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  Muirfield Village - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muirfield Village is an upscale golf-oriented community located in the Columbus suburb of Dublin, Ohio.
Muirfield Village is one of the wealthiest and most notable neighborhoods in Central Ohio and is home to many local CEOs and celebrities including Jack Hanna and others.
Muirfield Village functions as its own taxing unit with power to raise money for street lights, landscaping, and other municipal-like functions, despite being with the city of Dublin, Ohio.
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 Muirfield (Scotland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muirfield is a golf course in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland which is one of the courses used in rotation for The Open Championship.
Muirfield has also hosted The Amateur Championship, the Ryder Cup, the Walker Cup, the Curtis Cup and many other tournaments.
The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, based at Muirfield, holds the distinction of being the oldest golf club in the world, although the game of golf is several centuries older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Muirfield_(Scotland)   (239 words)

  
 GOLFCOURSE.com - GOLF MAGAZINE's Directory of Golf Courses, Resorts & Clubs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Muirfield is ranked #1 of "The 100 Greatest Courses in the British Isles" and #8 of "The Top 100 World Courses".
Muirfield is a classic of golf course architecture, the first course designed in two loops of nine holes.
Muirfield is far less frequented than the championship courses of Carnoustie and St Andrews and is therefore almost always in wonderful shape.
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 Muirfield Golf Club - Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland
Muirfield was the first course designed in two loops of nine holes, the first nine going around the perimeter in a clockwise direction and the second nine, contained inside the first, running in an anticlockwise direction.
Muirfield is also home to the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, who held their first meeting on Leith Links, five mile from Edinburgh, in 1744.
Muirfield has witnessed many great occasions over the years - Walter Hagen's two birdies on the long par four, 8th hole on the final day in 1929; and Ernie Els' victory in a four way play off in 2002 to name but two of them.
golftravelscotland.com /courses/course.asp?courseID=259   (767 words)

  
 Sports: Muirfield shouldn't give Tigerany trouble
The last time it was played at Muirfield, Nick Faldo was the best golfer in the world and won there for the second time.
"Muirfield is by no means short, but it's not as long as (Bethpage)," said Clarke, who played with Woods during the first two rounds of the U.S. Open, when he took the lead with rounds of 67 and 68.
Muirfield, which is near Edinburgh, is 7,034 yards and will play to par 71.
www.sptimes.com /2002/06/20/news_pf/Sports/Muirfield_shouldn_t_g.shtml   (752 words)

  
 PGATOUR.com - TOUR Insider: Big-time effort key at Muirfield
Muirfield Village Golf Club, site of this week’s Memorial Tournament, just celebrated its official 30th birthday, having opened on May 27, 1974 with an exhibition by its creator, Jack Nicklaus, and fellow Ohio golf great Tom Weiskopf.
Has shot only six rounds over par at Muirfield Village as a professional and is a combined 61 under par in his seven appearances.
Retief Goosen: Finished tied for seventh last year in his first foray through Muirfield Village and has the all-around game required to successfully navigate Nicklaus' layout, but his proficiency off the tee (among the top 10 in total driving) will be particularly useful.
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 Forbes.com: Welcome to Muirfield--Please Leave At Once   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Muirfield, which hosts its 15th Open Championship this July 18-21 (and the 21st for the Honourable Company), has long been the exception to the welcoming attitude most golf clubs in the British Isles extend to overseas visitors.
Muirfield, whose membership is drawn from the upper crust of Edinburgh society, couldn't care less if eager Americans are standing in line to play the famous course, and frankly might prefer that everyone just go away.
Muirfield, for example, refuses to allow the RandA to construct the amphitheater of bleachers around the 18th green for the Open in such a way as to impede the view of the Honourable members, sipping their gin and tonics in the clubhouse.
www.forbes.com /lifestyle/sports/fyi/2002/0513/029.html   (740 words)

  
 Muirfield Booking System
Muirfield is the home of The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers whose records date back to 1744 when the Club wrote the original 13 Rules of Golf for the first competition played for the Silver Club.
Muirfield is the only course to have hosted the Open (15 times, the most recent in 2002), the Amateur, the Mid Amateur, the Ryder Cup, the Walker Cup and the Curtis Cup.
Personal taste can be the deciding factor but one thing over which few will argue is that Muirfield embraces more of the qualities that a perfectionist seeks in his ideal course.
www.muirfield.org.uk   (287 words)

  
 MUIRFIELD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Muirfield is the home of the oldest golf club in the world.
Muirfield is a classic links course, though hints of a parkland character are in evidence.
The course is highly regarded in the golf world: James Braid, the famous golf course designer, gave one of his sons the middle name of "Muirfield"; and Jack Nicklaus took the name for his American club.
classic-golf.com /Scotland/muirfield.htm   (177 words)

  
 Our Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
At no time in the history of Muirfield Village has an additional assessment had to be made for unexpected or extraordinary capital expenses or improvements.
Muirfield Village is a Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.) community established for the control of property standards.
The Holbrook Recreation Complex on Muirfield Drive has a diving bay, 6 lap lanes, zero entry swim area, baby pool, stainless steel hot tub, lighted tennis courts, playground and basketball court.
www.muirfieldassociation.com /ourcommunity.html   (536 words)

