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NM State Men’s golf Heads to Rice Intercollegiate
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State men’s golf team will play in the 2012 Rice Intercollegiate, Feb. 20-21, at the par 72, 7,184-yard Westwood Golf Club in Houston, Texas. The three-round event will consist of 54 holes on Monday, Feb. 20 and 18 holes on Tuesday, Feb. 21, with a 7:00 a.m. (MT) shot gun start each day. “I’m look for us to be in the last group in the last round with a chance to win,” head coach Mike Dirks said. “We need to start the spring off on a good foot. Our team has been playing a lot of...
read moreEx-Lobo Brigman Plays Golf With Clinton
BOGOTÃ — Albuquerque’s D.J. Brigman was cool Friday when notified that this week’s Nationwide Tour opener would be pretty special. As the chairman of the Nationwide Tour’s Player Advisory Council, Brigman was the first player offered the opportunity to play in the pro-am Wednesday with former U.S. President Bill Clinton at the Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship. “There was no hesitation. I said, ‘Absolutely, I’d love to do that,’” said the 36-year-old former University of New Mexico golfer. Then things got more intense...
read moreDesert Greens Golf Super Bowl Giveaway
Desert Greens Golf Course located on the westside is giving away a BBQ grill during the superbowl. No purchase necessary to win. Ask you Bartender about the SQUARES game for a chance to win a Round Of Golf, Range Balls, Appetizers and More! Drink specials, Food specials and prize giveaways. Your best place to spend Super Bowl Sunday. Larry Chavez – ABQ Media Partners
read moreGolf passes latest perk for lawmakers
Sometimes being a New Mexico legislator is a thankless job. But for all the headaches, the position does come with some perks. For instance, an association of golf course owners is giving each lawmaker, as well as Lt. Gov. John Sanchez, free passes that allow each holder to play one round at each of five golf courses around the state. The total cost of this gift is $28,500, according to a lobbyist report filed by The New Mexico Golf Tourism Alliance. “Really, it’s just to expose the legislators to tourism facts about golfing, what...
read moreBusy golf senior makes the grade
By Michael Warren | New Mexico Daily Lobo Last updated: 01/20/12 1:13am Getting the ball to the green and getting an “A” are one and the same for UNM men’s golf player John Catlin, a junior. He said it’s his rigorously busy schedule outside class that keeps him at peak academic performance. “I think that it’s helped me though. It keeps me more focused,” Catlin said. He is ranked fourth in the MWC and 32nd in the nation. He leads a Lobo squad looking to improve on a fifth place finish last season. “John has had a great start...
read moreNotah Begay III’s Inspirational Words at the Clinton Foundation’s Health Matters Conference
By Notah Begay III January 19, 2012 I’m a full-blooded Native American, half Navajo, a quarter San Felipe and a quarter Isleta. I’m also the first full-blooded Native American to win a golf tournament on the PGA TOUR. That’s something I’m extremely proud of. I was born and raised in Albuquerque, N.M. I grew up on a place called Ladera Golf Course. That’s where I dreamed of playing on the PGA TOUR one day. Hitting balls out there as a young kid and telling my colleagues and even some of my instructors that I was going to play the...
read moreSauer, Sieben claim 2011 New Mexico West Texas Mid-Amateur
Farmington, N.M. -Despite tough course conditions and an early morning frost delay, Mike Sauer of Albuquerque, N.M. fought off all comers and all distractions to win the 2011 New Mexico-West TexaMid-Amateur Championship. Sauer lead wire to wire following his first round 73 with a tournament low 68, holding of a charging Patrick Hanlon of Las Cruces, N.M. who shot 74 the first round and closed with a final round 68 to finish in second place by one shot. Annette Sieben of Albuquerque, N.M. was able to handle the early morning frost delay and...
read moreGolfer Has Drive to Help Native American Youth
By Simon Moya-Smith January 14, 2012 know very little—if anything—about the big-ticket game of golf. But Alexandrea “Alex” Schulte, 23, does. At the budding age of 14, the American Junior Golf Association named Schulte one of the Top 50 teenage players in the country. Schulte, of Naples, Florida, said she’s been playing the club-and-ball sport for 15 years, since she was 8. Her father, Robert Schulte, would travel across Texas with his softball team to compete in tournaments; Alexandrea, a Northern Ute, said she’d go for the...
read moreJeff Maggert, closing in on senior golf, tied with Matt Every at Sony Open
By Associated Press, HONOLULU — Matt Every felt a lot more comfortable with a golf club in his hand instead of a microphone. Starting to feel nerves from his rare position atop the leaderboard, Every steadied himself after a sluggish start and birdied his final hole Saturday for a 2-under 68, leaving him tied with 47-year-old Jeff Maggert going into the final day of the Sony Open. Maggert, who missed part of last season after surgery on his right shoulder, eagled the easy par-5 ninth for the second straight day and shot a 64 for his first...
read moreGolf-Woods’ former swing coach writes Tiger tales
Mon Jan 9, 2012 1:01am GMT Jan 8 (Reuters) – “The Big Miss”, a book written by Tiger Woods’ former swing coach Hank Haney, will be released in March and offer a personal account of the six tumultuous years they spent together before the golfer’s life imploded in scandal. The book, described as a “candid and surprisingly insightful account” by publishers Crown Archetype at Random House, Inc., reviews the highly successful partnership between Haney and Woods which led to six major championship...
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