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GoforGOLF . . . NEWSLETTER for THE 2006 US PGA . . . GoforGOLF
A Special Newsletter for 2006 PGA Championship THE Final Major of the Year (But don't forget its Ryder Cup Year) ************************************************************************** *** THE PGA Championship starts TOMORROW The Final Major of the year, the 2006 US PGA Championship is being held at Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Illinois. The Official Website is: http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2006/ Includes Leaderboard, Stats, News, Players, History, The Course, (including Virtual Tour and Video Flyovers), Championship Info, Video and Store. The Course: http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2006/course/ http://www.medinahcc.org/ Both have great coverage of the course. The District: Medinah is an unincorporated community in DuPage County, Illinois. situated between the villages of Roselle, Itasca, Bloomingdale and Addison. http://www.co.dupage.il.us/ The Official Website of the Township http://www.medinahil.com The History of the District: The community of Medinah is named after the Medinah Country Club In the 1920's a group of members of the city of Chicago's Medinah Temple moved into the area, then known as Meacham. Together, they built a country retreat and 54 hole golf course, aiming to make it the best golf course in North America. For more history try: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medinah,_Illinois For some Architectural history . . . You'll like this one http://westsuburbanshrineclub.org/History-Centers.htm The history of the club and course are worth a read - http://www.medinahcc.org/ Click to Menu options The Tiger and caddie Stevie Relationship The Tiger and Stevie relationship started at Medinah. For the story . . . http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/5856788 News and Coverage: The usual http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2006/news/ and News sites http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/golf/4786809.stm Weather: For some Illinois weather - Unfortunately . .. the weekend weather looks more like "possible thunderstorms" better on Sunday http://www.answers.com/topic/medinah For weather education at the College DuPage http://weather.cod.edu/ Click on all the options in the right hand side box. AND the Illinios Disaster Center website . . . http://www.disastercentre.com/illinios/illinios.htm This is a directory of disaster websites . . . IF YOU need some help after a weather disaster, then try this website. It looks busy, but if you are looking for assistance in your area, you are likely find it here. The Chicago weather sites don't give us much more good news, most pointing to possible thunderstorms on Saturday. http://www.wunderground.com/US/IL/Chicago.html WHY don't you guys take the majors to places where the weather might be damp, but, it is Safe . . . New Zealand If you are going to be at the US PGA, enjoy yourselves but also, PLEASE take some photos and send them to me, for our CHIPS Photo Gallery greg@goforgolf.com ************************************************************** *** SOME INTERESTING TEE TIMES 7:40am Tee 1 . . Jerry Kelly, Heath Slocum & Padraig Harrington 8:00am Tee 1 . . Lucas Glover, Robert Allenby & Trevor Immelman 7:50am Tee 10 . Retief Goosen, Chad Campbell & David Duval 8:10am Tee 10 . Michael Campbell, Chris Dimarco & Lee Westwood 8:30am Tee 10 . Phil Mickelson, Geoff Ogilvy & Tiger Woods . . . Past Winners 1:15pm Tee 1 . . Sergio Garcia, Fred Couples & Ernie Els 1:25pm Tee 1 . . Colin Montgomerie, Stuart Applby & J.B.Holmes 1:35pm Tee 1 . . John Daly, Jeff Sluman & Vijay Singh 12:55pm Tee 10 . Paul Casey, Justin leonard & Niclas Fasth 1:25pm Tee 10 . Paul Azinger, Mark Brooks & Nick Price __________________________________________________________ *** BE IN TO WIN *** BE IN TO WIN Email me at greg@goforgolf with the subject . . . "The US PGA" with YOUR pick of the winner, and be in to win the CD "Play Better Golf" by Top hypnotherapist Grant Boddington http://www.nzhypnosis.com/play-better-golf-cd.html (In the case of more than one entry, I will draw a winner, or 2) __________________________________________________________ *** RESULTS For snipets of news and results from THE PGA Championship and other tour events . . . try our Slice o' NEWS http://www.goforgolf.com/a_sliceonews.asp __________________________________________________________ *** SPOT THE BALL *** New sponsor Required * * * We are looking for a NEW Sponsor of the GoforGOLF Spot the Ball competition. 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