Emotional triumph for David Toms

Emotional triumph for David Toms

There were times when David Toms wondered if he would ever win on the PGA Tour again.In 2009, he saw Kenny Perry shoot a final-round 63 to win the Travelers Championship in Hartford. Last year at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., he saw Arjun Atwal get up and down for par to win by a stroke.Just last week, a missed short par putt on the first playoff hole on the famed 17th island green at TPC Sawgrass kept Toms from winning the Players Fila Korea Buys Titleist For Global Expansion Championship.Age -- he is 44 -- and injuries -- hand, shoulder and heart surgeries -- seemed to lead to self-doubt, despite a résumé that includes a PGA Championship, 11 other Tour victories and spots on three Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup teams.

"I'm not dreaming, am I?" Toms said Sunday. "This is actually happening, right?"Yes, it was. The golf gods were not that cruel.Too much of Toms' one-shot victory at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial seemed predestined.In December, his grandfather, Tom, died. He fought in World War II and was awarded a Silver Star. He helped raise Toms. He bought him his first car. He was the one who got him hooked on golf, taking him to tournaments when Toms was younger.On Saturday, Colonial celebrated Armed Forces Day by welcoming former Medal of Honor winners to the tournament, and military members held the flag on No. 17 all TaylorMade R9 Fairway Wood adopt Latest technology day.As Toms spoke Sunday of his grandfather, his voice caught."He didn't get to see my last victory," Toms said. "That's a little of that emotion."Toms thought his grandfather was carrying him last week. Six months earlier, Toms was in Jacksonville on a business trip when he got the call that his grandfather needed emergency surgery. He thought it was fitting that he would win again near where he got the call telling him of his grandfather's death.Perhaps Tom Toms knew better.Colonial Country Club has long been David Toms' favorite course on the PGA Tour. His precise game always seemed to be suited for the tighter fairways, but all he could manage were three top-five finishes in his first 12 trips to Fort Worth. He finished tied for second in 2002, five strokes behind Nick Price."To finally get it done means the world to me," said Toms, who heard and saw plenty of LSU fans throughout the week.After the first two rounds, Toms was threatening to run away from the field with a pair of bogey-free 62s. But on Saturday he shot a 74 and entered the final round trailing Charlie Wi by a stroke.

Women’s Golf Championship performance

Women’s Golf Championship performance

UCLA shot a 7-over 295 on Thursday for an 8-over 584 total. Purdue, tied for third with LSU after the first round, matched UCLA at 7 over in the second round to move into second place.“You can’t feel bad about the position we’re in,” Purdue coach Devon Brouse said. “I really felt like both days we left some out there the last couple of holes, but I’m sure every coach here could say that.”Brouse said the wind was a factor Thursday.“I didn’t blow quite as hard as I thought it was going to (but) it was tricky,” he said. “It was swirling and I think it fooled all the players quite a few times today. I know it fooled our players a few times.”UCLA’s Tiffany Lua was in a three-way tie for third after her second straight 1-under 71.LSU was third at 12-over 588 and host TaylorMade Burner 2.0 irons Can Creat A Special Swing Texas A&M jumped from sixth after the first day to fourth at 13-over 589. The Aggies were leading at a couple of points during their back nine, but struggled on the 15th and 16th holes to fall into fourth.“No, (I’m) not completely satisfied, but I said to myself at the beginning of the day that if we went out and shot what we did yesterday, today that I would be satisfied with it,” A&M coach Trelle McCombs said about her team which improved by one stroke in the second round. “But knowing that we gave some shots away on 15 and 16, that obviously left a little mark. The thing about it is that we kept ourselves in it, we didn’t take ourselves out of it.”“I’ve hit the ball really well this spring and it’s just been a matter of getting some putts to drop,” Ernst said. “Once I make one, I feel confident I can make a few. I just played solid golf and hit all my spots.”Ernst, who shot an even-par 72 in the first round, had seven birdies Thursday.“I was hitting OK (Wednesday) and (Thursday) I tried to stay more on top of the ball and I hit it a lot better,” Ernst said. “I missed one shot all day and that was the drive on 3 (bogey). I played smart most of the day and went for pins that I could get to.”Top-ranked Southern California and No. 3 Alabama struggled again, tying for 15th with 28-over 604 totals.

