Saturday 8/7 – The Golf World is Upside Down
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The golf world is upside down with Stuart Appelby with a 59 and Tiger Woods on the verge missing the Ryder Cup
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The World We Live IN… Today can anyone get along… How about just grabbing lunch…
Segment 3
A feel good story dealing with golf … http://www.kylelograsso.org/ Also a breakdown of the PGA Championship. Playing the Whistling Straights the 15th – 18th. What first time winner is going to walk away with the Wanamaker Trophy this year?
Tags: eastern golf tv, golf equipment, Late Stage Cancer, open championship, PGA Championship, Puma, Ryder Cup standings, Taylor Made, Tiger Woods, us open, usga
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Saturday 7/17 – Open Championship at it’s Best!
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The Open Championship prepares for the final 36 holes.
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Dave McPhearson, Events Director with Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday and the Tournament Director for the GOLF.com World Amateur Handicap Championships joins us to discuss the upcoming tournament and your opportunity to compete in the worlds largest Amateur Golf Tournament!
Segment 3
Our projections for the weekend at St. Andrews… tune in to find out who we like to win.
Tags: golf equipment, Irish Open, Late Stage Cancer, open championship, St Andrews, Tiger Woods, us open, usga
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Wed 7/7 – $100 Million Dollars
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The Ladies USOPEN is about to begin at Oakmont… Should the golf course be setup the same as the 2007 Men’s USOPEN?
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Tiger talks with the Irish Media… They asked the hard questions… what was his response and a prelude to the Open Championship
Segment 3
Break down of the John Deere Classic and analysis of the St. Andrews. Why is the home of golf so special?
Tags: golf equipment, Irish Open, Kenny Perry, Ladies US OPEN, Late Stage Cancer, Oakmont, open championship, St Andrews, Tiger Woods, us open, usga
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Sat 6/26 – Hank Haney and Tiger
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Hank Haney tells all about his relationship with Tiger…what was it like to be his coach and the sacrifices he made.
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The LPGA has a NEW dominate star! Have you heard of her? Do you know how many victories she has? If not listen as Sean and Aaron talk about this fantastic LPGA player.
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The Open Championship is as complicated as any to qualify…Listen to some of the criteria. Not only do they drive on the wrong side of the road but backward qualifying?
Tags: golf equipment, Late Stage Cancer, Pebble Beach Resort, Phil Mickelson, us open, usga
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Sat 6/19 – US OPEN Show / Instruction
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The USOPEN talk has been about the 14th hole at Pebble Beach; however, we think Pebble Beach has it’s own hell corner.
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Want to learn how to sync up your lower body and upper body during the golf swing. They talk about Tiger always getting the club trapped in his downswing – what does that mean? Do you do it? Find out and listen to Eastern Golf TV – Director of Instruction talk about timing of your upper and lower body.
Segment 3
It’s the FORE Golf Marathon Series coming to Virginia! You can participate and raise money for the Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation and support a local family – by providing them with a WOW experience for the entire family. Let’s talk with Rob Pritts – Tournament Director and see how to sign up and where we are playing.
Tags: golf equipment, Late Stage Cancer, Pebble Beach Resort, Phil Mickelson, us open, usga
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The US Open more than golf, a treasure for son’s and daughter’s
US Open week brings back so many memories of gritty performances by the great players and quality memories of fathers and their kids on the golf course. So often we hear all about latest on the state of the top players in the world and their chances to win this coveted major and on Sunday NBC golf coverage will spatter in a few flash of a player talking about his Dad.
For most of the golfing world we don’t strut down 30 yard wide fairways with rough like a cabbage field but we too take the opportunity to go out and tee it up as our Fathers Day tradition. For many years Dad, my brother and I would tee it up this weekend and always had a great time regardless of score, we just loved being together. It was our Dad who got us into this life long love affiar with this great game. Hitting the range on Rt. 22 in Bound Brook, NJ became common place.
