Marc Turnesa News

The PGA Tour is in Mississippi this week for the Viking Classic, the second to last full field event of the 2009 season.

Course: Annandale Golf Club . Purse: $3.7 million. Winner's share: $666,000. Television: Golf Channel .

VIKING CLASSIC, Annandale Golf Club, Madison, Mississippi - Last year, this tournament played opposite the Ryder Cup in September.

Although last yeara s champion, Marc Turnesa, bowed out of the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Friday, 2007a s top man, George McNeill, is still very much in it.

Who: Defending champion Marc Turnesa and several players among the Top 25 in tour earnings include Jim Furyk, Nick Watney, Brian Gay, David Toms, Hunter Mahan, Rory Sabbatini, Jerry Kelly and Matt Kuchar When: Pro-Am today; PGA pros Thursday-Sunday Where: TPC at Summerlin Tickets: $15; jtshrinersopen.com Sun Archives Justin Timberlake tees off ...

Marc Turnesa, last year's champion in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, did not make the cut to continue on after posting a 1-under for the first two days of competition.

The Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open TPC Summerlin at Las Vegas, Nevada - Dates: Thursday, October 15 - Sunday, October 18 - 2009 Purse: $4,200,000 Tournament Schedule First Round - Thursday, October 15 - 5pm EST on the Golf Channel Second Round - Friday, October 16 - 5pm EST on the Golf Channel Third Round - Saturday, October ...

Site: Las Vegas. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday. Course: TPC Summerlin . Purse: $4.2 million.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN OPEN, TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada - If you turned on your TV last year and wondered why Marc Turnesa was posing with Justin Timberlake during the trophy presentation, you needed only to look at the name of the tournament.

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

Golfer Webb Simpson attempts a shot from the bunker during a practice round for the 2009 Turning ... Photo 1 of 12 Caddie for Billy Mayfair, Todd Montoya clears balls from a practice green during a practice round... Photo 2 of 12 A practice round for golfers participating in the 2009 Turning Stone Resort Championship at the A... Photo 3 of 12 ...

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.

Marc Turnesa practices Tuesday on the driving range at TPC at Summerlin in Las Vegas during media day for the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Professional golf didn't work out for Ryan Pray, but he joined the tour anyway. The Dowling graduate is now vice president of tour operations for the Gateway Tour, which brings its season-ending championship to Legacy Golf Club in Norwalk from Sept.

One more afternoon around the table, listening to his grandfather Mike retell the tale of his loss to Byron Nelson in a second-round match in the 1945 PGA Championship.

A day after blustery conditions made the field post the worst scores in a round since 2004, no one passed the smooth putting, left-handed Australian who was nicknamed "Snake" by friends as a play off his last name.

Family, friends support Fairfax native during up-and-down AT&T National. By Mark Giannotto Wednesday, July 08, 2009 It had already been a rough start for Fairfax native Steve Marino and his crowd of supporters, when the W.T. Woodson graduate stepped to the tee of the par-3 seventh hole at Congressional Country Club Sunday for the final round of the ...

Andrew Svoboda has a rooting interest in the St. Jude Classic. Svoboda, a mini-tour player from New York who grew up playing at Winged Foot, is the first alternate for the U.S. Open next week at Bethpage Black.

Quick, think about college golf in North Carolina. Who comes to mind? Is it the tradition of Wake Forest with legends like Palmer and Wadkins, Haas and Strange? How about Davis Love III representing the Tar Heels, striding down fairways in pleated khakis and pastel polos? Or, perhaps you picture the recent dominance of the Duke women's team, ...