The winner of nine LPGA Tour events, including a major when she was 20, has been a one-woman self-motivator, not that she believes she’s done it without help.

Some of the people who encouraged her even while playing against her were on hand yesterday when Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame honoured Post on the occasion of her birthday and the 40th anniversary of her LPGA Championship win in Sutton, Mass. Judy Rankin, Renee Powell and Susie McAllister surprised Post when they showed up at her home in Caledon, Ont., on Monday night and joined her yesterday at the Copper Creek Golf Club in Kleinburg, Ont., for a round of golf in the Hall’s annual tournament. The Spalding Elite irons that Post used to win the 1968 LPGA championship, minus the 7 iron, were on display at the event.

Post had returned only recently from British Columbia and Alberta, where she had been doing some work on behalf of the Winnipeg-based Jazz Golf equipment company. She represents the company and has her own line of clubs. Jazz provided clubs for Rankin, Powell and McAllister yesterday, former LPGA players who paid their own way to be with Post. Powell was the third African-American woman to join the LPGA Tour and has worked tirelessly in the game on many fronts since retiring in 1980.

Post’s friends saw her play some terrific golf in her day. Post and her sister, Suzanne, were raised in Oakville, Ont., on their parents’ 25-acre fruit farm. Her parents, in their 90s, still live in Oakville. She became the youngest player to win the LPGA Championship, having left Oakville as a teenager to live in Boynton Beach, Fla. She defeated Kathy Whitworth in a playoff. Whitworth would go on to win 81 LPGA tournaments. Nobody has won more.

But Post prefers not to look back. That’s not her nature, and anyway, she’s too busy to spend much time reminiscing unless pressed to do so.

“I have so much to look forward too,” Post said in an interview, “even if I’m into the back nine, well into the back nine. There’s so much to do, and I don’t do anything unless I have a passion for it and really enjoy it.”

Post enjoyed her golf, but it also took a lot out of her because she did it with such gusto. She retired from competitive golf in 1984, when she was in her mid-30s. Annika Sorenstam, 37, said recently she’ll leave competition at the end of this season and used the words “stepping away from the game” because she’ll continue to be involved in it. That’s been true for Post.

There’s her golf school at the Glen Eagle Golf Club in Bolton, Ont. There’s her work with Jazz and her television work, which will continue in August for Rogers Sportsnet at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club during the CN Canadian Women’s Open.

Post brings a player’s clarity to tournament coverage, as does Rankin, a long-time analyst for ABC and ESPN. Rankin won 26 LPGA tournaments.

Post enjoys teaching and works with golfers from 8 to 80. She did a nice job of explaining her views of instruction in the 1998 book Sandra Post and Me. The premise was that Post would take her co-author, Loral Dean, from beginner to competition.

For Post, the most effective teaching often occurs on the course in the evening. She used to practise with her father, Cliff, at the Oakville Golf Club, where she played as a child. They liked to chip and putt in the evenings, when it was quiet.

“That’s the key word, quiet,” Post said. “I love going out with a student to the course in the evening. Sometimes a golfer doesn’t look the same on the course as on the range, so it’s important. I love that peacefulness. I like long shadows at night and seeing the red foxes.”

Clearly, Post, who was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame the same year, remains a golfer through and through. Still, she’s allowing herself some breaks these days.

“I have to be easier on myself now,” Post said. “I’m taking a few days off this week, kind of like a splurge. I’m being kinder to myself.”

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• This is the highest cumulative scoring average for the Memorial Tournament since 1990 (which ended after three rounds — 76.453) and the highest on the PGA TOUR this year (second is THE PLAYERS Championship — 74.286).

  SCORING AVERAGES

  Round Front Nine Back Nine Total Cumulative First 35.533 37.200 73.733 – Second 37.398 38.458 75.856 74.786 Third 36.737 37.224 73.961 74.586 Fourth 36.553 37.066 73.618 74.397

  This is only the second time in Memorial Tournament history that there have been four players finishing tied for second place (1982).

