TRAVEL
Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic
offers stunning scenery and
challenging holes.
Golf Club in Arrowtown, Queenstown. The course is
set on a former deer farm, and Charles declared it “one
of the finest golf courses I have ever experienced.”
The following week it’s off to Australia and the
Moonah Classic, played at the par-72, 7,469-yard
Moonah Links in Fingal, Victoria. The course was
designed by five-time British Open champion Peter
Among the players who have won the British Open Thomson, a native of Melbourne. Thomson has
here are Tommy Armour, Henry Cotton, Hogan (in designed an impressive number of courses but often
his only British Open appearance), Gary Player, who doesn’t receive the credit he’s due because the bulk of
called Carnoustie the “toughest course I’ve seen in 45 his designs are outside the United States.
years of competitive golf,” Tom Watson, who won his Two weeks later the Tour stops at the 7,066-
first of five British Open titles here, Scotland’s Paul yard, par-70 Panama Golf Club, which held its first
Lawrie and Ireland’s Padraig Harrington in 2007. Nationwide Tour event in 2004. But it is no newcomer
The Champions Tour makes its Asian debut at the to professional golf. Argentina’s Roberto De Vicenzo
Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, and it is as beautiful won five tournaments there and other members of the
as it is challenging. World Golf Hall of Fame who enjoyed success there
“The golf course awaiting the Champions Tour include Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Julius Boros and
players is totally created but one we believe will be Curtis Strange.
world class,” Nicklaus said. “The project is right off From there it’s off to Bogotá and the Country Club
Incheon Bay, so the golf course provides bay and de Bogotá, the site of nine Colombian Opens, the
harbor views. As you move across the golf course, the most recent in 2000. It is a classic, old design and one
look and playing experience will change throughout. that is popular with the players.
We offer a seaside links look coming off the water, In June, players will travel south of the border for
transitioning into a combination of sand, rocks and the Mexico Open presented by Corona, which was
trees, and finally a more treed, parkland feel. The idea first played in 1944. The tournament, which made
is to give you a sense that you are moving inland.” its Nationwide Tour debut in 2007, will be played at
El Bosque Golf Club in León, Guanajuato, Mexico,
Nationwide Tour has a distinctly international flavor about 200 miles northwest of Mexico City. Mexico is
The 2010 Nationwide Tour will have a large number yet another country where golf is booming, and this is
of international tournaments, beginning with events one of the better courses you should experience.
in New Zealand, Australia, Panama and Colombia to Finally, the last international stop on the 2010
begin the season, an event in Mexico in June and one Nationwide Tour is in July at the Ford Wayne Gretzky
in Canada in July. Classic presented by Samsung in Ontario. The par-71,
LINKS
The Georgian Bay Club in Ontario
The Tour 7,139-yard Georgian Bay Club designed by Dr. Michael
GOLF
features strategically placed hazards.
kicks off its Hurzdan offers wide fairways, but the greens dictate
season at approach shots played from advantageous positions in
CARNOUSTIE
the Michael the fairways, and those areas are strategically guarded
TOUR;
Hill New by hazards. A second course, the Raven Golf Club at
BADZ/PGA
AN
Z e a l a n d Lora Bay, was designed by Tom Lehman.
ST
Open at So there you have it: is golf a great and global
CONDON,
The Hills game or what? ■
CHRIS
©
216 PGA TOUR OFFICIAL ANNUAL 2010
www.pgatour.com
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148 |
Page 149 |
Page 150 |
Page 151 |
Page 152 |
Page 153 |
Page 154 |
Page 155 |
Page 156 |
Page 157 |
Page 158 |
Page 159 |
Page 160 |
Page 161 |
Page 162 |
Page 163 |
Page 164 |
Page 165 |
Page 166 |
Page 167 |
Page 168 |
Page 169 |
Page 170 |
Page 171 |
Page 172 |
Page 173 |
Page 174 |
Page 175 |
Page 176 |
Page 177 |
Page 178 |
Page 179 |
Page 180 |
Page 181 |
Page 182 |
Page 183 |
Page 184 |
Page 185 |
Page 186 |
Page 187 |
Page 188 |
Page 189 |
Page 190 |
Page 191 |
Page 192 |
Page 193 |
Page 194 |
Page 195 |
Page 196 |
Page 197 |
Page 198 |
Page 199 |
Page 200 |
Page 201 |
Page 202 |
Page 203 |
Page 204 |
Page 205 |
Page 206 |
Page 207 |
Page 208 |
Page 209 |
Page 210 |
Page 211 |
Page 212 |
Page 213 |
Page 214 |
Page 215 |
Page 216 |
Page 217 |
Page 218 |
Page 219 |
Page 220 |
Page 221 |
Page 222 |
Page 223 |
Page 224 |
Page 225 |
Page 226 |
Page 227 |
Page 228