{"id":1726,"date":"2007-06-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/columns\/hittin_the_links\/volume_one_hundred_one"},"modified":"2007-06-11T20:10:13","modified_gmt":"2007-06-12T00:10:13","slug":"volume_one_hundred_one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_one_hundred_one","title":{"rendered":"Volume One Hundred One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hitting the Links\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/hittin_the_links\/htl_title.gif\" height=\"79\" width=\"125\" \/>Woody Austin (funky shirt and all) throws up a 62 in the final round while Adam Scott implodes yet again while holding the Saturday lead. And I wonder if there isn&#8217;t a little part of Suzann Pettersen thinking about what might have been if only she had held onto her lead at the Kraft Nabisco.<\/p>\n<p>This week we have a recap of the Stanford St. Jude Classic, a couple of great children&#8217;s charities, and memories of Arnold Palmer&#8217;s last U.S. Open round.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Hole 1: Austin Wins<\/strong><br \/>\nWoody Austin wins the Stanford St. Jude Classic in convincing fashion with a final round 62. Even more impressive is he played his last 49 holes without a bogey. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/2007\/r\/06\/10\/austin\/index.html\" title=\"Austin\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 2: Pettersen&#8217;s First<\/strong><br \/>\nCongratulations to Suzann Pettersen who won her first major at the McDonald&#8217;s LPGA Championship by withstanding a late charge by Karrie Webb in the final round. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpga.com\/content_1.aspx?pid=11385&amp;mid=1\" title=\"Kim Wins\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 3: Eagles for Charity<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Eagles for St. Jude program is working on raising $1.5 million dollars for the St. Jude&#8217;s Children&#8217;s Research Hospital. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaglesforstjude.org\/\" title=\"Eagles for Charity\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 4: Ronald&#8217;s House<\/strong><br \/>\nThe LPGA has helped raise $45 million for the Ronald McDonald House Charities over the history of the tournament. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmhc.org\/rmhc\/index\/news\/events\/mcdonald_s_lpga_championship.html\" title=\"Ronald's House\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 5: Yeah, Right<\/strong><br \/>\nI have a better chance of making the PGA Tour then this happening. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golf.com\/golf\/tours_news\/article\/0,28136,1630510,00.html\" title=\"Yeah, Right\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 6: Hip to be Square<\/strong><br \/>\nGeometry has taken over driver head design. Is your driver square? [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfweek.com\/commentaries\/achenbach_060707\" title=\"Hip to be Square\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 7: Errant Drive<\/strong><br \/>\nWalter Driver&#8217;s tenure at the USGA has been anything but calm. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfdigest.com\/majors\/usopen\/index.ssf?\/majors\/usopen\/gw20070608driver.html\" title=\"Errant Drive\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 8: Who Needs Who?<\/strong><br \/>\nDoes the LPGA need Michelle Wie or is it the other way around? [<a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/golf\/columns\/story?columnist=sirak_ron&amp;id=2895119\" title=\"Who Needs Who\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 9: Oakmont Memories<\/strong><br \/>\nRon Cook remembers Arnold Palmer&#8217;s last U.S. Open round at Oakmont in 1994. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/pg\/07161\/792695-382.stm\" title=\"Oakmont Memories\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Scott should start calling in sick on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hittin_the_links"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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