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 Irving, TX, August 26, 2010 –Salesmanship Club Charitable Golf of Dallas, host organization of the HP Byron Nelson Championship, announced today that the 2010 Championship raised $4.8 million for local children and families, bringing the total raised since the event’s inception to more than $116 million.
“We are extremely grateful to our title sponsor, HP, for their continued dedication to our greater cause and to our sponsors and volunteers whose support and hard work has brightened the futures of thousands of local children and families,” said 2010 Tournament Chairman George Conant. “The tremendous need for our charity’s services has never been greater, and it motivates us to push harder and reach further.”
Funds generated from the Championship benefit Salesmanship Club Youth and Family Centers, a nonprofit organization that provides education and therapy for at-risk children and their families in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. With 8,498 people served in 2009 alone, the demand for the services provided by SCYFC is indisputable. The Salesmanship Club provides the majority of SCYFC’s operating budget, primarily through the HP Byron Nelson Championship.
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Written by George Walker
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 Martin Kaymer shot a final round 2-under 70 to force his way into a 3-hole playoff with Bubba Watson, in which he emerged the victor in the season's final major championship. With this win. Kaymer becomes the sixth first-time major championship winner in the last seven major events.
Kaymer began the final round four strokes off Nick Watney's 13-under lead. Watney struggled in the final round with a 9-over 81. Watney finished T18.
Bubba Watson's playoff loss is his best finish in 11 major championship starts.
Dustin Johnson bogeyed the final hole to force the playoff with Kaymer and Watson, however, PGA officials ruled that he grounded his club on the 72nd hole and was given a 2-stroke penalty which eliminated him from contention. Johnson finished tied for 5th.
Rory McIlroy shot a final round even-par to finish T3.
Tiger Woods finished with a 1-over 73. Woods has now gone two years without winning a major championship title.
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 Hunter Mahan shot a bogey-free final-round 64 to win the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational by two strokes after trailing by three entering the final round for his third career PGA TOUR victory. The three-stroke comeback victory equals the largest come-from-behind win in the tournament’s 12-year history (Tiger Woods, 2009). All three of Mahan’s PGA TOUR wins have occurred when trailing after three rounds.
Mahan collects 550 FedExCup points with his victory to move in to the top 10 in the standings with just two weeks remaining for players to earn their place in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.
Mahan began the back nine of Saturday’s third round at 2-under-par for the tournament. A back-nine 31 on
Saturday, combined with a front-nine 30 for Sunday’s final round moved the Oklahoma State University graduate up the leaderboard.
The 64 by Mahan is the lowest final-round score by a winner in tournament history.
With the win, Mahan becomes just the third American to win the Bridgestone Invitational, joining Tiger Woods (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009) and Stewart Cink (2004), and first to claim a World Golf Championships event in 2010. Mahan is 28 years, two months and 22 days old.
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Written by George Walker
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 Stuart Appleby shot a 22-under 258 to defeat Jeff Overton by one shot to win the inaugural Greenbrier Classic. Appleby shot a bogey-free 11-under 59 in his 381st PGA TOUR start. He joins Al Geiberger, Chip Beck, David Duval and Paul Goydos as the only players to post that record-low, 18-hole score in a PGA TOUR event. Appleby joins David Duval (1999 Bob Hope Classic) as the only players to shoot a final round 59. Stuart Appleby was seven strokes behind Jeff Overton starting the final round. It is the largest final day comefrom-behind victory on TOUR this season (Bubba Watson – 6 strokes – Travelers Championship). It is the largest final round come-from-behind victory since 2005 when Padraig Harrington (Honda Classic) and Brad Faxon-(Buick Championship) came back from seven strokes to win.
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Written by George Walker
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 Carrying the largest 54-hole lead (4 strokes) into the final round of a British Open since Tiger Woods led by six at St. Andrews in 2000, Louis Oosthuizen carded a final-round 1-under 71 to move to 16-under 272 and a seven-stroke win over Lee Westwood (70). Oosthuizen opened the week with a 65 – the lowest opening score by an eventual British Open winner. His score increased by two each day (65-67-69-71) but it was still plenty to record his first Major win. Prior to this week, Oosthuizen had just one round in the 60s in 18 previous rounds in Major Championships, a second-round 69 en route to a missed cut at the 2006 British Open. Prior to a missed cut at the 2010 Masters, he won the annual Par-3 Contest at the Augusta National Golf Club. Louis Oosthuizen’s seven-stroke win is the largest in a Major Championship since Tiger Woods won the 2000 British Open by eights strokes. It is the largest margin by a player not named Tiger Woods since Jack
Nicklaus won the 1980 PGA Championship by seven strokes over Andy Bean.
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