Dustin Johnson News

Who: Marion Heck, 70, Fort Myers Where: Shadow Wood Preserve, No. 12, 145 yards, 6-iron, last Thursday His ace: First of all, don't go wondering what local legend Heck was doing needing to hit 6-iron from a modest 145 yards.

Officials at the Verizon Heritage are just as proud of their annual amateur event, the Players Amateur.

It includes seven of the first eight tournaments of the year, including five straight, but does not include the Verizon Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island from April 15-18, the week after the Masters.

Ever since the Turning Stone Resort Championship started three years ago, officials and golfers alike have clamored for a more attractive date.

The field for the 21st edition of The Shark Shootout is set as the tournament returns to Tiburon Golf Club at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples December 9-13. Tournament host Greg Norman announced today that Tim Clark, J.B. Holmes, Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar and Graeme McDowell have accepted invitations to compete.

Shootout fast facts What: 2009 Shark Shootout When: Dec. 9-13 Purse: $3 million Schedule: Pro-am, Dec.

The Board of Managers for the private Reserve Golf Club in Pawleys Island is planning to file for bankruptcy protection that it hopes will facilitate the sale of the club to McConnell Golf.

John Daly will play in the Australian Open and Australian PGA golf tournaments in December after recovering more quickly than expected from a rib injury.

A former candidate for Myrtle Beach mayor spent the night in jail after a traffic stop in the city, jail records show.

Janet Teal, an Albany area resident, was a marshal on No. 9 Thursday for the first round of the Turning Stone Resort Championship.

By JACK CLARK jackclark@mvn.net WOODLAWN - Sometimes it just comes down to the last match of the season.

A PGA official said Tuesday the Tour will discuss with Turning Stone Resort Championship officials in the next few days about changing the date of the tournament.

Now that the PGA TOUR Playoffs are over, the focus is on keeping playing rights for the 2010 season.

The Fall Series The folks on the Tour used the day following Phil's win at the TOUR Championship and Tiger's win of the FedEx Cup to reflect on the last month of work, and most golf fans are starting to do the same.

Dustin Johnson lines up his final putt on the 18th hole during the last day of the Turning Stone ... Photo 1 of 23 MICHAEL LAPOLLA/Observer-Dispatch Tom Reilly, of Utica, left, gets scanned before boarding the bu... Photo 2 of 23 Golfers cross a bridge, Thursday, Oct.

The third annual Turning Stone Resort Championship has attracted its strongest-ever field.

Sean O'Hair got a putting tip from Tiger Woods and put it to good use Thursday in the Tour Championship, opening with a 4-under 66 to take a one-shot lead in the final FedEx Cup playoff event.

Technically, the The Turning Stone Resort Championship as the start of the PGA Tour's "Fall Series". But the previous two editions of this event have betrayed the title.

Myrtle Beach resident Dustin Johnson could be collecting $10 million at the end of this upcoming week, and it won't require an inconceivable series of events.

Joe Perry is angry that Aerosmith has been sidelined due to Steven Tyler's tour injury.