Erin Kato Moves to Las Campanas
Bulletin: Paa-Ko Ridge’s head professional, Erin Kato, has taken a job at Las Campanas. She gave notice at Paa-Ko last week.
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Katie Kempter on her LPGA Debut
Katie Kempter blogs on her debut on the LPGA Tour at the Kia Classic at La Coasta Resort in Carlsbad, Calif., where she missed the cut (by five strokes, tied with Natalie Gulbis), but came away exhilarated:
Arriving at La Costa was both exciting and a little foreign. I probably looked a little misplaced when I first got there. I wasn’t sure where to go, who to speak to, who I would see, etc. … silly things like, where are the restrooms, where do I eat, where will my meeting be held, what was “appropriate” to wear to a players meeting and pro-am party, how do you get into the locker room…
Solheim Agrees Ping Eye2 Wedges Not Legal for PGA Tour Play
Ping Chairman and CEO John Solheim announced that his company will waive its right to have pre-1990 Ping Eye-2 wedges kept legal for PGA Tour play after weeks of discussion about the clubs, according to the Golf Press Association.
Also today, the USGA announced it will hold an equipment rulemaking forum in the fall, possibly in response to concerns that Ping and other companies had about how the organization makes rule changes. [Read more →]
Ewart 2nd at Bruin Tournament
Led by Jodi Ewart’s 4-under 68 and second-place individual finish, the 21st-ranked University of New Mexico women’s golf team ended in sixth place at the Bruin Wave Invitational in Santa Clarita, Calif.
Ewart had five birdies and a bogey in tying a career-low round. She finished at 5-under 211, three shots behind Pepperdine’s Danielle Kang. [Read more →]
PHX Marshal Clears Up ‘USA’ Chant
An alert marshal at the 16th hole of the Waste Management Phoenix Open cleared up a potentially embarrassing misunderstanding between Ian Poulter and the PGA Tour over the crowd’s sudden chant of “USA, USA” on the final day.
Poulter, of Stevenage, England, was leaving the tee in the rowdy 16th-hole coliseum when the chant erupted in the stands. Assuming it was an insult aimed at Europeans who played on the 2009 U.S. Ryder Cup Team, Poulter made an obscene gesture that was noted by TV commentators.
Meanwhile, the marshal in charge of the hole, whose job was to work behind the grandstands managing vendors and other marshals — which gave him access to a TV screen — realized the chant wasn’t about Poulter at all. Instead, it started as word spread about the USA Olympic Hockey Team tying the gold medal game game with 24 seconds left in regulation play.
“I ran down and told Hunter Mahan what had happened and he passed it on,” said Wes Bolyard, a long-time volunteer and contributor to Arizona Fairways magazine. “I called the PGA Tour and, I think, saved some embarrassment and misunderstanding for all involved.”
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