The 2008 United States Open Championship
Thursday June 12th – Sunday June 15th, 2008
Torrey Pines Golf Course (South) · San Diego California
Purse: $6 million Winning Share: $1.08 million
FedExCup Points: 27,500
Tournament Site: http://www.majorschampionships.com/usopen/2008/
Tiger is practicing and preparing for the U.S. Open. How does he feel? Check out today’s golf update. Also, Herbert Warren Wind to be only the third writer inducted in to the World Golf Hall-of-Fame…
Accenture Match Play Bracing for Europeans The Accenture Match Play tournament is bracing itself for a European invasion this week. There will be 47 players from the European Tour in action at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove in Arizona from February 25 to March 1 including Sweden’s Henrik Stenson who won the competition two years ago.
Tiger Takes World Championships Tiger Woods took the title at the World golf Championships this week after a disastrous finish by Padraig Harrington. He took the title by a huge four shots and at the start of the round Tiger was trailing however he soon over took the Irishman.
Cleveland/Srixon Form Influential Advisory Board Golf has been credited with contributing significantly to the growth of Florida’s burgeoning sports and leisure industry. Sports and leisure in the American state, a favourite destination for English tourists, has increased from $16 billion-a-year in 1999 to an estimated $36 billion ten years later.
