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 →]
Thirteen-time LPGA winner Rosie Jones, a graduate of Albuquerque’s West Mesa High School, will lead the United States team in the 2011 Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle, Ireland.
Rosie, who won 12 points in seven Solheim Cup appearances, will field a 12-player team of the best American women players against a 12-player squad of the best European women players led by Alison Nicholas of England. Nicholas led the 2009 squad that lost to the United States at Rich Harvest Farms near Chicago.
For the complete story on Jones’ selection, click here.
Alto Lakes Golf & Country Club and The Outlaw Club in Ruidoso have signed a deal to allow The Outlaw Club to reopen this season as a private course for Alto Lakes members — provided Alto Lakes’ membership approves.
Alto Lakes’ members will be asked to vote by mail on the lease-purchase deal in the next several weeks. The arrangement could result in Alto Lakes owning the golf course free and clear within five years in return for footing its operational bills in the interim. [Read more →]
Sun Country Golf’s editor, Dan Vukelich, won an “Outstanding Achiever” award from the International Network of Golf for his photo, “Missing Right,” which appeared in the July-August 2009 issue of the magazine.
The photo depicted the first tee of the PGA of America’s Professional National Championship at Twin Warriors Golf Club last July. It finished second to “Bagpiper at Spanish Bay,” a photo by Joann Dost, which appeared in Fairways + Greens magazine.
Opinion by Dan Vukelich, Sun Country Editor
Just like the banking industry, professional golf is due for a major correction and it’s about to get bloody.
On the horizon: dropped sponsorships, anemic Tour events, reduced purses and continuing erosion of TV viewership. Click here for an earlier post on the Wall Street Journal’s take on the future of PGA Tour sponsorships.
