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☆ Tiger Woods accepts special exemption to play the US Open
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Tiger Woods will tee up at the US Open for the 23rd time after accepting a special exemption to play the 124th edition of the major on Thursday. “The US Open, our national championship, is a truly special event for our game and one that has helped define my career,” Woods told the USGA. Woods celebrates sealing his second US Open title in 2002 after a three-shot victory at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York. “The story of the US Open could not be written without Tiger Woods,” USGA Chief Championships Officer John Bodenhamer said in a statement. “My goal is to ruin the logo, I want to keep ruining the logo,” Woods told Carson Daly.

Persons: ” Woods, “ I’m, Timothy A, Clark, Woods, Tiger Woods, John Bodenhamer, “, ”, Scottie Scheffler, Jack Nicklaus ’, Carson Daly, Charlie, –, ‘, Wyndham Clark, Rory McIlroy Organizations: CNN, Pinehurst, Country Club, United States Golf Association, USGA, Bethpage, Getty, Torrey Pines, Augusta National, NBC’s Locations: North Carolina, Pinehurst, Bethpage Black, Farmingdale , New York, AFP, Los Angeles, Torrey, Florida

☆ Tiger Woods’ 15-year-old son Charlie to attempt US Open qualification
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

On Thursday, Charlie Woods will look to pen a chapter of his own. Tiger Woods’ 15-year-old son will tee up at an 18-hole local qualifier in Port St. Lucie, Florida, as one of an 84-player field vying for a spot at the 124th edition of the major. Ben Jared/PGA TOUR/Getty ImagesWoods is one of 10,052 entries for US Open qualifying this year with hopefuls – who must have a handicap not exceeding 0.4 or be professional to be eligible – spanning all 50 states and 70 foreign countries. Woods celebrates his third US Open victory in 2008. Woods is not yet among the field, but could still receive a special exemption to play from the USGA.

Persons: Charlie Woods, Woods, –, ‘, Wyndham Clark, Ben Jared, Beck Patrick, Keith Crimp, Woods ’, Robert Galbraith, Scottie Scheffler Organizations: CNN, Tennis Club, Pinehurst, Country Club, PNC, PGA, Lake Golf, US, USGA, Los Angeles Country Club, Reuters, Augusta National Locations: Port St, Lucie , Florida, North Carolina, Hobe Sound, Florida, Pinehurst, Houston , Texas, Washington

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Bernhard Langer tore his Achilles tendon while exercising and had surgery on Friday, putting the 66-year-old German out of golf during a year he planned to play the Masters one last time. Langer last year broke Hale Irwin's record for PGA Tour Champions victories when he won twice to reach 46 titles on the 50-and-older circuit. Masters champions have a lifetime exemption, and it's possible Langer could still return next year for one last Masters. “Yesterday, during training exercises in Boca Raton, I tore my Achilles tendon. “It’s going to be very emotional, especially Augusta, because it’s been a big part of my life,” Langer said.

Persons: — Bernhard Langer, Langer, Hale, ” Langer, “ It’s, it’s, “, ___ Organizations: Augusta National, PGA, U.S . Senior, U.S ., Pinehurst Locations: BEACH, Fla, Boca Raton, Florida, Augusta

Jack Burke Jr., who was the oldest living Masters champion and staged the greatest comeback ever at Augusta National for one of his two majors, died Friday in Houston. Burke, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, also won the PGA Championship and was equally skilled as a teacher. He built the fabled Champions Golf Club in Houston and delivered lessons along with a dose of homespun wisdom. His passing was confirmed by Steve Timms, the CEO and president of the Houston Golf Association who spoke with Burke's wife, Robin. Burke was part of the original PGA Hall of Fame in Pinehurst and was among PGA champions not ushered into the new World Golf Hall of Fame when it opened in 1998 in Florida.

