2012年5月25日星期五

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2012年5月22日星期二

Arizona Diamondbacks could be in even bigger trouble


Leaving aside the weirdness of saying he doesn’t have problems with it but then saying that he thinks it is enough of an issue that Kennedy needs to knock off the golfing, let’s start with the notion of pitchers golfing. This isn’t the first time that a hurler’s penchant for the links has made news this season. Josh Beckett of the Boston Red Sox discount golf clubs got into trouble earlier this season when he apparently went golfing shortly after being scratched from a start with shoulder trouble. The media in Beantown was absolutely livid, and several columnists suggested that it was part of a bigger issue with his attitude toward the game and his team. Articles demanding that he be traded or ruing the demise of the Terry Francona era were pretty common after that, needless to say.

Before that series gets started, there is one story that flew under the radar a bit over the weekend. Ian Kennedy had a bit of a rough outing on Saturday against the Royals, pitching only 4 1/3rd innings and giving up six earned runs and scattering eight hits. Lost in the reviews of that performance was something that Arizona Republic columnist Bob McManaman covered in the paper on Sunday morning. According to the reporter, Kennedy and one of his teammates went out golfing on the Friday morning before the series began. Here was McManaman’s reaction, although he did say as a preface that he didn’t have any real problems with the golf outing.

As for Kennedy, it is an accurate assertion that he hasn’t quite been the dominant pitcher that we saw a year ago. Last season for the NL West winners, he went 21-4 with a sparkling 2.88 ERA. He also racked up nearly 200 strikeouts in finishing fourth in the Cy Young voting.

The question McManaman seems to pose, however, is whether or not his approach to pitching is too lackadaisical, considering Taylormade Burner 2.0 irons his wanting to go to the golf course on the day before he starts. Obviously that isn’t going to change any of the mechanical issues he could be experiencing, but is he right in suggesting that mindset may not be in the right place?

Kennedy admittedly pitched terribly. It was his fourth consecutive loss. I’m not saying golf was the reason for it, but I will say this: He told me after the game he will try to learn from Saturday’s performance. I think it starts by leaving the golf clubs at home and focusing solely on pitching.”

Yes, there is an argument that can be made that perhaps he should be spending more time around the ballpark studying tape and getting ready for his starts, but an equal and more compelling point can be made for the need for Kennedy to relax and try to get back into the carefree groove that he seemed to be in last season. Granted, some pitchers are very mechanics-oriented, but there comes a point on the mound when you just have to let things flow, and that’s probably the point where Kennedy is now.

This season, however, has been a different callaway razr x irons story. He currently is at 3-4 (anyone willing to take bets on whether he can match his mark from a year ago by pulling a Sutcliffe and dominating the rest of the way?) and his WHIP has shot up from 1.09 to 1.35. Add to that his 4.47 ERA, difficulty commanding his pitches, and his H/9 of nearly 10 (it was 7.5 a season ago), and it’s pretty easy to see that he is struggling.

2012年5月18日星期五

Ryan Palmer took the first-round lead in the Byron Nelson Championship



Palmer's bogey-free start came on a relatively calm day. With only a light breeze, 85 players were at par or better in the first round on the 7,166-yard course where Palmer and Bradley finished 72 holes last year at 3-under 277.

"Last year was pretty disappointing. I felt like I got off to a good start and then just about nothing for the rest of the year, really," Leishman said. "It's the first time since I've been a pro ping g15 driver that I've struggled for a decent amount of time, just not hitting the ball as well as I would like to, not holing putts. This year, I feel like I'm doing everything a lot better."

Coming off his victory at The Players Championship last weekend, Matt Kuchar overcame an opening bogey and was in a group of seven players at 66.

"I didn't lose it last year by any means," Palmer said. "But to get back in the same setting with the same people watching, here where I live, and just to have that feeling again, this time be the guy standing with the trophy, that's been my focus."

Bradley, who won the PGA Championship three months after the Nelson, was among 13 players who shot 67. His up-and-down round included four bogeys, five birdies and an eagle.

The only other top-10 player competing this week is 10th-ranked Phil Mickelson. Back at the Nelson for the first time in five years, he had a 70 with two birdies and two bogeys.

The forecast for Friday, and into Saturday, calls for wind steady at 15-20 mph and gusting to 30. That is similar to what happened last year, when scoring conditions quickly got tougher.

"Coming off momentum, a little tired," said Kuchar, No. 5 in the world rankings. "It was a whole lot of extracurricular activities out of the norm for me, but I feel good about the round."

It worked so well last year that Palmer again is letting caddie James Edmondson call all the shots at the Nelson. With input from instructor Randy Smith, Edmondson tells Palmer what and where to it.

"Continuation from last year, that's what's cool," Palmer said. "For some reason, I get in the frame of mind with this Ping G20 Hybrid course and what me and him are doing, and it was the same exact thing. I didn't move until he put the bag down and half of the time he pulled the club out of the bag and handed it to me, I didn't know what the club was."

"It's a beautiful day; it's warm, not too hot. The greens are in great shape. They're receptive, you can get the ball stopped," said Mickelson, the 1996 Nelson champ. "Really good opportunity to take advantage of the course, and I just didn't."

