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The PGA Tour rolls into Cromwell, Connecticut this week for the Travelers Champions at TPC River Highlands. Titleistblog.com was on-hand to catch some of the action during Wednesday’s pro-am tournament.
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The Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands
Add comment June 26th, 2009
Adam tees off at Bethpage Black.
Hello Everybody,
I hope this blog finds everyone well. Sorry it’s taken me a few days to post an entry this week. I was pretty exhausted after the US Open. It was an interesting 5 days in Farmingdale. A lot of starts and stops and also long days. I sat in my hotel room for most the day on Thursday watching the television coverage and also the rain come down outside my window! It made for a long day so I was anxious to get started on Friday morning. I felt good after my first round and was striking the ball as well as I have for quite some time. It gave me a confidence boost which is exactly what I needed to start my second round less than 90 minutes later. I was able to play 11 holes in my second round before they called play due to darkness. Needless to say it was an exhausting way to start the tournament but I was pleased with my performance so I had some momentum going into Saturday.
On Saturday we had an early tee time to finish our second round. I had a decent day but was feeling pretty tired so I went back to the hotel and got a little rest before we were called back out to start our third round around 5:30pm. We got a couple of holes in before the rain was back in full force and once again play was called for the night. The US Open is always an interesting major and this year’s weather made it even more interesting than usual!! More rain than I think I’ve ever even seen at The Open Championship! The USGA was faced with several challenges and for the most part got the course ready as best they could given the circumstances. I know the spectators were muddy from head to toe so thanks to everyone that came out and weathered the storm so to speak! Congratulations to Lucas on a great victory.
I’m in Europe for the next few weeks. I’m spending some time with my Mum and it’s been great since I don’t get to see her very often. I’m also going to play in an exhibition match in Sweden against Henrik Stenson on Monday for charity. I’ll let you know how it goes next week!
I also want to announce our winners for our US Open/Open Championship Trivia Contest from our June/July Clubhouse Newsletter.
1st place: Patsy Mangan
2nd Place: Crystal Barnett
3rd Place: Michelle Marshall
4th Place: Tony Evans
5th Place: Katie Smith
Congratulations to all the winners! Thanks to everyone that participated and be sure to sign up in the clubhouse section of my website to receive our newsletter! We will have more contests in the future so it’s a fun way to share your golf knowledge and win some prizes.
Shifting gears, I was saddened to hear about the two separate auto accidents that occured this past week involving family of two golfers. My thoughts and prayers go out to Chris Smith who lost his wife, Beth Smith, in a tragic automobile accident in Indiana. My thoughts are also with Skip Kendall who lost his mother in a separate car accident last week. Life is so very fragile and my thoughts are with both families during this difficult time.
Until next time, take care.
-Adam
Add comment June 26th, 2009
For three days each summer, sleepy Barrington, RI is host to a world class golf competition. This week 20 top PGA, Champions, and LPGA Tour players convened to play in the 11th annual CVS Caremark Charity Classic.
Each year more than 20,000 fans a day attend the tournament. Despite the inclement weather, this year was no different. Fans poured through the gates at scenic Rhode Island Country Club to follow major champions like Titleist brand ambassadors Zach Johnson and Davis Love III. They show up to root for their hometown heroes Dana and Brett Quigley, Brad Faxon and Brad Adamonis. And they showed up to support the countless charitable foundations which benefit from this annual event.
Over the past 10 years, the Charity Classic has raised more than $12 million dollars for charitable grants to support organizations in southern New England. Congratulations to tournament co-host and long time Titleist ambassador Brad Faxon on another successful year!
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The CVS Caremark Charity Classic returns to Rhode Island
3 comments June 24th, 2009
Our friends from the Titleist European Tour Blog were kind enough to share their U.S. Open update with us. Enjoy this inside-the-ropes look from a European perspective:
The eyes of the golfing world are once again focused stateside this week for the 109th playing of the U.S Open Championship at Bethpage State Park, New York. The Black Course at Bethpage hosts the event for the second time and the near 7500 yard, rain soaked monster offers up one of the most severe tests of golf anywhere on the planet. Our man on the ground at Bethpage for the European Titleist Tour Team is Jonathan “J-Lo” Loosemore, and he spent time on Tuesday following Titleist Ambassador Ross Fisher and Titleist Pro V1 loyalist Ian Poulter during their practice round. On course opinion certainly appears to justify the hype surrounding the difficulty of the course with both Ian and Ross reporting it to be brutally tough following their Tuesday practice round.
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Add comment June 19th, 2009
Talking to our players this week, Titleistblog.com heard the same chorus of comments over and over. This course, as long it is, will play fair. If you keep your Titleist in the short grass, and hit the greens, you will be in the mix. Everyone seems to be in favor of the “graduated” rough the USGA has been using since 2006. This practice removes the one size fits all penalty of missing the fairway. Here at Bethpage Black, just missing the fairway is a far better place to be than a truly wayward drive. The first 6 feet off the fairway finds the intermediate rough around 1.5″ long; the next 20 feet or so, the first cut of the primary rough, will be 2.5 - 3″ long; and the rest of the primary rough, from that 20 foot mark to the gallery ropes, will be 4 - 6 inches deep or even higher fescue.
Graduated rough on display at Bethpage Black during the U.S. Open.
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