NEWS UPDATE:
April 11, 2006. Minneapolis
The Classic at Madden's on Gull Lake received a ***** (that's 5-star)
rating in the 2006-07 annual Golf Digest ranking of America's Top Courses.
Only 17 courses received this honor for 2006-07, including Pebble Beach,
Pinehurst and Whistling Straits. The ratings come from golfers who evaluate
everything from course conditions to pace of play, value, and overall golf
experience. For more information on Madden's, visit: http://www.maddens.com/
December 12, 2005. Minneapolis
A “Once in a Lifetime” Personally Signed Collector's Edition
Book.
Tom Lehman, Captain of the 2006 Ryder Cup Team and the 1996
PGA Tour Player of the Year and British Open Champion published A
Passion For The Game in 2005. This 160 page leather bound
book of stories, wisdom and motivation on golf and life is available, signed
by Tom, for $100. It is full-color throughout and contains 40 paintings
by award winning artist Donny Finley.
To order go to: Tom Lehman's A
Passion For the Game.
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Grand Opening- Wonderful Ontario course.
Opening for public play this summer, Golf Minnesota has found a wonderful new course in Thunder Bay, Ontario, our friendly neighboring city to the northeast on the shores of Lake Superior.
The course is Whitewater Golf Club founded by brothers Bruno and Silvio Di Gregorio. The Di Gregorio brothers are community leaders in this historic city of French-Canadian voyageurs, native Ojibwa and Métis hunters. With some 10,000 acres under their control, they were not without options to build a world class facility.
Bringing in renowned Toronto-based architect Tom McBroom, the developers spent some time trying to decide where to build. Eventually they drove into an untapped sand and gravel pit that contained three million tons of sand. McBroom was awed by the beauty of the land and excited by the possibilities. Sixty days later plans for the 550-acre site were done.
For more information on Whitewater Golf Club, visit: www.whitewatergolf.com.
August 8, 2004. Blaine, MN.
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World Golf Hall Of Fame bound Tom Kite came from 2 strokes back going into today's final round of the 3M Championship to win his first tournament in 22 months. Kite carded a 3 under par 69 to beat playing partner Craig Stadler by a stroke. Second round leader Tom Purtzer never recovered from a double bogey 6 at the short par-4 seventh hole and the tournament became essentially a 2 man contest over the back nine at the TPC of The Twin Cities. While both players had birdie opportunities over the back nine, several opportunities to convert were missed and the tournament came down to the last hole. On the 582 yard par-5, both players reached the green in two with Kite a tricky 65 feet from the cup and Stadler in eagle range at about 15 feet. Kite nestled his lag putt to within inches and after tapping in for birdie, Stadler had a chance to send the match to sudden death, but the putt ran past the cup on the left edge.
In a special Greats of Golf Challenge, best-ball exhibition, partners Chi Chi Rodriguez, Gary Player and Tony Jacklin led the field with a team score of -16. Player and Jacklin followed Chi Chi's lead in entertaining the crowds with every made birdie.
Five time PGA Tour winner Tom Purtzer takes a 2 stroke lead over Tom Kite into the final round of the Champions Tour 3M Championship. Purtzer followed his opening round 64 with a 4-under 68, that included 6 birdies, in windy and cool conditions. Kite, trying to overcome a disappointing finish last week at the U.S. Senior Open and end a 22 month winless draught on the Champions Tour will attempt to overcome the leader who, last year, came to the 17th hole on Sunday tied for the lead, only to put 2 tee shots into the water to dash hopes of a win.
Minneapolis' John Harris had the shot of the day, a double-eagle 2 on the 571-yard sixth hole. Harris holed a 5-wood approach from 260 yards. He also eagled the 18th Friday and had a hole-in-one during a pro-am earlier in the week.
Loggers Trail, Minnesota's newest
championship course, held their Grand Opening for the media and other
golf dignitaries today. A true championship course that plays to
7,235 yards from the back tees, Loggers Trail offers several unique features.
