Golf World - July 25, 2011

lation course, not a par- 3 or executive course, for the magazine to consider it an official ace.

Kennedy began playing golf at age 2 when her father, Steve, gave her a club for the first time. She came in third in her division of a youth tournament at The Links in June.

Kennedy, age 6, aced the 85-yard third hole at The Links at Ireland Grove in Illinois.

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Her latest accomplishment, however, got more notice, after the story was picked up by the wire services, ESPN and other Internet news outlets. —John Antonini

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Evian Masters gets a
major upgrade

�� From the moment the Evian Masters joined the LPGA schedule in 2000, Franck Riboud, the chairman and CEO of tournament owner Danone, has pushed for the event to become a major championship. Now he is getting his wish. Beginning in 2013, the event played this week on the French side of Lake Geneva will start a five-year rolling contract and join the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the U.S. Women’s Open, the Wegmans LPGA Championship and the Ricoh Women’s British Open as the tour’s fifth major.

The decision was not without its obstacles. The name will be changed from the Evian Masters to The Evian Championship. The date will be moved to the second week of

01Darren Clarke turns in four rock-solid rounds to win the 140th British Open.

When you’ve lost your wife to breast cancer, Royal St. George’s can’t seem very tough. 02 Clarke joins Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy as Northern Ireland’s third major champion in 13 months.

If David Feherty isn’t thinking about coming out of retirement, he ought to be. 03 Phil Mickelson’s final-round charge comes up short, but his T- 2 is his career best at the Open.

If Clarke can win the championship on his 20th try, there’s still hope for Phil. 04 Dustin Johnson’s (above) Sunday challenge thwarted by OB second shot on par- 5 14th. Considering the way he lost the 2010 U. S. Open and PGA, this mistake seemed almost mundane.

05 Rory McIlroy finishes lackluster T- 25, then says he doesn’t enjoy playing in bad weather.

Silly comment. Of course, he was paired on Sunday with Sergio Garcia.

06 Luke Donald and Lee West- wood become the first 1-2 duo to miss the cut in the same major championship.

Luckily for them, the British tabloids had other distractions during Open week. 07 Tiger Woods to play at Notah Begay III’s charity skins game in August.