Persons: Jack Burke Jr, Burke, ”, Steve Timms, Burke's, Robin, Ken Venturi, Venturi, Ted Kroll, Burke’s, Jack Burke, “, I’m, ” Burke, Claude Harmon, Winged, Bing Crosby, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Harmon, Jack Grout, Johnny Revolta, Paul Runyan, ‘, ’ I’m Organizations: Augusta National, Hall of Fame, PGA, Golf Club, Houston Golf Association, Masters, Ryder, Great Britain, River Oaks Country Club, Marines, Miramar, USGA, Metropolis Country, Bing Crosby Pro, Champions, Oakland Hills, of Fame, Curtis, Women’s Locations: Houston, Fort Worth, San Diego, New Jersey, New York, Churchill, Europe, Texas, Pinehurst, Florida

☆ U.S. Open Shows a Fiercer Side, but Low Scores Abound Anyway
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Alan Blinder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Few golfers relish a U.S. Open quite like Brooks Koepka. He first lifted a major trophy at Erin Hills in 2017, and then he did it again the next year at Shinnecock Hills. But Koepka has this week become a paradoxical, brand-name exhibit in an unexpected debate: Is this U.S. Open, the first at the venerable and cloistered Los Angeles Country Club, too easy? It was only on Tuesday that Koepka had been talking about how the tournament’s historical ferocity was a perverse source of comfort. “If it’s going to be a birdiefest where 20-, 21-under wins,” Koepka added, “that’s really not the style.”

Persons: Brooks Koepka, Koepka, “, ”, —, ” Koepka, “ that’s Organizations: Olympic Club, Los Angeles Country Club Locations: U.S, Pinehurst, Shinnecock, Erin

☆ Airbnb hosts who are booking up their spaces during the era of 'Airbnbust' share 3 strategies they're using to make money on the platform
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Many Airbnb hosts are currently facing empty booking calendars and stiff competition. Vacation rental bookings started slowing down in 2022 and we've since entered an era coined 'Airbnbust.' "You can make more monthly money because people will pay more for a vacation rental than a long-term rental," he told Insider. Heilbron owns a second Airbnb property in Pinehurst, North Carolina, where golf events are frequently hosted. Courtesy of Avery HeilbronAnother major perk of owning a short-term vacation rental in Pinehurst is that the village hosts a lot of golf tournaments, including the U.S.

☆ A 28-year-old financially independent real estate investor explains the 'most inexpensive way to buy real estate' and how to score low down payments
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Durham-based real estate investor Avery Heilbron owns 5 properties on his own and co-owns one. He afforded his first place by house hacking and says it's "the most inexpensive way to buy real estate." What allowed him to go from an average earner in America to above-average was real estate investing. Kai Anderson's book "Retire on Real Estate" was what originally nudged him in the direction of owning property, he said. "There are a lot of ways to get into real estate without actually using a lot of money," Heilbron emphasized.

☆ A 28-year-old who says he puts away 100% of his salary and lives off of side-hustle income breaks down how he saves — and why he keeps most of his savings accessible in a high-yield account
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He puts most of his savings in a high-yield account so it's highly accessible. "I'm 100% financially free for what my current lifestyle is from all the rental income that I get," the 28-year-old real estate investor told Insider. Recently, he started dipping his toe into the short-term vacation rental market. Since he's actively looking to buy more real estate, he likes to keep his savings highly accessible, which is why he chooses to put the majority of his money in a high-yield savings account. Some high-yield accounts are offering rates as high as 5.02% (UFB Preferred Savings), 4.45% (Bask Bank Interest Savings Account), and 4.35% (Primis Savings Account and MySavingsDirect Savings Account).

☆ North Carolina Town Spends Nearly a Decade Fighting Over a Traffic Circle
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PINEHURST, N. C.—Local road projects are often contentious affairs that drag on. But perhaps no town has gone round and round—and round and round—with as much verve as this community has over a traffic circle. Some 50,000 cars a day motor around the big roundabout on the edge of Pinehurst, a pleasant village shaded by tall pines and best known for hosting the U.S. Open golf championship.

Jan 24 (Reuters) - At least one chemical plant and an oil refinery were scrambling to recover from operational upsets on Tuesday after severe weather tore through an oil and gas refining hub outside Houston. Shell (SHEL.L) said it was experiencing an incident at its Deer Park chemicals facility following severe weather, according to a company tweet. Petroleos Mexicanos also reported operational upsets due to weather at its neighboring oil refinery, according to a company alert. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for the Houston area on Tuesday afternoon. Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) said operations at its Baytown, Texas, plant were stable following the severe weather, with no injuries reported.