  TOP FINISHERS

  Top finishers at Muirfield Village Golf Club on the front/back nine

  Position Player Front Back Total 1st Kenny Perry -6 -2 -8 T2 Jerry Kelly -5 -1 -6 T2 Justin Rose -7 +1 -6 T2 Mathew Goggin -5 -1 -6 T2 Mike Weir -10 +4 -6

  KENNY PERRY
  Kenny Perry is the oldest winner in Memorial Tournament history (47 years, 9 months, 22 days old on Sunday), more than a year older than Tom Watson was when he won in 1996 46 years, 8 months, 28 days. Perry is also the oldest winner on TOUR this year — a mark formerly held by Steve Lowery, who won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am at 47 years, 3 months, 29 days.

  This is only the second of Perry’s 10 career victories that has been a come-from-behind win (he was the second- and third-round leader in his previous two Memorial Tournament wins):

  PERRY’S 10 TOUR WINS

  Year Event Position Sunday score, Winning margin 1991 Memorial Tournament Tied with McCumber 71, Playoff over Irwin 1994 New England Classic 1 back of Feherty, Fiori 65, 1 over Feherty 1995 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic 2 up over Duval, Strange, H Taylor, Tolles 70, 1 over Duval 2001 Buick Open 5 up over Furyk, Harrington 69, 2 over DiMarco, Furyk 2003 Bank of America Colonial 8 up over Sabbatini 68, 6 over Leonard 2003 Memorial Tournament 2 up over Janzen 72, 2 over Janzen 2003 Greater Milwaukee Open 1 up over B Pappas, Slocum, Allan, Kelly 66, 3 over Allan, Slocum, Sheehan, Blake 2005 Bay Hill Invitational 3 up over Singh 70, 2 over McDowell, Singh 2005 Bank of America Colonial 7 up over Mayfair 69, 7 over Mayfair 2008 Memorial Tournament 3 back of Goggin 69, 2 over Kelly, Rose, Goggin, Weir

  Perry’s 8-under par win is the highest winning score at the Memorial Tournament since 1985, when Hale Irwin won at 281 (-7).

  The winner’s check of $1,080,000 makes Perry the all-time earnings leader for the Memorial Tournament with $3,092,542, moving him past Tiger Woods by $2,763,148.

  Perry becomes the 18th active player with 10 or more PGA TOUR victories.

  SORTED BY AGE

  In their 50s No. of wins In their 40s No. of wins In their 30s No. of wins Greg Norman 20 Vijay Singh 31 Tiger Woods 64 Nick Price 18 Davis Love III 19 Phil Mickelson 34 Mark OMeara 16 Fred Couples 15 Ernie Els 16 – – Cory Pavin 15 David Duval 13 – – Mark Calcavecchia 13 Jim Furyk 13 – – Paul Azinger 12 Justin Leonard 11 – – David Toms 12 – – – – Steve Elkington 10 – – – – Kenny Perry 10 – –

  There are no 10-time winners in their 20s.

  MATHEW GOGGIN
  Goggin was only the fourth player in Memorial Tournament history to hold the lead after the first, second and third rounds (none have gone on to win).

  PLAYERS WHO HAVE LED THROUGH THREE ROUNDS

  Year Player Final performance and finish 2008 Mathew Goggin Shot 74 on Sunday, T2 2005 Jeff Sluman Shot 72 on Sunday, T3 1989 Fuzzy Zoeller Shot 72 on Sunday, 2nd 1982 Roger Maltbie Shot 74 on Sunday, T2

  Goggin was hoping to become the first player to win the Memorial Tournament in his first start. Not including the 1976 event (Roger Maltbie won, Hale Irwin finished second), Goggin becomes the second player to finish runner-up in his first start here, joining Curt Byrum, who finished second to Don Pooley in 1987.

  Goggin ties his career-best PGA TOUR finish (a tie for second at the 2006 Western Open). He now has 10 career top-10 finishes since joining the TOUR in 2000. This is his second top-10 finish of the 2008 season (he tied for seventh at The Honda Classic).

