Lee Trevino News

A Connellsville native has written a book on the passion and strategy of collecting autographs.

December 15, 2009 You may have noticed that Sports Illustrated selected Derek Jeter as its Sportsman of the Year.

Woods acted anything but muted or predictable on the course. There are many reasons why the Tiger Woods saga has expanded to fill so much airspace, such a galaxy of gawking, as if his next move really makes that much difference to anyone but him and his wife.

" Some people go to NASCAR races purely to see drivers slide their high-powered beasts into walls at speeds that can kill or seriously injure.

Those who see in the passing embarrassment of Tiger Woods the seeds of breakdown are likely to be extremely disappointed by the resulting harvest.

As our great fall weather starts to turn into the inevitable colder, wetter winter months, the desert beckons.

Lee Trevino is out on the manicured grounds of his expansive French-colonial mansion in North Dallas when a visitor is admitted through the front gate.

Main American athlete born Dec. 1, 1939, near Dallas, Texas, U.S. American professional golfer who became an immediate success when he joined the Professional Golfers' Association of America tour in 1967 and soon was recognized as one of the finest players in the world.

I miss these old time players they seemed to have so much fun while playing competitive golf.

The Myrtle Beach resident caddied for Vaughan during his win at the 2008 British Senior Open, and he'll be caddying for Vaughan again to start the 2010 season.

Raleigh's Jimmy Hamilton won his first PGA golf tour check in 1991. It was written in the amount of $2,765 for a 64th place finish in the Greater Greensboro Open.

The penultimate event of the 2009 Japan Golf Tour is played this week in Kochi on the island of Shikoku.

Lee Westwood took a two-shot lead over a group of six players as he attempts to win both the Dubai World Championship and the Race to Dubai.

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar: 7956 Gateway East, $$, 598-7006. Chase a warm batch of spicy buffalo wings with the steak-and-riblet platter.

Pressure means different things to different people. For golfer Lee Trevino it was, as he said, "playing for $10 when you don't have a dime in your pocket". For former American baseballer Tommy Lasorda "pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary.

PGA Life Member Bob Dickson of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., said that he entered the North Florida PGA Senior Section Championship "on a lark," Sept.

"Wristy Christy" they called him, and he had one of the best pair of hands golf has seen.

I grew up living in a community that was centered around a golf course, in a family that loved to golf.

Alligators rarely attack people in Florida, but with so many golf courses built near ponds and on wetlands, human-gator confrontations are a fairly common and somewhat dangerous occurrence.

Recently inducted World Golf Hall of Famer Lanny Wadkins, a Dallas resident, is among several players with Texas ties who have committed to playing in next week's $1.7 million AT&T Championship at Oak Hills Country Club.