{"id":7847,"date":"2009-09-21T09:14:50","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T13:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/?p=7847"},"modified":"2009-09-21T09:14:50","modified_gmt":"2009-09-21T13:14:50","slug":"volume_two_hundred_six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_two_hundred_six","title":{"rendered":"Volume Two Hundred Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hittin' the Links\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/hittin_the_links\/htl_title.gif\" height=\"79\" width=\"125\" \/>Hello golf fans, and welcome to <em>Hittin&#8217; the Links<\/em>. The PGA Tour took a little time off this week, but I am still on the job trying to find whatever tidbits of golf news remain. So without further delay&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>In this edition of<em> HTL<\/em> we start off looking at the PGA Cup, then turn our attention to the next &#8220;Haney Project&#8221; victim, and then take a look at our newest golf millionaire. Also we ponder a very bored golfer, take a peek at the newest technological Tour bags, and then do a wrap-up of the weeks winners. Read on!<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Hole 1: PGA Cup<\/strong><br \/>\nThe U.S. club professionals dominate at the PGA Cup. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golf.com\/golf\/tours_news\/article\/0,28136,1925065,00.html?eref=golf\" title=\"PGA\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 2: Next Up, Ray Romano<\/strong><br \/>\nRay Romano is set to take Charles Barkley&#8217;s place on the next season of &#8220;The Haney Project.&#8221; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golf.com\/golf\/tours_news\/article\/0,28136,1923088,00.html\" title=\"Haney\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 3: Yeah, But He Lost His Amateur Status!<\/strong><br \/>\nA Utah Golfer made a hole-in-one good for one million dollars! [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/golf\/2009-09-18-million-dollar-hole-in-one_N.htm\" title=\"Money\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 4: Talk About Having Nothing Better to Do<\/strong><br \/>\nA golfer is accused of tossing 3,000 golf balls into a national park to honor his fellow hackers. [<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.usatoday.com\/ondeadline\/2009\/09\/golfer-accused-of-tossing-3000-balls-into-joshua-tree-park.html\" title=\"Bored\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 5: I Wonder What His Caddy Thinks<\/strong><br \/>\nMichael Allen has a new gadget on his bag, check it out. I wonder if it gets Golf Channel&hellip; [<a href=\"http:\/\/dvice.com\/archives\/2009\/09\/golfer-michael.php\" title=\"Allen\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 6: That&#8217;s A Lot of Golf!<\/strong><br \/>\nLeonard Thompson is looking to play in his 1,000th Professional Tournament. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/423\/story\/958349.html\" title=\"Thompson\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 7: Albertsons Boise Open<\/strong><br \/>\nFran Quinn birdies the last hole to win the Albertsons Boise Open on the Nationwide Tour. [<a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/golf\/pga\/news?slug=pgatour_com-rd4.recap-20090920&amp;prov=pgatour_com&amp;type=lgns\" title=\"Nationwide\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 8: Samsung World Championship<\/strong><br \/>\nNa Yeon Choi wins the LPGA Samsung World Championship after blowing a 7-shot lead. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golf.com\/golf\/tours_news\/article\/0,28136,1925074,00.html?cid=feed-tours_news-20090920-1925074\" title=\"Choi\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hole 9: Greater Hickory Classic<\/strong><br \/>\nJay Haas takes home first place money at the Greater Hickory Classic. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.golf.com\/golf\/tours_news\/article\/0,28136,1925071,00.html?cid=feed-tours_news-20090920-1925071\" title=\"Haas\" class=\"external external_icon\">Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PGA Tour takes the week off, the PGA Cup stays in America, and Haney takes on Romano<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"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-7847","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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