  MIKE WEIR
  Mike Weir has nine starts at the Memorial Tournament and three top-five finishes. He finished fourth in 2000, while in 2003, he posted a third-place finish after closing with a 7-under 65, sharing low round of the day honors with Tiger Woods.

  With eight victories, Weir remains tied with George Knudson as the winningest Canadian in PGA TOUR history. George Knudson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, won eight times between 1961 and 1972.

  Weir now has two top-10 finishes for the 2008 season. He finished fourth at the Mercedes-Benz Championship after holding the 36- and 54-hole leads. This is his best finish since winning last year’s Fry’s Electronics Open.

  BOGEY-FREE ROUNDS

  Day Player Score Thursday Rod Pampling 67 Friday – – Saturday Mike Weir, Nick Watney 68, 68 Sunday John Mills 68

  NO. OF PLAYERS TO FINISH UNDER PAR

  Year No. of players 1976 0 1979 1 1978 3 1977 4 1981 6 1985 7 2008 9 1984 12 1989 15 1983 16

  JUSTIN ROSE
  In four career starts, this tie for second marks Justin Rose‘s best finish at Muirfield Village Golf Club and second top-five finish. In 2004, he shared the 36-hole lead, and, after 54-holes, he was two strokes back of eventual Champion Ernie Els. He posted weekend rounds of 69-71 to finish fourth.

  Rose posts his first top-10 finish of the 2008 PGA TOUR season. His previous best finish was a a tie for 14th at the PODS Championship. He is still looking for his first PGA TOUR win.

  JERRY KELLY
  This marks the sixth runner-up finish of Jerry Kelly‘s career (he is a two-time tournament winner) and second of the season. He finished tied for second at the Puerto Rico Open, where he also finished two strokes off the winner.

  Kelly has now posted two top-10 finishes in 12 starts at the Memorial Tournament (with a tie for ninth in 2002).

  MISCELLANEOUS
  The Memorial Tournament still has the distinction of having the longest active playoff drought on the PGA TOUR. THE PLAYERS Championship held that distinction until earlier this month when Sergio Garcia defeated Paul Goydos in a sudden-death playoff, breaking a no-playoff streak from 1987. The Memorial Tournament has not had a playoff since 1992, when David Edwards defeated Rick Fehr with a par on the second playoff hole. The Buick Open is next, which hasn’t had a playoff since 1995.

  The par-4 sixth hole played as the most difficult hole on Sunday with an average of 4.434, giving up only nine birdies. The hardest hole of the week was the par-4 17th hole, which averaged 4.359 for the week (47 birdies total).

  This year marks the fewest players (nine) to finish the Memorial Tournament under par since 1985.

  Rocco Mediate (70-73-74-69) finished tied for sixth and posted his first top-10 finish of the season and his best since a second place at the 2007 Arnold Palmer Invitational. His previous best this year was a tie for 36th at the Verizon Heritage. Mediate’s last top-10 finish was the 2007 AT&T National, where he tied for eighth.

  Here’s how the nine former champions in the field fared at this year’s Memorial Tournament:

  Year Player Rounds Finish 2007 K.J. Choi 76-74-74-72=296 (+8) T53 2006 Carl Pettersson 68-75-74-71=288 (E) T12 2005 Bart Bryant 76-74-71-74=295 (+7) T46 2003, 1991 Kenny Perry 66-71-74-69=280 (-8) 1 2002 Jim Furyk 71-74-73-75=293 (+5) T38 1998 Fred Couples 72-71-77-75=295 (+7) T46 1994 Tom Lehman 76-70-72-71=289 (+1) T20 2004 Ernie Els 73-78=151 (+7) MC 1993 Paul Azinger 80-78=158 (+14) MC

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The Royal Canadian Golf Association has embarked on a bold change of course.

Thursday, the RCGA trotted out its Vision 2010 strategic plan, laying out a lot of philosophy and some actions to help change both the effectiveness and the perception of an organization known to be stodgy, top-heavy and set in its ways.

At the core of its desire to change is money. The RCGA lost $5.5 million last year and expects another deficit of $2 million in 2008. The costs of 2007 had much to do with carrying the Canadian Open, which didn’t find a title sponsor in RBC until the fall.

