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Maryland Golf 2008
Maryland Golf 20082008-02-12 Downing elected GCSAA presidentWorld Golf Hall of Fame member Greg Norman was presented with the Old Tom Morris Award at the GCSAA Education Conference Opening Session. Christopher S. Gray Sr. , GCSAA Class A director of golf course operations at The Marvel Golf Club in Benton, Ky. , was the overall winner of the GCSAA/Golf Digest Environmental Leaders In Golf Awards, presented in partnership with Rain Bird and Syngenta. Michael Maffei, CGCS at Morefar Golf Course in Brewster, N. Y. , Peter McDonough, GCSAA Class A superintendent at The Keswick (Va. ) Club, and Richard Staughton, CGCS at Towne Lake Hills Golf Club in Woodstock, Ga. , won the GCSAA Excellence in Government Relations Awards. Donald Hearn, CGCS, H. James "Jim" Loke, CGCS at Bent Creek Country Club in Lancaster, Pa. , and retired superintendent Oscar Miles, CGCS, won GCSAA Distinguished Service Awards. Jeff www.expertclick.com David S. Downing II, CGCS, vice president of operations and construction for Signature Golf Group in Myrtle Beach, S. C. , was elected president of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) at the associations annual meeting Feb. 1. The annual meeting was held in conjunction with the GCSAA Education Conference -Feb. 2) and Golf Industry Show -Feb. 2) in
2008-08-22 Centre View South - The Connection NewspapersPutt for a purpose and help raise funds and awareness for MS at the MS Longest Day of Golf to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Get a foursome together and spend an entire weekday in August or September playing golf at an area club like participating sponsors Burke Lake Golf Center, Chantilly National Golf and Country Club, Pinecrest Golf Course, Twin Lakes Golf Course, Westfields Golf Club, and Jefferson District Golf Course. The golf courses donate greens fees, and all participants agree to meet a fund-raising minimum of usd. 125 to help end MS. To register or learn more, contact the National Capital Chapter at 202-296-5363 or visit .
2008-09-13 Golfs pied piper - Washington Times - Politics, Breaking News, US and World NewsOn Friday, Sept. 19, and Saturday, Sept. 20, Langston will be hosting the seventh annual Jimmy Garvin Scholarship Tournament, which raises money to help provide scholarships to minority youths. This fall, four youngsters who were in Garvins programs have started college under golf scholarships -- Anthony Long at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Victor Thomas at the University of South Florida, and Dionne West and Geoffrey Napper at Hampton University. Garvin, a former baseball standout at Howard University under coach Chuck Hinton, does more for the growth of golf in the minority community than anyone in the area, and perhaps throughout the country. He has created partnerships with Special Olympics, First Tee DC, Kids on Course Golf Program and sponsors an Annual No Cost International Golf Tournament, among other washingtontimes.com As the Ryder Cup approaches and the notion of country and honor is linked to a golf tournament, of all . - Washington times politics breaking news world news political news capitol hill
2008-02-26 Maryland Daily RecordBEAVER CREEK (AP) - A teenager was killed after he became trapped under a forklift that overturned at the Beaver Creek Country Club. Family members identified the victim as Nevin Petre of Mapleville. He was helping his father remove a tree from the golf course. Rod Steiner, a country club employee, says Petre was operating the forklift at about 1 p. m. on Thursday as his father, Samuel, sawed the tree. Steiner says the tree, which was rotten on the inside, fell sooner than expected, making the forklift turn over and pinning Nevin Petre underneath the cab. Mount Aetna Volunteer Fire Department Deputy Chief Tony Veney says Nevin Petre was taken to Washington County Hospital. Rhonda Wardlaw, a spokeswoman for the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health, says the agency is investigating the incident. www.mddailyrecord.com
2008-08-21 Furious Virginia Rally Falls Short, Maryland Wins Potomac Cup . 5 Cybergolf NewsThats an understatement. This was a full-blown, red-alert emergency. One minute they were coasting to victory, the next minute Captain Sheehan was storming about the ramparts desperately hoping for reinforcements to arrive. At 12:45, after about nine holes of play, the singles were tied 6-6; it wasnt a question of "if," it was a question of "when. " But theres plenty of trouble over the back nine of Blue Ridge Shadows Golf Club, and Maryland seemed to find all of it and at the worst possible time. Furious Virginia Rally Falls Short, Maryland Wins Potomac Cup . 5 - Maryland won their third Potomac Cup and first in four years Sunday, but not before a rout turned into a nail-biter. - Golf news Furious Virginia Rally Falls Short, Maryland Wins Potomac Cup . 5 Cybergolf News