The 65 was his best of 41 rounds this season and lowest since another 65 in the first of his 84 rounds last year, when he slipped to 65th in the FedEx standings — 45 spots below his standout rookie year of 2009.

Kuchar's approach shot at No. 1 went over discount golf clubs the green. He tried to putt up the hill, but the ball ended up rolling back to his feet, prompting someone in the gallery to say, "I could have done that."

2012年5月7日星期一

how the tax would impact golf courses



He emphasized that township costs rise annually, but tax revenues have dropped for the past several years due to the struggling economy. He credited Township Manager Mary Flagg for holding the line on the budget, so that residents have not been faced with a tax increase in many years.

“The unintended consequence of this is going to be the loss of one or both of (the township’s) golf courses,” said Spring Hollow Golf Club Owner Ernest Basile.
Kimberton Golf Club owner Robert Hays said it was unfair of the township to try to close a budget deficit by raising taxes on three businesses—Pennhurst and the two golf courses are the only outfits likely to be impacted.

Dunphy explained that, on a $50 admission fee, only ten percent, or $5, would be taxed. The five percent tax on that $5 would amount to 25 cents. Both golf course owners seemed pleased with the callaway razr x irons proposal, and supervisors unanimously approved it.

However, Supervisor Christine McNeil, a vocal opponent of the Pennhurst attraction, did express some reservations, saying she feared the township would “become dependent on this tax on a use I don’t support.”

The board agreed to dramatically reduce the percentage the golf courses would be taxed on, bringing it down from the originally proposed 40 percent to 10 percent of the greens fees. That decision came after Ronald Brien, an attorney for Spring Hollow, noted that the state statute allowed for a lesser fee.
Supervisors are now hoping to adopt the new ordinance next month. If approved, it will enable the township to impose a 5 percent tax on “the amount paid for admission to any place or activity of amusement within East Vincent Township.”

The ordinance states that “the tax shall not be charged and collected on the first $10,000 of admissions per calendar year applicable to any amusement.” Therefore, small operations like callaway x-24 hot irons farms that offer hayrides, will not likely be impacted by the tax, Dunphy said. Health clubs and non-profit entities are also exempted by the state statute.

Initially, they believed the state law required the tax to be imposed on 40 percent of all golf course greens. During the meeting, Brien pointed out that the language in the state law read “up to 40 percent.”

Dunphy noted that Pennhurst representatives had been quoted in the press as saying the event had taken in over $950,000 the first year it opened. The township, therefore, stands to earn about $50,000 from the five percent amusement tax on Pennhurst ticket sales.

Supervisors’ Chairman Mark Dunphy said at a meeting Wednesday that the 5 percent amusement tax on ticket sales could discount golf clubs help the township close a $125,000 budget deficit this year. However, he explained that when supervisors first considered the tax, they did not realize that, by state statute, the tax must also be levied on golf courses, if it is adopted.

But while the amusement tax could help close a budget gap, it also had an unwelcome impact on golf courses. Dunphy and Supervisor Jane Peronteau both stressed that golf courses were included only because the state statute contains a uniformity clause that made it impossible for the township to exclude them.



2012年5月2日星期三

Trump National will responsible for women's golf this year



The USGA has not decided whether to play the tournament on the Tom Fazio-designed old course or new course, but the old is the front runner, Davis said.

This event will be in the USGA's backyard. It's offices are located in Far Hills, roughly a 10-minute drive from Trump National.

"For all that comes with Donald as a business icon and media personality, he couldn't have been a more gracious host," Davis said. "He made sure the players, the spectators and championship golf were the stars."


"We are going to a wonderful Callaway Razr X Tour irons facility that we think can host a great United States Women's Open Championship," USGA boss Mike Davis said. "That would be the standard answer for any national championship but we think Trump National is a fabulous facility that has two golf courses. And either course is good enough inside the rope as a test of golf."

The executive director of the USGA told The Associated Press in a telephone interview on Wednesday that Trump National in Bedminster, N.J., has been chosen as the site for the biggest event in women's golf that year.

Trump National, which is located roughly 45 minutes from New York City, was the site of the 2009 U.S. Junior Amateur and Girls Junior championships.

This will be the first U.S. Women's Open in New Jersey since 1987, when Laura Davies won a rain-plagued event that ended on a Tuesday.

This has been a big year for Trump, who owns about a dozen courses in North America and Europe. Earlier this year, he bought the Doral Hotel & Country Club -- home of the Blue Monster course, and a host to numerous professional tournaments -- for $150 million.

"We really get to showcase our museum Ping K15 Driver and we get to showcase where we test balls and clubs," Davis said. "Far Hills is not the easiest place to find, so to get the golf world for a week here, it's very exciting and we will expose the campus."

This year's Women's Open will be played at Blackwolf Run Golf Course in Kohler, Wis., while the New York area will host it in 2013, when it is played at Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y.

A formal announcement is scheduled for Thursday. Bloomberg and Golfweek were the first to report the awarding of the tournament.

"People don't realize how much he does discount golf clubs for golf," Davis said. "If you talk to the LPGA, he has hosted their final event down at the West Palm Beach (Fla.) course a fair number of times. Players like him, so I think (having him as the host) can add something to this."

Trump National is located next to two major highways and it has room for plenty of parking, Davis said.