RCGA president Andrew Cook said those deficits have nearly eaten away healthy past surpluses, and said the RCGA will not dip into its $34-million capital fund, what’s left from the 1999 sale of Glen Abbey Golf Club.

Since Open windfalls will no longer be funnelled back to the organization’s programs, drastic measures must make the RCGA self-sustaining.

To date, staff has been cut by nine and two national tournaments have been dropped, as have some programs and its agronomy division. Efficiency is now an organizational buzzword and the search is on for new revenues.

“We want to be narrow and deep versus wide and shallow,” said Scott Simmons, hired last July as the new CEO and executive director.

Vision 2010 is largely a self-examination as the RCGA takes on the official role as the national golf organization.There are a few eye-catching pages, including one that identifies in black and white its weaknesses, among them that its own organizational culture is elitist, arrogant and rigid, that its governance is ineffective and that it has poor communications.

One identified threat is critical — that the RCGA lacks relevance.

That was the question that Simmons fielded in about five different ways during a conference call Thursday.

“The average golfer doesn’t know who the RCGA is,” he said. “I would argue that as an organization, we’ve done a very poor job of communicating our value proposition, but I’m not saying it’s a poor proposition. We do wonderful things for the game.”

About six million Canadians play golf. It’s one of the highest per-capita rates in the world. But only 377,000 of those regulars are members of the RCGA, mostly through a $7 fee on club membership.

Already, Simmons has spearheaded a new style of leadership. He’s big on communication and has won at least one fan outside of Golf House in Oakville, Ont.

“Outside of Oakville, who really knows about the RCGA and what they do?” said Golf Manitoba executive director Dave Comaskey. “It’s open to debate, but I’m convinced they mean what they say, that they want to become more relevant.

“We are distinct and separate associations, but they’ve really made (the provinces) feel included. We deliver a lot of RCGA programs, so we’re partners that way. The we/they makes me cringe now.”

It’s a good sign because geography is a challenge — the farther away from headquarters, the less regard there is for the RCGA. But Simmons had provincial golf officials in for two days of meetings earlier this past week. The previous week, he made a trip to B.C. to press the flesh and meet with golf pros, course managers, sponsors and the like.

Pushing hard now on its public-player program, Simmons said the RCGA now wants to hear from golfers about what they want instead of telling them what they want.

A start down that road is the RCGA Golf Card (www.rcgagolfcard.org), which offers discounts and even free rounds to players at participating courses. So far, 175 clubs across the country are on board. In Manitoba, 10 have already signed up, including Bridges, John Blumberg, Minnedosa, Pinawa, Selkirk, Shilo, South Interlake, St. Boniface, Meadows and Winkler.

The RCGA doesn’t yet purport to have all the answers to its issues, but appears to be in a listening mood. We hope it’s not too late.

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Vision 2010′s

goals for golf

New RCGA CEO and executive director Scott Simmons said: “I would ask you to judge us on our progress versus our objectives, versus maybe looking to the past.” Here are the RCGA’s stated measuring sticks for 2010:

150,000 additional children introduced to golf

80 per cent of all Canadian courses RCGA members (62 per cent today)

Canada’s participation rate in golf remains 21.5 per cent or higher

Men’s and women’s national teams finish top-three at World Amateur

18 of top 20 LPGA Tour players play CN Canadian Women’s Open

10 of top 20 PGA Tour players play RBC Canadian Open

RCGA is seen as a progressive and inclusive organization

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resident of Waterdown, west of Toronto, Spyrou drove between five and six hours to the Canadian Golf and Country Club on Highway 7 to play in a one-day, 18-hole Golf Channel Amateur Tour event.

“In the winter time, I played (events) in Florida and California,” he said, “but I wanted my home team to be Canadian instead of joining in Orlando or Buffalo.”

There are 70 North American cities with leagues operating under the banner of Orlando-based Golf Channel, but the only Canadian options are Ottawa, Winnipeg and Halifax, with the one in the national capital region by far the closest of the three for Spyrou.