Good airline services enhance the joy of golf vacation

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Good airline services enhance the joy of golf vacation

Good airline services enhance the joy of golf vacation

Commissioner William B. McKinley, who represents the Washington County Board of Commissioners on the Airport Advisory Commission, said discussions about the announcement were held in closed session, and he was not at liberty to disclose details about it until after the news conference.County Administrator Gregory B. Murray also declined to confirm details about the service.During the “commissioners’ comments” portion of a county commissioners’ meeting Tuesday, Commissioner John F. Barr mentioned that there would be a “great announcement” at the airport Wednesday morning. Barr said he regretted that he would be unable to attend because he will be at a board meeting of the Maryland Association of Counties in Annapolis.The airline What Should Hill Do For His PGA Tour currently flies to 16 cities, including Allentown, Pa., Fort Myers, Fla., Pittsburgh and West Palm Beach, Fla.The airline’s website said the company began providing scheduled public charter flights March 7, 2007, and highlights its low cost.

Gal's first LPGA victory at the Kia Classic

Gal's first LPGA victory at the Kia Classic

Gal hit a wedge from 83 yards to two feet for birdie on the 18th hole to defeat Shin by a stroke and become the only Rolex First-Time winner of 2011. Gal, a native of Dusseldorf, Germany, started playing golf at the age of 6 and her father was her first golf coach. She had an accomplished amateur career, representing Germany at the European Team Championships from 2003-07 and winning the German National Girls Championship in 2003. Gal attended the University of Florida where she was a 2007 first team All-American and won four tournaments. In 2007, Gal won the Czech Invitational Championship and was the top-ranked amateur in both the australian masters golf European and German ranks. Gal turned professional in 2008.Gal is going to Canyon Ranch. With her victory at the 2011 Kia Classic, Sandra Gal earned an all-inclusive stay for two at a Canyon Ranch resort. In a combined effort to promote health and overall well-being among Tour players, Canyon Ranch will provide every winner of an LPGA event with one all-inclusive stay at one of Canyon Ranch's two destination resorts. When Kia and the LPGA got together last year for the inaugural Kia Classic, unbeknownst to LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan, LPGA Chief Marketing Officer Jon Podany and VP of Marketing and Communications for Kia Motors America Michael Sprague, it was also a college reunion.

The trio all graduated from Miami of Ohio in 1987 and even lived together at Dennison Hall their freshman year. “We didn’t know this until we all came together,” Sprague said. “Here’s three guys from completely different backgrounds who all lived in san diego and golf schools the same residence hall 28 years ago, and we came back together for a golf tournament.”I think just a couple injuries that I had in the beginning last season, a few cuts I missed there made me realize that this is my job.  And you've got to love what you're doing, and I wasn't loving it.  So I just changed my attitude towards it. I'm really thankful for what I'm doing and the game I play.  You know, that's made it such a big change.  Part of it is also my team, having my parents around, my coaches, Andrew Park, having Callaway with me.  So all of that together makes it happen.

Gal's first LPGA victory at the Kia Classic

Gal's first LPGA victory at the Kia Classic

Gal hit a wedge from 83 yards to two feet for birdie on the 18th hole to defeat Shin by a stroke and become the only Rolex First-Time winner of 2011. Gal, a native of Dusseldorf, Germany, started playing golf at the age of 6 and her father was her first golf coach. She had an accomplished amateur career, representing Germany at the European Team Championships from 2003-07 and winning the German National Girls Championship in 2003. Gal attended the University of Florida where she was a 2007 first team All-American and won four tournaments. In 2007, Gal won the Czech Invitational Championship and was the top-ranked amateur in both the European and German ranks. Gal turned professional in 2008.Gal is going to Canyon Ranch. With her victory at the 2011 Kia Classic, Sandra Gal earned an all-inclusive stay for two at a Canyon Ranch resort. In a combined effort to promote health and overall well-being among Tour players, Canyon Ranch will provide every winner of an LPGA event with one all-inclusive stay at one of Canyon Ranch's two destination resorts. When Kia and the LPGA got together last year for the inaugural Kia Classic, unbeknownst to LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan, LPGA Chief Marketing Officer Jon Podany and VP of Marketing and Communications for Kia Motors America Michael Sprague, it was also a college reunion.

The trio all graduated from Miami of Ohio in 1987 and even lived together at Dennison Hall their freshman year. “We didn’t know this until we all came together,” Sprague said. “Here’s three guys from completely different backgrounds who all lived in san diego and golf schools the same residence hall 28 years ago, and we came back together for a golf tournament.”I think just a couple injuries that I had in the beginning last season, a few cuts I missed there made me realize that this is my job.  And you've got to love what you're doing, and I wasn't loving it.  So I just changed my attitude towards it. I'm really thankful for what I'm doing and the game I play.  You know, that's made it such a big change.  Part of it is also my team, having my parents around, my coaches, Andrew Park, having Callaway with me.  So all of that together makes it happen.

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