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    Golfing news

    I'd forgotten about this guy Casey Martin and his case to use a golf cart. Looks like he's doing quite well at U of Oregon:

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ion/101408498/

    "Practice was nearly finished at Shadow Hills Golf Course on Thursday afternoon. A severe thunderstorm was rumbling north from Eugene toward the driving range and putting greens occupied by the University of Oregon men’s golf team. The sooner the team finished their putting competition, the sooner they could get back to campus.But Edwin Yi was taking his time. He addressed his golf ball, which sat slightly downhill three feet from the hole. He wagged his putter, set the club head on the green, picked it up and stepped back. He got himself set, then backed off. He got himself set again before noticing his teammates were growing impatient while edging closer to his personal space.

    “Make this putt! What are you doing?” says Yi’s coach, Casey Martin, with a mixture of exasperation and amusement.

    Yi approached the ball again, swung his putter back slightly and rattled his shot into the cup.
    It seemed to be an elaborate exercise for one of dozens of putts Yi and his teammates would take in the day’s practice, but that ignores the stakes involved. Missing a putt in these practice competitions can cost a player a small amount of the pretend money they start with each season and send the player, his teammates and their coaches to the ground for push-ups.

    “I’ve always felt when you compete all the time, somehow when you go play, you play better,” Martin says. “That’s created an environment where they actually go out there and feel like something’s riding on it. It’s corny, but it’s really fun. They don’t want to lose, and the guys that win, they feel like they’ve accomplished something.”

    Lately Oregon’s competitions have been marked by major accomplishments. The Ducks closed the 2016 season by winning the NCAA Division I men's team championship, and Oregon sophomore Aaron Wise took individual honors. Last month they won their first outright Pac-12 championship since 1959, and senior Wyndham Clark became the first Oregon player since 1978 to take medalist honors in the event. Last week Clark was voted conference golfer of the year, Martin coach of the year and early enrollee Norman Xiong freshman of the year".

    Rest of article in the link.

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    Talking about golf,saw a great photo of John Daly in a paper today,stars and stripes
    pants and a big gut,but he won his first US win 13 years at the Champions Tour in Texas.

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    Quote Originally Posted by reddog View Post
    Talking about golf,saw a great photo of John Daly in a paper today,stars and stripes
    pants and a big gut,but he won his first US win 13 years at the Champions Tour in Texas.
    Saw that . If you check out his history in all the majors you'll see with the exception of the two wins he mostly didn't play or didn't make the half way cut most of the time.

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    ^I was at Crooked Stick when he won the PGA in 91. I've never seen such excitement by the crowds at any golf tournament.

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    EUROPE WIN 2021 SOLHEIM CUP

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    Team Europe secured a second victory on US soil as they clinched a 15-13 win over Team USA in the 2021 Solheim Cup at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.
    Heading into the final day, Europe had a two-point lead over the counterparts and only needed five points to retain the coveted trophy.
    It was Matilda Castren’s point which ensured Europe would be heading back across the Atlantic with trophy in hand while Emily Kristine Pedersen, in the final match of the day, sealed the victory.

    EUROPE WIN 2021 SOLHEIM CUP - Ladies European Tour

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    LOS has developed indoor snooker, with ball girls , holes.greensward
    Takes a bit of getting used to hold the club horizontal 23 balls to get into 6 bunkers then you're snookered !

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