Stories tagged ‘Jack Nicklaus’
Monday, October 12th, 2009
Jack Nicklaus celebrates golf’s inclusion in the Olympics
“This is a great day for the game of golf,” said the greatest golfer of the last century. “It will be exciting to see what impact golf’s inclusion in the Olympic Games will have on the sport itself.”
Wednesday, February 28th, 2001
PGA Scottish HQ moves to Gleneagles
The headquarters of the PGA Scottish Region are to move from Glenbervie Golf Club to Gleneagles. To mark this event and also the PGA centenary year, the Jack Nicklaus designed Monarch’s course at Gleneagles is to be renamed The PGA Centenary Course
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2000
Tiger and Titleist win again
The champion won his fifth Major title with 14 Titleist clubs in his bag. To make it an even more special day for Titleist Bob May, the gallant loser, was using a Titleist Professional ball and was wearing FootJoy shoes
Friday, August 18th, 2000
New Director of Golf and Leisure for Marriott Forest of Arden
Marc Newey, the youngest ever fellow of the Institute of Sports and Recreation Management, joins the Forest of Arden after a three-year spell at Marriott’s Hanbury Manor in Hertfordshire. Before that, he was Group Operations Manager for Jack Nicklaus Golf Centres UK
Saturday, July 15th, 2000
Golf legacy at St Andrew’s: ‘open to the world‘
Golf fever for the Millennium Open at St Andrews is spilling over into the market for memorabilia, according to a West Midlands based auctioneer partnership. Mullock Madeley has received commission bids for a significant number of golf collectibles and antiques to be auctioned at Cupar near St Andrews on Tuesday, 18th July. There are 600 lots
Thursday, June 8th, 2000
Two world renowned golfers to receive Honorary Degrees
Seve Ballesteros and Colin Montgomerie will both receive a Doctor of Laws degree from the University of St Andrews at a graduation ceremony during the Millennium Open
Thursday, February 10th, 2000
Weiskopf’s Mexican wave
A second course will be built at La Vista Vallarta
Saturday, September 11th, 1999
Jack’s a boyo
Jack Nicklaus’s design company is expected to win the contract from three other bidders to design a new 18-hole championship layout at Llanelli in South Wales. The course, which will be the Golden Bear’s first venture into Wales, will be built on the Machynys Peninsular as part of the Millennium Coastal Park. The man behind…read the full story