It’s a wonder we stuck with it when we played with his old Northwestern irons and persimmon woods that look like they were dragged behind his car after their wedding in 1964. The irons were as forgiving as the guards at the gates of Augusta National and the balls at the range were as smooth as Kojak’s head. But it wasn’t about great shots it was about spending time with him hitting balls at the cart boy collecting the nuggets off the hard pan dirt patches scatter amongst a few patches of grass.
I will never forget the one Fathers Day weekend my Dad and I spent together. We won a trip to Hilton Head in a tournament and I got their a few days early to sample a few courses, a few beers and lots of cigars. When Dad came in it was a great time he and I on a short weekend golf getaway one of the only one’s we ever did. We played some great golf courses and I really don’t remember which one’s but I do remember our time together. My dad wasn’t a drinker then but it was great to finish up the round to have a beer and diet coke and just shoot the breeze.
I lost my dad to melanoma in 2004 and only fitting that he had just returned from a 3 day trip to Myrtyle Beach 2 days prior. You see he did what he loved, spent time on the golf course during the day and by night sharing stories with Mom and the other couples on the trip. Knowing that his final week was filled with what he loved is comforting and I too would love a story book ending from cancer and not having to suffer with a long drawn out finale.
One of the other great US Open and Fathers Day stories that was more about fatherhood than golf was Payne Stewart’s second US Open victory over Phil Mickelson at Pinehurst in 1999. Payne Stewarts resolve as a father to hold Phil by the cheeks after sinking his putt for victory wasn’t about his joy of winning the US Open just moments ago but his reaching out to Phil and saying go home and enjoy becoming a father.
Payne Stewart’s life was filled with humor, fire on the golf course and built around the love of his wife and kids. He also was taken from us way to early but his impact was that of a man that lived 100 years. His legacy is that of a champion golfer but also a Dad and it is only fitting the lasting image we have of him is his graciousness to another soon to be Dad.
Both of these men had an impact on me. Both were strong christian men that set an example to me as to the love of Christ and steadfast faith despite tough circumstances. For these reasons and more my son, Payne Robert Pritts, bears their names. There is a time coming when Payne, now 6 years old, will sit with me and watch the US Open. When the time is right we will watch the final putt drop then spend another few minutes watching two great stories: My dad’s video from his funeral with everyone sharing about the man he was and Payne Stewart’s documentary on his life.
The US Open more than golf, a treasure for son’s and daughter’s.
Tags: 1999 US Open, back 9 promotions, eastern golf tv, golf, Payne Stewart, Pebble Beach, Pinehurst, rob pritts, us open
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Sat 6/12 – College Golf Gone Wild
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The college golf scene is going crazy with all the conference changes…see what impact will it have on college golf.
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David Fay does not want to “Americanize the Process” for Olympics as Jack Nicklaus and Annika Sorestam make a bid to design the Olympic Golf Course.
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US OPEN Preview – Find out about the changes…also FORE Golf Marathon Series… Come and Support an outstanding cause for late stage cancer families… it’s free!
Tags: ACC, Annika Sorenstam, Big Ten, college golf, golf equipment, Jack Nicklaus, Late Stage Cancer, PAC 10, Phil Mickelson, SEC, us open, usga
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ROMO ADVANCES TO SECTIONALS
May 21, 2010 ROMO ADVANCES TO SECTIONALS
Kudos to Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Tony Romo for advancing to the sectional round of the U.S. Open. His chances of making it past the 36-hole sectional are slim, but let’s not diminish what is already a significant achievement. The odds are stacked against you in a U.S. Open Qualifier with very few spots available to a large number of players. Romo shot a 2-under 69 and then grabbed the final spot from his local qualifier by winning a playoff.
It’s pretty amazing for a guy to be good enough to play quarterback for one of the marquee franchises in the NFL and play well enough to be one step away from a berth in the U.S. Open.
I’m rooting for Romo to grab one of the 90 spots given to sectional qualifiers at Pebble Beach.
Tags: eastern golf tv, golf, PGA TOUR, us open, usga
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