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2010-03-14 U. S. Treasury blesses Marion, Ill. , golf course sale after 16-month wait

So Treasury refused to bless any change in ownership of the golf course. Archerd said he struggled for more than a year to even get Treasury officials on the phone. The plight of a golf course once voted No. 3 in Illinois by Golf Week magazine eventually attracted the attention of federal lawmakers. Two weeks ago, Archerd had his first face-to-face meeting with Treasury.

The delay was caused by Zimbabwean national John A. Bredenkamp. He led a group that owned the golf course from 2001 to 2006. And when he sold it, he retained a right to future profits if the course was sold again, even though he was not even indirectly involved with its operation.

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The golf course withered during the long wait. Staff dropped from 75 people to one the golf pro. - Business john a. bredenkamp zimbabwe kokopelli golf golf course marion illinois fritz archerd jesse barge u. s. treasury office of foreign asset control economic sanctions john bradencamp

2010-03-13 Woman in taxi conked on head by ball

The incident happened near Sanctuary Lakes Resorts golf course on at 2 a. m. as Melbourne woman Natasha Cossell, 38, traveled home from a night out.

Cossell told ABC Radio she thought it was probably just kids playing around on the golf course at night.

An Australian woman suffered a fractured skull after being hit in the head by a golf ball through the open window of her taxi, public broadcaster ABC reported Friday.

The golf ball struck her with such force that it fractured her skull and Cossell spent 11 days in hospital recovering from brain surgery.

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- Golf ball hits woman riding in taxi fractures her skull

2010-03-12 First Tee Course Reporters

Sara has been a part of The First Tee of San Antonio since 2005. She is currently a senior at Douglas MacArthur High School in San Antonio, Texas. She was the first participant at the Chapter to achieve Ace level certification in The First Tee Life Skills Experience. Sara moved to the Unites States from Mexico with her family at the age of twelve, a fact that makes her stellar grades in high school even more impressive. Her rigorous academic course load includes Advanced Placement English, Government, Calculus and Economics. Sara plays a very active roll at her school and is involved in National Honor Society and the Mexican American Physicians Hispanic Association. She also devotes several hours per week to her varsity golf team. Sara qualified for the Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach in both 2008 and 2009. Each week, Sara

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Editors note: Sara Diaz, Evan Myer and Dexter Turner will be serving as Course Reports from the World Golf Championships-CAChampionship. All three are members of The First Tee. - 2010 CA Championship World Golf Championships

2010-03-11 New ownership making a difference at golf club

First and foremost, is the quality of the golf course," said Chris Brandt, the clubs general manager since 2008. "The family has purchased new equipment for the golf course that has made it possible to give consistent conditions that rival and surpass that of high-end

My dad and I have been looking to purchase a golf course since I was a little kid," said Kevin, who played golf at Valdosta State University. "People who have been coming here for 15 years have told us that the course is in the best shape it has ever been in. "

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The Golf Club at Cypress Creek has flourished since becoming a family business, according to the clubs general manager.

2010-03-10 Suspicious Maui Fire Destroys Golf Course Home - Honolulu News Story - KITV Honolulu

A large house fire this weekend at the Plantation Golf Estates in Kapalua may have been intentionally set, officials said.

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HONOLULU -- Officials try to determine whether the fire that destroyed a multimillion-dollar home in Kapalua was intentionally set. . - Golf course Kapalua Plantation Golf Estates fire

2010-03-09 Pacer golfers host Palmetto Intercollegiate Aiken Standard Aiken, SC

USCA will definitely have a home-course advantage this week. The Pacers home golf course, the Palmetto Golf Club, was founded in 1892, and its recognized as the fourth oldest golf course in the United States. For the tournament, the course will feature a 6,617-yard, par-70 setup.

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2010-03-08 Pinehurst No. 2 to Be Restored to Ross Vision The Pilot

When you see it and feel Pinehurst, you know its something different, Crenshaw said in the release. In Ross mind, it was the best way he believed a course should be played his masterpiece. His courses are so beautifully balanced, intended to test every part of your game. This piece of ground was special to him. To contribute our ideas here is a high, high honor.

It is not our intent to radically change this golf course, Coore said in the release. Were trying to uncover it, not recover it. Were trying to take what Ross left and perhaps bring it back to the character and definition of what was once here. In short, well bring the strategy back and reinstate its character.

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Ben Crenshaw, recognized as one of golfs top players and a defender of the games tradition, and course design partner Bill Coore have begun a restoration project of Pinehursts famed No. 2 course.

2010-03-07 Boom time for golf in China Sport

But the government wants Hainan to become a tourist paradise, to attract wealthy visitors from Japan, Korea and further afield, and the locals have dubbed Hainan a "special golf development zone" where mainland restrictions do not apply. The biggest project is the latest development by the Mission Hills Group its Hainan club, when completed, will be the worlds largest, with a breathtakingly bourgeois 22 courses.

Last years decision to add golf to the Olympic programme from 2014 means more money for golf from the state-run sport system. "Entering the Olympics will greatly push forward the development of golf in China," Wang says. "A platform will be built through the provincial sports authorities to popularise the sport among the youth. Golf in China will enjoy explosive growth. "

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The decision to include golf in the 2014 Olympics has added extra impetus to the huge growth of the sport in China - Golf Sport China World news Sport

2010-03-06 Garrido and Davies share lead in Malaysia - Golf

I am very pleased," said Garrido, who holed several long birdie putts on Thursday. "I think that on any golf course starting with a 65 is a great score, particularly round here where the climate is completely different from the one I have been used to in the last couple of months with the snow in Madrid. "

NOTES: Defending champion Anthony Kang shot a one-over 73 on Thursday and is tied for 71st place. Darren Clarke also shot a 73 in round one. Chinnarat Phadungsil is the low man on the course. He is three-under through 16. The first round will resume at 6:45 p. m. (ET) Thursday night.

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Ignacio Garrido and Rhys Davies both fired rounds of seven-under 65 on Thursday to share the lead during the suspended first round of the Malaysian Open. - European PGA Tour