The Golf Slice

Sahalee Country Club will be hosting the 17th Annual Junior Achievement EvergreenBank Golf Classic & Auction, on June 23, for 2008.

For those that do not have plans to play in the Golf Classic will be able to take advantage of having a good time and learning some tips and tricks from Jim Pike, the Country Club’s Instructor. He plans to be offering a educational clinic that will be including helpful lessons and receiving personalized instruction in chipping and technique, putting, and swing mechanics. Also included along with the clinic, will be an event dinner and auction ticket.

Raising more than $2 million in funds, the Sahalee Country Club, which is known as being one of America’s top picks in widely enjoyed golf courses, has raised the funds in support of many of the programs that are made available through Junior Achievement. Children in kindergarten through high school can benefit from the various programs that are offered.

A few slots still remain open and reservations are still being accepted. Individuals are being invited to come enjoy what is planned to be the biggest tournament ever for the area.

Is the most recent winner of the Memorial, Kenny Perry expected to become the next number 1 Pro Golf player of the world for the Ryder Cup Team later this fall? With his latest win, he has certainly gotten quite a bit closer to claiming this prestigious title. He now stands proudly among many other favored players, for his chance at this exciting win. Perry’s win of the Memorial makes this his third one for this particular win.

This exciting and well-earned victory, claimed for Perry the grand amount of $1.08 million. Thought to have delivered his greatest game for the year, according to Paul Azinger, U.S. captain, this win is now Perry’s 10th victory of his uprising career.

The exciting win for Perry opens way for the possibility of the U.S., soon to have a handy weapon under their belt in the Ryder Cup.

It couldn’t of come at a better time if it had been planned, for the two-shot victory. Perry was able to surge ahead for a smooth coast straight to home with a 3 under 69.

So, could it be true, as Perry thinks, that magic is always happening to him here?

Ninety-nine of the most high ranking male golfers of the United States will battle on Sedgefield’s exclusive greens in the Footjoy Invitational.

Recently completed, the historical golf course underwent a $3 million project to restore its Donald Ross design that its well known for.

This exciting battle will be held this year between June 9 and June 13. Many aspiring young teens that are between the ages of 12 and 18 will be bringing their best play to the greens during this event. It is only one highlight of many that are expected to be held during the summer season of the popular American Junior Golf Association.

During the summer season many miles will be covered as more than 5,000 junior golfers make their way across the United States to compete in other events of the American Junior Golf Association. It is a known fact these talented teens will undergo a couple months of highly intense pressure and entertaining action as they go head-to-head in some serious competition.

Later in the year, the historical golf course is planning to host PGA’s Wyndham Championship. There will of course be several well-known names attending.

Tiger Woods has every intention of making a great comeback next week for the US Open. Even though he may not be completely ‘up to par’ yet, he still feels that he will be in good enough shape to attend.

It has been quite a long time since the golf champion has been able to play the game competitively, since he under-went surgery back in April of this year. Rehabilitation and the recovery from surgery has kept him occupied and off the courses.

Many people feel confident that Tiger will have no problems at all in jumping right back in the game and pulling off another win. He has been down this road once before, when he had a previous surgery on his knee back in 2002. He wasted no time after that surgery to come back and win the Buick Invitational.

It is no small surprise to hear that Tiger plans to attend the US Open, many are aware that Torrey Pines is one of his favorite courses.

He has been taking Rehab nice and easy, perhaps he has healed enough to make a big win again on the 12th.

Last Thursday, Lorena Ochoa was asked if she would ever consider playing in a PGA Tour event.

“No,” she said. “My idea was first to play on the LPGA and dominate here and just try to do my best and achieve my goals.”

She’s been approached to play in Mexico on the PGA tour but has said that she has no intentions whatsoever of attending. Lorena hasn’t discounted the possibility of her playing against men though. She did say that there was the change of an exhibition. So let’s hope that does happen since co-ed golfing is always interesting to see.

On another note, it’s good to see that she isn’t giving in to media pressure, and isn’t bending over backwards to make everyone happy by playing some PGA events. By doing this, she is remaining a solid role model for all the young female golfers out there, and believe me, there are a ton of them.

She’s also probably doing a lot more to help her career than someone like Michelle Wie. Her stints playing against male competition have so far totally backfired.