Hole-by-hole guide to the Ocean Club course
THE Ocean Club course, Paradise Island, was redesigned in 2000 by Tom Weiskopf, twice a major champion who lengthened and opened the layout to the scenic ocean views while infusing the course with tougher strategic features. The original design of the Ocean Club, which opened in 1954, was the work of Dick Wilson.
Five players to watch in Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic
STACY LEWIS World ranking: 3 A consistent force in women’s golf, the top-ranked American was the LPGA player of the year in 2014 and had a glittering amateur career.
$5m upgrades begin for Moore’s Island community
THE government has started comprehensive infrastructure upgrades on Moore’s Island, a small cay in the Abacos.
Students mix and mingle with world’s best golfers
About 46 students from 10 local government and private schools got a chance to mix and mingle with two of the top female golfers in the world yesterday in a LPGA Junior Clinic during the fourth annual Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Golf Classic at the Ocean Club Golf Course.
‘I’m hoping that when I come back, I will bring some good news with me’
BAHAMAS Olympic Committee (BOC) president Wellington Miller has been summoned to Gibraltar this weekend where the Commonwealth Games Federation will announce whether or not the Bahamas has been granted the rights to host the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2017.
Tiger’s niece to make her debut in Bahamas Classic
LAST month, Tiger Woods was in town to host his first Hero World Challenge at the Albany Golf Club. This weekend, his niece Cheyenne Woods is making her debut on a list of 120 of the world’s best competing in the fourth annual Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Golf Classic at the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island.
Former coach Bill Morgan ‘was an exemplary educator’
FORMER CI Gibson Rattlers senior boys basketball coach Bill Morgan reportedly collapsed at RM Bailey Secondary High yesterday and was pronounced dead on his arrival at Princess Margaret Hospital.
‘Not a bad turnout’ at first throwers meet for the year
THE RC Athletics Club hosted the first throwers’ meet for the year on Saturday at the College of the Bahamas playing field and, according to veteran head coach Ronald Cartwright, the performances were exactly what they anticipated.
Sports Notes
THE Bahamas Junior Fed Cup team, coached by Bradley Bain, defeated El Salvador 3-0 yesterday in Santo Dominigo.
Rolle relaxed, ready to putt on the green
Georgette Rolle is hoping that her third time playing in the main draw of the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic turns out to be the charm. Georgette Rolle is hoping that her third time playing in the main draw of the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic turns out to be the charm.
$210,000 for the overall champion
THE 4th Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic is now underway at the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island.
QC Comets junior girls rout Falcons 32-19, advance to finals
THE BAISS basketball playoffs got underway yesterday in the sudden death playoff round with the top seed in the junior girls’ division advancing to the finals.
Sports notes
IN Monday’s edition of The Tribune, it was stated that both Donald Thomas and Trevor Barry will be heading to Slovakia to compete in the first leg of new International High Jump Tour in Banska Bystrica, scheduled for February 4. Jamal Wilson, the latest Bahamian to surpass 7-feet, 7-inches at the BAAA Odd Distance Meet, will also be included in the field.
Jones on midseason watch list for Ann Meyers Drysdale Award
GEORGE Washington Colonials senior forward Jonquel Jones was named to the midseason watch list for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, which recognises collegiate women’s basketball’s national player of the year, the US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) announced yesterday.
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