Golf: from the green to the page to the screen
Golf news from Oregon
Golf: from the green to the page to the screen
Some time next year a movie will be released that my not fit into the ’sports genre’ category. “Golf in the Kingdom” has taken years to realize, having sat with Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood for a decade (who held the option on the film) but not coming to fruition in his very capable hands. Fifteen scripts later and still nothing. Now jump scene to spring 2009…
Producer Mindy Affrime and director Susan Streitfeld just wrapped up the shoot in Oregon at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. They call their adaptaion of the 1972 novel (of the same name) by Michael Murphy a low-budget film; closer to an art film than a sports film. Low-budget or not, the cast is made up of talented actors including Malcolm McDowell, Frances Fischer, Mason Gamble and David O’Hara. Are there awards in their future for best actor, or awards for the movie’s editing or costumes? Time will tell, and what’s of greater importance to the author is that “Golf in the Kingdom” has finally been realized on film after 37 years of waiting paitently in the green…
Golf trophies that will be etched in your heart
Trophy news from Crown Awards
Golf trophies that will be etched in your heart
These shapely and majestic laser-etched acrylic trophies are high quality remembrances that will last a lifetime. Choose a golf themed laser-etched art for your golf trophy; golf ball, male golfer or female golfer.
One of Crown’s four laser-etched acrylic award styles is sure to be the perfect match for your winner. Choose among the Imperial Ocean Acrylic, the Pyramid Acrylic, the Orbit Acrylic, and the Hang Ten Wave Acrylic.
Hole in 1: A golf trophy story
Trophy news from Crown Awards
Golf Trophies
Hole in 1: A golf trophy story
It’s a thing of beauty, the most amazing hole in 1 ever! The rich base, the golden figure, the perfect quote… it’s the Hole in 1 golf trophy – and it’s waiting for your best shot! The trophy becomes complete when you insert your very own special ball. So celebrate your hole in 1 everyday with this great award.
Ahhh the beautiful ‘Bonita’
Trophy news form Crown Awards
Golf Trophies and Awards
Ahhh the beautiful ‘Bonita’
This sleek golf trophy, aptly named the Optical Crystal Bonita, is one of the many dazzling crystal golf trophies offered from Crown Awards. The shape itself seems to bend with the grace of a great golf stroke. The top golf ball gives some extra added dimension to this beauty that stands upon a black base. Have your logo sandblasted on the award for something truly magnificent!
Harrington sorry that he can’t compete for Vardon
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Trophy news from St. Louis, MO
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Padraig Harrington was about the only one not complaining that a double major champion could not qualify for the Tour Championship, blaming only himself for missing consecutive cuts at the start of the PGA Tour Playoffs.
His biggest letdown? Realizing he couldn’t win the Vardon Trophy.
Harrington figured he was safe playing the minimum 15 events on the PGA Tour. But he missed the cut three times, and finished the year with only 52 rounds. Players must complete 60 rounds to be eligible for the Vardon Trophy for lowest adjusted scoring average.
Trophy is Long Overdue for Bognor Golfers
Trophy News From England
Not since the 1990s have the club won the trophy, contested between Bognor, Cowdray Park, Ham Manor, Littlehamp-ton and Worthing.
Teams of ten from each club play foursomes matchplay, home and away, on Wednesday evenings through the summer.
So Bognor were crowned champions by one point, and at the end-of-season presentation supper at Cowdray Park, Bognor again stunned the 60-strong assembled golfers by achieving a notable double as they won the Supper Trophy, edging out Cowdray on countback.<!–more–>
Bognor club captain Ian Pettie was delighted to get his hands on the Evening League trophy after such a long time.
And team captain Simon Watts paid tribute to his ‘loyal, long-suffering’ team who patiently and good-humouredly endured numerous wooden spoons and lowly finishes before finally achieving top spot.
Those who contributed to the epic win were John Adams, John Carlton, Paul Elliott, Robbie Hughes, John Lampard, John Meek, Clive Millett, Ian Paine, Brian Poston, Jason Rae, Rob Redmond, Trevor Rich, Ron Stevens, Mark Watson, Simon Watts and Mark Willmer.
* Bognor’s ladies’ section’s captain’s day trophy was won by N Vincent with a nett 68.
Originally Written by Petworth Observer Staff
Harrington Soars to Lead in PGA Player of Year, Vardon Trophy Races
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Trophy News from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Padraig Harrington of Ireland, who wrote a remarkable chapter in major championship history over the past few weeks with victories in the British Open and PGA Championship, has taken a commanding lead in The PGA of America’s 2008 Player of the Year point standings.
Harrington also leads the Vardon Trophy race, and with 44 completed rounds, needs to record 16 additional complete rounds to meet the required minimum of 60 rounds for one of the most prestigious season-ending awards.
Should Harrington continue his momentum toward both awards, he would be the first European since Nick Faldo in 1990 to win the PGA Player of the Year award and would be the first-ever European to capture the Vardon Trophy, presented annually by The PGA of America since 1937 (not awarded from 1942-’46 due to WWII).
The PGA of America has honored the game’s best players with The PGA Player of the Year Award since 1948. The Award is currently presented to the top touring professional based on a point system for tournament wins, official money standings and scoring averages.
Since 1937, the Vardon Trophy, named by The PGA of America in honor of famed British golfer Harry Vardon, is awarded annually to the touring professional with the lowest adjusted scoring average.
Originally Written by PGA.com Staff
British Open Champ Wraps Up Rare Double in Majors
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Trophy News From Michigan
Padraig Harrington’s Irish eyes don’t smile. At least not until he’s holding some hulking trophy in celebration of another major championship.
In the heat of a major Sunday, those eyes sear. They could burn holes in kevlar. We know that they can melt his opponents at just the right time.
They are the eyes that show no fear, only a fierce determination to do what so many others find impossible: produce the shots and the putts when you absolutely have to.
Harrington already had shown he could do so in capturing back-to-back British Open trophies. He’s never done it better, however, than he did yesterday when the 90th PGA Championship trophy was in doubt, and he responded with one of the finest closing efforts a major has seen.
The 36-year-old from Dublin made a 20-foot putt to save par at 16, made a spectacular 10-foot birdie at the brutally difficult par-3 17th, and saved an all-world par from the sand and rough with a 15-foot putt at 18 to win a major golf trophy for the second time in a 21-day span.
Already lauded as Ireland’s greatest golfer, Harrington ended a 78-year PGA drought for the Europeans, who hadn’t won since Tommy Armour beat Gene Sarazen in match play in 1930.
“I knew the situation. I knew what I had to do,” Harrington was saying last night, the enormous Wanamaker Trophy sitting at his side. “I’m a great believer in making your own responsibility, whether you win or you don’t win. You get chances on the back nine in a major tournament, and you’ve got to take them.”
Harrington wanted it badly, and few beyond the absent Tiger Woods seize it the way he does.
“I kind of felt like I won the PGA at that stage, thinking this is it,” Harrington said. “I had the opportunity to get the putt in first, which was important.”
He was dead on. Harrington made his effort, Sergio Garcia missed – as he had done on the 72nd hole at Carnoustie last year – and Harrington had the one-shot cushion.
There was still the hardest hole on the course to conquer, and Harrington made it interesting. He drove under the lip of the right bunker and blasted out into the rough, but then launched an excellent 7-iron to 15 feet.
Harrington stroked it true, and got to celebrate a major trophy win like never before, pumping his fists in celebration.
Originally Written by Tod Leonard of the San Diego Union-Tribune
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