http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/127 Category: Golf en-us Copyright 2012 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Sat, 26 May 2012 17:32:26 -0400 AUGUSTA, Ga. Bubba Watson started the day by watching the rarest shot in golf. He ended another thrill-a-minute Sunday at Augusta National with a signature shot of his own to win the Masters.   http://hamptonroads.com/2012/04/bubba-watson-wins-masters-suddendeath-playoff Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:20:19 -0400 ORLANDO, Fla. Tiger Woods finally brought the buzz back to the thing that made him famous — winning.   Two weeks after another injury scare, Woods looked dominant as ever in that red shirt today to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational.   http://hamptonroads.com/2012/03/tigers-woods-earns-first-pga-tour-win-2009 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:36:10 -0400 CHESAPEAKE Golfers who are headed to the Battlefield Golf Club will notice a change: warning signs. The fly ash-sculpted Battlefield Golf Club at Centerville will remain in operation for up to another year while the city continues negotiations with Dominion Virginia Power and the club owners, MJM Golf, the City Council decided Tuesday night. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/chesapeake-requires-signs-make-golfers-aware-fly-ash Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:20:02 -0500 By Doug Ferguson HONOLULU Johnson Wagner was bursting with so much excitement about his game at the start of the year that his father jokingly asked if he was on speed. It was just confidence, the most powerful drug in golf. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/exvirginia-tech-golfer-wagner-wins-sony-open Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:51:08 -0500 Staff and wire reports WILLIAMSBURG The Kingsmill Classic is set to be played at the River Course from Sept. 6-9, according to the schedule released by the LPGA on Tuesday night. In 2013, it will return to the traditional early May date, according to the LPGA. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/lpga-tour-returning-kingsmill-williamsburg Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:54:02 -0500 PORTSMOUTH Stay awhile. Linger a bit. Bide a wee. The colorful name adorning the municipal golf course has its roots in Scotland. It was there, the story goes, that a young boy started to run away from home. His mother intervened. "You had better bide-a-wee," she told him. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/whats-name-bideawee-golf-course Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 NORFOLK The city has submitted a plan for repairing waterfront sections of its Lambert's Point Golf Club on the Elizabeth River that tore open after Hurricane Irene and exposed trash buried beneath the site in an old landfill. http://hamptonroads.com/2011/11/norfolk-aims-fix-battered-golf-course-within-year Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:23:38 -0500 VIRGINIA BEACH Ellen Port celebrated milestones in her life and her sport this week. On Wednesday, the high school teacher and coach from St. Louis turned 50. On Thursday at Bayville Golf Club, she made U.S. Golf Association history by becoming the first player to win the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur four times. Port beat Martha Leach, 49, of Hebron, Ky., 2 and 1, in the match- play final. http://hamptonroads.com/2011/09/golf-port-wins-us-womens-midam-va-beach Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:33:43 -0400 VIRGINIA BEACH Three-time champion Ellen Port celebrated her 50th birthday with two convincing victories Wednesday to reach the semifinals at the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship at Bayville Golf Club. Port's 7-and-5 quarterfinal victory over medalist Brenda Pictor secured her first Women's Mid-Amateur semifinal berth since 2007. http://hamptonroads.com/2011/09/threetime-champ-midam-golf-semifinals Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 VIRGINIA BEACH The flags of six nations flew over the Bayville Golf Club on Thursday afternoon. United States Golf Association signs directed people here and there. A small army of volunteers rushed around, attending to every last championship-level detail. http://hamptonroads.com/2011/09/golfers-womens-midamateur-event-ace-juggling-act Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:35:20 -0400