Like all Golf Channel Amateur Tour members, he can enter tournaments in any of the 70 cities, but merit points based on results count only on a golfer’s “home” tour.

The bid to collect points would help explain why three New York-based players were in the relatively small field of 24 at Canadian Golf and Country Club and why Spyrou can use points gained in Florida and California to help him fight for the right to represent Ottawa in the national championships at Orlando in October.

Even though he only tied for third at Canadian, he leads the point standings in the Hogan flight — one of six based on handicap factors, in his case 8.0-11.9 — of the 50-plus senior division.

“Ten games here, and I’m going to try to play at least half of them,” said Spyrou, who also has his eye on three Buffalo GCAT stops on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. “I wanted to improve my game, and playing competitive golf does make you think and improve your game.”

Spyrou is one of 29 members of Ottawa’s Golf Channel Amateur Tour. That doesn’t sound like a lot, but it’s nearly triple the total from 2007, its initial season, and tour director Farzin Hanifi would like to drive that number to 40 by season’s end and to 60 for next year.

“Last year, we had 10 members, and four of them were from Toronto,” he said. “They played in Buffalo, rather than coming here. This year, we are 29 members, and only two of them are from Toronto. The rest are from the Ottawa area.”

The annual membership fee is $199, and entry fees for the remaining 10 tournaments on this year’s Ottawa schedule range from $80 to $120.

The overall winner of each event receives a medallion, and handicap flight champions receive merchandise certificates for The Golf Warehouse, an online outlet and one of the tour’s national sponsors.

The top dozen at season’s end, based on accumulated merit points, will represent Ottawa in the Golf Channel Amateur Tour championship in Orlando. Costs will be covered, at least in part, by the one-half of entry fees that don’t go toward tournament prizes.

Just as the golfers from New York would play at Canadian in a bid to collect points, the improved odds of qualifying for nationals in the smaller Ottawa-area league likely explains why Toronto players would sign up here instead of registering for the more adjacent, but larger Buffalo GCAT.

One advantage the Golf Channel tour enjoys over other leagues operating outside club-based official amateur competition is visibility. The Orlando-based network can use its own airtime to promote the tour, which in theory pays off in brand awareness and viewer loyalty for Golf Channel.

Hanifi, a 49-year-old computer programmer and wholesale car dealer, says most Ottawa Golf Channel Amateur Tour members learned about it on television, with others finding it via the network’s website.

Word or mouth helps, too, which was probably why Hanifi took the time during a short walk to the parking lot to spread the message to a non-member and why he squeezed in an interview between helping set up a tournament tent, chatting with Canadian pro Dale Trafford about this, that and the other thing, letting volunteer rules official Don McGee know which tees were in play for various flights, telling assistant director Lance Peckham where to find a folder with prize certificates for the previous event and, finally, getting ready to play.

