The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship is November 1st at Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity, Texas. The former executive director of the USGA, David Fay, will be the USA Team Captain of the 2011 The Spirit international. We are excited to have David Fay on board. Below is an interview that David Fay recently did with Peter Kessler on the PGA...
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The winner of the 111th U.S. Amateur never reached the state tournament in high school, chose Southern Methodist University because it was convenient, became a three-time conference player of the year, and with his eligibility exhausted, decided this summer to pour all of himself into making the Walker Cup team. In the past 11 weeks, Kelly Kraft has played...
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In their exclusive biannual rankings of the Top 100 Courses in the U.S, both Golfweek and Golf Magazine have elevated the ranking of Whispering Pines Golf Club among the Top 100 Courses in America. Whispering Pines, located outside Trinity, Texas is the highest ranked course of all Texas courses in both publications. In Golfweek’s Best Modern Courses in...
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The ranking are determined by the average scores of ratings by The Dallas Morning News’ Texas Golf panel. Panel members rates courses on a 1-10 scale. To be eligible for the Top 100, a course needed to be rated by 24 of the 98 panel members (25 percent). Texas is known for a lot of things… and championship golf is one of them. There are hundreds of...
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ERIN, Wis. (AP) – Defending champion Peter Uihlein advanced to the second round of the rain-delayed U.S. Amateur, beating Canada’s Eugene Wong 3 and 1 on Wednesday at Erin Hills. The Oklahoma State player will face South Africa’s Dylan Frittelli, a 5-and-4 winner over Jim Markovitz. UCLA star Patrick Cantlay led Max Scodro 4-up after 11 holes...
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