12 NCGA Golf SPRING 2009
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The LPGA is now letting kids under 15-years-old into their events for free...Oakland's Art Spander
Annika's
Expansion
Annika Sorenstam hasn't slowed
down during her time away from
competitive golf. A signature
fragrance is set to be released in
advance of Mother's Day while
her wine label is also debuting.
Arguably the most dominant
female golfer of all time, Annika
has transcended her sport to
become a household name.
The Swedish native re-wrote
the record books and brought
unparalleled attention to
women's golf.
ANNIKA by Annika So-
renstam will mark the first time
a professional female golfer has
launched a signature fragrance.
The fragrance will be
available in stores in the
United States, United
Kingdom, Canada and
Scandinavia beginning in
May 2009, but pre-ordering
is currently available online at
www.annikafragrance.com.
Tiger Woods' promising architecture career entered a new
phase when the world's #1 golfer had to persuade develop-
ers to save the best land for golf in Punta Brava, Mexico.
Woods took the commission, his third project, only after
he was assured access to a rocky coastline along the peninsula
that is part of the property. The resulting preliminary plan
calls for eight holes fronting the ocean, a number eclipsed
only by Pebble Beach and Old Head in Ireland.
Sign of
the Times
The economy claimed two notable
victims in the world of golf in recent
months.
American Express Publishing
decided to end the print edition of
Travel + Leisure Golf after the April/
May issue, citing the bad advertising
economy as the primary reason. The
bi-monthly magazine lasted 11 years
and was known for its passionate
coverage of high-end golf travel and
lifestyle.
FootJoy closed its Massachusetts
factory, a facility dating back to 1857
and the only
FootJoy plant
in operation in
the U.S. The
Brockton plant
specialized in
creating the
FootJoy Clas-
sic Tour and
Classics Dry
Premiere, la-
bor-intensive,
all-leather
shoes that
retailed from $250-$350. Sales of
Classics declined in the face of
competing with lower-priced
models. FootJoy's remaining models
will be made in China. The factory
was the last facility to close
in Brockton, a city that at
one point produced more
than 50% of all shoes
in the country.
Sorenstam is also working
with Livermore's Wente Vine-
yards on an eponymous Syrah,
which will be released May 1.
The ultra-premium 2006 Central
Coast Syrah will sell for $75 a
bottle and 10% of the grapes used
to produce the wine are grown
on the vines that surround the
Greg Norman-designed course.
As if greatest female golfer
wasn't busy enough, she and
new husband Mike McGee
are expecting their first child
this fall.
For up-to-
the-minute
tour and golf
news, visit
www.ncga.org.
World-Class Site for
Tiger Woods Design
Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism...Scotland's Castle Stuart to open in July on the south
and the only
FootJoy plant
in operation in
the U.S. The
Brockton plant
specialized in
creating the
FootJoy Clas-
sic Tour and
Classics Dry
Premiere, la-
retailed from $250-$350. Sales of
launched a signature fragrance.
The fragrance will be
available in stores in the
United States, United
Kingdom, Canada and
Scandinavia beginning in
May 2009, but pre-ordering
is currently available online at
www.annikafragrance.com.
phase when the world's #1 golfer had to persuade develop-
ers to save the best land for golf in Punta Brava, Mexico.
Woods took the commission, his third project, only after
he was assured access to a rocky coastline along the peninsula
that is part of the property. The resulting preliminary plan
calls for eight holes fronting the ocean, a number eclipsed
only by Pebble Beach and Old Head in Ireland.
all-leather
shoes that
retailed from $250-$350. Sales of
Classics declined in the face of
competing with lower-priced
models. FootJoy's remaining models
will be made in China. The factory
was the last facility to close
in Brockton, a city that at
one point produced more
than 50% of all shoes
World-Class Site for
retailed from $250-$350. Sales of

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