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Scoring averages Round Front Nine Back Nine Total Cumulative First round 35.533 37.200 73.733 — Second round 37.398 38.458 75.856 74.786 Third round 36.737 37.224 73.961 74.586 Leaders Comparing the leaders at Muirfield Village Golf Club Player Front Back Total Avg YTD Misc. info Mathew Goggin -7 -1 -8 71.64 (83) Looking for first title, 33 years old Mike Weir -7 +2 -5 71.38 (63) Eight TOUR titles, 38 years old Justin Rose -5 E -5 70.25 (14) Looking for first title, 27 yrs old Matt Kuchar E -5 -5 71.45 (T69) Look for second title, 29 yrs old Kenny Perry -3 -2 -5 72.42 (129) Nine TOUR titles, 47 years old Jerry Kelly -4 -1 -5 71.17 (T51) Two TOUR titles, 41 years old MATHEW GOGGIN Goggin has held a tournament lead a total of six times in his career, including all three this week at the Memorial Tournament. This is his first 54-hole lead. Goggin’s leading history With a lead Score Next round/position Eventual finish 2008 Memorial Tournament, rd 3 71 (-8) — – 2008 Memorial Tournament, rd 2 137 (-7) 71, 1st — 2008 Memorial Tournament, rd 1 65 (-7) 72, 1st — 2008 EDS Byron Nelson Champ., rd 1 67 (-3) 69, 2nd T19 2008 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, rd 1 65 (-7) 73, 21st T35 2002 Buick Invitational, rd 1 64(-8) 76, 23rd T22 While the tournament has never had a wire-to-wire winner, Goggin becomes only the fourth player in Memorial Tournament history to hold the lead first, second and third rounds, joining: • 2005, Jeff Sluman, shot 72 on Sunday and finished tied for third • 1989, Fuzzy Zoeller, shot 72 on Sunday and finished second • 1982, Roger Maltbie, shot 74 on Sunday and finished tie for second Goggin is making his first start at the Memorial Tournament. No player in the history of this event has won in his first start (other than Roger Maltbie, who won the first Memorial in 1976, of course). Three players have made the Memorial Tournament their first PGA TOUR victory: Keith Fergus (1981); Kenny Perry (1991); and Tom Lehman (1994). The third-round leader has gone on to win 15 times in the Memorial Tournament’s history: Carl Pettersson (2006); Bart Bryant (2005); Ernie Els (2004); Kenny Perry (2003, 1991); Tiger Woods (2000, 1999); Fred Couples (1998); Tom Watson (1996, 1979); Greg Norman (1995); Tom Lehman (1994); Hal Sutton (1986); Jim Simons (1978); Roger Maltbie (1976). The second-round leader has gone on to win 11 times in the Memorial Tournament’s history: Carl Pettersson (2006); Kenny Perry (2003, 1991); Tiger Woods (2000, 1999); Fred Couples (1998); Tom Lehman (1994); Hale Irwin (1985); Keith Fergus (1981); Tom Watson (1979); Jim Simons (1978). The only player in the Memorial Tournament’s history to lead after the first round and go on to win the event was Ernie Els in 2004 (68-70-66-66=270). MIKE WEIR Mike Weir has made eight previous starts at the Memorial Tournament and has two top-five finishes. He finished fourth in 2000 edition, while in 2003 he posted a third-place finish after closing with a 7-under 65, sharing low round of the day honors with Tiger Woods. If Weir manages to win on Sunday he will become the winningest Canadian in PGA TOUR history. Currently, Weir is tied with George Knudson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, with eight PGA TOUR titles. Knudson won eight times between 1961 and 1972. Weir, who posted a bogey-free round on Saturday, shared low third-round honors with his 4-under 68, moving him to a tie for second heading into the final round. Weir has one top-10 finish for the 2008 season. He finished fourth at the Mercedes-Benz Championship after holding the 36- and 54-hole leads. Considering his history, Weir is in prime position to win the Memorial Tournament tomorrow. Seven of his eight career victories have come when he was trailing heading into the final round. Come-from-behind wins Year Event After 54 holes/strokes Sunday score 2007 Frys Electronics Open T2/ one stroke back 68 2003 Masters Tournament 2/ two strokes back 68 2003 Nissan Open T10/ seven strokes back 66 2003 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic T4/ four strokes back* 67 2001 THE TOUR Championship T3/ two strokes back 68 2000 WGC-American Express Champ. T2/ one stroke back 69 1999 Air Canada Championship T4/ two strokes back 64 * After 72 holes JUSTIN ROSE In three career starts, Justin Rose’s best finish at Muirfield Village Golf Club was fourth place in 2004 when he posted four consecutive under-par rounds. That year, he shared the 36-hole lead, and, after 54-holes, he was two strokes back of eventual Champion Ernie Els. He posted weekend rounds of 69-71 to finish fourth. Rose is looking for his first top-10 finish of the 2008 PGA TOUR season. His best finish to date was a tie for 14th at the PODS Championship. If Rose manages to break through on Sunday and win the Memorial tournament, he would become the first Englishman to win the Memorial Tournament. Rose would also be the youngest winner (at 27 years, 10 months, 1 day old on Sunday) since Tiger Woods won in 2001. Rose is also trying to join the ever-growing list of PGA TOUR winners in their 20s in 2008. There have already been nine 20-something winners in 22 events this year, compared to seven in all 48 events in 2007. Matt Kuchar could also join this list — he will be 29 years, 11 months and 11 days old on Sunday. Winners under 30 in 2008 Date Tournament Winner Birthdate Age at win Jan. 20 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic D.J. Trahan 12/18/80 27 years, 1 month, 2 days Feb. 3 FBR Open J.B. Holmes 4/26/82 25 years, 9 months, 8 days March 9 PODS Championship Sean OHair 7/11/82 25 years, 6 months, 28 days March 30 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Andres Romero 5/8/81 26 years, 10 months, 22 days April 6 Shell Houston Open Johnson Wagner 3/23/80 28 years, 14 days April 13 Masters Tournament Trevor Immelman 12/16/79 28 years, 3 months, 28 days April 27 EDS Byron Nelson Championship Adam Scott 7/16/80 27 years, 9 months, 11 days May 4 Wachovia Championship Anthony Kim 6/19/85 22 years, 10 months, 15 days May 11 THE PLAYERS Championship Sergio Garcia 1/9/80 28 years, 4 months, 2 days Nine times players in their 20s have won the Memorial Tournament: Roger Maltbie (24 in 1976); Jim Simons (28 in 1978); Tom Watson (29 in 1979); Keith Fergus (27 in 1981); Hal Sutton (28 in 1986); Tiger Woods (23 in 1999, 24 in 2000, 25 in 2001); Carl Pettersson (28 in 2006). MATT KUCHAR Matt Kuchar is looking for his second PGA TOUR title. His only victory came at the 2002 Honda Classic over six years ago. He won is first title in his 17th career professional start, and, this week, he is making his 143rd start since winning in 2002. When Kuchar won the 2002 Honda Classic, he entered the final round three-strokes back of Mike Weir. He closed with a 6-under 66 at TPC Heron Bay to defeat Brad Faxon and Joey Sindelar by two strokes. KENNY PERRY Kenny Perry would be the oldest winner in Memorial Tournament history (47 years, 9 months, 21 days old on Sunday). Tom Watson currently holds that record at 46 years, 8 months, 28 days. Perry would also be the oldest winner on TOUR this year — a mark currently held by Steve Lowery, who won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am at 47 years, 3 months, 29 days. The winner’s check of $1,080,000 would make Perry the all-time earnings leader for the Memorial Tournament with $3,091,542.84, moving him past Tiger Woods by $328,394.84. JERRY KELLY Jerry Kelly’s best finish in 11 previous starts at the Memorial Tournament is a tie for ninth in 2002. This tie for second is Jerry Kelly’s best position in the Memorial Tournament heading into the final round. His previous best position after 54 holes was 14th in 2002 (when he finished tied for ninth after a final-round 68). Kelly is looking for his third PGA TOUR win. His two other victories — Sony Open in Hawaii and Advil Western Open — both came in 2002. Kelly will be 41 years, 6 months and 9 days old on Sunday. A win would make him the fifth-oldest champion in Memorial Tournament history. MISCELLANEOUS J.B. Holmes has moved up the leaderboard each day to put himself in contention for the Memorial Tournament title. He shot 74 in round one and was tied for 60th. He shot 69 in round two to move toa tie for 17th. He shot 70 today and

