NOW THE BEST PART OF THE SEASON.Byline: DAVE A file sharing program from Thursby Software Systems, Inc., Arlington, TX (www.thursby.com) that allows a Macintosh to share files with a PC. Designed specifically for and needing installation only on the Mac, DAVE works with Microsoft's native SMB/CIFS file sharing protocols and uses SHELBURNE Golf Weekend golf couch potatoes, rejoice. The best part of the 2005 season starts this week with the Senior PGA Championship This article is about the Champions Tour major championship. For the European Seniors Tour event, see PGA Seniors Championship. The Senior PGA Championship is one of the major championships in men's senior golf. , which will be followed in the subsequent 13 weeks by 10 more PGA Tour, LPGA LPGA abbr. Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour or Champions Tour majors, a former and a once-thought-to-be-the-next PGA Tour major, and a World Golf Championship event - all televised. Hale Irwin helps kick it off Thursday - eight days before his 60th birthday - when he opens his title defense in the Senior PGA Championship at Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pa. If successful, Irwin will tie Jack Nicklaus for the most major titles on the 50-over Champions Tour. Nicklaus won eight senior majors in addition to a record 18 majors on the PGA Tour and had won every major available to him on both tours before the senior tour made the Senior British Championship its fifth annual major in 2002. Irwin, who has won four Senior PGA Championships, two U.S. senior Opens and one Ford Senior Players, was a Jeld-Wen Tradition victory shy of his own Champions Tour Grand Slam before the Senior British joined the senior majors list. He tees it up this week having won the Senior PGA Championship in 1996, '97 and '98 in addition to last year, when two thunderstorms thunderstorms a storm characterized by thunder and lightning caused by strong rising air currents; identified as agents of animal disease because of their involvement causing (1) spasmodic colic; (2) lightning strike; (3) injuries of cattle acquired in stampedes initiated by storms. combined to force a delay, then suspension, then extension of the championship at Nicklaus-designed Valhalla Golf Club Valhalla Golf Club, located in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, is a private golf club designed by professional golfer Jack Nicklaus. The course, which sits on a 486-acre (197 ha) property on Shelbyville Road just outside the Gene Snyder Freeway (Louisville's second bypass), was in Louisville, Ky. ``I'm proud, I'm relieved, and I'm glad it's over,'' Irwin said after securing his seventh major title with a final-hole Monday birdie that left him a stroke ahead of Jay Haas. Irwin, who has a senior-tour-record 42 career wins, including a tour co-leading two victories this year, will face a field this week that includes fellow two-time 2005 winners Jim Thorpe and Des Smyth, plus former USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. standout Craig Stadler, the 2004 senior Player of the Year. Absent from the field will be rookie Greg Norman. The 50-year-old Great White Shark great white shark or white shark Large, aggressive shark (Carcharodon carcharias, family Lamnidae), considered the species most dangerous to humans. It is found in tropical and temperate regions of all oceans and is noted for its voracious appetite. , ranked No. 1 in the world as a PGA Tour member, withdrew Friday, postponing his senior debut while recovering from back surgery. The rest of the upcoming best: Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament, thought to be major candidate before the Players Championship surged in popularity, remains one of the biggest events on the PGA Tour. It starts next week. It will be followed in consecutive weeks by the LPGA Championship, U.S. Open, U.S. Women's Open, then the Western Open - one of the longest-running (since 1899) and once one of the biggest tournaments on the PGA Tour. In July, it's the Ford Senior Players Championship, British Open (Nicklaus' farewell to PGA Tour golf, at St. Andrews) and Senior British Open the first three weeks, then the U.S. Senior Open and Women's British Open The Women's British Open, also known for sponsorship reasons since 2007 as the Ricoh Women's British Open, is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. in the month's final week. August brings the PGA Championship, the WGC WGC World Gold Council WGC World Golf Championship WGC Welwyn Garden City WGC World Gaming Center WGC Writers Guild of Canada (Union) WGC Whole Grains Council WGC Wild Goose Chase WGC Working Group Coordinator NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Invitational and Jeld-Wen Tradition - the senior tour's Masters - in its final three weeks. --Names in the game: Jason Gore, the former Hart High of Newhall and Pepperdine College standout who played full-time on the PGA Tour in 2001 and 2003, has advanced to the second stage of U.S. Open qualifying. Gore shot 5-under-par 66 Monday at Angeles National Golf Club in Sunland to move on to sectional play. Jin Park of Scottsdale, Ariz., shot 62 to win at Angeles National. El Caballero cab·al·le·ro n. pl. cab·al·le·ros 1. A Spanish gentleman; a cavalier. 2. A man who is skilled in riding and managing horses; a horseman. Country Club in Encino will stage a 36-hole sectional qualifier June 6. ... Hart High senior Joe Greiner, who shot even-par 72 in Monday's Southern Section final at Palm Springs' Canyon Country Club to advance to the state semifinals, warmed up Saturday by helping out a former Hart teammate. The left-handed Greiner caddied for 2004 Hart graduate and fellow lefty Matt Ryan in the third round of the Pasadena City Amateur. Ryan shot 7-under-par 65 on Brookside No. 1 to tie for low round of the tournament and move into second place. Ryan, a freshman at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. , finished in a tie for third in the 72-hole event. Tye Alexander (Western Avenue) won the 70th annual Pasadena City at 8-under-par 278, a stroke ahead of former Westlake High golfer Darren Schwartz (Spanish Hills). Ryan (Porter Valley) and Pat Carrigan (Brookside) shared third at 280. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Hale Irwin aims for his record-tying eighth Champions Tour major title this week in Ligonier, Pa. Harry How/Getty Images Box: ON THE GREEN BY DAVE SHELBURNE |
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