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The 1-wood, or driver, is the lowest-lofted, [3] longest, and often lightest club in a player's bag, and is meant to launch the ball the longest distance of any club. . Originally, the driver was only slightly larger than any other wood and was designed to be used from the tee or the fairway, but with the advent of hollow metal clubhead construction, the driver has become highly specialized ...
The most common clubs to make up a set used to be a driver, 3 and 5-woods, irons numbered from 3 to 9, pitching wedge, sand wedge, and putter. Modern sets commonly include hybrids, often replacing the longer irons and 5-wood, and/or additional wedges such as a gap or lob wedge.
The golf cart is rumored to have been invented at Thunderbird Country Club. [5] [6] By its own account, the Ford Thunderbird is named for the club. [7] [8] It’s golf course was designed by Lawrence Hughes, also responsible for the 9-hole course at the Tomahawk Lake Country Club in South Dakota.
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Palm Springs Surf Club officially opened as Oasis Water Park by Waterpark Associates in 1986. [4] By 2001, Oasis Water Park spanned 16 acres (6.5 ha) of a 21-acre (8.5 ha) property, featured 20 attractions and had a seasonal attendance of 200,000 people. [5] In May 2001, Cedar Fair entered into an agreement to acquire the park. [6]
Founded in 1960 as the Palm Springs Golf Classic, [4] the tournament evolved from the Thunderbird Invitational that was held in Palm Springs the previous six years, from 1954 to 1959, but with a much smaller purse. [5] The event was renamed the Bob Hope Desert Classic in 1965 and the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in 1986. [6]
After an investigation by Tampa Bay’s News Channel 8, it was revealed that the Tarpon Woods golf community — which was previously owned by the charity, Jan Stephenson’s Crossroads Foundation ...
A proposal to put golf courses in a Florida state park — which has landed Gov. Ron DeSantis in hot water politically — involved Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. ... in professional golf history ...