2008-05-09 Green Course is Setting for CBFs Akridge Save the Bay ClassicCBF worked with Akridge, the tournaments title sponsor and a major Washington area real estate developer, and the Brick Companies, the owners of Atlantic Golf, to host the Akridge Save the Bay Classic at Queenstown Harbor golf course on May 8th. The day will bring together business leaders and decision makers from around the mid-Atlantic for a day of environmentally friendly golf and discussion at the Queenstown, Maryland, course. The Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses (ACSP), which has certified Queenstown Harbors environmental planning practices, is an award winning education and certification program that helps golf course managers enhance the natural areas and wildlife habitats that golf courses provide, improve efficiency, and minimize potentially harmful impacts of golf operations, said Joellen Zeh, ACSP Program Manager for Audubon International. She noted that membership in the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program is open to private, public and municipal golf courses in the United States and internationally. WASHINGTON, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), a conservation group that has worked to protect and restore the Bay since 1967, has chosen sustainably designed golf courses. - Golf course bay akridge cbf our program audubon courses management washington building use business queenstown sustainable coble water environmental their chesapeake
2008-08-04 Area briefs: HiToms sweep past Forest City : Greensboro, North CarolinaMID-ATLANTIC GIRLS CHALLENGE: The eight-golfer Carolinas team owns a 3-1 lead entering todays final round singles matches at the seventh Mid-Atlantic Girls Challenge at Danville Golf Club in Danville, Va. A team of juniors mixing North and South Carolina players against their Virginia and Maryland counterparts are competing in the event. Virginia-Maryland posted its only victory in the first match, with recent VSGA junior girls champion Jessica Hollandsworth (Floyd, Va. ) teaming with Caroline Sweet (Bowie, Md. ) to defeat Anna Martin (Piedmont, S. C. ) and Courtney Taylor (Gastonia), 2 and 1. The Carolinas team captured each of the final three matches. In match two, Hayley Hammond (Mooresville) and Virginia Mayer (Charlotte) scored a 3 and 1 win over Lauren Greenlief (Oakton, Va. ) and Karishma Thiagaraj (Rockville, Md. ). The tandem HITOMS 3-9, FOREST CITY 2-1: Wes Hobson, Richard Jones and Blake Forsythe clubbed home runs to lead the HiToms past Forest City in the second game of a Coastal Plain League doubleheader Saturday in Forest City. The HiToms improved to 19-6 in the second ha.
2008-01-19 No. 1 in College SportsRanked ninth in U. S. juniors rankings by . Finished second at 2007 PIAA Boys Golf Championship, firing 141 over 36 holes. Also finished second in the WPIAL Boys Championship as a senior. Placed fourth in the PIAA State Championships as a junior. Played in WPIAL tournament in all four years. Appeared three times in U. S. Junior Amateur Championships. Shot in stroke play to finish T6th at 2007 U. S. Junior Amateur in Augusta, Mo. Lost tough first-round match 1-down that year. Lost in second round of match play in 2005 at Longmeadow (Mass. ) CC. Shot 156 in stroke play in 2004 U. S. Junior Amateur at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. Finished T14th with 296 total at the 2006 Callaway Golf Junior Worlds at Torrey Pines. Had a second-place finish -69--286) at the 2007 AJGA Rolex No. 1 in College Sports - Athletics auctions audio baseball basketball bowls bulletin boards chat collectibles college college athletics college baseball college basketball college football college hockey
2008-09-04 Local Hero Funk Commits To Play In Senior Players - Sports News Story - WBAL BaltimoreFred Funk continues to split his playing time between the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. Funk has claimed eight victories on the PGA TOUR including THE PLAYERS Championship in 2005 and the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun in 2007. Funk, now 52 years of age, also holds four career victories on the Champions Tour including wins this season at the MasterCard Championship at Hualalai and JELD-WEN Tradition, as well as the 2006 ATandT Championship and 2007 Turtle Bay Championship. Funk served as the golf coach at The University of Maryland from 1982 to 1988. He is a 1980 graduate of the University of Maryland and was named to the Terps Hall of Fame in 2007 as well as the State of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame. Funk is a native of Takoma Park, Maryland. www.wbaltv.com - Golf
2008-07-22 Washington Times - Destination: Western MarylandSo what better place to start a discussion about golf in Western Maryland than at The Wisp For a course with such a soft, soothing name, The Wisp has always had a hard edge. But thats a good thing. That edge has been sharpened recently on the Dominick Palumbo design. Located on the side of the mountain that the ski slopes dominate in the winter, the course now features four new holes that have been integrated in the layout to replace four original holes. The lost real estate will soon accommodate resort expansion. washingtontimes.com There was a time during this countrys expansion phase that west of Baltimore County was considered
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