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Greenbrier Resort to Host & Sponsor New PGA Tour Stop
Yesterday, the PGA Tour made official what has been reported by Golfweek since late July: the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia will host and sponsor the Tour event that will replace the now defunct Buick Open. The announcement was made in Akron, Ohio, before the WGC Bridgestone Invitational. The...
Buick & PGA Tour Make Official Their Awkward Break Up
Reggie Bush & Kim Kardashian made quite a splash last week in the sporting world when they announced that they had amicably split after two years of dating. Supposedly, the rationale behind the break up was that they never saw each other. Reggie was busy with filming Subway ads and not living...
Tiger Nearly Tripled the Buick Open's Ratings
I know there is a lot of humbling and grumbling about how much we see Tiger Woods on PGA Tour telecasts. "He's everywhere!" Or, "Show somebody else!" Or, "You know, there is a race for second, thank you!" Well, here's the reason why Tiger is pasted all over golf on TV: the rating for the final...
If You Played Nine Holes Today, You Probably Beat John Daly
John Daly, who this week announced that he would be a part of yet another Golf Channel reality show, did not play particularly well in his first round at the Buick Open. It turned out to be a pretty lousy 76. Daly was destined to miss the cut if he did not go low in his second round. Daly said...
You're Eating a Doughnut for Breakfast, Tiger Is Eating Warwick Hills
As our own Courtgolf pointed out, Tiger fired a rather pedestrian 71 yesterday at defenseless Warwick Hills - site of the final Buick Open. With Steve Lowery's 63 setting the pace, Woods look in rough shape at -1 on a course that lives for low scores. Poor putting yesterday plagued Woods. Today,...
Former Buick Open May Go to Greenbrier Resort
Golfweek Magazine - who has been on top of the Buick Open story - is reporting that the former Buick Open may well be moving from Grand Blanc, Michigan, to the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia. Golfweek has learned that The Greenbrier, the venerable mountain retreat recently rescued from...
Golfweek: 2009 Buick Open To Be The Last
Golfweek's Adam Schupak is reporting a confirmation of what we have known for quite some time now - the Buick Open is going away after this year. Golfweek has learned that next week’s Buick Open will be the final rendition of the tournament, bringing to an end the automaker’s 51-year...
The 19th Hole Golf Show - 7/23/09 - Stewart Cink, Canadian Open, and Evian Masters
This week on The 19th Hole Golf Show: We discuss the RBC Canadian Open and Mike Weir's chances to win his national title. Then we replay the Stewart Cink PGA Tour teleconference so you can hear from the Open Champion in his own words about winning the Open and the playoff with Tom Watson. ...
Perhaps the LPGA Tour Should Talk to Jerry Kelly & Steve Stricker
The PGA Tour's Milwaukee stop is in deep trouble. It has a crappy date on the schedule - opposite the Open Championship - and will not have a title sponsor after US Bank announced it is backing out of the event after this year. That reality led PGA Tour player and Wisconsin native Jerry Kelly to...
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