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August 25, 2005

Greg Norman sinks a 66-foot chip on the first playoff hole to capture the World Series of Golf and become the leading money winner in PGA Tour history. Norman wins $360,000 in his third tour victory this year to raise lifetime earnings to $9.49 million and overtake Tom Kite.

Queensland Mid-Amateur To Tee Off At Club Pelican

August 19, 2005

The inaugural Queensland Mid-Amateur Championship gets underway on Sunday August 21st at the Greg Norman designed Club Pelican at Caloundra on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. A field of 72 have entered the event which is restricted to amateur players aged 35 to 54 and who have a handicap of 9 or better.

The Queensland Mid-Amateur is a 54 hole stroke play tournament which will also incorporate the Titleist Teams event where Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia will field two man teams.

The first of three rounds will be played on Sunday, followed by a seeded draw for the final two rounds.

Bjorn Again With A 63

August 14, 2005

A round of 63 is the best anyone's ever scored in the four major championships. Saturday at the PGA Championship, Denmark's Thomas Bjorn became the 20th player to do it.

The most recent round of 63 before Bjorn at the PGA Championship was by Mark O'Meara in 2001 at Atlanta Athletic Club. There have been nine rounds of 63 in the PGA Championship.

It's been done twice at the Masters, by Nick Price in 1986 and Greg Norman in 1996. It has happened four times at the U.S. Open, including by Jack Nicklaus in 1980 when he won here at Baltusrol. Perhaps the most famous 63 is Johnny Miller's in the 1973 U.S. Open at Oakmont in Pennsylvania.

There have been seven 63s at the British Open; the most recent were in 1993 by Nick Faldo and Payne Stewart. Only Vijay Singh (1995 PGA Championship, 2003 U.S. Open) and Norman (1986 British Open, 1996 Masters) have shot a 63 in a major twice.

First Estate Lots In Tennessee National Sell Out

August 10, 2005

GPSI's Inforemer To Measure Daly Exhibition

August 3, 2005

GPS Industries, Inc. announced that Thundering Waters has chosen the GPS 10.4 inch color Inforemer to calculate the distance of John Daly's Drive from Table Rock, Canada and over the Niagara Falls to Goat Island, USA during a one-hour televised event on August 3, 2005 on Sports Net TV, 7 - 8 p.m. ET.

Mr. Daly will be attempting to do what has never been done before - driving a golf ball approximately 360 yards from Canada across to the USA.

Watch the show live as GPSI's Inforemer will be demonstrated during this special one-hour episode. GPSI is proud to be involved with this special event and looking forward to bringing our full Inforemer management system to Thundering Waters.

Famous Footwear Nets $41,000 For Children's Charities

August 1, 2005

Ever wanted to walk in Lleyton Hewitt's shoes?

Wombeyan Caves Road residents Mark and Giselle Braithwaite can, after snapping up the Australian champion's tennis shoes in the Unique Celebrity Shoe Auction on Friday evening.

The tennis fans were among bidders for famous footwear who helped to raise $41,000 for Tangara Special School and The Variety Club NSW.

Twenty-nine pairs of celebrity shoes, including ballet shoes from choreographer Graeme Murphy, Deborah Hutton's pink thongs, and cricket boots from Brett Lee and Steve Waugh, went under the hammer at the Centennial Vineyard Restaurant.

Fiercest bidding was for Wallabies captain George Gregan's boots and Greg Norman's golf shoes, which sold for $3000 for each pair.

The anonymous buyer promptly donated the shoes back to Variety to be re-auctioned.