SPORTSBIZ -- JOEL HAMMOND
For golfers, a fun way to bide time until the weather breaks
Blog entry: January 23, 2012, 2:47 pm | Author: JOEL HAMMOND
Golfers, this sounds awesome, from a news release: The Presque Isle Partnership (PIP) is pleased to announce the Second Annual Joe Root's Frostbite Open, according to Joe Maloney, PIP President. The event will take place Sunday, February 19, 2012 on nine holes strategically placed on the frozen waters of Presque Isle Bay. Registration form and event details are available on the Presque Isle Partnership web site. Primary sponsor of the event is Joe Root's Grill who will provide dinner at the restaurant following the event. Attending foursomes will receive a Joe Root's Frostbite Open winter hat, dinner and three colored logo golf balls. The event is limited to the first 244 golfers to register. The cost for each foursome is $260.
Check out the Presque Isle Partnership's website for more information.
More golf: Muirfield Village, in Dublin, the home of Jack Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament, ranks sixth among PGA Tour pros in Golf Digest's rankings; Firestone, in Akron, home of one of my favorite things every year, the Bridgestone Invitational, ranks 12th.
Here's what pros had to say about their least favorite, Liberty National, in Jersey City, N.J.:
"Too crammed in. Have nothing good to say about it," said one, while another said of the landfill-turned-course, "They should have left it as a dump." ... "Stupid & the views are way better than the course." ... A "stunning" location that "is the only thing that keeps it from being a 0." When told the tour was returning in 2013, one player said, "I can't believe we're going back there.”
Eek. Actually, the views are pretty awesome. I recommend you check out the course's website for more pictures from the course. Whoa.
Cleaning out the inbox
A few days late on this, but linkage nonetheless: House Bill 411, introduced last week, would allow a Division I school to award an athlete in any sport a stipend up to $8,000. That figure, Luckie said, is based on what a working student could earn in a school year at minimum wage. The amount would be $6,000 for those at Division II schools and $4,000 for other divisions.
It's always sad to see school districts forced to cut athletic and other extracurricular opportunities for kids, as Lorain has done.
As I've alluded to in this space before, I was a decently successful runner in high school, and learned things during that time — such as the self-discipline to run at 5:30 in the morning before school, or the discipline required to run twice a day, work and keep up on schoolwork — that have helped me ever since.
To see that opportunity taken away from kids is hard to watch.
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