Gary Player News

Each year brought more recognition to Curtis Strange. He was the first PGA Tour player to earn $1 million in a season in 1988, then he became the first player in nearly a half-century to win the U.S. Open in consecutive years.

Raleigh's Jimmy Hamilton won his first PGA golf tour check in 1991. It was written in the amount of $2,765 for a 64th place finish in the Greater Greensboro Open.

The stars of this week's 10th anniversary of the Gary Player Invitational all arrived at The Links at Fancourt on Thursday, with the Grand Slam winner leading double US Open champion Retief Goosen and two of golf's most exciting young female professionals in the official practice round.

Grant Winter Devcember will be a big month for South African golf, with the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City from December 3-6 followed in the fortnight after that by the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek and the SA Open at Pearl Valley - both part of the European Tour's 2010 Race to Dubai.

Having turned 50 last month, Fred Couples will make his Champions Tour debut in the Champions Skins Game in Hawaii in January.

Kiawah Island is a golf resort, and as such, you might gather that it is hot for golf! Located on a beautiful barrier island just a few miles off South Carolina , the resort has five award-winning championship golf courses: The Ocean Course , Turtle Point , Osprey Point and Cougar Point .

Mike Weir officially will become a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame later this month in Bright's Grove, Ont., and although some say Weir is too young for induction, his captain from the 2007 President Cup was pleased to hear that news.

By Published: November 19, 2009 HOUSTON - Monday was a dog of a day for Doug Barron, a 40-year-old golf pro from Memphis who has a Scooby-Doo headcover on his driver and, since Nov.

Gary Player took one look at the golf course he designed on Saadiyat Island yesterday and put it in his top five favourites from more than half a decade of travelling the world.

Bob Cayne made a career for himself in the golf world as a tournament organizer, marketing consultant, and talk show host in Cleveland.

November 11 -- It may feel like spring out there on Veterans Day, but when it looks like midnight and it's only 4:30 p.m., you know it's time to take advantage of end-of-season deals on Boston golf courses.

Golf legend Gary Player was in Vancouver on Wednesday to receive the first Golf Business Canada Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Golf Course Owner's Association, which kicked off its annual conference with Player's keynote address.

Kingston Heath, which will host Tiger Woods this week, is a magnifi cent golf course and a tribute to its designers.

ARCADIA , Calif. - Just in time, at long last, not a minute too soon, and finally, it's Day One of the Breeders' Cup races, $25.5 million in purse money riding on four thin ankles and judicious whipping.

Chatting with friends and well-wishers at Clocker's Corner on Thursday morning, just a short chip shot from Santa Anita's main track, was a familiar figure.

Professional golfer and Thoroughbred breeder Gary Player has a message for horse owners, especially the connections of Rachel Alexandra and Sea the Stars , the soon-to-be respective champions in the U.S. and Europe who are not participating in the Nov.

Two years ago, I wrote a story for Golf Digest about the potential use of performance enhancing drugs on the professional golf tours.

Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes got it right when he shouted to 99,251 mad AFL fans at the MCG Grand Final entertainment: "There ain't no second prize here." He could have been talking about the Melbourne Cup.

Factor: Luxury oasis The buzz: Immersed within sweet-scented gardens overlooking theA Atlantic Ocean, the Mazagan Beach Resort is a veritable Moroccan haven.

Breeders' Cup , in an Oct. 30 release, said the award "honors an individual who has established a career of excellence in a chosen profession and also maintains a passionate interest as an owner, breeder, or participant in the Thoroughbred racing industry." The award will be presented at Santa Anita Park Nov.