☆ North Carolina utility restores power to all customers after substation attack
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 8 (Reuters) - A North Carolina utility said on Thursday it had restored power to all of the homes and businesses affected by what authorities described as an orchestrated gunfire attack that disabled two substations last week. Duke Energy Corp said 45,000 customers who lost power in the attack in Moore County five days earlier had electric service restored. Schools across the county of 100,000 people canceled classes for students for the forth day on Thursday. School officials were worked to ensure that electrical, HVAC and communications were operational before resuming classes, they told local media. Federal law enforcement officials were helping an investigation into the situation, which was also monitored by the White House.

☆ Power company on 'final push' to restore electricity after gunfire led to massive outages in North Carolina
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Phil-Helsel-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Phil Helsel | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Cooper's office, Moore County and Duke Energy, officials said Wednesday. At its peak, around 45,000 Moore County customers were left without power, Duke Energy said. Duke Energy said the vandalism destroyed large and vital pieces of equipment, which needed to be replaced. The restoration of power led officials on Wednesday to announce that the curfew will be lifted at 5 a.m. Thursday. There have been no confirmed deaths due to the power outage, Moore County Director of Public Safety Bryan Phillips said.

☆ North Carolina county in dark for third day after attack on power substations
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Jonathan DrakeDec 6 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of households and businesses in North Carolina remained without power for a third day on Tuesday as authorities investigate what they describe as an orchestrated gunfire attack that disabled two substations. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Tuesday said "a serious national conversation" about protecting critical infrastructure is needed after the attack. On Saturday night, utility workers investigating reports of widespread outages found gates broken and evidence of gunfire damage to equipment at two substations in the county. That represented nearly all customers served by the company in Moore County, spokesperson Jeff Brooks said on Monday. For most customers, power would likely be out through Wednesday or Thursday because the damage to the substations was extensive and requires complicated parts and repairs, Brooks said.

☆ North Carolina county still in dark after attack on power substations
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Jonathan DrakeDec 6 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of households and businesses in North Carolina remained without power for a third day on Tuesday as authorities investigate what they describe as an orchestrated gunfire attack that disabled two substations. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said on Tuesday that "a serious national conversation" about protecting critical infrastructure is needed after the attack. On Saturday night, utility workers investigating reports of widespread outages found gates broken and evidence of gunfire damage to equipment at two substations in the county. That represented nearly all customers served by the company in Moore County, spokesperson Jeff Brooks said on Monday. For most customers, power would likely be out through Wednesday or Thursday because the damage to the substations was extensive and requires complicated parts and repairs, Brooks said.

☆ North Carolina electric grid shooter 'knew exactly what they were doing,' sheriff says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Sharon Bernstein | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Fields' comments came as North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper warned of a "new level of threat" posed by the incident and called for hardening of critical infrastructure including the power grid. “Protecting critical infrastructure like our power system must be a top priority,” said Cooper, a Democrat, in a press briefing on Monday. Schools in Moore County will be closed for a second day on Tuesday and 38,000 households were still without power amid freezing nighttime temperatures after the Saturday shootings. The saboteur "knew exactly what they were doing to cause the damage and cause the outage that they did," Fields said. That is nearly everyone who the company serves in Moore County, spokesperson Jeff Brooks said at a press briefing on Monday.

☆ Suspected vandals leave thousands in the dark in North Carolina
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Outages began around 7 p.m. Saturday, and utility workers found evidence at multiple electric substations that "indicated intentional vandalism had occurred," Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said in a statement. But Brooks told NBC News that he could not further describe the nature of the possible crime. In Pinehurst, the county's largest community of about 20,000 residents, church was canceled at the Pinehurst United Methodist Church, which holds three services every Sunday. "Read your Bible, pray...and stay safe," church leaders posted on its Facebook, leaving open whether its Christmas concert would go on in the late afternoon. Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; Editing by Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

[1/3] Duke Energy workers gather as they plan how to repair a crippled electrical substation that they said was hit by gunfire after the Moore County Sheriff said that vandalism caused a mass power outage, in Carthage, North Carolina, U.S. December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan DrakeDec 4 (Reuters) - Residents of a central North Carolina county faced a second night of freezing weather without power on Sunday after vandals opened fire on two electric substations in what authorities called a "targeted attack." A motive for the Saturday night damage spree wasn't clear, said Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields. The lights went dark at about 7 p.m. Saturday for 40,000 homes and businesses in Moore County. Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta and reporting by Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento, Editing by Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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