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June 13, 2007 By: Betty Ramsey, LEOASC/BETT R This recap will be paraphrased in some cases as I forgot my tape recorder. Thanks to Bobby, LEWSER, for helping jog my memory. (I never took shorthand.) Passport Destination: Golf Courses of the World Packing Round 1. The 2007 Open which begins June 14 - 17 will be held at Pennsylvania's OAKMONT Country Club. 2. This golf course was the scene of Tom Watson's 1982 U.S. Open dramatic win. PEBBLE BEACH 3 The Old Course at ST. ANDREWS is called the "Home of Golf". 4. The 11th, 12th and 13th holes at Augusta at the Masters is called the AMEN Corner. 5. Baltusrol Golf Course hosted the U.S. Open seven times. Where is it? Springfield, NJ 6. Firestone Golf Course in Akron, OH was a gift from industrialist HARVEY FIRESTONE . Picture: green with ocean in the background Departure Round 1. Jockey Golf Club in Buenos Aires serves Bife de Chorizo. What is it? A STEAK 2. Tiger Woods is designing his first golf course in this city. DUBAI 3. This fictional golf course in "Caddyshack" was called BUSHWOOD Country Club. 4. Troon Golf Course in Scottsdale, AZ sits in the shadow of PINNACLE Peak. 5. All of these U.S. Open winners have won four times except HALE IRWIN . Picture: golfer with ocean and large hill behind On Tour 1. The first U.S. Open was played on a nine hold golf course in NEWPORT, RI . 2. All these famous golf courses are in Ireland except CHANTILLY . 3. This aptly named golf course in Bethesda, MD is named CONGRESSIONAL . 4. California`s Bermuda Dunes Country Club is home to the BOB HOPE CLASSIC . 5. The club at Shinnecock Hills contends with winds blown off this body of water. ATLANTIC OCEAN 6. The BEAR MOUNTAIN Golf and Country Club in Victoria, BC is unique because it has 19 holes. 7. Royal Berkdale Golf Course in Lancashire, England sets amid spectacular SAND DUNES . Picture: tall red building with white trim 8. Beside Pebble Beach Golf Course, Carmel, California is home to all these courses except TORREY PINES . 9. He landed a Sikorsky amphibious on the eighth fairway in Bell Air in Los Angles. HOWARD HUGHES 10. Princeville Golf Course on this island is the best golf course according to Golfer's Digest. KAUAI 11. This historic North Carolina golf course hosted the 2005 U.S. Open. PINEHURST 12. The 2008 Ryder Cup will be played at Valhalla Country Club in this city in Kentucky known for Churchill Downs. LOUISVILLE Bonus Question One The imposing ROYAL AND ANCIENT Club House sits behind the first tee at St. Andrews. Bonus Question Two Where on the map of Scotland is St. Andrews found? Area 3 Picture: white tent-like buildings Slide Show 1. He designed the famous Pebble Beach Golf Course in Carmel, CA. JACK NEVILLE 2. Ailsa Craig, a dome-like rock, lies 11 miles out to sea from this course. TURNBERRY 3. The CASCADES Course at Homestead Resort in Virginia is located in historical Hot Springs. 4. The club house of the EMERATES in Dubai resembles a cluster of Bedouin tents. Clues for next destination: Acropolis 1000s of islands Mythical gods |