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Newsletter August. 2009

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· 2009 Review

· Junior Academy

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We have already been usi= ng this facility and are going to build on this at a steady pace. If you have / k= now any young golfers, from 5yo – 10yo, then please get them to contact= us regarding the new weekly junior academy that we are about to start.<= /o:p>

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2009 Review of the Majors

It only seems like a few weeks ago I was looking forward to the first major troph= y of the year and yet already we have had all four tournaments.

Memories are starting to= fade now of that last round Sunday at the Masters with so many twist and turns= on the back nine, there was anticipation and expectation at every corner and behind every towering loblolly pine.

Tiger Woods & Phil Mickelson exchanged blow a= fter blow like heavyweight boxers only to both loose out to the eventual win= ner from Argentina. The play off between Kenny Perry, Chad Campbell & Angel Cabrera was interesting to say the least with the big man Angel holding onto his ne= rves the best to take the winners trophy.

June saw the US Open taking place in New York at the notorious Bethpage Black. The weath= er played its part by delaying the final round to the Monday and who amongst= you had herd of Lucas Glover before then.

He outlasted the in - form Ricky Barnes and top dog Phil Mickelson but some people were egging on David Duval as the sentimental hope. Lucas Glover made his way through the final holes= with the words and wisdom of his late coach, Dick Harmon, resonating in his = mind. They were as emphatic as the ga= me he had just displayed over five days and 72 holes. With a gut churning final round 73, Glover became US Open champion.

Moving on, Turnberry in Scotland= was the venue for the 138^th Open on the Ailsa course. Stewart Cink, with bags of talent, saw himself cast as somewhat of a baddie as he snatched victory from the hands of the old timer Tom Watson. Watson was t= he people’s hero as he turned the clock back years looking to win his = 6^th Open where he indeed won his second.

Cink & Watson tied on -2 after four days, but the 4 hole play off proved a lit= tle too much for the 59yo Watson with tiredness setting in. Take nothing aw= ay From Cink, he played exceptionally well on the final day and fully dese= rved his win but even he paid credit to the exceptional performance from Wat= son

August was the month that changed golf forever in the Asian market. The 91^s=
t US PGA championship was played at Hazeltine Golf Club in Minnesota and produced a history mak= ing winner named Y E Yang. What made his win even more fascinating was the fa= ct that he beat the world no.1, Tiger Woods, from behind.<= /p>

Yang was tied for second with Padraig Harrington and 2 shots behind Tiger go= ing into the final round, everyone thought it was a formality for Tiger and Yang had the best seat in the house to watch. Little did they know what= was about to unfold on the 18^th hole.

From 210 yards away in the left side of the fairw= ay and with an obstructed view to the green because of a group of towering trees, Yang delivered a glorious 3-hybrid approach shot that landed lik= e a feather and settled just six feet from the hole, setting up a birdie an= d an unbelievable 3 shot triumph over the world’s No. 1 player.=