Heritage Notebook

From staff reports

If Boo Weekley is going to win his third consecutive Verizon Heritage title, he'll have to overcome some aches and pains.

After practicing hard to get ready for the Masters, the two-time defending champion has been battling a sore back, leaving his health "a little sketchy," he said Wednesday.

"I feel like I slept on a cinder block Sunday night, but it will be all right," Weekley said. "I've been working on getting in, stretching me out.




First- and second-round tee times



Tee times for the first and second rounds of the 2009 Verizon Heritage today and Friday at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island.

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For Levin, finding PGA Tour stardom like grasping at smoke


Bold and brash, with a red-hot golf game and a temper to match, Spencer Levin first captivated the golf world as a cigarette-smoking 20-year-old at the 2004 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, where he turned in the best finish by an amateur at the Open in 33 years.


I'm feeling the love from Hilton Head Island

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Patsy Weekley, the mother of two-time defending Verizon Heritage champion Boo Weekley, will be following her son around Harbour Town Golf Links this week. She is sharing her experience with The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette with a daily Heritage diary.It was a lot of fun to play in the pro-am. Any time I get to play in these kind of things, with this caliber of golfers, you think it should be making you play better, but somehow I got into my own little world and I didn't play that great.


A good day to relax before the upcoming challenge

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Beaufort native Mark Anderson grew up dreaming of playing in the Verizon Heritage. By winning the Players Amateur at Belfair last summer, he earned that chance. He is sharing his experience with The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette with a daily Heritage diary.Since I wasn't in the pro-am or playing a practice round, I had the chance to sleep in and take it pretty easy today. I went for a run on the beach to get loosened up, and then after dropping off some tickets for friends at will call, I got up to the golf course around 10 a.m.


For Levin, finding PGA Tour stardom like grasping at smoke

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Bold and brash, with a red-hot golf game and a temper to match, Spencer Levin first captivated the golf world as a cigarette-smoking 20-year-old at the 2004 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. He's still waiting for his shot at stardom.


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