Despite earning an immediate promotion to the PGA Tour by winning last weeks 2007 Xerox Classic, Nick Flanagan has chosen to honor his commitment to play in the National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic at the Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, WV.

With the four-event PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup set to begin on Thursday, Flanagan becomes eligible for his first PGA TOUR event next month at the Turning Stone Resort Championship (Sept. 17-23).

Flanagan is still eligible for the final nine Nationwide Tour events, but the National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic may be his last start on this Tour in 2007. He has indicated he plans to return home next week to rest and prepare for his PGA TOUR debut in September.

Now let’s see if he can come up with one more Sunday charge…

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Australians At The Barclays

Cal on August 23rd, 2007

So this is it. The first tournament in the much vaunted FedEx Cup, where having the most points at the end of the 4 tournaments will basically give you a US$10 million Super scheme. There are 16 Australians in The Barclays being played at Westchester Country Club in New York. Position Name Points 10 Adam [...]

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Joanne Mills (Photo – LET) It’s been a long time between drinks for Sydney’s Joanne Mills. Okay she’s probably had a few drinks in the ten years between wins, but you know what I mean! The last time Mills won a tournament was in 1997 and it was the German Open. On Sunday Mills took [...]

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Nick Flanagan Wins 2007 Xerox Classic

Cal on August 20th, 2007

Nick Flanagan (Photo – Jim Rogash/WireImage) By winning for the third time in one year on the Nationwide Tour, Nick Flanagan earns an automatic exemption to the PGA Tour for the rest of the year, and a guaranteed card for 2008. He’ll have to wait a month though whilst the Fed-Ex cup is played out. [...]

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Jason Day (Photo – Anthony Powter) Entering the final round on 13 under and sharing the lead with John Riegger and Tag Ridings, Jason Day had a very ordinary day to shoot a 73. After his roller coaster third day, perhaps all the adrenalin had finally got to him. Despite missing the cut, Nick Flanagan [...]

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2007 The Celtic Manor Wales Open

Cal on June 4th, 2007

After sharing the lead, and being well in contention at the end of Day 2, Brett Rumford basically bombed out as can be seen below. A wet course made for soft and receptive greens, but the Australians just couldn’t take advantage of the conditions. Pos Name To par 1 2 3 4 Total T29 ZIONS, [...]

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2007 Memorial Tournament

Cal on June 4th, 2007

Well it was too good to last. After having Adam Scott, Rod Pampling and Badds sit 1, 2 and 3 atop the leader board at the halfway point, the best finish was Rod Pamplings’ tie for third at the end. On the second day, Adam Scott finally got his putter working and signed for a [...]

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At The Memorial, Rod Pampling and Nick O’Hern have a share of the lead at 7 under. Badds is one stroke behind them, and then Stuart Appleby is the next best Aussie at 2 under. On the Nationwide Tour they’re playing the LaSalle Bank Open where Jason Day is in a share of the lead [...]

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Alternative title: Don’t trust a numerologist… Nikki Garrett (Photo – Tristan Jones / LET) Securing her second Ladies European Title in as many weeks, Australia’s Nikki Garrett won the 2007 Ladies Spanish Open in Castellon with a final round two-under-par 70. The 23-year-old, who won her first professional title at last week’s Tenerife Ladies Open, [...]

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Nikki Garrett (Photo – Tristan Jones / LET) Nikki Garrett, who was last year’s Ryder Cup Wales Rookie of the Year, was the only player in the tournament to finish under par and as a result, she took home a first prize of E41,250. She now leads the New Star Money List with earnings of [...]

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