  
 The Sand Trap .com: PGA: Memorial Journal, Day One - Muirfield Village's Defenses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Jack Nicklaus' home course in Ohio and host of The Memorial Tournament since 1976, is a playground.
Nicklaus designed and built Muirfield Village, and it's no coincidence that the tournament to which it plays host is called the "Masters of the Midwest" - many believe Nicklaus modeled much of Muirfield Village after the famous host course of the actual Masters, right down to the diagonal peanut-shaped par-three twelfth green over water.
Muirfield Village is much the same: steep climbs, steady descents, and enough elevation to account for 80 yards difference on tee shots going up- or downhill.
thesandtrap.com /archives/pga/memorial_journal_day_one_muirfield_villages_defenses.php   (1348 words)

  
 The Open Championship Preview I: Muirfield and Grand Slam
Muirfield will host its first Open since 1992, and 15th overall, but the course remains virtually the same.
Muirfield’s defence will be not much different from that of other Open venues: fast, narrow fairways, high and thick rough, hard greens, 148 bunkers and Mother Nature.
Balls tend to run a lot on fairways of links courses such as Muirfield, where the rough is so tall that it could well hide balls, golf bags and smaller players and caddies.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/pga_tour_us/93374/1   (492 words)

  
 Muirfield - Sports Locations Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
MUIRFIELD GOLF COURSE HISTORY This course opened in 1891 and is owned by The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers.
The club itself was established in approximately 1744 and is accepted to be the oldest club in existence.
One of the first things you notice about Muirfield is how big it is. It fills a huge area and each hole seems to have been crafted separately with no other hole impinging or compromising its shape.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /sports-locations/muirfield   (236 words)

  
 Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
Muirfield Capital Management is a hedge fund-of-funds company serving an array of institutional investors and qualified high-net-worth individuals.
Muirfield's principals and personnel have served at the most senior levels of leading investment banks and asset management companies with over 100 years of combined experience in the investment community.
Muirfield was founded by its Chairman, John Chalsty and President, Geoffrey Stern.
www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=26362543&rb=1   (584 words)

  
 Howell breezes around defenseless Muirfield Village
Huston, who holds the course record, 61, at Muirfield Village, is playing for the first time in a month after resting an ailing left shoulder.
Howell compared Muirfield Village to that famous course in his hometown of Augusta, Ga., Augusta National Golf Club, in regard to the perfect conditions of the courses and their comparable atmospheres as well-run tournaments.
Muirfield also holds a special place in Howell's heart.
www.nicklaus.com /nicklaus_news/2003memorial/news052903.php   (809 words)

  
 MUIRFIELD VILLAGE GOLF CLUB | Articles | LINKS Magazine, the Best of Golf
Home to the PGA Tour’s Memorial Tournament and the first of what would come to be known as “stadium courses,” Muirfield Village had much to live up to when it opened on Memorial Day in 1974.
Augusta and Muirfield are predominantly second-shot examinations, though Muirfield, with its heavily bunkered, elevated greens is much more of a modern aerial test.
He was 32 when construction of Muirfield began, and his supreme abilities as a tournament competitor provided an instinctual base from which to work.
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 CNNSI.com - Golf Plus - Par-3s lengthened for British Open at Muirfield - Thursday January 10, 2002 01:10 PM
Posted: Thursday January 10, 2002 1:10 PM LONDON (Reuters) -- Muirfield's 13th hole, described by Tom Watson as his "favorite short hole in the whole world," has been lengthened for this year's British Open.
Watson, five times British Open champion, including 1980 at Muirfield, shares his admiration for the 13th hole at the famous Scottish course with fellow American Jack Nicklaus.
The championship course at Muirfield will now measure 7,034 yards with a par of 71, 64 yards longer than when Nick Faldo won the Open nine years ago.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /golf/news/2002/01/10/muirfield_13th   (279 words)

  
 The tradition that is Muirfield
IT IS time, fans, to introduce ourselves to Muirfield, site of next week's British Open and host to golf history as Tiger Woods continues his compelling stalk of the Grand Slam.
The revelry led to the Muirfield clubhouse, where Watson and Crenshaw procured old clubs from a case.
Muirfield is not a particularly long course, at 7034 yards.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/07/11/SP194663.DTL   (831 words)

  
 Rain dampens Muirfield Links - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
MUIRFIELD, SCOTLAND — The Muirfield links, the venue for next week's British Open, are greener than usual this year.
A drive landing on the Muirfield fairway usually runs the risk of being diverted by the bumps and gullies into the rough or into one of the course's more than 150 sandtraps.
Nick Faldo, who won the previous two Muirfield championships in 1987 and 1992, has been practicing there with Ernie Els, who finished second and third in the past two British Opens.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_80666.html   (459 words)

