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CROWN GOLF & PGA LAUNCH NEW TOURNAMENT FOR ASSISTANT PROS
Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wein,Austria
18.07.2008 11:17:37 Crown Golf, Europe’s largest golf course owner/operator, has teamed up with the PGA in an exciting UK first - a championship exclusively …

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Memories of fifty years of Open Golf at Royal Birkdale
Southport Visiter - Southport,UK
Royal Birkdale Golf Club first hosted The Open in 1954 and this week marks the ninth time the tournament has been held on the greens and fairways nestled …

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Ace inspires Johnson
Sky News - Isleworth,England,UK
Johnson was celebrating after his ace on the 188-yard 14th hole at the Brown Deer Park Golf Course, with the shot helping him to a seven-under 63. …

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Golf: Woosie faces threat from Great White Shark
WalesOnline - United Kingdom
Having missed the past two years due to a long-standing back injury, Norman heads to Royal Troon Golf Club after showing he can still compete at the highest …

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Talking Tiger Woods? Newbie Kim aces the test
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Golf has been wanting and waiting for Woods to have the sort of rival that Nicklaus had with Palmer and Player, and Hogan had with Snead.…

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We Americans tend to gravitate to Scotland and Ireland when we cross the pond for golf vacations, but there are some equally great golf courses in England that deserve consideration. One of them is this year’s British Open Championship site, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, which is not only the best golf course in England, but one of the top-five links in the entire UK and Ireland. When the Open Championship begins today, you’ll be able to see it in all its glory.A superlative course by any standard, Royal Birkdale’s towering, tumbling sandhills frame virtually every hole. Its greens are either notched into the dunes or sit boldly on plateaus exposed to the wind, making only the most precisely struck iron shots capable of holding their lines and finding the putting surfaces. A quirky course this is not, which is why Birkdale is a strong favorite with professionals. (continued at www.GolfVacationInsider.com)

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