Among these is a design that allows players to play the ball near
the ground, as in traditional Scottish Links style, or through the air
in the more American tradition. Designed as a collaboration by several
Minnesota golf legends, among them John Harris and Dave Tentis,
Loggers Trail includes 4 holes cut through dense Minnesota woodlands,
with the rest a mix of rolling prairie with fairways protected by elevated
mounds. Accuracy is at a premium on several of the narrower fairways
and water can come into play on 5 holes. Strategic bunkering dictates
thinking and executing shots throughout the course. For more information
go to www.loggerstrail.com
Stadler wins inaugural Scholarship America Showdown
24-year-old Kevin
Stadler, son of PGA Tour legend Craig Stadler, birdied the final
hole of regulation to send the newest Nationwide Tour tournament
to extra holes, then birdied the 3rd playoff hole to win for the
second time in 3 weeks. It was his 2nd victory in just 4 starts on
the Tour, a new record for fastest to reach 2 victories. With
one more win this season, Stadler would gain exempt status on the PGA
Tour for the remainder of this season. An 8-iron to 8 feet
and the resulting birdie gave him a final-round 2-under-par 68,
and sent a foursome to extra holes. He birdied the par five, 16th
hole with a 2 foot putt in the playoff for the win.
Three players tied for low Minnesotan in the
field, including Dave Christensen of Elk River, Conrad Ray
of Austin and Mario Tiziani of Shorewood. They
all came in T-10, at -6 for the week. Local fan favorite Dave
Tentis had a closing 69 to tie for 46th place.June 29, 2004. Tower, MN
A New Northern Minnesota Premier Golf Destination:
HOLE #1, Par 5 HOLE #2, Par 4 HOLE #3, Par 3
Located just under 200 miles from the I-35W and I-35E interchange on the north end of the Twin Cities metro, in the deep woods of northern Minnesota and located on picturesque Lake Vermilion, is Minnesota's newest premier golf destination. Now open for play is The Wilderness at Fortune Bay. Designed by architect Jeffrey Brauer, who also did the nearby Legend and Quarry courses at Giant's Ridge Golf and Ski Resort, the addition of The Wilderness is sure to enhance the area as a golfer's golf destination. Measuring 7,207 yards from the gold tees, The Wilderness incorporates many of the features that have made the two Giant's Ridge courses among the most popular in the upper midwest. Among these are generous fairway landing areas, large and interestingly shaped bunkers with fine white sand and huge rock-bolder out-croppings dictated by the land the course sits on. For more information visit:
May 26, 2004. Maple Grove, MN
Minnesota
Governor Tim Pawlenty and Office of Tourism Director
John Edman welcomed the media and golf dignitaries
to Rush Creek Golf Course today in anticipation of the 2004
U.S.G.A. Amateur Public Links Championship. The tournament will
be held July 12-17 and will feature some of the top public golf course
players in the country. Rush Creek, built by Duncan
MacMillan of Cargill family fame and fortune, is recognized as one
of the top public golf courses in the country and has previously hosted
full field LPGA events and numerous area championships.
MacMillan and his staff have built a world
class golf facility on what was once prime Minnesota farm land
on the rapidly expanding northwest corner of the Twin Cities. In
his remarks to the media, MacMillan credited his ability to develop
the course and become host to prestigious tournaments to being able
to build what he envisioned without having to go through Cargill planning,
finance, review and approval committees. The course has his signature
on it, probably more than that of original designers Bob Cupp and John
Fought, evidenced by the 16,000+ square foot clubhouse and meeting
center that stands impressively above the ninth green.The Office of Tourism, which has been assisting efforts to increase the visibility of golf in the land of 10,000 lakes and nearly 400 public courses co-hosted the media event, along with the 103 year old Minnesota Golf Association and allied organizations. As the only state to have hosted all 13 U.S.G.A. Championships, Minnesota has a rich golf history, which Pawlenty noted in his remarks.