  
 Muirfield Village Golf Club
Muirfield Village Golf Club was the dream and work of Jack, in association with Desmond Muirhead.
It had 77 bunkers, a number since reduced to 71, and water can be a hazard on 11 holes.
A Columbus Pro-Am on August 11, 1975 was the first event held at Muirfield, and the first Memorial Tournament was played in May 1976.
www.nicklaus.com /design/muirfieldvillage   (242 words)

  
 Muirfield tough to get on, tougher to play   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The late Paddy Hanmer, a former captain in the Royal Navy, was the long-serving secretary of Muirfield.
McCullagh is a well-known instructor and runs the Rush Creek Golf Academy in Maple Grove, Minn. He has never been to Muirfield, in Gullane, Scotland, yet he was aware of the legend of Capt. Hanmer and Muirfield's snootiness even as a boy in Ireland.
Muirfield is very much a men's-only club, so there was no guarantee the women would be allowed to play.
www.golf.com /gdc/news/article.asp?id=4562   (1405 words)

  
 PGATOUR.com - Muirfield to host 2007 Senior British Open   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Muirfield in Scotland has been announced as the venue for the 2007 Senior British Open Championship, presented by Aberdeen Asset Management, from July 26-29, 2007.
And with Seve Ballesteros reaching the same milestone in April 2007, Muirfield, home of The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, looks set to welcome two of the all-time greats of European golf for the 21st edition of the Senior British Open Championship, presented by Aberdeen Asset Management.
Not only did Watson triumph over Jack Nicklaus to win the memorable ‘Duel in the Sun’ in 1977, he also overcame a duel of a different nature at Turnberry in 2003, the last time the Senior British Open Championship was staged there, beating England’s Carl Mason on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
www.pgatour.com /story/9096174   (534 words)

  
 Grand Slam on Tiger’s mind at Muirfield -DAWN - Sport; July 12, 2002
Public expectation of a calendar grand slam is heightening, the pressures on Woods are increasing and the British Open is arguably the most difficult of all four majors to win with its unpredictable weather and the vagaries of bounce in links-course golf.
He has never played Muirfield but he had not played Bethpage until shortly before this year’s U.S. Open and, of current golfers, he is by some distance the most thorough and disciplined in his preparation for a particular event on a particular course.
Par-71 Muirfield, which will be staging its 15th British Open, has been lengthened by 64 yards since Faldo’s 1992 victory and the layout now measures 7,034 yards.
www.dawn.com /2002/07/12/spt9.htm   (754 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Muirfield weather gets best of Tiger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
By Steve Holland, AP Tiger Woods had several misadventures in Muirfield's rough.
MUIRFIELD, Scotland — Forget the talk of no competition.
Els, co-leader after round two, ground out a 1-over 72 in the miserable conditions at Muirfield for a 5-under total of 208.
www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/2002-07-20-british-third.htm   (832 words)

  
 Muirfield to host the 2007 Senior British Open, where Faldo will make his senior debut
Nick Faldo, who won two British Opens at Muirfield, will be eligible for the Senior British title one week before the 2007 event.
MUIRFIELD, Scotland (PA) -- Muirfield has been tabbed to stage the 2007 Senior British Open, tournament officials have announced.
Faldo won the first of his six majors at Muirfield, when Paul Azinger bogeyed the final hole in 1987.
www.pga.com /news/tours/champions/muirfield121405.cfm?rss   (312 words)

  
 Muirfield (The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers) - Course Details - Scotlands Golf Courses
Muirfield`s 13th, a gem of a par 3.
Muirfield, venue for the 2002 Open Championship, is simply one of the best courses in the world.
The home of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, it was designed in 1891 by Old Tom Morris and, including 2002, has hosted 15 Open Championships since 1892, the Amateur Championship on numerous occasions, the Ryder, Walker and Curtis Cups.
www.scotlands-golf-courses.com /courses/details.asp?cid=521   (528 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Tiger set to tackle Muirfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Tiger Woods was back at Muirfield on Monday for a practice round.
The world's No. 1 golfer made his first appearance Sunday at Muirfield, site of the 131st British Open, sporting a goatee and moustache, which he did not have at the U.S. Open a month ago.
He will be chasing the third leg of a calendar-year Grand Slam.
www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/2002-07-16-british-woods.htm   (306 words)

  
 Muirfield Golf Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The East Lothian course is regarded by many of the game's top players as being the "fairest" on the rota of courses used by the RandA for the Open Championship.
Muirfield certainly has a history of producing 'great' champions, the latest being Ernie Els, who lifted the Claret Jug there last year.
One of the unusual charms about the Scottish version is that it is laid out in two separate loops, the front nine running clockwise on the outer and the back nine going in the opposite direction on the
www.scottishgolfcourses.com /southeast/muirfield.html   (163 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Muirfield to host 2007 Senior British Open
MUIRFIELD, Scotland -- Nick Faldo has had some of his greatest golfing success at Muirfield.
The 2007 Senior British Open Championship will be staged at Muirfield, the Royal Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews announced Wednesday.
Faldo won the 1987 and 1992 British Opens at Muirfield, and he will turn 50 the week before the 2007 Senior British Open, which will be held from July 26-29 that year.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2259157&type=story   (182 words)

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