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Vellano Country Club, the Chino Hills golf course designed by Greg Norman, was been selected a winner in the Private Club division of Golf Inc.'s 2007 Golf Inc. Development of the Year contest, which annually recognizes the best new daily fee and private golf course developments. Judges, selected by Golf Inc., rated finalists in each category "on how successfully the development team fulfilled its vision, the golf course's routing and the course's aesthetics and amenities."
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Courtesy of the Savannah Daily News
A few days ago, I slipped into Bistro Burger for an early lunch. Bistro Burger looks certain to attract some attention with its novel concept.
The standard beef burgers are made from Greg Norman Signature Wagyu, grain-fed Australian cattle that you might know better as the source of Kobe beef.
Bistro Burger quite rightly makes a big deal of this connection in its marketing. Winner of 86 pro golf tournaments, Norman's name and face are instantly recognizable, and the beef really does distinguish the restaurant from other downtown burger joints.
The cheeseburger I had this week might be the least greasy one I've ever had in this town.
The unique Wagyu genetics and the "farm to plate standards" of Norman's company really do make a difference in the final product.
- Bill Dawers
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When: Friday-Sunday.
Where: Naples, Fla.
Course: Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Tiburón Golf Club (7,288 yards, par 72).
Purse: $2.8 million.
Winner's share: $350,000 each.
TV: Golf Channel (Friday, noon-3 p.m., 6-9 p.m.) and Ch. 8 Ch. 11 (Saturday, 1-3 p.m.; Sunday, noon-3 p.m.).
Format: Two-player teams. Friday, modified alternate shot; Saturday, best ball; Sunday, scramble.
Teams: Jerry Kelly-Rod Pampling, Greg Norman-Bubba Watson, Fred Couples-John Daly, Chris DiMarco-Camilo Villegas, Stewart Cink-Zach Johnson, Brad Faxon-Justin Leonard, Woody Austin-Mark Calcavecchia, Charles Howell III-Nick Price, Fred Funk-Jeff Sluman, Anthony Kim-Mark O'Meara, Steve Elkington-Scott McCarron, Scott Hoch-Kenny Perry.
Last year: Kelly and Pamling beat Leonard and Scott Verplank with a bogey on the first hole of a playoff. Pampling teamed with Kelly after Peter Jacobsen dropped out after having a hip replaced.
Notes: Norman, the tournament host, designed the 36-hole Tiburón ("shark" in Spanish) facility. The tournament is in its seventh year at Tiburon after a year in Miami and 11 at Sherwood in Thousand Oaks. Verplank withdrew last week because of a thumb injury. Faxon took Verplank's spot alongside Leonard.
For complete tournament coverage, visit mlshootout.com.
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They came from China, England and Canada. But four golfers ranging from age 16 to 59 didn't win $10 million in the Fire at The Flag finals at Tiburón Golf Club on Tuesday.
Carolyn Emo of British Columbia, Canada, 16-year-old Andrew Natividad of Ontario, Canada, 59-year-old Peter Hemsley of Sussex, England, and Weilei Wang of China all had one shot from 179 yards on the 18th hole of the Black Course, with none other than the Shark, Merrill Lynch Shootout tournament host and founder Greg Norman, looking on.
None of the four - all of whom had played a round of golf heading into the 18th - hit the putting surface, using from a 4-iron (Natividad) to a 5-wood (Hemsley).
Three of the four had made holes-in-one as part of a promotion by GPS Industries, which had offered amateurs chances during various contests or pro-ams around the world. Emo, Hemsley and Wang all made holes-in-one to qualify, while Natividad, who is a participant on the Maple Leaf Tour in Canada, had his name chosen out of a drawing. They won $10,000 apiece for qualifying.
Emo went first, her high, arching shot looking like it was headed toward the flag, before coming up 20 yards or so short. Natividad was next. His was short and to the right. Hemsley's also came up short, while Wang's shot skidded along the ground.
"It wasn't enough,'' said Natividad, who did make an ace when he was 12.
"Nowhere near enough,'' said Hemsley, who works for London Gatwick Airport.
"I wasn't feeling a lot of pressure until the round was over, because I knew this was next,'' said Emo, who works for the school district in Coquitlam.
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