For more information on the tournament visit: http://www.usga.org/championships/championship_info/apl.asp
For more information on Rush Creek visit: http://www.rushcreek.com/
Reigning U.S. Women's Open Champion Hilary Lunke returned to her hometown of Edina, Minnesota today to conduct a golf clinic for girls ages 8 to 18. Sponsored by GOLF MINNESOTA®, publishers of Golf Minnesota magazine and www.golfminnesota.com, as a "GROW THE GAME INITIATIVE", Hilary was joined by 4 area teaching pros, including Lisa Masters, National LPGA Golf Professional of the Year in 2003. Approximately 90 girls participated in the free, 4-hour clinic held at Braemar Golf Course, which was Hilary’s home course when she played and won a Minnesota State singles title in high school. Following a demonstration by Hilary, the girls were divided into age groups and given instruction in putting, chipping and the full swing. Rules and etiquette were also discussed with invitations given to the girls for follow up lessons. About 1/3 of the girls were given new pitching wedges, with the remainder receiving caps and visors courtesy of PING Golf. Said Golf Minnesota publisher Greg Wires of hiring and bringing Hilary home for this event, "This was a great way for us to increase interest and participation in the game of golf with these young girls and their families". Wires noted that female participation in golf is one area that has a potential for great growth and added "This was something we could do on our own to help grow the game. In addition to our support of The First Tee and other great youth golf programs, we think it is important to get families with the resources to be active in golf excited about the game. While this free event was open to anyone, the participants tended to come from the affluent suburbs around the Twin Cities, as we anticipated".
Giants
Ridge Golf & Ski Resort showcased their newly opened
Quarry Golf Course to the regional and national media,
and other dignitaries at The Governor's Golf Classic '03. The
Quarry, with dramatic elevation changes, mine lakes, forests, and
a former sand quarry is a uniquely designed championship course
created by architect Jeffrey Brauer. Brauer, who
also designed the original Giants Ridge Legend course,
says The Quarry created some of the most challenging terrain on which
to build a course. Because of its ruggedness, golfminnesota.com
believes the course offers distinguished features not seen anywhere
else. A walkable 7200 yards from the tips, The Quarry is all the
course low handicap golfers will want, yet with multiple tees, generous
fairways and large greens, golfers of any ability will enjoy this course
as well. The scenery alone is worth a trip to the Quarry. For
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Minneapolis MN.: July 7, 2003
Edina
native Hilary (Homeyer) Lunke won the 2003 U.S. Women's Open
in an 18 hole playoff with Angela Stanford and
Kelly Robbins. Becoming the first qualifier in history
to win the most prestigious tournament in women's golf, Lunke shot
a 1 under par 70 in the playoff, besting Stanford's 71 with a dramatic
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Minneapolis MN.: October 30, 2002
Commissioner Finchem Announces Name Change
PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem announced Wednesday that the organization's three Tours are being more closely aligned as part of one brand. As part of the rebranding, the Senior PGA Tour is being renamed the Champions Tour. The changes are part of an overall strategy to unite the three Tours under the PGA TOUR brand identity and to capitalize on the global strength of the PGA TOUR's swinging golfer icon, which is incorporated into the new logos of both Tours. The Buy.com Tour was also renamed the Nationwide Tour.
The 3M Championship's Tournament Director Hollis Cavner lauded the changes and told Golf Minnesota he was extremely happy with the change, noting that his organization runs 6 of the Tour's events and that the "age part of the tour has always been overblown". Noting that Hale Irwin won the 3M Championship in 2002 at the age of 57, Cavner emphasized that the players on this tour "have tons of game" and so many of them are Champions.
Added Finchem in his remarks, "For more than twenty years, the Senior PGA Tour has been one of the great success stories in the sports and entertainment marketplace. It has significantly broadened the scope and impact of professional golf and provided a great platform for some of the game's great champions to connect with fans and sponsors. Whatever their road has been to the Champions Tour, these players continue to champion the game itself and its unique emphasis on giving back, integrity and sportsmanship. They also have embraced and are strongly supporting the many new on-site initiatives that have been tested throughout 2002."
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ST. AUGUSTINE ,FL.: April 3, 2002
Jacklin, Crenshaw elected to Hall of Fame
Tony Jacklin and Ben Crenshaw were announced today as 2002 inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Jacklin had his greatest playing success in 1970 when he won the US Open at Hazeltine National in Chaska, Minnesota, site of this year's PGA Championship. Said Jacklin, " Hazeltine was unquestionably the best week of golf I've ever had in my life. It was as near a perfect week as I have ever experienced" Leading by 4 strokes going into the final round Jacklin finished winning the tournament by 7 strokes. Crenshaw won 19 times on the PGA Tour, twice at The Masters, including his emotional victory in 1995 seven days after the death of his lifelong teacher Harvey Penick. The induction ceremony will be November 15 at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine.