is tied for eighth. If Holmes should go on to win, he would tie the tournament record for highest start — 74 (+2) — by a winner. That record is held by Raymond Floyd, who went 74-69-67-71, to win in 1982. The biggest come-from-behind win in Memorial Tournament history is five shots, which has happened three times: • 2007 K.J. Choi was tied for seventh after 54 holes and shot a 65 on Sunday to win by one • 2002 Jim Furyk was tied for 10th after 54 holes and shot a 65 on Sunday to win by two • 1992 David Edwards was tied for sixth after 54 holes, shot a 67 on Sunday and won in a playoff Mike Weir, Nick Watney and Stuart Appleby shared low third-round honors at 4-under-par 68. Wier moved to a tie for second, while both Watney and Appleby vaulted from tied for 47th to tied for 15th entering Sunday’s final round, eight strokes back of the lead. Bogey-free rounds – Thursday: Rod Pampling, 67 (-5); Friday: NONE; Saturday: Mike Weir (68), Nick Watney (68). The par-4 10th hole played as the most difficult hole on Saturday with an average of 4.355, giving up only three birdies — Ben Curtis, Nick Watney and Jim Furyk. Fewest players under par after 54 holes at the Memorial Tournament: Year No. of players 1990 0 1979 1 1976 3 1978 7 1977 9 1989 9 1984 10 1985 13 2008 14 1981 16 In the field: Former champions through 54 holes Year Champion Rounds/score Position 2007 K.J. Choi 76-74-47224 T57 2006 Carl Pettersson 68-75-74217 T18 2005 Bart Bryant 76-74-71221 T43 2003 1991 Kenny Perry 66-71-74211 T2 2002 Jim Furyk 71-74-73218 T25 1998 Fred Couples 72-71-77220 T36 1994 Tom Lehman 76-70-72218 T25 2004 Ernie Els 73-78=151 (+7) MC 1993 Paul Azinger 80-78=158 (+14)

