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What looks like a great event on paper should be an even more terrific tournament in reality when the women’s Olympic golf competition kicks off Wednesday in Tokyo (Tuesday night in the U.S.). World No. 1 Nelly Korda leads an all-star American foursome against an elite field of 60 players that includes the top 14 players on the Rolex Rankings and features a power-packed Korean team that boasts four of the top six players in the world, headlined by 2016 gold medalist and world No. 3 Inbee Park.
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Thousands of country music fans descended on the desert Saturday night for one of the area s first high-profile concerts since the coronavirus pandemic began.
The new outdoor venue Coachella Crossroads hosted its inaugural concert with country star Toby Keith and opening act Jimmie Allen. For many people, this was their first show in more than a year.
Keith hit the stage shortly after 9 p.m., after Allen played a half-hour opening set, using AC/DC s War Machine as an intro. The headliner s 90-minute setlist started with Made in America, God Love Her and American Ride. Eighteen months was long enough for me, Keith told the audience, saying it was his first show back since the pandemic began.
Diamond Resorts Honored by American Business Awards For Providing 10,000 Free Room Nights to Medical Workers & First Responders
Vacation Ownership Company s Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions Also Honored as Top Sporting Event
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LAS VEGAS, May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Diamond Resorts®, a global leader in the hospitality, vacation ownership and entertainment industries, has been honored with several Stevie Awards as part of the 19th Annual American Business Awards.
The awards, which recognize accomplishments of America s businesses and nonprofits, honored Diamond s continued innovations in the past year that have enabled the company to continue to be a leader in the vacation ownership industry. The company received several honors, being recognized for its responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions and the leadership of Diamond Resorts CEO Mike Flaskey.
Danielle Kang plays a shot on the seventh hole during the third round of the Diamond Resorts Tournament Of Champions at Tranquilo Golf Course at the Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club on January 23, 2021 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
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Written By: LPGA Communications @LPGA
Saturday was one for the record books at the 2021 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions presented by Insurance Office of America. Five-time LPGA Tour champion Jessica Korda shot a bogey-free -11 for just the fifth 60 in LPGA Tour history. Korda opened with birdies on 1 and 2 and then made birdie or better on all but one hole in her inward nine, including draining an 18-foot eagle putt at No. 17. An ace at the par-3 18th hole would have given her just the second 59 in LPGA Tour history, but a 9-foot birdie was still a great way to cap an incredible day that p