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MAPLE GROVE MN: February 25, 2002
Lehman Announces MFC Field
Tom Lehman was in the Twin Cities today to announce the field for the 2002 Marshall Fields Challenge, the annual charity event he hosts. The event raises money for the Children's Cancer Research Fund and has contributed more than $4.2 Million since it's inception in 1995. The tournament moves this year from Minneapolis Golf Club to Rush Creek Golf Club in Maple Grove
This year's field includes a number of the PGA Tour's top young guns, including Matt Gogel (winner of this year's ATT Pebble Beach), Luke Donald , Charles Howell III, and teen sensation Ty Tryon, who at 17 is the youngest person to ever gain a PGA Tour Card. Joining the youngsters will be PGA Tour veterans Hal Sutton, Duffy Waldorf, Paul Azinger and Scott Hoch along with Minnesota natives Chris Perry, Cam Beckman and Tim Herron. From the LPGA, big hitter Lara Davies will be joined by Hall of Famer Juli Inkster and Minnesotan Karen Weiss.
In announcing the field Lehman also noted that this year kids 18 and under will be admitted free and the tournament will emphasize a "family feel" encouraging families to "spend time together". For ticket information click on the link above or call 612-TOMS-TEE.
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BLAINE MN: August 12, 2001
Lietzke Wins 3M Championship
Bruce Lietzke, self avowed "weekend golfer" captured the 3M Championship today with a solid 3 under par 69. He ran past 2nd round leaders Hale Irwin and Jose Maria Canizares to take his 1st Senior Tour Trophy in only his 3rd start since turning 50 just 25 days ago. Having won 13 times on the PGA Tour while playing a limited schedule, Lietzke is no stranger to the Winner's Circle. Playing his consistent high fade to a number of tough Sunday pin placements,Lietzke became the fourth Senior PGA rookie to win this year and pocketed $262,500. In dedicating the win to his mother's 89th birthday on Tuesday, Lietzke again showed the golf world that a dedicated family man can prosper on this tour.
Lietzke, who said he does not expect to become a
dominate Senior Player like Irwin, watched playing partner
Irwin go 4 over in the first 4 holes of the final round as he
was starting birdie, par, birdie to gain an early Sunday lead.
Battling mistakes at holes # 8 & 9 that brought as many as 6
players back into contention, Lietzke rebounded with a birdie at
the difficult par 4 fourteenth and cruised home to the 2 stroke victory
with routine pars the rest of the way in.
To follow further
information on the 3M Championship, go to:
PRIOR LAKE: July 11, 2001
New Upscale Course Opens in South Metro
The Legends Club in Prior Lake opens for public play today. This new Championship gem is located on the site of the old 9 hole Scottdale course, but the location is the only thing they have in common. A true championship course, The Legends Club plays to 6,906 yards from the tips, and has 4 sets of tees for men and 2 for women. It rates at 73.3 from the Silver tees with a slope of 143. The Black and Blue tees play 6,619 and 6,304 yards respectively.
Designed by noted architect Garrett Gill and his Gill - Miller Golf Course Architects firm, this course has everything you look for in a great course. Gill says this a "new millennium course". When asked what he thought he had accomplished in the design of The Legends, Gill said, "a little of everything." We agree. The par 3 holes are especially enticing and aesthetic with 3 of them playing over water or wetland areas. The par five 16th is probably the longest public course hole in Minnesota at 621 yards from the back tees. Carts are equipped with GPS systems. Incidentally, Architect Gill designed Willingers in Northfield for the same ownership group as The Legends. Willingers has long been noted as one of the South Metro area's better courses. For more information go to: http://www.legendsgc.com
MINNEAPOLIS July 9, 2001
Tournament Director Hollis Cavner announced today that this year's 3M Championship will have all 30 of the Senior Tour's 30 top money winners. The tournament, previously the Burnet Senior Classic, moves this year to the all new TPC of The Twin Cities, a course designed by legend Arnold Palmer with design consultaion from Tom Lehman. With a top field playing at the new course and a new title sponsor in 3M, Cavner expects record crowds and the highest contribution to charity in the tournaments history. To date, the tournament has donated $5 million to charities, primarily Abbott Northwestern, United, and Mercy/Unity Hospitals. For more information go to: http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/s568/index.html
MINNEAPOLIS February 26, 2001
LEHMAN UNVEILS LIST OF PROS SLATED TO PLAY IN 2001 DAYTONÕS CHALLENGE
Sergio Garcia, Jose Maria Olzabal & Bernhard Langer To Play In June 4 Tournament
Tom Lehman announced today that Sergio Garcia,
will join two-time MastersÕ winners Jose Maria Olazabal
and Bernhard Langer in this yearÕs DaytonÕs
Challenge, giving the tournament it's first international
field. The tournament will be held at the Minneapolis Golf Club,
on June 4.
