Times staff, wires
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Tampa Bay Golf Tour
Looking for a place to find area public courses on one website? Tampabay.com/golf has you covered. The site has all public regulation and executive courses in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco and Hernando counties. Each course has a video review, breakdown of yardage, greens fees and contact information.
Course of the day
The U.S. Women's Open will be historically long when it takes place July 7-10 at The Broadmoor's East Course in Oakmont, Pa. The 7,047 yards will be the longest ever for a USGA women's event. By comparison, this week's PGA Tour stop at TPC Four Seasons in Texas is 7,166 yards. "Can I play the forward tees?'' defending champ Paula Creamer joked during a recent media day.
Injury of the day
Fred Couples withdrew from this weekend's Senior PGA Championship because he is having 13 cancerous lesions removed from his hands. "I've got six on one hand and seven on the other," Couples told Golf World. "(The doctor) said they were cancerous. It doesn't mean I'm going to die in three weeks, but I had to get them off now."