The past two weeks on the PGA Tour have been filled with ups and downs!

First, Paul Goydos shots 59 and does NOT win the tournament!  Steve Stricker put on a scoring clinic at the 2010 John Deere Classic unlike we have ever seen through the first 54 holes and wound up winning that event for the second consecutive year!

Secondly, Louis Oosthuizen (WUHST-hy-zen) comes out of nowhere to win the 2010 British Open!  Who is this guy and where did he come from?

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Louis Oosthuizen is a young South African golfer who is starting to make an impact on the European Tour. His victories on the amateur circuit saw him become a professional golfer when he was just 19 years old. Five tournament wins on the Sunshine Tour led to a place on the European Tour, where he finished 31st in the Order of Merit in 2009.

I’d like to congratulate them both on outstanding performances and in Oosthuizen’s case – his first Major win!

We would like to take this opportunity to offer our congratulations to Chuck Evans, Executive Director of Instruction for Medicus Golf, for being recognized by GOLF Magazine as one of the TOP 100 Teachers in America. Selection of the GOLF Magazine TOP 100 is a 2 year process and includes reviews, questionnaires, thorough research, and input from the teaching community. Asked by Golf Magazine, “You have one final lesson to give – who gets it?” Without hesitation Chuck stated, “Someone who has never broken 100.”

Having taught over 200,000 players through private lessons, golf schools, workshops and seminars since 1970, Chuck has earned the title of a“Teachers Teacher” by his peers. Other notable players who Chuck has worked with and trained include Grant Waite, Bobby Clampett and Buddy Alexander, just to name a few.

Chuck is one of only 31 teachers worldwide designated to hold a “Doctorate in Golf Stroke Engineering”. Chuck has also served as Director of Schools from the PGA Tour Academy, The Director of Instruction for United Stated Golf Institute and The Golfing Machine.

Find out more about Chuck’s background, his best advice to amateurs & aspiring tour players, and learn about his effective golf philosophy in this month’s issue of Golf Magazine, 2/2009.

Chuck currently teaches at the Medicus Golf Institute located at Seascape Resort and Emerald Bay golf Club in Destin, Florida.

To Find out more about Medicus Golf Schools, Medicus Player Development and Golf instruction with Chuck Evans, visit www.medicuscorporate.com or call Tracy Lehnecker, V.P., Medicus Golf Corporation, at 800.732.4995.

Denny Shute, Craig Wood, Herbert Warren Wind, Pete Dye and  career amateur Carole Semple Thompson all will be inducted into the the Golf Hall of Fame for the 2008 class.

“The World Golf Hall of Fame continues to recognize the greatest players and contributors that this game has seen, regardless of the era in which they lived,” said Jack Peter, senior vice president and COO of the Hall of Fame. “The Class of 2008 will be a convergence of those from a bygone era with those who continue in golf today.”

Dye, Shute, Thompson, Wind and Wood — plus the final inductee yet to be announced — will be honored at the 2008 World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Monday, Nov. 10, at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fl.

For the complete story visit PGA Tour.com

http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/06/24/uswomensopen/index.html

This story first appeared in the April 18, 2005, issue of Sports Illustrated.

Ask the guys in your foursome what they think ofWales, and they’ll probablysay, “Ah, magnificent creatures.” Forgolfers who love the links game,Wales — the principality, not themammals — suffers in the longshadow cast by the great courses ofScotland and Ireland.