As in previous years, all proceeds from
the event will benefit the ChildrenÕs Cancer Research
Fund (CCRF).
Other DaytonÕs Challenge newcomers joining Lehman this year are: Brad Faxon; Bob May, LPGA Hall-of-Famer Juli Inkster; 10-time LPGA TOUR winner Rosie Jones; 1998 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year Steve Flesch, and arguably the hottest player on the LPGA TOUR Cristie Kerr. This group will join an exciting list of returning Pros including big-hitting crowd favorites John Daly and Laura Davies, 2000 DaytonÕs Challenge defending champion Duffy Waldorf, TOUR great Hal Sutton and 2001 Accenture Match Play Champion Steve Striker .
Minnesota native TOUR Professionals will once again be well represented
in this yearÕs DaytonÕs Challenge. First-time
participants and LPGA TOUR Professionals Karen Weiss
of St. Paul, and Michelle Redman of Plymouth, will
join
PGA TOUR standouts Tim Herron of
Wayzata and Chris Perry of Edina.
Two additional slots in the field will be filled in the coming weeks.
As he unveiled the field of participating pros, Lehman was helped
by a group of children who have benefited from advancements
in cancer research. ÒIÕm excited and proud that
we have such a great lineup of PGA and LPGA Professionals coming
to the Twin Cities this year,Ó said Lehman. ÒThey are
all outstanding people as well as talented players thatÕs
why they are here to help ChildrenÕs Cancer Research Fund.Ó
For more information call 612-866-7833
or visit www.daytonschallenge.org
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October 11, 2000
Brainerd, MN
Madden's new 16-passenger Prevost Coach
will accommodate your golf group, board meeting, or sales
reps in true Madden's style. They'll pick up your group anywhere
in Minnesota, you can meet during the trip (while enjoying a Continental
breakfast and refreshments), and deliver your group to The Classic
for a round of golf. Your group will be returned to their destination
after golf. Contact Madden's Group Sales Office at 800-247-1040 for
further details.
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Lehman wins in Phoenix!
Minnesotan Tom Lehman picked up his first PGA
TOUR victory since 1996 by winning the Phoenix Open on Sunday.
He finished at 14 under, a shot ahead of Robert Allenby and Rocco
Mediate. Lehman broke his four-year PGA TOUR victory drought by winning
the Phoenix Open by one stroke when Robert Allenby bogeyed the last
hole. Lehman
won the Williams World Challenge on Jan. 2, but the Phoenix Open was
his first official PGA TOUR title in 58 starts since he won the British
Open and the THE TOUR Championship in 1996 and was the PGA TOUR's Player
of the Year. Both men had difficult putts on the final hole. Lehman saved
par with a 9-foot putt for a score of 4-under 67 and a 72-hole total
of 14-under 272.
Irwin Wins his 2nd Coldwell
Banker Burnet Classic
Hale Irwin won the 1999 version of the Coldwell
Banker Burnet Classic with a 3 day score of 15 under par 201.
Irwin battled the heat, with temperatures Saturday and Sunday in
the upper 90's, as well as unexpected Sunday competition from "Super
Seniors" Jim Dent and Dale Douglass, Irwins mentor from their Colorado
ties (both are graduates of Colorado University).
In addition to winning for the 5th time
in 8 starts, Irwin becomes the first player in history to
surpass $15 million in combined PGA/Senior PGA earnings, though
Irwin downplays the money, saying he does not have $15 million
dollars in his pocket. He is also the first repeat winner of this
tournament.
Irwin talked at length about the new blood
expected to join the Senior Tour in the coming months, including
Tom Watson, Lanny Wadkins, Tom Kite, and others, saying he expects
to see a lot of these players do well. He added that he looks forward
to new players on tour,saying it "makes for a better package for
the Senior Tour."
Having won this tournament twice at Bunker
Hills, Irwin was asked about the anticipated move of the tournament
in 2001 to the new TPC course under construction in Blaine.
While saying that Bunker Hills would not be an asterisk, and
had been a very good course with a great tournament history, going
to another venue that would be more exacting will be a good move.
