Radical golfer
DIVOTS
| This extreme golfer played across the length of the country where each hole measures up to 196,000 yards. And he did so with a vehicle, a tent and a 3-iron. |
| The 35-year-old player from New Hampshire divided the entire length of the country into 18-holes, with a full length of 1,234 miles. |
| He estimated par to be 11,880 strokes and in the end, he was 290-over par having lost a mere 509 balls. |
| With assistance from his caddie Khatanbaatar who drove the jeep, Tolme, survived dangerous bugs, high heat and wind of up to 40 mph to pioneer the game of "extreme golf". |
| Golf and charity |
| Two-time British Open Champion and Australian golf legend Greg Norman and his wife are encouraging couples to play golf and contribute to child cancer research. |
| Norman is promoting "Golf for Living," an innovative program in eight of the PGA events in the US this summer. |
| With a $50 donation, couples are automatically entered into a sweepstakes for an all-expenses trip to the Franklin Templeton Shootout that Norman hosts in Naples, Florida. The money goes to CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation. |
| US PGA winners |
| Once the domain of American players, the PGA Tour now has more winners from other parts of the world. International players have won eight of the last ten tournaments. |
| They include Ernie Els (South Africa), Sergio Garcia (Spain), Goosen (South Africa), Adam Scott (Australia), Ames (Trinidad & Tobago), Mark Hensby (Australia), Carlos Franco (Paraguay) and Vijay Singh (Fiji). The only US players to win in that span were Todd Hamilton and Jonathan Byrd. |
| Win for Tiger |
| Hank Kuehne and partner Tiger Woods won the Lincoln Financial Battle at the Bridges beating Phil Mickelson and John Daly 2 and 1 last week. |
| The made-for-TV match saw Woods and Kuehne split $1 million for winning while Mickelson and Daly split $400,000. Woods has now won the event four times since it began in 1999. |
| Mickelson and Daly got a small consolation by sweeping the four long-drive holes. Daly won with drives of 319 yards, 345 yards and 341 yards, and Mickelson got the last one when the other three missed the fairway. |
| Bogeyman |