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arge retailers of lawn and garden supplies are responding to the Ontario-wide ban on the sale and cosmetic use of pesticides. The draft list of banned pesticides contains more than 300 products.

Premier Dalton McGuinty said he is determined to bring in a “single, solid, safe and effective” province standard to Ontario, coming into affect spring 2009. Exceptions for use of pesticides would be made for golf courses, farms and forests.

“Many municipalities have already shown leadership in banning or restricting cosmetic-use pesticides. We’re extending that protection to all families wherever they live,” said Environment Minister John Gerretsen.

Canadian Tire, the largest retailer of lawn and garden products in the country, is already expanding their eco-friendly lawn care products. Home Depot and Walmart Canada have committed to stop selling “traditional” pesticides and herbicides by the end of 2008.

Over 44 percent of Ontarians live in a municipality where the cosmetic use of pesticides is already banned, many with stronger protections than the provincial legislation proposes. Quebec is the only other province in Canada to have a similar ban on pesticide use.

View April 22, 2008 Ontario government press release
View April 22, 2008 Ontario government backgrounder
View April 23, 2008 PlanetArk article
View April 23, 2008 Calgary Herald article
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Winnipeg Pet Rescue Shelter’s 4th Annual Golf Tournament

Good golfer, bad golfer, whacker or smacker, you’ll putt for puppies and swing for the kittens as you tee up for a great day of golf, camaraderie and prizes! Please join Winnipeg Pet Rescue Shelter and help support their mission of providing a euthanasia-free environment for unwanted animals through the provision of interim care and arrangement of adoptions to suitable owners.

DATE: Monday, July 28, 2008
LOCATION: Glendale Golf & Country Club
(400 Augier Avenue, Winnipeg)
ENTRY FEE:Entry fee is $200.00 per player or $800.00 per team of four. Entry fee includes shared power cart, box lunch, golf, dinner and registration prize. A charitable tax receipt will be issued for a portion of the entry fee upon request. Payment must accompany entry; cash, cheque (made payable to Winnipeg Pet Rescue Shelter), Visa or MasterCard accepted.

The tournament will be a shotgun start beginning at 12:30pm. Registration begins at 11:00am. The course dress code of proper golf attire will be in effect. Cocktails (cash bar) & hor’s dourves will be available after golf at 6:00 pm with dinner to follow. Presentations and silent auction will commence after dinner.

There is also the opportunity to sponsor team prizes and auction prizes. For further information please contact Carla,
Michelle or Sherri at 832-9880.

A maximum of 144 golfers will gather for a great day of fun! Book early to avoid disappointment. For more information and to obtain a registration form, please contact:

WINNIPEG PET RESCUE SHELTER
3062 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3K 0Y1
E-mail: wpgpet@mts.net
Phone: (204) 832-PETS (7387)

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