For early information on the final Coldwell
Banker Burnet Classic to be held at Bunker Hills, and information
on the move to the new TPC in 2001 call:
Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic offices at: 612-783-9000
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July 7, 1999
Minneapolis,
MN
LPGA Coming to Rush Creek Sept. 6-12-99
Rush Creek Golf Club will host the 1999 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf September 6 thru 12, 1999. This 72 hole event features 16 of the best women's golfers competing in a $575,000 event. Rush Creek, located in the Minneapolis suburb of Maple Grove has previously hosted LPGA events and was a late choice for this tournament. The exclusive field will include Juli Inkster, Dottie Pepper, Annika Sorenstam and players selected to include Japan's leading player, the top European player and the top international player of the previous 12 months. For ticket information call 612-416-3300.
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June 20, 1999
Brainerd, MN
Legacy Courses Open
Making it's
public debut this '99 season, the Legacy Courses at Cragun's are fast becoming
a lakes area favorite. Designed by internationally recognized golf course
architect, Robert Trent Jones Jr., and woven through majestic forests and
wetlands, the courses provide a golfing experience unparalleled in the Midwest.
The three championship 9-hole courses and
a reversible 9-hole course are a masterstroke of golf course
architecture, blending both challenge and flexibility into a
facility with universal appeal to golfers.
GPS equipped carts; early-bird and twilight
specials; the finest in customer service as well as fabulous
views, make the trip to the Legacy Courses well worth it. For
more information go to www.craguns.com
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May 20, 1999
Minneapolis,
MN
LPGA to be represented at Dayton's Challenge
LPGA stars, Dottie Pepper, Meg Mallon and Michelle McGann have been added to the field of players for the 1999 Dayton's Challenge. This represents the first time players fromm the women's tour have played in this annual charity event hosted by Tom Lehman. The event will run June 26-27-28 at Minneapolis Golf Club. For more info go to:www.daytonschallenge.com
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May 19, 1999
Minneapolis,
MN
Deacon's Lodge, the new Arnold Palmer signature course near Brainerd, has announced that public play will begin June 20, 1999. This fabulous new northwoods course is being operated by Grand View Lodge, owners of the highly acclaimed Pines and Preserve courses. For more information on Deacon's Lodge go to: http://www.grandviewlodge.com/deacons_lodge/index.html. For information on any of Grand View's great courses as well as their myriad of vacation options, go to:http://www.grandviewlodge.com/main.html
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May 19, 1999
Minneapolis,
MN
PGA stars Scott Hoch and Steve Stricker have joined the field to play in the 1999 Dayton's Challenge. Hoch owns eight PGA Tour victories and has finished in the top 20 on the money list the last five years. Stricker is a native of Edgerton Wisconsin. and had 10 top-ten finishes in just 21 events last season. For more info go to:www.daytonschallenge.com
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April 15, 1999
Minneapolis,
MN
Two-time US Open Champion Lee Janzen has committed to return to compete in Dayton's Challenge, Tom Lehman's annual charity golf tournament. In addition to winning the 1993 and 1998 US Opens, Janzen has 8 total PGA Tour Victories. For more info go to:www.daytonschallenge.com
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February 22, 1999
Minneapolis,
MN
Dayton's Challenge,
Tom Lehman's charity golf tournament, announced today that
the "Legends" threesome for the 1999 version of this tournament
will feature Tom Watson, Hale Irwin and
Tom Weiskopf. This trio of golfing greats combined
for 69 PGA Titles in careers that spanned the 1970's and 80's.
For more information on the tournament go to www.daytonschallenge.com or
call 612-866-7833 to order tickets.
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January 19, 1998
Withrow, MN
In 1998, we golfed in February and we golfed in December. How much better could it get? THE ALL NEW 1999 GOLF MINNESOTA DIRECTORY ISSUE is now available! You may order now by going to: gww@golfminnesota.com and telling us you would like this issue. ONLY $7.95 including shipping. More great GOLF MINNESOTA INFORMATION!!
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June 29, 1998
Minneapolis
Tom Lehman's Dayton's Challenge, the annual charity tournament he hosts was held today, and a record $1,007,614.00 was donated to the Children's Cancer Research Fund. Competitor Nick Price, appearing in his first Dayton's Challenge said "it takes a super-human effort, and you've got to say congratulations to Tom and Jim and Tom's wife Melissa and everyone who helped.."
