have opened their doors, or are looking at doing so in the near future. INSIDE GOLF
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RBC PGA Scramble Announces 2021 Regional Final Host Locat ions & Program Updat es & Highlight s The PGA of Canada is pleased to announce that some of Canada?s top venues have been secured as host sites for the 2021 RBC PGA Scramble Regional Finals. INSIDE GOLF
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W hat Does It Mean To Be A Woman Working In Golf?
To celebrate International Women?s Day, The R&A asked women working in golf to talk about their work and why having more women in the industry is essential for the future success of the sport. INSIDE GOLF
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World Champions Cup Set To Debut In 2022 A unique and exciting new professional golf competition is ready to take the world stage, as sports media and marketing firm Intersport announced the creation of the World Champions Cup, scheduled to debut in the fall of 2022. INSIDE GOLF
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Bridgest one Golf Int roduces TOUR B XS Yellow In Response To Player Demand Bridgestone Golf announced the release of the new Bridgestone TOUR B XS in yellow. Featuring all the same advanced performance features and innovative technologies as the standard TOUR B XS, which was designed with help of Tiger Woods, the new yellow version is a direct result of consumer demand. INSIDE GOLF
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Acushnet Commit s To Women?s Chart er Acushnet, the parent company of global golf brands Titleist and FootJoy, has demonstrated its commitment to creating a more inclusive culture within golf by becoming a signatory of The R&A?s Women in Golf Charter. INSIDE GOLF
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Det roit ?s PGA TOUR St op To Host Event To Creat e Pat h For Black Golfers The Rocket Mortgage Classic made its debut on the PGA TOUR in 2019 and won the inaugural ?Fair Way Award? for diversity and inclusion by leaning on minority-owned vendors at Detroit Golf Club and having a volunteer base that reflected the community. Turns out that was just the start. INSIDE GOLF
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Longt ime Albert a Golf Volunt eer Passes Away At 88 Alberta Golf has lost one of its most dedicated volunteers. Jack Brooks, who was an integral part of the volunteer corps with the provincial association passed away on April 7 at the age of 88. Former colleague Dunc Mills spoke of the time and effort Brooks put into his many roles... INSIDE GOLF
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Cobra Golf Launches New Version Of It s Popular T-Rail Irons Ut ilizing All New Baffler Hollow Split Rails Cobra Golf® unveiled the next generation of COBRA T-RAIL (Transition Rail) irons, a full hollow set that utilizes a unique hybrid-iron shape and advanced Baffler Rail technologies to create the optimal blend of distance and extreme forgiveness to take the super game-improvement category to the next level. INSIDE GOLF
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The Top 10 Reasons Kids Should Play Golf
The game of golf is growing rapidly and Junior Golf is exploding. Thanks in part to programs like PGA Junior League Golf, Drive, Chip and Putt and PGA Junior Golf Camps, more families and youth than ever are discovering why golf is the game of a lifetime. Now you can, too! Here is a list of the ?Top 10 Reasons Kids Should Play Golf! INSIDE GOLF
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Heat ed St alls W ill Mean No Need For Mit t s & Parkas At Canada Golf Card Driving Range A sure sign of spring in Edmonton is the opening of snow-dappled driving ranges, with housebound hackers out taking advantage of the chance to drive a few golf balls into orbit. The earliest range to open its landing area in the city this year, and yes, it did have snow on it, was the Canada Golf Card Driving Range. Soon, they want to put a roof and heaters over and into some of the on-site stalls. That is something Edmonton golfers have never had the luxury of having. INSIDE GOLF
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Clearing A Path During hisrecent victory in the Valero TexasOpen, 3-time major winner Jordan Spieth faced a tricky shot next to a cart path. As if that wasn't enough he also had to contend with a well-meaning volunteer...and a rather unusual 'movable obstruction'...or wasit a 'loose impediment'? see complete video Here INSIDE GOLF