David Duval took honors in the individual competition, shooting what he called "an ugly six-under" 66. Duval credited a couple of recovery shots that "turned bogies into birdies" with his win.
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June 3, 1998
Lutsen, MN.
Superior National at Lutsen announced today that construction of their 'new' nine hole layout is progressing ahead of schedule and that play should be available, under prime playing conditions no later than July 1, 1999.
For those who have played the original 18 holes of this dramatic course, a return visit in 1999 will offer an exciting new layout. The original course was designed by noted architect Don Herfort and opened for play in 1991. Joel Goldstrand, another of this areas highly touted architects, has designed the new nine holes, which will be blended with the original 18 to create 3 different 18-hole layouts. Situated adjacent to Lutsen Ski Area, and overlooking Lake Superior, Superior National offers spectacular views and incredible elevation changes. The new nine holes offer an abundance of both. For more information call 1-888-616-6784 or go to www.superiornational.com
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May 31, 1998
University of Minnesota golfer James McLean won the NCAA Men's Golf Championship on Saturday. McLean shot a final round 69 and a 72 hole total of 271, a score that tied for the NCAA record of 17 under par. McLean, a freshman from Australia led the Gopher team to a 7th place finish, their best since 1944. The 1999 NCAA Championships will be held at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska Minnesota.
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May 20, 1998
Lee Janzen, winner of 7 PGA titles, including the 1993 U.S. Open and 1995 Player's Championship, has been named to replace Greg Norman in the 1998 Dayton's Challenge. Norman has undergone surgery and is not expected to compete at all in 1998. Ben Crenshaw, 1999 Ryder Cup Captain has also been added to complete the field.
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January 5, 1998
PGA Superstar Tom Lehman has announced the field for the 1998 Dayton's Challenge, the charity event hosted by Lehman.In addition to 15 current PGA Tour pro's, the 1998 field has the added luster of golf legends Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player making up the final of 6 threesomes. The rest of the field is comprised of Fred Couples, David Duval, Tim Herron, Peter Jacobson, Steve Jones, Duffy Waldorf, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, David Ogren, Nick Price, Scott Simpson, Paul Stankowski and 2 TBA's. Dates for the event are June 28 (celebrity Pro-AM) and June 29 at the Minneapolis Golf Club.For ticket information call TOMSTEE or visit www.daytonschallenge.com
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July 30, 1997
USGA President Judy Bell visited Minikahda Club in Minneapolis to officially begin preparations for the 30th playing of The Curtis Cup Match. The 30th playing of The Curtis Cup Match will take place at Minikahda Club August 1 - 2, 1998. The competition features eight top amateur women players from the United States and Great Britian and Ireland. This will mark the first time Minnesota has hosted this historic match, and makes Minnesota the first and only state to have hosted all 13 National USGA Championships as well as the Walker Cup and Curtis Cup matches. Ticket information is availabe at 612-924-4218.
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July 1, 1997
Steve Jones came to Minneapolis Golf Club Monday and shot a course record 62 to win the 1997 Dayton's Challenge and take home the $50,000 winner's check. Jones teamed with playing partners Davis Love III and host Tom Lehman to also win the team competition. When asked about the golf course Jones said, "anytime you shoot 10 under, you've got to like the course" With three chip-ins and numerous long birdie putts, Jones was able to off-set two bogeys in his record setting round. Speaking of records, Tom Lehman, who hosts this event, was most pleased to present a check for $675,000 to the Children's Cancer Researh Fund, the charitable beneficiary of this tournament. $100,000 was also donated to flood relief in Western Minnesota and North Dakota.
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PGA superstar Lanny Wadkins visited Northern Minnesota to head the grand opening of Giant's Ridge Golf Course, the newest luxury "Resort Course" to be opened in Minnesota. Having consulted with Architect Jeffrey Brauer on the design of the course, Wadkins brought in fellow tour pros Craig Stadler and Robert Wrenn, along with NHL superstar Brett Hull for a celebrity charity Skins Game. Using his design knowledge, Wadkins won the skins game with a birdie putt on the 18th hole. Showing the professional golfers a little something they may not have expected, Hull finished second in the skins match. For more information on this beautiful new course, go to Giants Ridge.
